The Daily Populous

Thursday April 9th, 2026 morning edition

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The US has ignored compelling evidence that Russia has been helping Iran to target US bases in the Middle East because it “trusts” Vladimir Putin, according to the Ukrainian president, Volodymyr Zelenskyy.

The Kremlin passed details and images to the Iranian regime, he said, to facilitate its attacks.

Did we hear a reaction from the US to Russia that they have to stop it?”

Zelenskyy said Donald Trump’s team had failed to “really understand the details of what Russia wants”.

Zelenskyy said he had a greater understanding of the Russian leader’s psychology and actual war aims than the White House.

Zelenskyy also suggested that Europe needed to maximise its power at a time when the US was threatening to withdraw from Nato.

“Without Ukraine and Turkey, Europe will not have a similar army that Russia has. »

Chicago Turns All Public School IDs Into Library Cards To Boost Student Access

Authored by blockclubchicago.org

The Chicago Public Library and CPS announced Tuesday the expansion of The 81 Club, a program that allows school identification cards to double as library cards.

The 81 Club works through an agreement between CPS and public libraries to share student data, according to the city.

All a student needs is their student ID or student ID number in order to check out books or gain access to other resources. »

An AI bot invited me to its party in Manchester. It was a pretty good night

Authored by theguardian.com

It then promptly lied to dozens of potential sponsors that I’d agreed to cover the event, and misled me into believing there would be food.

There were reports of the agents mass-deleting emails; some users still allowed them to text their wives on their behalf.

View image in fullscreen I intended to manipulate Gaskell into making everyone wear Star Trek costumes, but it turned me down. »

'Ketamine Queen' Jasveen Sangha jailed for 15 years over death of Matthew Perry

Authored by news.sky.com

In December last year, Salvador Plasencia, a doctor, was jailed for two-and-a-half years for illegally supplying ketamine to Perry in the weeks before his death.

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Sangha sold him 25 vials of ketamine, including the fatal dose, for $6,000 (£4,482) in cash four days before his death, prosecutors said. »