Thursday news quiz: AI mishaps, fan fury and a tiny baby hippo pred 11 urami in 31 minutami Test yourself on topical news trivia, pop culture and general knowledge every Thursday. How will you fare?Welcome to the final Thursday news quiz of the year – a small festive tradition involving the news, a handful of jokes, and the knowledge that somewhere there are 1,057 pedants limbering up to find something to nitpick. And it is a bumper 20-question edition. Thank you for quizzing throughout the year, for your comments, corrections and good-natured quibbles, and most of all for the kind messages literally hundreds of you sent the quizmaster during the Great Thursday Quiz Hiatus of 2025™, when he was off sick. It really meant a lot. Allons-y!The Thursday quiz will return in the new year and wishes you a Merry Christmas, a great festive holiday period and all the best for 2026. Sign up for First Edition to get a Thursday quiz-style quiz of the year in your inbox on Christmas Day. Continue reading...(The Guardian)
Morocco accused of ‘horrific’ abuse of detained gen Z protesters pred 12 urami in 1 minuto As country prepares to host Africa Cup of Nations, families and rights groups tell of police brutality, with hundreds still heldThe arbitrary detention of hundreds of gen Z protesters in Morocco and alleged “horrific” beatings have been condemned by human rights groups, as the country prepares to host the Africa Cup of Nations on Sunday.A wave of youth-led demonstrations swept across Morocco in late September and early October – the biggest since the 2011 Arab spring – in protest at underfunded healthcare and education. Continue reading...(The Guardian)
‘Protests had nothing to do with the attacks’: activists condemn premier’s plan to restrict rallies after Bondi shooting pred 12 urami in 19 minutami Pro-Palestine activists, some Jewish groups and civil liberty campaigners criticise NSW Labor for ‘eroding our democratic freedoms’Victims of Bondi beach shootingWhat we know so far about the alleged terrorist attack‘Left an immeasurable void’: Holocaust survivors, community heroes and ‘spirited child’ among victims of Bondi terror attackFollow the latest live updatesA New South Wales government plan to restrict protests in the wake of the Bondi beach terrorist attack has been condemned by two Jewish groups who are vocal supporters of the Palestine movement, with one warning against “allowing culture wars to distract and divide responses to Sunday’s antisemitic mass shooting”.The state premier, Chris Minns, announced on Wednesday that Labor would move to effectively ban protests when there was a “terrorism designation” – which gives police expanded “special powers”. Minns also vowed to strengthen gun laws. Continue reading...(The Guardian)
EU leaders urged to use frozen Russian assets to fund Ukraine’s defence pred 13 urami in 1 minuto Pressure is growing on member states to back a €90bn loan for Kyiv ahead of a Brussels summitEuropean leaders are being urged to decide whether to use Russia’s frozen assets to fund Ukraine’s defence at a time of unprecedented pressure from the US.At a critical summit in Brussels on Thursday, EU leaders will be asked to make good on a promise to find urgently needed cash for Ukraine, with Kyiv under pressure to cede territory as Russia ekes out advances on the battlefield. Continue reading...(The Guardian)
Review of 2025: another fine mess? – podcast pred 13 urami in 1 minuto John Harris, Pippa Crerar and Kiran Stacey look back at the biggest political moments of 2025, and discuss what 2026 might bring Continue reading...(The Guardian)
NSW police unlawfully arrested and choked man then tried to delete footage, watchdog finds pred 13 urami in 34 minutami Two police officers should be dismissed and potentially face criminal charges over the incident, Law Enforcement Conduct Commission recommendsFollow our Australia news live blog for latest updatesGet our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcastA New South Wales police officer unlawfully arrested a man, choked him, made offensive comments and tried to delete the man’s recording of the incident, an investigation by the police watchdog has found.It recommended that two police officers involved be dismissed from the force, and said it would seek advice from the director of public prosecutions about whether they should be charged. Continue reading...(The Guardian)
Woodside Energy’s Meg O’Neill, who criticised ‘zealous’ young climate activists, moves to BP pred 14 urami in 43 minutami O’Neill tapped to lead global oil and gas giant, which has broken from net zero strategy and will ramp up fossil fuelsGet our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcastMeg O’Neill, the Woodside Energy CEO who has previously criticised young people for taking an “ideological” stance against fossil fuels, will step down as head of the Australian gas giant after being tapped to lead one of the world’s biggest emitters.BP, which earlier this year broke from its net zero emissions strategy and pivoted back to fossil fuels, announced on Thursday that it had appointed O’Neill as chief executive. Continue reading...(The Guardian)
Jane’s Addiction call it quits after a tumultuous 15 months: ‘The legacy will remain’ pred 14 urami in 43 minutami US alt-rock band announce they are finally parting ways, following fisticuffs, accusations and lawsuitsUS alt-rock band Jane’s Addiction has announced they are parting ways after a tumultuous 15 months of fisticuffs, accusations and lawsuits.The veteran Californian group, who have a history of drama, dust-ups and bust-ups, prematurely terminated the US leg of their reunion tour in September last year after an onstage altercation in Boston between frontman Perry Farrell and guitarist Dave Navarro led to blows and, ultimately, a $10m lawsuit. Continue reading...(The Guardian)
Peter Arnett, Pulitzer prize-winner who reported on Vietnam and Gulf wars, dies aged 91 pred 14 urami in 59 minutami Arnett won 1966 Pulitzer Prize for international reporting for his Vietnam War coverage for the Associated PressPeter Arnett, the Pulitzer Prize-winning reporter who spent decades dodging bullets and bombs to bring the world eyewitness accounts of war from the rice paddies of Vietnam to the deserts of Iraq, has died at 91.Arnett, who won the 1966 Pulitzer Prize for international reporting for his Vietnam War coverage for the Associated Press, died on Wednesday in Newport Beach, California, and was surrounded by friends and family, said his son Andrew Arnett. He had entered hospice on Saturday while suffering from prostate cancer. Continue reading...(The Guardian)
US government admits negligence in helicopter-plane collision that killed 67 pred 15 urami in 33 minutami Official response to lawsuit filed by victims’ relatives admits FAA and army failures played role in Washington DC crashThe US government admitted Wednesday that the Federal Aviation Administration and the army played a role in causing the collision in January between an airliner and a Black Hawk helicopter near the nation’s capital, killing 67 people in the deadliest crash on American soil in more than two decades.The official response to the first lawsuit filed by one of the victims’ families said that the government is liable in the crash partly because the air traffic controller violated procedures about when to rely on pilots to maintain visual separation that night. Plus, the filing said, the army helicopter pilots’ “failure to maintain vigilance so as to see and avoid” the airline jet makes the government liable. Continue reading...(The Guardian)
