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The leader of a Kenyan cult who instructed followers to starve themselves to death to reach heaven has been found guilty
The leader of a Kenyan cult who instructed followers to starve themselves to death to reach heaven has been found guilty
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The alliance announces the deployment after a series of deadly drone attacks in the region.
<p>Anti-Defamation League post decries ‘shylock’ slur but does not explain that president used it at Kansas rally on Monday</p><p>The Anti-Defamation League (ADL) denounced the use of the term “shylock” as antisemitic on Tuesday, without explaining that the slur had been used a day earlier by Donald Trump in a speech in Kansas.</p><p>Trump used the slur during a Monday night rally in support of Republican senator Roger Marshall, who is locked in a closer-than-expected re-election fight against Democratic challenger Adam Hamilton. Marshall, a doctor, as been <a href="https://www.nytimes.com/2026/09/08/us/politics/roger-marshall-obgyn-doctor-debts.html">criticized for filing lawsuits</a> against more than 700 patients with outstanding bills, leading to 18 of them being arrested.</p> <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026/oct/20/trump-kansas-rally-antisemitic-slur-anti-defamation-league">Continue reading...</a>
<p>Study identifies ‘circadian depression’ as affecting nearly a quarter of more than 11,000 participants</p><ul><li><p>Get our <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/email-newsletters?CMP=cvau_sfl">breaking news email</a>, <a href="https://app.adjust.com/w4u7jx3">free app</a> or <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/series/full-story?CMP=cvau_sfl">daily news podcast</a></p></li></ul><p>Australian researchers have identified a new subtype of depression – termed “circadian depression” – linked to disruptions in the body’s internal clock, which they believe is less responsive to traditional antidepressant treatments.</p><p>In a study published in British Journal of Psychiatry, involving clinical and genetic data from 11,380 Australians with mostly severe and recurrent depression, researchers identified circadian depression as affecting nearly a quarter (23%) of participants.</p> <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/society/2026/oct/21/australian-researchers-identify-new-subtype-of-depression-linked-to-body-clock-disruptions">Continue reading...</a>
<p>After being contacted by officers, politician says, he paid bill and is ‘grateful for the team at the servo for their understanding’</p><ul><li><p>Get our <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/email-newsletters?CMP=cvau_sfl">breaking news email</a>, <a href="https://app.adjust.com/w4u7jx3">free app</a> or <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/series/full-story?CMP=cvau_sfl">daily news podcast</a></p></li></ul><p>On Tuesday night, Ben Carroll received a phone call: police were looking for him.</p><p>The Victorian premier had met with the state’s police commissioner earlier that morning – so he wasn’t exactly hard to find.</p> <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/2026/oct/21/i-forgot-to-pay-victorian-premier-ben-carroll-drove-off-with-paying-for-petrol-sparking-police-inquiries-ntwnfb">Continue reading...</a>