Ah yes. Britain's homelessness minister increased the rent on a house she owns by hundreds of pounds, allegedly "within weeks" of the previous tenants' contract ending. The i Paper, external reported that four tenants who rented a house owned by Rushanara Ali in East London were sent an email last November giving them four months'…

From the JC: A number of European picture agencies have told German media that they will no longer use images from a Gazan photographer after an investigation by Süddeutsche Zeitung (SZ) found that some of his depictions of hunger in the Strip were staged. In a documentary about his work during the war, Anas Zayed Fteiha was filmed…

Wow. @TheLancet has gone bonkers It just ran a book review arguing that focusing on sperm/eggs as male/female is bad bcuz it promotes "gametic" bigotry, & so “fuels unhinged panic in some quarters about transgender threats to traditional gender roles” This is a MEDICAL journal https://t.co/F4KSeMEZum — Jonathan Kay (@jonkay) August 6, 2025 https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js Worth…

ABC, Australia’s taxpayer funded broadcaster, ignored Giggle v Tickle aka the biggest women’s rights court case in the country’s modern history. If this is the only place you get your news, it’s highly possible you have absolutely no idea what is happening in the real world. pic.twitter.com/AtZHBt9yE7 — Sall Grover (@salltweets) August 7, 2025 https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js…

Every single person I've spoken to inside Gaza for a week has been telling me the exact same thing: "Almost all food aid coming in is being stolen, looted, or resold at exorbitant prices; Hamas, clans, gangs, thugs & merchants are stealing aid; hardly any goes to needy people!" pic.twitter.com/8klZOP92jP — Ahmed Fouad Alkhatib (@afalkhatib)…

North Korea's dog days (previously) are not going well: A state-run dog meat restaurant in North Korea has been shut down after about 10 customers suffered food poisoning during the peak summer dining season, with authorities blaming the incident on inadequate water and electricity supplies rather than just poor sanitation. The outbreak occurred at a…

The early days of the Sandie Peggie case: NHS Fife’s bid to resolve the changing room clash between Sandie Peggie and Beth Upton was thrown into disarray when the row exploded into the public eye. The health board had urged the Kirkcaldy nurse to stay quiet about her suspension while she was being investigated. But…

Afghanistan to start stoning women to death for ‘adultery.’ The Supreme Leader of the Afghan Taliban Hibatullah Akhundzada says Afghanistan will begin stoning women to death for adultery in accordance with Sharia law. If any woman is suspected of having relations with a man… pic.twitter.com/pDtNr9BYvY — WDI.Afghanistan (@WDIAfghanistan) August 4, 2025 https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js "If any woman…

Why did Hamas show those despicable videos of the two Israeli hostages? Echoes of the Holocaust were unmistakable – in particular when a skeletal Evyatar David was shown being forced to dig his own grave. Didn't they realise that this would provoke a storm of horror and revulsion in the Western media?  Except it didn't.…

BREAKING: ALMOST 90% OF AID TO GAZA SINCE MAY LOOTED The UN reports only a tenth of aid entering Gaza is getting to its intended recipients. You’d think the global movement calling for aid to enter Gaza would take note of the pressing need to distribute it better. But they… — Hen Mazzig (@HenMazzig) August…