Munich Oktoberfest resumes after seven-hour closure
Munich’s Oktoberfest reopened late on Wednesday afternoon after a tense seven-hour shutdown triggered by a bomb threat. Police gave the all-clear once the vast Theresienwiese grounds had been thoroughly searched,…
Passengers stranded as low-cost airline Play goes bust. What are your rights?
Here’s what travellers need to know about their rights to refunds and compensation if a flight company goes bankrupt. Low-cost Icelandic airline Play announced its immediate closure on Monday. The…
Support grows for using Russian assets in €140 billion loan to Ukraine, but key questions remain
EU leaders discussed the ‘Reparations Loan’ in Copenhagen. Political support is growing across the European Union for a groundbreaking plan to issue a €140 billion loan to Ukraine based on…
New PEN America report reveals Stephen King is the most banned author in US schools
New report reveals who the most banned author is in US schools It’s official – and very depressing: Stephen King is the most banned author in US schools, according to…
Seven men in ‘grooming gang’ jailed for raping and abusing girls in the UK
FILE: A newspaper advertising board in Rochdale, England during the emergence of one of a series of “grooming gang” scandals, May 16, 2012 Seven men who abused and raped two…
UK trials rail fares calculated by GPS-tracking passengers’ phones. How will it work?
A similar scheme is already in place in other European countries, including Denmark and the Netherlands. The UK is experimenting with a new ticketless system for rail fares. Passengers’ journeys…
Adam Mosseri’s ‘we’re totally not spying on you’ video is raising a lot of questions
Today, the same day that Meta announced that it will soon use your AI chats to personalize the ads it shows you, Instagram head Adam Mosseri made a “myth busting”…
The UK’s war on Apple encryption is back
The UK government is reportedly once again demanding that Apple provide it with backdoor access to encrypted iCloud user data, following claims that the effort had been abandoned in August.…
Mobile and internet restored across Afghanistan
An Afghan taxi driver uses his mobile phone as he sits on his vehicle along a street in Kabul on October 1, 2025. — AFP Mobile networks and the internet…