Michael Dell’s $6.25bn gift spotlights how the super-rich use ‘charity’ to win access, favour and influencePity the billionaire class. The 0.001% are so unpopular these days that when tech billionaire Michael Dell and his wife announced the donation of…
Greg Abbott’s Cair ‘terror’ label stokes legal fight in Texas’s long struggle with Islamophobia
The civil liberties group argues the Texas governor’s proclamation exceeds his authority and deepens fearsIslamophobia is on the rise in the US, with the Council on American-Islamic Relations (Cair), a civil liberties group, reporting sharp increases i…
Is Olivia Nuzzi’s nascent Vanity Fair comeback already over?
Nuzzi is on a temporary contract that ends this month – but it remains unclear whether she’s staying after former fiance Ryan Lizza’s exposés about herIn September, under the leadership of new top editor Mark Guiducci, a thirtysomething favorite of Con…
Britain to take command of major NATO naval force
The Royal Navy has begun the process of taking command of NATO’s Maritime Allied Reaction Force, the alliance’s primary naval crisis response formation.
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Nature recovery plan in England hit by clause allowing contracts to end with a year’s notice
Conservationists say changes, coupled with underfunding, will curb take-up and leave less land protected for natureUK politics live – latest updatesAn ambitious scheme to restore England’s nature over coming decades has been undermined after the govern…
$20,000 Faberge egg recovered after man allegedly swallowed it
The special edition locket was inspired by the James Bond film “Octopussy,” which revolves around a plot to steal a rare Faberge egg.
China in diplomatic push to isolate Japan in feud over Taiwan issue
No end in sight to spat between Japan and China over Taiwan, as neither Tokyo nor Beijing shows signs of backing down.
Intellexa Leaks Reveal Zero-Days and Ads-Based Vector for Predator Spyware Delivery
A human rights lawyer from Pakistan’s Balochistan province received a suspicious link on WhatsApp from an unknown number, marking the first time a civil society member in the country was targeted by Intellexa’s Predator spyware, Amnesty International s…
The EU fines X €120M for breaching online content rules, the first fine under the DSA, citing issues including the deceptive design of its blue checkmarks (Foo Yun Chee/Reuters)
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The EU fines X €120M for breaching online content rules, the first fine under the DSA, citing issues including the deceptive design of its blue checkmarks — Elon Musk’s social media company X was fined 1…
‘French Josef Fritzl’ admits fathering three children with his daughter & forcing son, 11, to have sex with his own mum
A MAN has been accused of fathering three children with his own daughter, in a horrific case dubbed the “French Josef Fritzl”. In the sickening case, the 58-year-old French man also allegedly forced his 11-year-old son to have sex with his own mother. …