File photo: Russia formally leaves anti-torture convention amid allegations of abuse in detention Russia has formally withdrawn from the council of Europe’s Convention for the Prevention of Torture and Inhuman or Degrading Treatment or Punishment, bringing an end to the European body’s mandate to independently monitor conditions in Russian prisons, police stations and other places…
Co-pilot of the doomed Learjet flight has been identified as Nathalia Gadelha Nathalia Gadelha, a 20-year-old aspiring commercial pilot, has been identified as the co-pilot aboard the Learjet 60 that crashed in Florida on Sunday, killing all nine people on board. Gadelha was identified by her mother and stepfather, according to the New York Post….
A historic burger restaurant in Kansas has won an important First Amendment victory after a federal appeals court ruled that city officials had no right to stop it from painting hamburger-shaped flying saucers on its outside wall. On 30 October 2026, a three-judge panel of the 10th US Circuit Court of Appeals ruled in favour…
Indian-origin Srishti Tarana Sharma charged in US over pro-Palestine threats at Michigan university/Image: AP An Indian-origin woman, Srishti Tarana Sharma, 23, is among four additional people charged in a federal investigation into alleged threats, vandalism and intimidation targeting Jewish organisations, University of Michigan officials and businesses perceived to have links to Israel.US Attorney Jerome F…
Louisiana SC blocks a family’s challenge to 1996 ruling granting a daughter half her father’s property. (AI image) A property dispute involving a Louisiana man who died without leaving a will in 1956 has reached the state’s Supreme Court, nearly 30 years after a court recognised his daughter as the heir to his estate. In…
Democratic candidate for the U.S. Senate El-Sayed. A Democratic congresswoman in Michigan has endorsed Republican Senate candidate Mike Rogers over her party’s nominee Abdul El-Sayed, triggering a political storm within the party just before the US midterm elections.Haley Stevens, who lost to El-Sayed in the Democratic Senate primary in August, announced her support for Rogers…
What started as a small homemade food cart on a pavement in New Jersey has grown into a fast-casual restaurant chain with more than 400 locations across North America. Playa Bowls was founded in 2014 by local surfers Robert Giuliani and Abby Taylor. In 2026, the company passed the 400-store mark after recording $332 million…
Sixteen-year-old Brian Troupe turned an unsuccessful pier-side business idea into a floating ice cream business on the Bohemia River in Maryland. By the end of the 2026 summer season, his boat-based business, Troupe’s Treats, had made more than $25,000 in gross sales. The young business owner started his journey at age 15 after a conversation…
Canadian CEO David Morton, his wife and two daughters were attacked by three masked men. One attacker went to a hospital with gunshot wound, was questioned but then was allowed to leave. Toronto police faced massive criticism after they decided not to arrest the man who was admitted to a hospital with a gunshot wound…
Solar farms could offer more than clean energy. A three-year study by Cornell University researchers in New York has found that allowing sheep to graze beneath solar panels may also benefit insects, including bees and lady beetles, when the animals are kept at the right density. The findings, published in Environmental Research Letters on October…
