White House criticised after using TikTok meme to promote deportations
The White House has jumped on the viral Jet2holidays TikTok trend to promote its controversial immigration crackdown.
Day: July 31, 2025
Mother’s instinct not addressed, report on death of boy sent home from Rotherham A&E says
Review of 2022 death of Yusuf Mahmud Nazir calls for national guidance on taking into account parents’ intuitionA report into the death of a five-year-old Rotherham boy sent home from A&E has called for national guidance to take into account parent…
Stealth fighter jet pilot forced to eject as $100M aircraft crashes in rural California
A military investigation is now underway to try and determine the cause of the crash
Syria wants Russia ‘by our side’ in new government’s first Moscow visit
Syria’s new rulers have decided to take a pragmatic approach, despite Russia’s support for previous president.
Lyft completes its €175M acquisition of European taxi app Freenow from BMW Group and Mercedes-Benz Mobility, its first global expansion beyond the US and Canada (Natalie Lung/Bloomberg)
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Lyft completes its €175M acquisition of European taxi app Freenow from BMW Group and Mercedes-Benz Mobility, its first global expansion beyond the US and Canada — Lyft Inc. has gained the necessary reg…
Chinese researchers suggest lasers and sabotage to counter Musk’s Starlink satellites
Stealth submarines fitted with space-shooting lasers, supply-chain sabotage and custom-built attack satellites armed with ion thrusters. Those are just some of the strategies Chinese scientists have been developing to counter what Beijing sees as a pot…
Myanmar ends state of emergency before planned elections
General Min Aung Hlaing to lead an 11-member commission to supervise the elections, expected in December.
Hong Kong democracy campaigner accuses UK police of asking her to ‘self-censor’
Exclusive: Thames Valley police requested Carmen Lau ‘avoid public gatherings’ after neighbours received bounty lettersA former Hong Kong politician and prominent democracy campaigner has accused British police of asking her to “self-censor” and “retre…
German inflation dips to cooler-than-expected 1.8% in July
Economists polled by Reuters had expected inflation to ease to 1.9%.
News24 | 8 more people die in flooding as heavy rain lashes China
Extreme weather killed at least eight people in the city of Chengde just outside the Chinese capital Beijing, with 18 still unaccounted for.