Which parties could benefit from lower voting age?
Young people are more likely to vote for left-wing parties – but how could this translate to a real election? BBC News
Why is Israel escalating its strikes against Syria?
Fighting between Bedouin tribes and local fighters in Syria’s predominantly Druze city of Suwayda has killed dozens. Al Jazeera – Breaking News, World News and Video from Al Jazeera
How Zohran Mamdani reached a multilingual, multicultural New York online
Mamdani surged from one percent in polls in February to 56 percent by July, fuelled in no small part by social media. Al Jazeera – Breaking News, World News…
Tomorrowland organisers plan to build new stage after fire destroys original
Tens of thousands of campers arrive at the Belgium site as festival managers focus on “finding solutions”. BBC News
Diane Abbott suspended by Labour Party after comments about racism
MP Diane Abbott is suspended by the Labour Party pending an investigation, the BBC understands. BBC News
B.C. Premier David Eby shuffles cabinet almost 9 months after electionAmy Judd
The cabinet features 19 women, MLAs from Vancouver Island, the Lower Mainland, the North and the Interior, and eight people of colour, one Jewish member and one Indigenous member. …
Caitlin Clark decides to forgo WNBA All-Star festivities after suffering injury
Indiana Fever star Caitlin Clark said on Thursday she will not participate in the WNBA All-Star Game and the festivities around it after she appeared to re-aggravate a groin injury.…
Fox News ‘Antisemitism Exposed’ Newsletter: DNC boss says Mamdani’s hateful phrase welcome in ‘big tent’
Fox News’ “Antisemitism Exposed” newsletter brings you stories on the rising anti-Jewish prejudice across the U.S. and the world. IN TODAY’S NEWSLETTER: – Democrats’ ‘big tent’ just fine with Mamdani’s…
New rules allowing Quebec restaurants to charge for no-shows come into effectGlobalnews Digital
Under new rules in effect Thursday, restaurants can charge up to $10 for each no-show.
Mamdani sparks firestorm with resurfaced comment on abolishing private property: ‘He’s a communist’
Zohran Mamdani’s past comments are once again coming back to haunt his New York City mayoral campaign, as a resurfaced video reveals the socialist candidate floated the “abolition of private…
Ontario adding 150 more jail beds in Niagara, Milton, SudburyGlobalnews Digital
Ontario’s solicitor general says the province is adding 150 beds to three jails across the province using modular construction.
E-scooter injuries are on the rise among both kids and adults, data and doctors sayGlobalnews Digital
New data says that hospitalizations involving e-scooters for kids between five and 17-years-old increased by 61 per cent from 2023 to 2024.
Trump’s Treasury Department targets dangerous Venezuelan prison gang with sanctions on 6 top leaders
The Department of the Treasury’s Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) on Thursday sanctioned Tren de Aragua head Hector Rusthenford Guerrero Flores, also known as “Niño Guerrero”, and five other…
UK’s most powerful supercomputer comes online
The Isambard-AI supercomputer is made fully operational as the government unveils fresh AI plans. BBC News
Indian police find Russian mom living in a cave with her 2 young daughtersMichelle Butterfield
Russian national Nina Kutina, 40, and her two daughters, aged four and six, had been living in the cave undetected.
Trump admin to give ICE the personal information of Medicaid recipientsGlobalnews Digital
The information will give ICE officials the ability to find “the location of aliens” across the country, says the agreement signed Monday.
Denise Richards accuses estranged husband of abuse and death threats in restraining order filing
Denise Richards has been granted a temporary restraining order against her estranged husband, Aaron Phypers, after accusing him of domestic violence. In court documents obtained by Fox News Digital, Richards,…
Montreal police recover body of man who went missing in St. Lawrence RiverAlessia Simona Maratta
Police said their divers found the man’s body at around 6:30 p.m. Wednesday in the water near Verdun, a southwestern borough.
France withdraws from its last military bases in Senegal
France has handed over its two remaining military bases in Senegal, ending its 65-year presence in the African country. Al Jazeera – Breaking News, World News and Video from…