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Hello, and welcome to TechScape. Dara Kerr here, filling in for Blake Montgomery, who promises he’ll come back from vacation. Meanwhile, I’m looking at the memes, gaming and internet culture behind the shooting of Charlie Kirk.The bullet that killed conservative activist was inscribed with a message: “Notices bulge OwO whats this?” The online world quickly recognized the reference. It’s a phrase used in internet culture to troll people in online role-play communities, specifically furries (a subculture that cosplays as anthropomorphic animal characters).“The phrase has been popularized not only as a way of making fun of furries and related communities for…

MUMBAI, INDIA — In August 2023, President Narendra Modi’s government enacted a law that critics say will make India’s much-lauded Right to Information Act all but irrelevant. The law, which amends the act by blocking public access to information deemed “personal data,” is expected to come into force any day now. In April, Electronics and Information Technology Minister Ashwini Vaishnaw told Parliament that the law, called the Digital Data Protection Act, strengthens the privacy rights of individuals, but critics paint a bleaker picture of the law’s potential effects. Journalists, activists, lawyers and academics frequently use the Right to Information Act of…

Lil Nas X is in treatment, his attorneys said this week, following his arrest last month on multiple charges for allegedly charging at police officers who stopped him as he walked in his underwear down a Los Angeles street.The artist, whose legal name is Montero Lamar Hill, has pleaded not guilty to three counts of battery with injury on a police officer and one felony count of resisting an executive officer during the August incident.During a court hearing in the case on Monday, attorneys for Hill told Los Angeles county Judge Shellie Samuels that the Grammy-winning musician was receiving in-patient…

On Thursday, a Brazilian Supreme Court panel found former President Jair Bolsonaro guilty of multiple charges, including leading a criminal group and attempting the violent overthrow of democratic rule. He was sentenced to 27 years and three months in prison.According to the prosecution, Bolsonaro and members of his cabinet and the military sought to orchestrate a coup after his electoral defeat in November 2022 and assassinate current president and political rival Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva. Brazil’s judiciary associated the former president’s actions with the events that led to the ransacking of the presidential palace, Congress and the Supreme Court…

– The government has granted a final tax amnesty to support struggling businesses, waiving all interest and penalties on outstanding principal tax owed as of June 30, 2024. The initiative, implemented under the amended Tax Procedures Code Act, aims to ease the financial burden on businesses affected by the COVID-19 pandemic. Under the program, taxpayers who settle their full principal tax by June 30, 2026, will automatically receive a 100 percent waiver on accumulated penalties and interest. Partial payments will qualify for a pro-rata waiver. The relief also covers interest accrued from July 1, 2024, to the date of payment.…

The latest US Treasury Department move comes as part of efforts to make it more difficult for Iran to sell oil abroad.Published On 16 Sep 202516 Sep 2025Click here to share on social mediashare2ShareThe United States has issued a new wave of sanctions against Iran, targeting people and entities it says are involved in illicit fund transfers that benefit the country’s military activities.The US Department of the Treasury’s Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) confirmed on Tuesday that it had sanctioned more than a dozen Iranian individuals and companies based in Hong Kong and the United Arab Emirates.Recommended Stories list…

NewsFeedWhen asked about Israel’s ground invasion of Gaza City, US President Donald Trump warned of ‘big trouble’ for Hamas if they use Israeli captives as human shields.Published On 16 Sep 202516 Sep 2025Click here to share on social mediashare2Share

Farmers in Zambia have filed an $80bn (£58.5bn) lawsuit against two Chinese-linked firms, blaming them for an “ecological catastrophe” caused by the collapse of a dam that stored waste from copper mining.Million of litres of highly acidic material spilled into waterways in February, leading to “mass fatalities” among fish, making water undrinkable and destroying crops, the farmers said in court papers.This is one of the biggest environmental lawsuits in Zambia’s history, with the farmers saying the spillage affects about 300,000 households in the copper-mining region. The US embassy issued a health alert in August, raising concerns of “widespread contamination of…

Jack FenwickPolitical correspondentFamily handoutHilary’s son Ben died from a heroin overdose in 2018, but his death was never included on official opioid death statisticsMore than 13,000 heroin and opioid deaths have been missed off official statistics in England and Wales, raising concerns about the impact on the government’s approach to tackling addiction.Research from King’s College London, shared exclusively with BBC News, found that there were 39,232 opioid-related deaths between 2011 and 2022, more than 50% higher than previously known.The error has been blamed on the government’s official statistics body not having access to correct data and it is understood ministers…

Faith Kipyegon stormed to a historic fourth world 1500m title as the Kenyan great extended her streak of dominance with a fifth consecutive global gold in the event.The 31-year-old matched retired men’s world record holder Hicham El Guerrouj as the only other athlete in history to amass four 1500m titles at the championships.After securing her third consecutive Olympic triumph last year, this was also a third straight world gold for Kipyegon, who controlled the final from the start before bursting clear of her rivals on the final lap.Not only is the world record holder unbeaten in the past five global…