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Nov 9, 2026 - World

The collision occurred in Al-Ayyat district in Giza province, on the edge of Cairo, and caused the train to derail from its tracks.

Nov 9, 2026 - World

CEO reportedly ‌had close relationship ‌with a Chinese businesswoman who passed information to ‌BeijingNvidia said ⁠on Sunday it “is initiating an independent investigation in light of recent reporting that founder and CEO Jensen Huang has been the target of a foreign intelligence effort”.The New York Times reported in ​October that Donald Trump had been briefed last year on intelligence that Huang ‌had a close relationship ‌with a Chinese businesswoman who passed information to ‌Beijing. Continue reading...

Nov 9, 2026 - World

President Donald Trump outraged some political analysts on Sunday after he blurted out a false claim about military casualties in the Iran conflict. Speaking to reporters at the airport in West Palm Beach, Florida, Trump claimed no soldiers have been killed in the conflict, a claim that his own Department of Defense has refuted. In October, the Pentagon raised the official death toll in the Iran war to 23, Stars and Stripes reported. "We won in Iran," Trump said. "It's just a matter of closing it out now. Maybe we'll wait. Some of their neighbors would prefer that we keep it the way that it is." "Again, we haven't lost anybody. No soldiers," he added, comparing America's casualties in Iran with larger conflicts like the war of Russian aggression in Ukraine and the Vietnam War. Trump's comments sparked a firestorm of criticism online. Nick Field, a politics writer, described the president's comments as "f------ horrible" in a post on X, reiterating the number of casualties that have been reported. Quentin Ocama, state outreach officer for the Minnesota Democratic-Farmer-Labor Party, posted on X that Trump's claim was also "wildly disrespectful" to service members. "Wildly disrespectful of the service members who have been killed or injured in this clusterf--- of a conflict," he wrote. "Our crisis with a lack of serious and competent leadership continues…."Journalist Aaron Rupar described Trump's claims in a post on X as "lies." Trump lies that he's "won in Iran" and lies that "we haven't lost anybody. No soldiers." https://t.co/Oiak44fnOx— Aaron Rupar (@atrupar) November 8, 2026

Nov 9, 2026 - World

Lucy Powell says proposals to end widespread practice will be included in overhaul of England’s national curriculum Pushing GCSE subjects on younger pupils risks turning England’s secondary schools into “early exam factories”, the education secretary has said, warning that it is increasing disengagement from education.Lucy Powell wants schools to end the widespread practice of teaching GCSE topics to pupils in year 9 or earlier, before they officially start in year 10, and says she plans to reduce the amount of GCSE content to make it easier to fit into the official timetable. Continue reading...

Nov 8, 2026 - World

President Donald Trump was brutally mocked Sunday after he revealed what some analysts saw as a sign that he's "collapsing on every front."During an interview with CNN, Trump said it was "highly unlikely" that his administration would launch further strikes against the Iranian regime as long as negotiations about the country's nuclear program and reopening the Strait of Hormuz continue to progress. Trump's comments marked a departure from his repeated threats to wipe out the Iranian civilization because of the regime's reluctance to negotiate. The president's comments sparked a wave of mockery on social media. Josh Marshall, founder of Talking Points Memo, wrote in a post on X that Trump's comments were quite revealing. "Just collapsing on every front now," Marshall posted. Democratic strategist Leslie Marshall noted that Trump appeared to be trying to reinstate the conditions that existed before the war began. "You mean like we had before?" Marshall posted on X. Maryam Jamshidi, a non-resident fellow at the Quincy Institute, remarked that Trump's comments didn't reflect the reality on the ground in the Middle East. "The longer this goes, the more likely it is, in my view, that there will be no significant strikes," Jamshidi posted on X. "That being said, the U.S. is still carrying out limited strikes, its blockade is in place, and now it’s claiming to expand it to land routes - so the war is ongoing [and] still illegal."