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LONDON (AP) – An inquest opened Wednesday into the sudden death earlier this month of Jason Arday, a Cambridge University professor who faced a storm of plagiarism accusations. Arday, 41, who became Cambridge´s youngest Black professor in 2023, was found dead at an address in south London on Aug. 13, days after he resigned his post as professor of sociology of education following intense media scrutiny of his credentials and many of the other claims he had made about his accomplishments outside of academia. The inquest opened with a short hearing at London Inner South Coroner´s Court. Any deaths in…
Orders for long-lasting manufactured goods rose more than expected in July, while shipments of business equipment surged, offering further evidence that the boom in capital spending and American manufacturing extended into the third quarter. New orders for durable goods increased 1.1 percent in July to a seasonally adjusted $339.3 billion, the Commerce Department said Wednesday. Economists had forecast an increase of around 0.5 percent. The increase was the fourth in five months and the strongest since April. The previously reported June increase was revised up to 0.5 percent from 0.3 percent. Transportation equipment led the July advance, with orders rising…
The Israeli prime minister has vowed to annex more territory for Jewish immigrants Israel will continue building illegal settlements in the West Bank in preparation for a “major” wave of Jewish immigration, Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has said. Israel’s most recent settlement expansion triggered rebukes from its Arab neighbors and Western partners.“Today, many of our brothers and sisters around the world understand: This is our land and it will remain ours,” Netanyahu said in Jerusalem on Tuesday. “And when I say our land, every Jewish man and every Jewish woman, the door is open. We are waiting for you. We…
Wiki Commons Norwegians are calling out Commissioner Ursula von der Leyen on her nonsense. It is an interesting feature of contemporary European politics that some pockets of resistance to suicidal Brussels policies have started to emerge. Political fights that were only waged by the ‘far-right’ are now espoused by establishment forces across the political spectrum. One example would be leftist Denmark and establishment right-wing Italy uniting against immigration policy. Another is the push by the Norwegians against the energy policies, and Brussels hypocrisy in its attack on Arctic oil. JUST IN: Norway declares it will continue drilling for oil and…
Having only a handful of huge defense contractors limits competition and innovation, Under Secretary of War Emil Michael said during the Breitbart News policy event “AI is Here: What to Fear, What to Embrace,” on Tuesday in Washington, DC. Michael and host Matthew Boyle discussed the Trump administration’s Department of War “encouraging competition in this space” and how that produces massive benefits. Under Secretary of War Emil Michael speaks with host Matthew Boyle at the Breitbart News Event “AI is Here: What to Fear, What to Embrace” on Tuesday, August 25, 2026, in Washington, DC. (Matthew Perdie/Breitbart News) “So, competition…
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky published a message to Chinese communist dictator Xi Jinping on Tuesday in which he encouraged the Chinese government to use its significant diplomatic leverage over Russia to end the latter’s years-long invasion of Ukraine. Zelensky made the call in a social media statement responding to a message from Xi congratulating Ukraine on its independence day. He published the letter from Xi, in Chinese text, along with his response. The message was part of a series of similar responses to other world leaders, including many from outside of Europe including conservative Presidents Keiko Fujimori of Peru and…
Bill Gates, the Microsoft co-founder and leftist billionaire who has spent years predicting that AI would free people from drudgery and speed cures for disease and climate change, published an essay Wednesday warning that without urgent government intervention, AI could cause more harm than good. Bill Gates, who transformed himself from a software tycoon into a leftist icon of environmentalism and health philanthropy, has now published an essay calling for an AI slowdown. This is a massive shift is a shift for a tech evangelist who has built his post-Microsoft career on faith in AI’s ability to fix hard problems.…
A homeowner shot an alleged car thief shortly after 3 p.m. Monday afternoon after the suspect exited the vehicle and ran into a house in Orange Park, Florida. News4Jax reported the Clay County Sheriff’s Office was pursuing a white Volkswagen reported stolen and the driver, 34-year-old William White, would not stop. White allegedly struck a police car and another vehicle before the chase ended, and he then fled on foot into a nearby home. The homeowner then shot White, ending the ordeal. FirstCoastNews noted that 32-year-old Amanda Strickland was in the Volkswagen but was quickly arrested when she allegedly tried to flee,…
The group claims its actions save lives by “disrupting the Israeli war machine” The US has labeled Palestine Action a terrorist group, marking the first time that a British left-wing organization has been targeted by US terrorism sanctions. The US Treasury also blacklisted two other left-wing groups.Palestine Action was added to the US’ list of Specially Designated Global Terrorist organizations on Wednesday, according to a statement posted online by the US Treasury Department. Under the department’s sanctions, the group will have any of its bank accounts or property in the US frozen, while its members could be barred from entering…
Sophie Cunningham and Caitlin Clark Are Saving Women’s Sports. The Fever audience continues to soar with the two most popular players in the league. The Indiana Fever-Chicago Sky game was the most watched WNBA game since the league’s opening weekend in 1997, averaging 3.31 million viewers on NBC and Peacock on Sunday. At one point in the game the audience size surged to 3.8 million viewers, another record for a regular season contest. The game included the league’s second-most popular player Sophie Cunningham, a tough Midwestern woman who recently spoke out against biological men in women’s sports. And, the game…