Florida woman builds Rainbow Bridge memorial for pets; families can leave collars and tags

Florida woman builds Rainbow Bridge memorial for pets; families can leave collars and tags

Times of India •

Florida resident Gabrielle Bolen spent 18 months turning an idea into a permanent Rainbow Bridge Pet Memorial in Fort Myers. Opened at the Alliance for the Arts on September 19, the community-built space allows families to remember lost pets by leaving collars and tags. Local businesses and community members contributed funding, materials, labour and services to complete the memorial.

Germany: Could regional polls force Friedrich Merz to step down?

Germany: Could regional polls force Friedrich Merz to step down?

France 24 •

Polling is underway in the German capital Berlin and the largely rural state of Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania for regional elections. Both elections are seen as a test for Germany's centre-right Chancellor Friedrich Merz. He has already scheduled a crisis meeting and decided to skip this week's UN General Assembly to deal with the potential fallout. Could he be forced to step down based on the ele...

Germany: Could regional polls froce Friedrich Merz to step down?

Germany: Could regional polls froce Friedrich Merz to step down?

France 24 •

Polling is underway in the German capital Berlin and the largely rural state of Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania for regional elections. Both elections are seen as a test for Germany's centre-right Chancellor Friedrich Merz. He has already scheduled a crisis meeting and decided to skip this week's UN General Assembly to deal with the potential fallout. Could he be forced to step down based on the ele...

Ukraine hits Russia with major drone attack, targeting refinery

Ukraine hits Russia with major drone attack, targeting refinery

France 24 •

In Russia, voters are on the third and final day of casting ballots in the country's first wartime parliamentary election. Despite the voting however, Ukraine carried out what Moscow described as the "largest ever" drone attack on the Russian capital. Kyiv reportedly fired over 1.000 drones at the country, leaving two dead in the Moscow region and inflicting damage upon an oil refinery. Details by...

Ukraine hits Russia with major drone attack, targetting refinery

Ukraine hits Russia with major drone attack, targetting refinery

France 24 •

In Russia, voters are on the third and final day of casting ballots in the country's first wartime parliamentary election. Despite the voting however, Ukraine carried out what Moscow described as the "largest ever" drone attack on the Russian capital. Kyiv reportedly fired over 1.000 drones at the country, leaving two dead in the Moscow region and inflicting damage upon an oil refinery. Details by...

As White House shields the AI gold rush, Trump family and other allies strike it rich – with few guardrails

As White House shields the AI gold rush, Trump family and other allies strike it rich – with few guardrails

The Guardian •

It’s not clear that financial interests are driving White House policy, but they run parallel even as resistance mountsDonald Trump’s sons, through a series of AI-linked defense and technology ventures, have picked up a $620m Pentagon loan, a Marine Corps robotics contract and an undisclosed air force drone deal in the past year. His longtime friend Michael Dell won a Pentagon contract worth nearl...

Leftists make waves and Trump flexes muscles: US primary season takeaways

Leftists make waves and Trump flexes muscles: US primary season takeaways

The Guardian •

Candidates have been selected for November’s midterms – have Republicans and Democrats made the right choices?Primary season has official concluded in the United States, with Democrats leading the polls among voters amid widespread economic anxieties, a war with Iran and Donald Trump’s mass deportation agenda continuing into the end of the year.Democratic and Republican voters have selected conten...

Chinese Good Samaritan arrested for manslaughter after kindness leads to fatal accident

Chinese Good Samaritan arrested for manslaughter after kindness leads to fatal accident

SCMP •

Online community in China is heart-wrenched over a driver’s goodwill in pulling a rope across a road as a warning sign, which ultimately took the life of a passer-by. The case emerged after the driver, surnamed Xie, was arrested for manslaughter in central China’s Henan province on September 11. While driving along a dirt road in a village, the concrete mixer truck driver noticed potholes that cau...

Nine women found dead near Johannesburg sends shockwaves through South Africa

Nine women found dead near Johannesburg sends shockwaves through South Africa

France 24 •

Vigils, group runs and moments of silence: thousands of protesters gathered across South Africa this weekend to pay tribute to the nine women found murdered in eastern Johannesburg. In a country that records more than 60 homicides a day, the nine murders sent shockwaves through the population. Anger is mounting, and calls are growing for the government to take action. Story by Caroline Baum.

Low pay, job insecurity for China’s trainee doctors a turn-off for young talent

Low pay, job insecurity for China’s trainee doctors a turn-off for young talent

SCMP •

Huang Qiaoyuan has just a year to go before she completes her undergraduate medical training in southern China, but she is thinking of quitting the field and going into consulting. Huang, a fifth-year clinical medical student in Guangxi Zhuang autonomous region, said she was initially drawn to the idea of being a doctor during the Covid-19 pandemic, when the contributions of health workers came to...

Ed Sheeran calls Gaza war catastrophic after dropping Macklemore over pro-Palestinian comments

Ed Sheeran calls Gaza war catastrophic after dropping Macklemore over pro-Palestinian comments

France 24 •

English singer Ed Sheeran opened his first show since his opener Macklemore was dropped after making pro-Palestinian comments onstage. The move sparked controversy and prompted several other support acts to drop out of the tour, publishing statements citing their support for Palestinians. While some concert goers could be seen trying to sell their tickets on Saturday, others have voiced their supp...

Three media outlets barred from the White House over 'fake news'

Three media outlets barred from the White House over 'fake news'

France 24 •

Donald Trump has suggested that more news outlets may be barred from the White House after he announced he was banning Politico, CNN and MS NOW. On Saturday, all three outlets said that the White House confiscated their teams' press passes; they have also hinted at legal action. The ban has come under sharp criticism from press freedom advocates, as Charlotte Hughes explains.

UK media is ‘cancerous’ to Harry and Meghan, Diana’s brother says

UK media is ‘cancerous’ to Harry and Meghan, Diana’s brother says

SCMP •

The media’s treatment of Prince Harry and his wife Meghan ⁠is on a par ⁠with that faced by his mother ⁠Diana, the late princess’s brother said in an interview published on Sunday, warning that lessons needed to be learned from that period. Diana died aged 36 in a 1997 Paris car crash as photographers pursued her on motorbikes, sparking an outpouring of ‌grief and a reckoning over whether the media...