White House displeasure over the prospect of an under-16 social media ban will not deter the UK from cracking down on tech platforms, the British government has said. The technology secretary, Liz Kendall, told the Guardian she was not concerned “in the slightest” by the Trump administration’s intervention in the debate over restrictions, after the…
Sienna Toohey has qualified for the Commonwealth Games, making her difficult journey away from home worth it. The 17-year-old backed up her win at April’s Australian Open by beating Ella Ramsay to the wall in the 100m breaststroke on the second night of the Australian Swimming Trials in Sydney. Toohey won in 1:05.97, the third…
PSNI chief urges people not to let those ‘who know nothing about Northern Ireland’ stir up disorder via social media In his opening statement at the press conference Boutcher also warned people against being influenced “from afar through social media” in the wake of a knife attack. He said: double quotation markThere will be an…
Listen to this article Estimated 3 minutes The audio version of this article is generated by AI-based technology. Mispronunciations can occur. We are working with our partners to continually review and improve the results. An emu with four legs hatched at a farm in Nanaimo, B.C., over the weekend, leaving the owners and veterinarians perplexed…
An opening date for passengers at Western Sydney International Airport (WSI) has been confirmed. After 15 years of planning, seven years of construction and a year of testing, passengers will first get the chance to fly from the airport on October 25. Jetstar will operate the airport’s first commercial passenger flight with an Airbus A320…
Jared Isaacman, the Nasa administrator, hailed the creation of “Earth’s first starfleet” on Tuesday as he revealed the Artemis III crew and details of the next stages of the space agency’s project to return humans to the moon. An Italian astronaut, Luca Parmitano of the European Space Agency (ESA), will be the pilot of the…
A former Air Canada pilot has been charged after flying for years without a proper license, Canadian police have said. Geoffrey Wall, of Barrie, Ontario, is alleged to have operated as an airline captain between 2009 and 2025 without a license to fly large commercial passenger planes, according to Peel regional police. He is said…
It might sound obvious that – as Benjamin Zephaniah wrote – “People will always need people / To make life appealing / And give life some meaning.” But the care system has not always behaved as though relationships are a condition of human flourishing. So it is good to see this simple yet crucial idea…
Descrease article font size Increase article font size Despite more than 24 hours of searching, Barrie police say an “aggressive” dog that attacked multiple people, including a child, is still on the loose. Officers were first alerted to reports of a loose dog shortly before 9 a.m. Monday. Reports stated the dog had attacked several…
A man has been arrested on suspicion of attempted murder after a “brutal” knife attack in Belfast. Police declared a critical incident after a man in his 40s was attacked in the Kinnaird Avenue area of the city at around 10.30pm, local time, on Monday night. The victim was taken to hospital with wounds to…