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September 24, 20253 min readInfections of Drug-Resistant ‘Nightmare Bacteria’ Are Surging in HospitalsThe infection rate of one type of carbapenem-resistant Enterobacterales bacteria has risen by more than 460 percent in recent years. Scientists say people receiving treatment in hospitals are at highest riskBy Lauren J. Young edited by Tanya LewisMicrobiologist holds a petri dish growing bacteria, Klebsiella pneumoniae, one species that can become resistant to last-resort antibiotics. Eric Carr/Alamy Stock PhotoThe U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention is raising alarm about a sharp spike in infections from dangerous bacteria that are resistant to some of the strongest antibiotics.A report…

Wells rejects Elon Musk’s X’s concerns about under 16s social media banThe communications minister, Anika Wells, has rejected questions raised by Elon Musk’s X platform on whether the under 16s social media ban could violate the human rights of children.Guardian Australia reported yesterday X had called for a delay in the ban, due to commence on 10 December, arguing it had “serious concerns” about the lawfulness of what it described as a “punitive” policy.Wells was asked about the news on Nine’s Today Show program, and said she was in New York meeting with tech companies and answering questions about the…

BLOOMINGTON, Ind. – Indiana Hoosiers QB Fernando Mendoza is all smiles following a win against the Indiana State Sycamores on September 12, 2025 at Memorial Stadium. (Photo by James Black/Icon Sportswire via Getty Images)Icon Sportswire via Getty ImagesIndiana quarterback Fernando Mendoza has the distinction of having been in three different conferences in as many years. He spent his first three seasons at Cal where he started 19 games with the Golden Bears, whose final year in the Pac-12 was 2023 before moving to the ACC in 2024. The redshirt junior then transferred to Big Ten country to play for Curt…

Companies use big tech events to reveal their new products, but increasingly they’re also making a point of showing off how they’re doing it. At Wednesday’s Qualcomm Snapdragon Summit 2025, the livestreamed keynote included a prominent Shot on Snapdragon badge during some of the wider camera angles inside the Monarch Ballroom at the Hyatt Regency Hotel in Maui, Hawaii. A Shot on Snapdragon badge appeared on a few camera angles during the livestream of Qualcomm’s Snapdragon Summit 2025 event. Screenshot by Jeff Carlson/CNETRecording an event like this with a smartphone isn’t new, but it’s still novel. The last several Apple…

Henry Jaglom, the maverick auteur who crafted deeply intimate and unconventional films that explored the intricacies of relationships and the quirkiness of human behavior, has died. He was 87.  Jaglom died Monday night at his home in Santa Monica, his daughter, Sabrina Jaglom, also a filmmaker, told The Hollywood Reporter. “My dad was the most loving, fun, entertaining and unique father and the biggest cheerleader and champion anyone could be lucky enough to have,” she said. The writer-director of such films as A Safe Place (1971), Sitting Ducks (1980), Can She Bake a Cherry Pie? (1983), New Year’s Day (1989), Eating (1990), Last Summer in the Hamptons (1995)…

Earlier, it was Phil Foden, perhaps City’s most decorated youth graduate of recent years, who once again caught the eye.The midfielder said last season his struggles were down to off-field issues and carrying an injury, which saw him go on a run of 20 games without scoring.But the 25-year-old looks like he is approaching the form that saw him collect the Player of the Season and Football Writers’ Association Footballer of the Year awards in 2024.In five games this season, Foden has scored two goals and provided two further assists, playing a starring role in Wednesday’s win at Accu Stadium.Guardiola…

In a groundbreaking first, a gene therapy in clinical trials has slowed the progression of Huntington’s disease, a rare genetic disorder in which toxic bits of protein cause brain cells to malfunction and die.To date, approved treatments for Huntington’s disease aim to manage its symptoms, which most often emerge in a person’s 30s or 40s. The progressive condition injures and kills key neurons involved in controlling mood, cognition and motor control. Various drugs can help to offset the depression, hallucinations and poorly coordinated movements that arise from that destruction.However, no available treatments have been shown to slow the underlying drivers…

The prime minister of Denmark, Mette Frederiksen, apologized in-person to Greenlandic women who were subjected to forced birth control.

Labubu dolls made up 90% of the £3.5m worth of fake toys seized at the UK border so far this year, according to Home Office data.Labubu is a quirky monster character created by Hong Kong-born artist Kasing Lung, and popularised through a collaboration with toy store Pop Mart.Although they are mainly marketed as adult collectibles and fashion accessories, with some even stating they’re only suitable for those over 15 on the box, they’re very popular with young people and children.But nearly three in four seized toys failed safety tests, with the “dangerous fakes” being found with harmful chemicals or choking…

For decades, Silicon Valley has valorized the college dropout. Founders like Bill Gates, Steve Jobs, and Mark Zuckerberg left school early to build companies and became billionaires.  That ethos was later institutionalized through initiatives like the Thiel Fellowship, which famously pays promising students $100,000 to leave college and start companies. For many years, the famed accelerator Y Combinator also quietly reinforced that culture. While it never explicitly required students to drop out, many of its most successful alumni, including Dropbox’s Drew Houston, Reddit’s Steve Huffman, and Stripe’s John and Patrick Collison, joined the program young and left school behind to…