50 m. ago ‘Alarming’ rise in regional internet censorship in China, study finds

Tens of millions of internet users in China’s Henan denied access to five times more websites than usualChina’s authorities appear to have implemented an enhanced version of the country’s internet censorship regime in the central province of Henan, subjecting tens of millions of residents to even stricter controls on access to information than people in the rest of the country.A research paper published this month by Great Firewall Report, an internet censorship monitoring platform, found that internet users in Henan, one of China’s most populous provinces, were, on average, denied access to five times more websites than a typical Chinese internet user between November 2023 and March 2025. Continue reading...

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50 m. ago Germany trumpets its reckoning with its Nazi past – except when it’s inconvenient | Hanno Hauenstein

From a media prize with a dubious pedigree to the horrors of Gaza, the establishment forgets and remembers what suits it bestGrowing up in Germany, we were taught to believe we had done better. Better than our grandparents’ generation, who swept their complicity under a thick rug of silence. Better even than our parents, whose revolts in the late 1960s rarely led to any serious reckoning with the legacy of the Holocaust.Born in the late 1980s, my generation learned about Auschwitz early on. We visited former concentration camps and studied the Nazi regime not as an alien aberration, but as a warning: this is how democracies die. Today, with the far-right AfD and ethno-chauvinism on the rise, that warning has never felt more urgent.Hanno Hauenstein is a Berlin-based journalist and author. He worked as a senior editor in Berliner Zeitung’s culture department, specialising in contemporary art and politics Continue reading...

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4 h. ago Is the inquest into the Bondi Junction murders further stigmatising schizophrenia?

Sandy Jeffs, first diagnosed in 1976, says ‘I just don’t know how we’re going to come back from this’Get our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcastWhen Sandy Jeffs was diagnosed with schizophrenia in 1976, “it was an absolute death sentence because schizophrenia and recovery weren’t spoken of in the same sentence back in those days”.“To have your future taken away from you like that, at 23 years of age, was just awful,” she says, “and I bought into the pessimism of my diagnosis because that’s what I was told by all those clinicians.”Sign up for Guardian Australia’s breaking news email Continue reading...

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5 h. ago New rules to come into force in all UK zoos for staff and visitors

Designed to improve animal welfare, the new reforms are the biggest in over 10 years

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5 h. ago Britain's zoo OVERHAUL: UK animal parks will be forced to introduce larger habitats for elephants, ban touching in aquariums and ditch tethering birds under new government rules

Under new legislation the minimum size of elephant enclosures will increase sixfold, there will be a touching ban in aquariums and the practice of tethering birds of prey long-term will be ditched.

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5 h. ago How a 19th century Scottish con artist used 40 aliases and exploited a war for fraud

Annie Gordon Baillie built a life on deceit with a number of different scams.

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5 h. ago Elephants, eagles and stingrays given larger spaces to roam in zoos thanks to new rules

Good news for stingrays and elephants as new rules to be introduced in more than a decade and will help modernise the UK’s beloved zoos and aquariums

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7 h. ago Serie A title decider: Napoli win the Scudetto to deny Inter – live reaction

Scott McTominay and Romelu Lukaku scored the goals against Cagliari that claimed a second title in three yearsAny comments? You can email John your thoughtsCaledonia’s Simon McMahon gets in touch: “Gilmour and McTominay starting for Napoli and on the verge of winning Serie A is just insane, John. Really hope they do it, got the pizza and beers in, COME ON NAPOLI!!!”Naples is getting game ready, too. Mathías Olivera is being given a penant for his 100th game. The sound of Live Is Life can be heard at the Diego Armando Maradona. Continue reading...

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8 h. ago Clueless diners at Jeremy Clarkson's pub say they are baffled by 'weird' rule when they sit down to eat a meal

The Farmer's Dog has been widely praised since it opened last year - with many customers leaving glowing reviews.

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9 h. ago Coronation Street star defiantly rules out return to soap: 'I'm not coming back'

It's safe to say one Coronation Street favourite will not be returning from the dead anytime soon, with one actor ruling out any form of a comeback to the ITV soap

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10 h. ago Serie A title decider: Napoli and Inter battle it out for the Scudetto – live

Como v Inter, Napoli v Cagliari kick off at 7.45pm BSTAny comments? You can email John your thoughtsThe setting of the game at Como is breathtaking. The players are warming up now, as the teams warm up. This is supposed to be Pepe Reina’s last game before retirement. As ever, Thunderstruck is pumping.To further clarify, via permutations guru, ESPN’s Dale Johnson: “If the two teams finish on the same points -- this will happen if Napoli lose and Inter draw -- there will be a one-legged playoff, hosted by the club with the best goal difference (Inter), to decide the title.” Continue reading...

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10 h. ago Oasis reunion tour sparks fan frenzy with strict new entry rules and safety measures

Oasis fans are gearing up for one of the most eagerly awaited reunions in music history, as the band prepares to hit the road for their first tour in over a decade

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10 h. ago South Africa moves to change empowerment law for Musk’s Starlink

Potential loosening of Black ownership rules came after billionaire said his satellite internet group would not comply

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11 h. ago Urgent 'do not eat warning' slapped on popular health snack with allergy risk

THG Nutrition Limited, which manufactures the product, said the recall affected all batches of its 75g single cookies and box of 12 cookies which could pose a risk to allergy sufferers

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11 h. ago England v West Indies: second women’s T20 international – live

Updates from the second match of the series, at HoveDunkley launches new era | Sign up for the Spin | Email RobEngland are unchanged. West Indies bring in Stafanie Taylor and Shemaine Campbelle for Realeanna Grimmond and Janillea Glasgow.England Wyatt-Hodge, Dunkley, Sciver-Brunt (c), Knight, Jones (wk), Capsey, Arlott, Wong, Dean, Smith, Bell. Continue reading...

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12 h. ago Fact check: NHS appointments rise hailed by government is smaller than last year

Figures obtained by Full Fact show how the recent rise in the number of in-hospital appointments compares to previous years.

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13 h. ago Judge rules Howden text message inadmissible at London hockey trial

Judge rules Howden text message inadmissible at London hockey trial  TSN

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13 h. ago Shooting of Israeli embassy staffers underscores US ‘era of violent populism’

This is the latest act of violence in a string of incidents that have affected Jewish, Arab and Muslim communitiesUS politics live – latest updatesThe killing of two staff of the Israeli embassy in Washington DC comes as the war in Gaza has splintered the American body politic alongside the ongoing rise in political violence.A shooter, identified as Elias Rodriguez, shot the two people, Yaron Lischinsky and Sarah Milgrim, outside the Capital Jewish Museum on Wednesday after they left an event hosted by the American Jewish Committee. Rodriguez reportedly chanted “free, free Palestine” while being detained by security. Continue reading...

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13 h. ago 100 years after Hitler’s infamous Games, the Olympics could return to Berlin

It would be the first time the Games are played in the city since the days of Nazi rule

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13 h. ago Petition calls for East Kilbride task force to 'urgently' tackle rise in knife crime after tragic teen's death

East Kilbride Community Association & Neighbourhood Watch (EKCA) is calling for a local task force on knife crime prevention in East Kilbride.

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