Burnham orders review of grooming gang early releases
Prime Minister Andy Burnham has ordered an "urgent" review to identify any grooming gang members who may be eligible to be freed from jail under the government's early release scheme.
When atrocities return: The cost of failed accountability in Tigray
Amnesty International says impunity for past abuses has left civilians vulnerable as fighting returns to Tigray.
By Mohamed Ghulam Mohammadu
Published On 6 Aug 2026
When Ethiopia’s federal government and Tigrayan forces signed the Cessation of Hostilities Agreement in November 2022, it appeared that one of Africa’s deadliest conflicts had finally come to an end.
Livestreamer's murder raises questions over relations between Mexico's creators and cartels
The killing of a young influencer, caught on camera as he was livestreaming in Mexico's Sinaloa state, has raised questions about possible links between content creators and criminal cartels in this violence-wracked part of the country.
Van-Pantoja rematch to headline UFC 331 in September: All to know
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Van and Pantoja to fight for flyweight title, while Tsarukyan faces the dangerous Mauricio Ruffy at lightweight.
Joshua Van and Alexandre Pantoja will headline UFC 331 in September in a flyweight title rematch on September 19 in Los Angeles, officials announced on Thursday.
Indian court sentences high-profile journalist to 10 years for rape
Tarun Tejpal, 63, says that he will appeal the conviction at the Supreme Court.
An Indian court has sentenced a prominent journalist to 10 years in prison for raping a junior colleague more than a decade ago, overturning an earlier acquittal.
Watch Your Back, Germany! We Test the 1994 Lexus GS300
From the February 1993 issue of Car and Driver.
Lexus, a name rapidly becoming a synonym for smooth, has slipped a new car into the gap between its most expensive (the $48,733 LS400) and inexpensive (if the ES300, at $27,930, can be called inexpensive) automobiles. The new GS300, which officials of Toyota's luxury-car division view as a competitor to such roadrunners as the BMW 5-series and Mercedes-Benz 300s, will be priced "in the mid-thirties," according to Lexus boss J. David Illingworth.
‘There is no money’: Is Iraq entering a phase of lean years?
Baghdad, Iraq – A colloquial phrase by Iraqi Minister of Health Abdul Hussein al-Musawi uttered at a meeting for medical staff, health workers and others in Baghdad made many Iraqis concerned. “There is no money,” he said, which, to many, seemed closer to an official declaration regarding the scale of the financial distress facing the Iraqi state. In an unprecedented moment of candour before his ministry’s employees, the minister revealed that the government has now placed securing salaries at the forefront of its priorities amid a stifling liquidity crisis. This marks the first time a government minister has spoken so clearly about the difficulty of financing the state’s basic expenditures.
Succotash is the 400-year-old side dish that belongs on your summer table
This succotash recipe is the ultimate summer vegetable side dish! Ready in under 30 minutes, it's packed with corn, lima beans, tomatoes, and more.
Published Aug 6, 2026
Ford’s new electric truck, ‘Fathom,’ starts at $28,350
Ford’s next-generation electric truck will be called Fathom, and it will start at $28,350 when it goes on sale in 2027, the company said on Thursday.
A “destination and delivery” fee will bring that price up to $29,945, putting the Fathom just below the $30,000 mark that Ford has targeted since it first started talking more openly about the project in 2025.
Liquid nitrogen may have recently flowed across Pluto's heart-shaped glacier
A new study led by Southwest Research Institute (SwRI) provides evidence that liquid nitrogen is rising to Pluto's surface through cracks at the northern edge of Sputnik Planitia, part of the massive heart-shaped glacier on the dwarf planet's surface. This is the first evidence of liquid flow occurring recently on Pluto. The study is based on data from NASA's New Horizons spacecraft and led by SwRI Associate Vice President Dr. Alan Stern, the principal investigator of the New Horizons mission.