Month: October 2026

by Michael Rey and Oriana Zill de Granados. The authors unpack the mystery surrounding the “sonic attacks” at the US Embassy in Cuba and other American posts around the world, in which diplomats reported suffering brain damage and other severe ailments. The CIA and FBI called it “a case of ...

Tiisetso’s view The Trump administration has never hidden its diplomatic feud with South Africa — whether it be punishing tariffs, visa restrictions, or the US ambassador to Pretoria issuing thinly veiled threats that have left Pretoria sweating over its future in the African Growth and Opportunity Act. But geopolitics doesn’t ...

The EU goal of reducing global deforestation could have damaging consequences for Ethiopia’s coffee sector and wider economy, a think tank said. Some 15 million people in the country widely considered to be the birthplace of coffee are involved in the industry, which sends 30% of its output to the ...

Commanders suspected of sexual violence during the largest and fastest slaughter of civilians in more than 30 years have been subjected to travel ban and asset freeze Senior Sudanese commanders implicated in a “campaign of rape” have been targeted by the UK on the first anniversary of a mass atrocity ...

The president’s policies have taken such a toll on farmers that Republicans face trouble in deep-red states Donald Trump’s policies have been a disaster for the nation’s farmers, so much so that a near electoral miracle may soon happen: Kansas, one of the deepest red, most rural states, may elect ...

Nathan Fielder’s three-hour Elizabeth Holmes film has become a pop culture phenomenon but at a sold-out Times Square screening, no one was quite sure what to think In You Can See Everything, it’s Elizabeth Holmes’s partner who makes for 2026’s timeliest villain Secrets, lies and a shock A-list cameo: how ...

Garrett Langley, the CEO of automatic license plate reader company Flock, told an audience of police chiefs at a private police conference Sunday that anti-Flock protests around the country are not real, according to leaked audio obtained by 404 Media. He also said his wife advised him to never apologize, ...

Apple’s $2,000 folding phone, the iPhone Duo, came out just two days ago and people are already seeing big fat creases down the middle of the folding screen, and some devices are cracked in the same specific spot too.  People waited in line overnight at Apple stores to get this ...

“Draft an email to Jason Koebler at 404 Media.” ...

Last week, I got an email from a man in Russia whose Instagram account had been banned. “I have now lost access to 13 years of personal photos, videos and memories,” he wrote. “I am concerned that this may be another case of erroneous automated moderation […] However, Meta has ...