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The Guardian - World News

2026-05-05 04:00:46 (2 days ago)

Time limits, curfews or a full ban: how UK may restrict social media for under-16s

Ministers have committed to changing rules for children, but how this will take shape is still up for debate

The UK government committed last week to either implementing a ban on under-16s accessing social media or imposing restrictions on children’s use of those platforms.

A consultation is already under way on whether to impose limits and the announcement confirms that curbs will be introduced. Here are some of the restrictions that could be brought in.

The Guardian - World News

2026-05-05 04:00:46 (2 days ago)

Surrender review – Josh Duhamel hunts smirking serial killer in 90s throwback thriller

A whiff of David Fincher’s Seven lingers in the air but this moody crime drama from David Lipper is devoid of clever twists

‘We got a serial killer,” announces a policeman in this retro 1990s-style thriller directed by David Lipper; evidence has comes back that an enigmatic, super-clever suspect (played by Dylan Sprouse) has the blood of three different people on his clothing. (But if the victims were all killed at roughly the same time, wouldn’t that make him a mass murderer?) It’s best not to get too hung up on nomenclature or to think too hard about anything here – like how can one character predict that an ordinary pen would get left behind in a room to serve as a convenient murder weapon? Just go with the throwback vibe, the moody underlit cinematography, and growling subsonic score. Even the faces vaguely recall B- and C-movie fodder from the 1990s/early 2000s including Josh Duhamel and Til Schweiger, here playing a retiring police detective and his mysteriously German commanding officer, respectively.

Duhamel’s Shaw is nominally the protagonist here, although he’s consistently upstaged by Sprouse’s blood-splattered murderer, called AJ, who pulls out the unsettling high-pitched giggles and evil smirks we’ve come to expect from our movie killers. It turns out that AJ has left a trail of clues leading to each of his recent murders that Shaw must unravel if he’s to find his own teenage son (Corbin Pitts), who AJ has locked up in some underground lair with only hours left until he runs out of air.

CBC News - Top Stories

2026-05-05 04:00:00 (2 days ago)

How the viral 'Scientology speedrun' trend got started and why young people keep doing it

Like any online meme worth its weight in clicks, the Scientology speedrun trend doesn't make a lot of sense, at least on the surface. Teens rush Scientology sites for views, jokes and protest — but ex-members warn it can turn risky fast.

CBC News - Top Stories

2026-05-05 04:00:00 (2 days ago)

Scammers are getting Rogers customers to mail them 'free' iPads

Rogers customers are on the hook for a $2,300 iPad after scammers got them to unknowingly sign up for a two-year iPad financing plan. Rogers offered some help as a goodwill gesture, but the victims are disappointed the company won't fully reverse the charges.

Times of India

2026-05-05 04:00:00 (2 days ago)

Buried for a century: 409 gold coins discovered under a Russian home, but the owner is still unknown

ABC News - International News

2026-05-05 03:56:16 (2 days ago)

Taiwan's pres. says state visits are 'basic right' after claims of blocked trip

Taiwan President Lai Ching-te said state visits are a basic right of governments after returning from a three-day trip to Eswatini that Taiwan's government says China tried to block

Times of Israel - World News

2026-05-05 03:55:42 (2 days ago)

High ambition: Rising star eyes Olympic ascent for Israeli climbing

24-year-old Ayala Kerem believes she can represent the Jewish state at the 2028 LA Games -- and that an Olympic push could help raise interest in the emerging field

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Al Jazeera - Top Stories

2026-05-05 03:54:50 (2 days ago)

In Mauritania, push to phase out private schools divides opinion

Officials say measure will ease systemic discrimination, but private school sector fears education quality is at risk.

Times of Israel - World News

2026-05-05 03:52:00 (2 days ago)

One suspect in Zelka murder tells cops: ‘Everyone was hitting him, what, should I stop?’

Interrogators confront suspect with video of attack on 21-year-old pizzeria worker as he lay 'in a pool of blood'; police say 19 suspects arrested

The post One suspect in Zelka murder tells cops: ‘Everyone was hitting him, what, should I stop?’ appeared first on The Times of Israel.

Al Jazeera - Top Stories

2026-05-05 03:44:04 (2 days ago)

Palestine weekly wrap: Israeli security agencies sound alarm on settlers

Israeli officials warn that violence threatens state, but attacks, land seizures and blockades continue in West Bank.

South China Morning Post - World News

2026-05-05 03:28:22 (2 days ago)

Deadly hantavirus outbreak traps 150 on cruise ship as WHO identifies more cases

A hantavirus outbreak tied to a cruise ship off Cabo Verde has grown to seven cases, including two confirmed infections, the World Health Organization said on Monday, with three deaths among those linked to the voyage. The Dutch-flagged MV Hondius is carrying 147 passengers and crew from 23 countries. Among the passengers are 17 Americans, 19 Britons and 13 from Spain. Sixty-one crew members are also on board. Of the seven cases identified, one British passenger in intensive care in Johannesburg...

Times of India

2026-05-05 03:09:23 (2 days ago)

NASA just turned a retired Boeing 777 into a powerful airborne science lab: How a passenger jet became a flying laboratory for 100 scientists