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Parents, caregivers and former students have spoken out about long-standing concerns around safety, communication and school culture, emphasising that this moment must lead to meaningful engagement rather than defensiveness Written by Richard Shelford-Woodcock on May 26, 2026 and reposted with permission · Recent events at Mercury Bay Area School have sparked significant concern across the wider Mercury Bay community, particularly following an…

The odds of Poland cutting Ukraine off, including from the aid that it receives from the West, are unrealistic despite the radical change in popular Polish perceptions of Ukrainians as a result of the unprecedented Ukrainian troll attacks against them over the Volhynia Genocide dispute. By Andrew Korybko · The social media front of the Ukrainian conflict was dominated last week by Ukrainian troll attacks against Poles after President Karol…

German regulators are advancing a controversial plan that would require social media platforms to boost content from government-approved “news” outlets, raising concerns about state influence over online speech and the flow of information. By David Lindfield · According to a leaked document obtained by Apollo News, Germany’s state media authorities are developing a system that would allow regulators to determine which news organizations qualify…

A former senior U.S. intelligence official with top secret security clearance has been arrested after the FBI raided his Virginia home and allegedly uncovered a fortune that included roughly $40 million in gold bars, $2 million in cash, and dozens of luxury watches. By David Lindfield · Federal authorities say David J. Rush, who reportedly held a senior position at the CIA until recently, orchestrated a massive fraud scheme while falsely…

A new study is raising serious questions about the corporate rush to replace human workers with artificial intelligence after researchers found that companies cutting jobs in favor of AI-driven automation are often failing to achieve the financial gains they promised investors. By David Lindfield · As executives across America tout AI as the future of business and announce wave after wave of layoffs, the findings suggest that replacing workers…

It’s hard to believe one’s eyes while witnessing the latest performance put on by the comedian tyrant of Ukraine. By Tarik Cyril Amar, a historian from Germany working at Koç University, Istanbul, on Russia, Ukraine, and Eastern Europe, the history of World War II, the cultural Cold War, and the politics of memory. · Within the space of a week or so, the regime of president-for-eternity-no-elections-needed Vladimir Zelensky has repatriated and…

The Ukrainian military attacked Russia’s Zaporozhye Nuclear Power Plant (ZNPP), puncturing a hole in the machine hall of one of the facility’s units, Aleksey Likhachev, CEO of the Russian state nuclear corporation Rosatom, has said. The ZNPP – which has repeatedly been attacked by Kiev forces over the past years – came under a new attack on Saturday, with a fiber-optics-guided drone making it to the machine hall of the sixth power unit of the…

The US military has been covertly guiding vessels through the Strait of Hormuz in recent weeks, The New York Times reported on Sunday, citing officials familiar with the matter. Iran closed the vital waterway, which previously handled around 20% of global oil and liquefied natural gas (LNG) supplies, to ships from “hostile countries” in response to the US and Israeli airstrikes launched on February 28. Tehran later said that vessels from third…

Czech Prime Minister Andrej Babis has compared the EU to the Roman Empire in its twilight years, arguing that Brussels is weakening the bloc through its economic, climate, and security policies. Babis returned to office in December after his ANO movement won 34.5% of the vote and 80 seats in the 200-member lower house of parliament. Since then, he has positioned himself as a leading advocate of national sovereignty, a reassessment of EU…

The IDF expands its ground operation into Lebanon. The incursion is already the deepest in several decades and Netanyahu now wants to take more of the country - in an effort that, he insists, is to protect Israel. · A warning, these are disturbing images -two people are killed and dozens of others wounded as Israel strikes a seaport area in Gaza. While Gaza suffers, Jewish residents in New York gather for a parade to commemorate Israel Day. ·…