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European e-scooter safety and regulation

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Latest: E-scooter accidents rise across Europe, prompting calls for stricter regulations

European authorities continue to intensify e-scooter regulations as accident rates and injury severity rise. In Germany, 2025 data showed a 38.1 percent increase in accidents involving personal injury, with 38 fatalities

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AI Cat in the Hat hoax expands to Canada and US schools

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Latest: West Kelowna RCMP investigate Cat in the Hat costume chase

The viral social media hoax involving AI-generated imagery of a sinister, life-sized ‘Cat in the Hat’ has expanded its reach into Canada and intensified legal consequences in the United States. The trend utilizes artific

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Motorway collisions and social media crackdown

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Latest: M9 motorway collision kills five teenagers in Ireland

In August 2026, two separate serious vehicle collisions involving wrong-way driving occurred on Irish motorways. On August 9, a two-vehicle collision on the M50 in Dublin involving a vehicle traveling northbound on the s

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