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Wikipedia loses challenge against UK Online Safety Act rules
A High Court ruling in the UK has quashed Wikipedia’s attempt to overturn part of the country’s divisive Online Safety Act. Judges dismissed the Wikimedia Foundation’s challenge to rules that could place the online encyclopaedia under the law’s strictest category of regulation.
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Taylor Swift announces her 12th studio album, 'The Life of a Showgirl'
Taylor Swift's 'The Life of a Showgirl' follows last year’s 'The Tortured Poets Department' and the singer's record-breaking Eras Tour. No release date has been announced for the new album, but her site says that vinyl editions of the album would ship before 13 October.
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Emma Thompson shares ‘stalking’ story of Donald Trump asking her out
The now-US President asked Emma Thompson out in 1998, following her divorce from Kenneth Branagh. The celebrated actress recalled the strange moment during a talk at Locarno Film Festival, and joked that she could have “changed the course of American history.”
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Kneecap continue to call out Gaza 'genocide' ahead of Sziget fest ban
The Irish rap trio Kneecap would have graced the stage at this year's Sziget festival today had the Hungarian government had not banned the band from the country. Regardless, the band continues to tour and have vowed to keep using their platform to call out 'genocide and war criminals'.
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'The Mandalorian' actress Gina Carano settles lawsuit with Disney
Gina Carano had sued Disney and Lucasfilm for wrongful termination after she was fired in 2021 - following a social media post in which the actress compared being a Republican to being a Jew during the Holocaust. The case had been scheduled to go to trial next year - with the funding of Elon Musk.
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Remembering MI5’s first female boss and author Dame Stella Rimington
The former head of the British Intelligence service and author Stella Rimington was the first female (and publicly-named) MI5 chief, as well as the inspiration for Dame Judi Dench’s M in the James Bond films. She died aged 90.
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South Park gears up to troll Trump once more with new viral teaser
A now-viral teaser for the new South Park episode indicates that show creators Trey Parker and Matt Stone will once again target Donald Trump, as well as his administration’s ICE raids. The new trailer even led the Department of Homeland Security to hit back online.
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