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600 Flights Cancelled Over Issues With UK Air Traffic Control System
Sep 9, 2026 - World 
Heathrow, Stansted and City airports in London, as well as airports in Manchester, Birmingham, Scotland and elsewhere in the UK, said the technical issue was causing some disruptions.
NDIS data may have ended up in Palantir’s analytics platform as part of efforts to curb fraud
Sep 9, 2026 - World 
Exclusive: The Australian Criminal Intelligence Commission, which has access to NDIA data, used Palantir as part of a multi-agency fraud taskforce Get our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcastPersonal information of national disability insurance scheme participants may have ended up in controversial software company Palantir’s analytics platform as part of a massive multi-agency sharing program investigating fraud, Guardian Australia can reveal.There have been calls to ban the use of Palantir’s software by the Australian government since May, after it implied some cultures are inferior to others in a manifesto described by one UK MP as the “ramblings of a supervillain”. Continue reading...
US says Iranian tankers ‘destroyed’ after missile attacks on American warship
Sep 9, 2026 - World 
Tit-for-tat violence surges again in region, with tankers struck by the US in the Gulf of Oman, and reprisal attacks by Iran on a US base in JordanThe US military on Tuesday said it “destroyed” multiple Iranian tankers, after Iran attempted to strike a US navy warship with ballistic missiles, as violence once again surged across the region, pushing the price of oil close to $100 a barrel.American forces struck the tankers in the Gulf of Oman and near Iran’s Kharg Island, US central command (Centcom) said in a statement, adding that American forces “directed the crews to abandon ship before the vessels were struck”. Continue reading...
Mamdani releases 170,000 pages of records regarding impact on air quality of 9/11 attacks
Sep 9, 2026 - World 
Documents available through an online portal launched three days before the 25th anniversary of September 11New York City mayor Zohran Mamdani’s administration has released more than 170,000 pages of municipal records involving the impact of the September 11 attacks on air quality health, as well as the city’s response.Mamdani announced the documents and an online portal for accessing them on Tuesday. The release comes alongside the settlement of two lawsuits pursued by 9/11 Health Watch, which fought for access to these long-withheld documents. Continue reading...
"Iranian Hand": Marco Rubio Blames Tehran For Houthi Attacks On Saudi Oil Sites
Sep 9, 2026 - World 
US Secretary of State Marco Rubio said Tuesday that "the Iranian hand" was behind attacks launched by Yemen's Houthi rebels against Saudi Arabia.