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Claim: Mike Rogers, the 2026 Republican candidate for a U.S. Senate seat to represent Michigan, has received nearly $4.7 million from donors who appeared in the Epstein files. Rating: What’s True Rogers has directly received campaign donations from people who appeared in the Epstein files. What’s False Contrary to the claim’s implication, Rogers received much of these funds during his 2024 Senate campaign, not his 2026 campaign. Furthermore, these donors sent most of the funds to independent PACs supporting Rogers, not directly to Rogers’ campaign. What’s Undetermined Being named in the Epstein files is not necessarily evidence of wrongdoing. It’s…

A 65-year-old doctor has appeared in court, the first person in the UK to be charged over the genocide in Rwanda in 1994. Dr Vincent Brown, formerly Dr Vincent Bajinya, who is in custody, confirmed his name and address from the dock at Westminster Magistrates’ Court.He was charged following a seven year British investigation into the killings.He was told he faced a charge of conduct ancillary to genocide and six offences of conduct ancillary to murder, as a crime against humanity.The case was passed to the Old Bailey for a hearing on 9 October. A bail application will be considered…

He asked the European Commission to delay by one year new EU rules that will impose fines on oil and gas companies which fail to report their methane emissions. The methane regulation is designed to reduce emissions of one of the most potent planet-warming gases which are often released during the production and transport of coal, oil and natural gas. But it has been heavily criticized by the U.S. government and fossil fuel sector, who say it will frighten off oil and gas importers and endanger Europe’s energy security. The Commission had already recommended member countries hold off fining offenders…

Burnham told reporters his own speech to the UN General Assembly later would reflect on the decade since the Brexit vote and the “turbulence comes when outside actors seek to manipulate, to distort facts, influence the British democratic process”. “Going into the next decade, we need to be clear-eyed about that and become stronger and more on the front foot about challenging that,” he said.Asked if he would rule out making a pledge to rejoin the EU at the next general election, Burnham said: “Our focus at the moment is on a UK-EU summit which we hope will take place…

Another MP known to oppose the company is Clive Lewis, a vocal supporter of Burnham’s ascension to Downing Street. “By taking on contracts across the NHS, policing, defense, and other public services, Palantir followed a coordinated strategy to embed themselves deeper and deeper into the British state,” he tells WIRED. “This leaves us dangerously exposed to the whims of a shady spy tech company that operates under the laws of the US, not our own.”But on the other side, there are plenty of politicians and advisors close to Burnham who quietly advocate for the firm’s work in the UK. One…

A malicious npm package named “indexed-btree” has been observed hiding its malicious behavior within application code rather than using lifecycle scripts, indicating that threat actors are likely shifting tactics in response to recent security controls. “Indexed-btree is a malicious npm package mimicking the legit sorted-btree package, an ordinary B-tree/indexing utility,” Checkmarx said. “Unlike the common attacks we’ve seen in the supply chain space, this package does not rely on preinstall / postinstall at all. Instead, it runs entirely from application code at runtime.” The package and the associated GitHub repository are no longer available for download from npm. However, statistics…

In brief Federal prosecutors are examining whether Binance failed to stop trading that breached U.S. sanctions on Iran, Bloomberg reported Monday. The Manhattan U.S. attorney’s office is handling the inquiry, with the Justice Department’s criminal division in Washington also involved. Binance stated that it maintains a zero-tolerance approach to sanctions violations, and is “committed to rooting out and shutting down bad ​actors.” U.S. federal prosecutors are investigating whether Binance violated sanctions on Iran by not stopping certain trading on its platform, Bloomberg reported on Monday, citing people familiar with the matter. The Manhattan U.S. attorney’s office is handling the inquiry,…

GLP-1 drugs such as semaglutide (Ozempic and Wegovy) and tirzepatide (Mounjaro and Zepbound) have surged in popularity for treating diabetes and helping people lose weight. About one in eight U.S. adults now use these medications, which are also known to provide cardiovascular benefits. But new research suggests that those heart benefits may fade quickly when treatment is stopped. Researchers at Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis tracked more than 333,000 U.S. veterans with type 2 diabetes for three years. They found that interrupting or stopping GLP-1 treatment for as little as six months was associated with a meaningful…

Two South Korean companies, GasEntec and Samsung Heavy Industries (SHI), are pooling resources to commercialize small-scale liquefied natural gas (LNG) technology. Illustration; Courtesy of Samsung Heavy Industries The two companies have entered into a memorandum of understanding (MOU) for GasEntec to license SHI’s SAMSUNG Enhanced Nitrogen Split Expansion (SENSE) liquefaction technology for small-scale applications between 50,000 and 1 million tons per annum. The MoU enables the duo to pursue the first commercial licensing of SENSE. Brian Yoon, Chief Executive Officer of GasEntec, commented: “As global LNG capacity expands, liquefaction technology is entering a new cycle of innovation and diversification. “Our…

Claim: A video circulating online in 2026 authentically showed a rhino and muntjac deer headbutting each other at a Polish zoo. Rating: In September 2026, social media users shared a video of an unusual animal encounter. The clip showed a rhino and a much smaller muntjac deer appearing to play together and butt heads in the snow. “A tiny 13 kg Chinese muntjac deer playfully challenged a 1.7-ton rhino named Maruśka at the Wrocław Zoo in Poland,” one Reddit post (archived) captioned the video. Since January 2026, the clip has appeared in posts on X, Threads, Facebook and YouTube. Overlaid…