Exclusive: prison multinational MTC uses a ‘minimalist staffing model’ that critics say is putting detainees and staff in serious dangerGet our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcastA series of catastrophic security failures involving the …
‘We’re concerned’: US-based prediction markets taking bets on Australian elections and Albanese’s word choices
Regulators and gambling harm advocates have been closely watching the rise in popularity of Polymarket and KalshiGet our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcastUS-based “prediction market” websites are taking tens of thousands of dollars in…
Warrants for defendants skipping court in England and Wales up 50% since 2020
Former justice secretary Alex Chalk KC says figures Channel 4 obtained show the ‘horror show’ in the systemAlmost 60,000 arrest warrants were issued for defendants who skipped court in England and Wales last year, up nearly 50% since 2020 in further ev…
‘Pompeii, but in the middle of a massive city’: the ice age fossil site hidden in Los Angeles
La Brea Tar Pits – the only urban, active ice age excavation site in world – gets a mammoth face lift for the first time in nearly 50 yearsLos Angeles is known for famous museum such as the Getty and the Lacma, but perhaps fewer people are aware that –…
Memorial Day’s forgotten history and the ‘beautiful’ act that bore fruit
A feature of the holiday emerged that made awareness, admiration and eventually imitation of it spread quickly to the North
Andrew Mountbatten-Windsor faces police investigation into ‘alleged inappropriate behaviour at Royal Ascot’
Incident said to have happened at racing event in 2002, year of queen’s Golden Jubilee, according to Sunday TimesPolice investigating Andrew Mountbatten-Windsor are looking into an allegation that he behaved inappropriately towards a woman at Royal Asc…
Trump’s own fans turn on him over new Iran deal: ‘You can’t fool your base’
Donald Trump’s Truth Social post praising negotiations with Iran as “productive and professional” triggered an immediate backlash Sunday — not from Democrats, but from his own most fervent supporters, who accused him of repeating Barack Obama’s mistak…
Republican hawks warn of ‘disastrous mistake’ as Trump nears deal with Iran
Trump insists US won’t rush talks with Tehran after rebukes from Republicans, including Ted Cruz and Lindsey GrahamRepublican hawks have issued a rare rebuke of Donald Trump over his planned peace deal with Iran, describing it as a “disaster” and quest…
Royal Navy patrol ship arrives off remote Atlantic island to relieve army paratroopers
Tristan da Cunha, the UK’s most remote overseas territory, sits deep in the South Atlantic Ocean and is normally only accessible by boat.
Monkey business: artist chimps paint in their own style, study shows
Several studies conducted in captivity have demonstrated that chimpanzees, like other great apes, enjoy painting and drawing. But new resreach led by French and Japanese primatologists has shown that they each have their own drawing style – and that i…