Fairfax County Schools investigating claims of staff arranging abortions

(Graphic: John McCann/M&G) I love science fiction movies and series. But what always bothered me was that as imaginative, forward-thinking, inventive and superlatively intelligent as the worlds and multiple universes they created, it was no match for the diversity we have on Earth and humankind.  Even my current favourite Apple… Read Details ⇢

Palestinians carry sacks of flour near Jabaliya, in the northern Gaza Strip, on July 27, 2025. BASHAR TALEB / AFP Antoine Renard is the director of the World Food Programme (WFP) in Palestine. Le Monde reached him while he was on assignment in Gaza. You have been in Gaza since… Read Details ⇢

NEWYou can now listen to Fox News articles! A recent annual cleanup at a Colorado ski resort turned into something of a treasure hunt – as staff uncovered everything from outdated technology to a hamburger flipper. Earlier this summer, Breckenridge Ski Resort in Breckenridge, Colorado, announced that its staffers had… Read Details ⇢

Defence Ministry accuses Kurdish-led SDF of injuring four army personnel and three civilians in rocket attack near Manbij. Syria’s Ministry of Defence has accused the Kurdish-led Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF) of carrying out a rocket attack on a military position in northern Syria, injuring four army personnel and three civilians.… Read Details ⇢

High-end Radeon AI Pro R9700 cards from five major brands now confirmed The products are designed for professional AI, rendering, simulation and multi-GPU use Further cards from MSI, XFX, Biostar, Acer and others are expected soon The Radeon AI Pro R9700, AMD’s fastest GPU to date, has gone on sale,… Read Details ⇢

Frame of mind: Apiwe Bubu, who hails from the Eastern Cape, and now has his own studio in Los Angeles, came back to his home country to record his debut album. Photo: Ofentse Moatshe On Thursday, 31 July, Apiwe Bubu dropped his debut solo album Reflections of a Sound Mind… Read Details ⇢

White House special envoy Steve Witkoff arrives to meet families of hostages held captive in the Gaza Strip, in Tel Aviv, Israel, August 2, 2025. ARIEL SCHALIT / AP US envoy Steve Witkoff met anguished relatives of Israeli hostages still held in Gaza on Saturday, August 2, as fears for… Read Details ⇢

It’s one the less known chapters of WWII: the Nazis’ racially-based massacre of anywhere between a quarter and half a million Roma on top of the more than six million Jews killed in the Holocaust. Roma victims were also subjected to internment, forced labour, deportation and mass execution, though the… Read Details ⇢

NEWYou can now listen to Fox News articles! The path to a deal on confirming a slew of President Donald Trump’s nominees appeared shaky at best in the Senate Saturday, as Republicans and Democrats sparred over terms and conditions to find a way forward. Senators were supposed to be long… Read Details ⇢