Reported assaults on Britain's rail services rise substantially

Recorded incidents of violence and harassment against passengers and rail workers increased by 36% in the year to March.

Taylor Swift’s ‘Patient Zero’ Music Video, Starring Dakota Johnson and Colin Farrell, to Debut at VMAs

Taylor Swift has recruited a couple of A-listers for her “Patient Zero” music video. Dakota Johnson and Colin Farrell will star in the video for Swift’s new single, which releases on Friday alongside her “Life of a Showgirl: The Encore” album. Swift will debut the video at the

Hungary detects invasive spotted lanternfly for the first time in the EU

An invasive insect linked to major agricultural losses in the U.S. has been detected in the European Union for the first time, Hungary's food safety agency said Thursday.

'Artificial' is out: Trump orders officials to call it 'super intelligence' instead

The US president has decided the word "artificial" makes intelligence "sound fake," so the State Department is now telling its diplomats to call it "SI" instead.

Boys Don’t Die: A Halo Retrospective

'No, I think we're just getting started.'

Africa: All of Africa Today - September 24, 2026

[allAfrica] Monrovia -- CAR Rebel Commander Convicted of Crimes Against Humanity

EU grid power struggle: capitals push back against Brussels tariff rules

European Union governments are pushing back against a Brussels drive to reshape electricity network costs, watering down plans for coordinated tariffs as the fight over the bloc’s expensive and congested power grids becomes increasingly political.

China trade deal extended through January, Bessent says, as Xi arrives for Trump meeting

Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent said Wednesday that U.S. and Chinese officials agreed to extend their trade truce by two months, after Chinese President Xi Jinping arrived in the U.S. for a summit with President Trump. “We have agreed today that we will extend … the détente,

'Magic: The Gathering's Coolest Planeswalker Is Finally Getting the Backstory He Deserves

A new Magic: The Gathering comic from Dark Horse explore the origin story of Teferi, the Multiverse's most famous time mage.

Researchers build microscopic DNA 'sails' to pull molecules apart

Across every cell in the body, molecules are constantly pulling, gripping and releasing under mechanical strain. That force often decides whether a drug sticks to its target, whether a cell holds its shape or whether a disease takes hold.

On the Ballot: 10 GOP House seats most likely to flip in November

With less than six weeks to go until November’s elections, Republicans are on defense as the midterm landscape looks increasingly favorable for Democrats. Forecasters including Sabato’s Crystal Ball and Fox News have shifted House races away from Republicans in recent weeks,

Here's what's on the White House's state dinner menu for Xi Jinping

President Trump is hosting Chinese President Xi Jinping and First Lady Peng Liyuan at the White House for a formal state dinner Thursday night The Office of the First Lady announced the menu ahead of the gathering at the White House, which will bookend a day filled with

Dirty tricks: Why is Congress voting to scrap California's clean air protections?

This congressional overstep is creating an alarming precedent, threatening states’ authority to protect their residents from toxic pollution. The Senate must step in to stop it.

Capitol agenda: Democrats fracture over college sports

Despite bipartisan backing of a college athletics bill, Black Democratic lawmakers are warning their own party that supporting the measure risks exploiting Black athletes.

Experimental project releases 30,000 mosquitoes in Lisbon that do not bite

Thirty thousand sterile male mosquitoes will be released on Thursday in Alvalade, Lisbon, in a final trial to curb the Asian tiger mosquito, vector of dengue, zika and yellow fever.

Microsoft’s Latest Round Of Layoffs May Have Killed A Brand New Age Of Empires Game

Rumors suggest World's Edge might have been working on a new entry, after news that its current project has been cancelled

EU electric car registrations jump nearly 63% as Chinese brands gain ground

New electric car sales jumped by nearly two-thirds in August 2026 compared to their levels last year as fuel prices hit fresh records in the European Union. But German carmakers struggle to benefit from a broader recovery of the EU car market.

Stocks making the biggest moves premarket: MGM, Darden Restaurants, Meta, BlackBerry & more

These are the stocks posting the largest moves in the premarket.

OpenAI agents hacked an Australian government website in search for data

OpenAI's artificial intelligence agents hacked an Australian government website and attempted to breach numerous other government and university websites. The attack appears to be the first confirmed instance of a rogue AI agent breaching a government website, adding fuel to

In ‘Tenzing,’ Jennifer Peedom Ensures the Iconic Himalayan Mountaineer Is Finally ‘the Protagonist of His Own Life’

Tenzing Norgay was the first person to summit Mount Everest alongside Edmund Hillary. The Apple Original film “Tenzing,” opening Zurich Film Festival, reframes the story of that first ascent. “It’s often reduced to a familiar shorthand: Hillary conquered Everest, assisted by a

US Democrats tee up pre-election war powers vote as some Republicans break with Trump on Iran

By Patricia Zengerle WASHINGTON, Sept 24 (Reuters) - The US Senate could vote as soon as Thursday to tell President Donald Trump to end the war in Iran or get Congress' authorization to continue it, as Democrats tee up a vote on the unpopular conflict before November's midterm

Netanyahu's fleeting visit to New York mirrors strained US ties

By Emily Rose and Rami Ayyub JERUSALEM, Sept 24 (Reuters) - Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's unusually brief trip to the United States to address the UN stands in stark contrast to his week-long visit last year that included a meeting with President Donald Trump,

Russia recruiting up to 25,000 North Koreans to assemble drones: What the data shows

Pyongyang, which supports Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, has helped staff and arm its forces. The UN says up to 25,000 North Koreans assemble drones in Russia, with most of their pay seized by Kim Jong-un's regime.

Climate change: Laws and policies must change to prevent future statelessness

Australia and other nations should amend laws and practices to address the needs of millions of people expected to move because of climate-related hazards, according to a new report by the Peter McMullin Centre on Statelessness and the United Nations High Commissioner for

Capitol press corps beat Lawmakers in historically high scoring Congressional Women's Softball Game

Runs came in waves on Wednesday night in the annual Congressional Women’s Softball Game, with the press corps’s team Bad News Babes besting Team Congress 22-16 at Audi Field. The 18th annual event saw the nation's legislators — led by captains Sen. Shelley Moore Capito (R-W.V.)

Judge Orders Trump White House to Restore Access to CNN, MS NOW, Politico Immediately

A federal judge has ordered the White House to immediate reinstate access to CNN, MS NOW and Politico journalists, after President Donald Trump summarily banned them last Friday. U.S. District Judge Timothy Kelly of the D.C. Circuit, a Trump appointee, granted the news orgs’

Smash Bros. owes millions of dollars in OSHA violations | Unraveled

Super Smash Bros. Ultimate has a ridiculous amount of stages... but are they all death traps? Brian David Gilbert consults the Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) to discover how many violations each stage has... and how much money they need to pay.

Five questions hanging over Trump’s meeting with Xi

In today's issue: ▪ Xi’s state visit kicks off ▪ Judge strikes down media ban ▪ Debate over how to tackle diesel costs ▪ Forecasters shift races toward Democrats Chinese President Xi Jinping is meeting with President Trump today for high-stakes talks that could touch on several

Africa: Nandi-Ndaitwah Wants Woman As UN Chief

[Namibian] President Netumbo Nandi-Ndaitwah has called for a woman to be elected as the next United Nations secretary general, saying the organisation's leadership has yet to reflect the gender equality it promotes globally.

Israel's US envoy says son fighting for life

Israel's ambassador to the United States said Thursday that his soldier son was fighting for his life after a Palestinian attacker rammed his car into him at a checkpoint in the occupied West Bank. Ambassador Yechiel Leiter also lashed out at French President Emmanuel Macron

'I was drowning': Iran Nobel winner exposes pain of separation from children

Iranian Nobel peace prize winner Narges Mohammadi has said her biggest fear is dying without seeing her two children again after being separated from the twins for over a decade, in her memoir published on Thursday. In the book, "A Woman Never Stops Fighting", Mohammadi, the

Fire Emblem: Fortune’s Weave Quietly Changed the Series in 4 Essential Ways

Fire Emblem: Fortune's Weave adds numerous quality-of-life tweaks to the game that seem small on the surface, but significantly boost the fun factor

The enemy within the judicial gates

Judges’ views on climate change are being influenced by an organization bragging that its purpose is to build and enable “a network of judges and scientists advancing climate science education for the judiciary.”

Did we just hear the Iranian regime's last speech at the UN?

When Masoud Pezeshkian stood before the United Nations, he spoke in the name of Iran. That was the first deception. The Islamic Republic — the Shia Caliphate — is not Iran. Khomeinist ideology has been imposed upon a civilization that long predates the order established in

Are we back in big tech's 'move fast and break things' era?

Despite promises to make safe AI, examples of bots behaving badly are now coming at us thick and fast.

I wasted 3 weeks of my life finding Castlevania's hottest monster | Unraveled

Castlevania's bestiary is terrifyingly large. In this Unraveled, Brian David Gilbert tries, multiple times, to understand the monstrosity of Dracula's domain, and ends up with something strangely hot.

Transcript: Trump Fury Erupts as Case for Press Ban Starts Collapsing

The following is a lightly edited transcript of the September 24 episode of the Daily Blast podcast. Listen to it here . After we recorded, a federal court issued a temporary restraining order halting the ban. Greg Sargent: This is The Daily Blast from The New Republic ,

Ranking all 200+ Mega Man robots | Unraveled

The Mega Man robot masters were helpful before they became evil. But just how helpful were they? Brian David Gilbert locks himself in a studio to rank which ones were useful enough to be worth the risk of a robot uprising.

Q&A: Why should colleges promote student physical activity?

Every fall in the United States, millions of young people move to college campuses, away from home for the first time. During this transition, they typically develop new social networks and routines as they learn to live on their own. One of the most important routines college

Africa: Why the Future of Vaccine Innovation Must Be Built in Africa, With Africa

[Nile Post] Global health is entering a defining new era. The geopolitical landscape is shifting. Traditional funding models that sustained decades of progress against infectious diseases are evolving, while governments and development partners face competing priorities, fiscal

I read all 337 books in Skyrim so you don't have to | Unraveled

Should you read every book in Skyrim? And what are the top five books in Skyrim? Brian David Gilbert is once again put in a suit and locked in a room in order to answer those eternal questions in this episode of Unraveled.

Poland says fire at Starlink station is sabotage as Denmark warns of rising Russian threat

The satellite station is used in part to provide internet coverage to neighbouring Ukraine, the government says.

S&P 500 Faces a Deeper Correction Risk as Yields Surge and Market Breadth Weakens

India’s ‘Cockroach’ party threatens fresh protests unless election chief resigns

CJP founder Abhijeet Dipke issued the ultimatum to Gyanesh Kumar at a press conference in New Delhi.

Islamists’ revival reshapes Morocco’s parliament as PAM takes top spot

The Islamist PJD rebounds to 54 seats and Aziz Akhannouch’s RNI loses its crown, in a vote marked by falling turnout. The constitution obliges Morocco’s King Mohammed VI to choose a head of government from the winning party – but not who, or how soon.

India's 'cockroach' movement says it will launch protest if poll panel chief doesn't quit in 48 hours

MUMBAI, Sept 24 - The leaders of India's \"cockroach\" youth movement said on Thursday that they would launch nationwide protests if India's chief election officer does not resign within 48 hours, after a newspaper report said he had been questioned by his deputies over changes

Solving the Zelda Timeline in 15 Minutes | Unraveled

Everyone knows the Zelda timeline is pretty incomprehensible. So in this episode of Unraveled, Brian David Gilbert puts every piece of Zelda media, canonical and noncanonical, into the timeline to make it a bit easier to understand.

Robert Eggers is doing Romeo & Juliet. “When it comes to...

Robert Eggers is doing Romeo & Juliet . “When it comes to dialogue, sources say that this adaptation will feature actors speaking in Elizabethan English (aka early modern English), with lines straight from the play.”

Irish Game Fund expands with additional funding pathways

Developers in the region will now be able to take advantage of a Development Fund, Prototype Fund, and Release Fund.