Two weeks after organizers scrubbed Taylor Swift’s concerts in Vienna amid a foiled terror plot, the singer issued her first statement on the cancellations. “Having our Vienna shows cancelled was devastating,” she wrote in a statement posted on Instagram on Wednesday. “The reason for the cancellations filled me with a new sense of fear, and … Read more
Low-budget cinema maestro Roger Corman, who cranked out hundreds of outrageous films over six decades and helped launch the careers of acclaimed directors Martin Scorsese, Francis Ford Coppola, James Cameron and Ron Howard, died on Thursday at age 98, family members said. Corman, a producer and director hailed as the “king of B movies,” died … Read more
Jewish university students told a parliamentary committee Thursday their universities have failed to protect them from antisemitic incidents on campus since the start of Israel’s war on Hamas. “The consistent failure of our universities to take action against the hate taking place on our campuses has emboldened anti-Israel activists to become more radical,” said Nicole Nashen, … Read more
A mysterious writer making propaganda for an Afghan branch of ISIS claimed to be based somewhere in Canada which, experts say, could be cause for concern for authorities. Voice of Khurasan, an online publication used by the Islamic State of Khorasan (ISIS-K), which is suspected of being behind the Moscow attack that killed at least 140 … Read more
Shocked Chinese net users expressed their condolences to the victims online, while some called for a further tightening of security measures within China – already one of the world’s most heavily policed countries in the world. 03:33 Chinese student shares first-hand account of Moscow concert hall attack Chinese student shares first-hand account of Moscow concert … Read more
Campaigners have slammed Elon Musk’s X for granting subscriptions to terrorist groups and other organisations that have been banned from operating in the US. According to a Tech Transparency Project report, the terror group affiliates were given blue check marks – a symbol that makes for longer posts, better promotion and account verification. The subscription … Read more
Last month, the United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees (UNRWA) revealed that it was investigating allegations against employees being involved in Hamas’ on-the-ground massacre of Israeli civilians on October 7. The allegations were spelt out in an Israeli intelligence document and also accused more than 180 of the UNRWA’s 13,000 employees were … Read more
