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A aljazeera.com
World
6 sources
Published 6 days ago • Al Jazeera (EN) - All • via aljazeera.com
US House votes to end Trump’s Iran war: Does it matter?
Four Republicans join Democrats in rare rebuke of president. US Democrats are sending Trump a "loud" message to end the "deeply unpopular" Iran war.
T theguardian.com
World
2 sources
Published 6 days ago • The Guardian - US • via theguardian.com
‘Maybe we’ll never ever take it down’: Trump says UFC arena at White House could stay permanently
President likens South Lawn setup to Eiffel TowerArea will stage Freedom 250 fight card on 14 JuneDonald Trump has floated the idea of permanently keeping the Ultimate Fighting Championship (UFC) arena that is being constructed on the White House South Lawn for a series of fights later this month.In a video posted on his official TikTok account on Tuesday, the president likened the structure to the Eiffel Tower. 34||h=1&&(this.target=t[0]),t.length>=2&&(this.opts=t[1]);var n,r=this.opts||{},i=this.target;if("string"==typeof i?n=i:"object"==typeof i&&i instanceof y?n=i.url:window.URL&&"object"==typeof i&&i instanceof URL&&(n=i.href),o(this,n),"data"!==this.params.protocol){var s=(""+(i&&i instanceof y&&i.method||r.method||"GET")).toUpperCase();this.params.method=s,this.txSize=m(r.body)||0}}),u.on("fetch-done",function(t,e){if(this.endTime=a.now(),this.params||(this.params={}),"data"===this.params.protoco...
N nytimes.com
World
2 sources
Published 6 days ago • The New York Times - US • via nytimes.com
Trump Signs Executive Order Removing Job Protections From Federal Workers
The order is a response to resistance during the first Trump administration, when senior career government officials routinely pushed back against policies that appeared to exceed legal boundaries. Order strips job protections from workers earning up to about $200,000 a year and deemed to be ‘influencing’ policyDonald Trump signed an executive order on Wednesday making it easier to fire 8,000 of some of the best-paid government workers, part of a broader effort to overhaul the federal workforce.The order, released by the White House and the office of personnel management (OPM), strips job protections from a mostly senior group of federal workers earning up to almost $200,000 a year and who...
T theguardian.com
World
6 sources
Published 6 days ago • The Guardian - US • via theguardian.com
Trump announces Israel-Lebanon ceasefire as House passes war powers resolution | First Thing
Lebanese government agrees ceasefire but Israeli drone strikes continue. The floor of the US House of Representatives broke out in cheers after lawmakers voted to oblige Donald Trump to seek approval from Congress to continue the Iran war or withdraw troops.
N nytimes.com
World
2 sources
Published 6 days ago • The New York Times - World • via nytimes.com
Four Immigrant Workers Burned to Death in Italy
The immigrants had been working as fruit pickers in southern Italy, the authorities said, apparently as part of a system of criminal labor trafficking. Petrol station attack throws spotlight on widespread exploitation of foreign farm labourersThe exploitation of farm workers in Italy has come under the spotlight again after four men – three Afghans and one from Pakistan – were allegedly burned alive in a car at a petrol station in Calabria.The attack was captured by a surveillance camera at the garage in Amendolara, close to Cosenza.
A aljazeera.com
World
2 sources
Published 6 days ago • Al Jazeera (EN) - All • via aljazeera.com
Netanyahu downplays US-Israel rift after Trump confirms criticism
US president acknowledges he had harsh words for Netanyahu over Lebanon attacks but says he ‘likes’ the Israeli leader. US President Donald Trump has confirmed a tense exchange with Israel's Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu in which he reportedly berated his close ally with expletives.In an interview published W...
D dw.com
World
2 sources
Published 6 days ago • DW - Africa • via dw.com
Ebola had 'big head-start,' WHO chief Tedros warns
World Health Organization chief Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus had recently visited the epicenter of the outbreak in the DR Congo.
T theguardian.com
World
3 sources
Published 6 days ago • The Guardian - UK • via theguardian.com
Alex Younger, former head of MI6, dies aged 62
Keir Starmer says Younger led an ‘exemplary life’, while foreign secretary says country owes him ‘an enormous debt of gratitude’Alex Younger, the former head of MI6, has died at the age of 62 after being treated for cancer.Younger led the Secret Intelligence Service, the agency also known as MI6, between 2014 and 2020. As director of the espionage agency from 2014 to 2020, he confronted a range of threats, including international terrorism and an emboldened Russia.
N nytimes.com
World
2 sources
Published 6 days ago • The New York Times - World • via nytimes.com
Unusual Greenpeace Lawsuit May Proceed, Dutch Court Says
Greenpeace International is arguing under Dutch law that an American pipeline company, Energy Transfer, sought to silence it with a costly lawsuit in North Dakota. 34||h=1&&(this.target=t[0]),t.length>=2&&(this.opts=t[1]);var n,r=this.opts||{},i=this.target;if("string"==typeof i?n=i:"object"==typeof i&&i instanceof y?n=i.url:window.URL&&"object"==typeof i&&i instanceof URL&&(n=i.href),o(this,n),"data"!==this.params.protocol){var s=(""+(i&&i instanceof y&&i.method||r.method||"GET")).toUpperCase();this.params.method=s,this.txSize=m(r.body)||0}}),u.on("fetch-done",function(t,e){if(this.endTime=a.now(),this.params||(this.params={}),"data"===this.params.protoco...
A aljazeera.com
World
2 sources
Published 6 days ago • Al Jazeera (EN) - All • via aljazeera.com
What is the St Petersburg forum, Putin’s economic outreach to the world?
A Ukrainian drone strike targeted energy facilities near St Petersburg hours before the forum began. Ukrainian drones hit one of Russia's largest oil terminals in St.
B bbc.com
World
4 sources
Published 6 days ago • BBC News - Top Stories • via bbc.com
Henry Nowak murder: What we know about how the events unfolded
Henry Nowak murder: What we know about how the events unfolded28 minutes agoShareSaveAdd as preferred on GoogleEmma Harrison,Ella KiplingandMatt SpiveyNowak killing: Key moments of police bodycam footageHenry Nowak repeatedly told officers he had been stabbed, but he was handcuffed by police after his killer Vickrum Digwa falsely claimed he had been racially abused.The 18-year-old was just a few months into his first year at university when he was killed on his way home to his accommodation in S... There has been violent disorder on the streets of Southampton sparked by the murder of student Henry Nowak.
T theguardian.com
World
2 sources
Published 6 days ago • The Guardian - World • via theguardian.com
Labour MP sues Elon Musk’s AI company over fake sexualised images
Jess Asato was portrayed by AI tool as wearing a bikini after she criticised the creation of such non-consensual picturesA Labour MP has taken legal action against Elon Musk’s AI company after saying its Grok tool helped a user produce fake sexualised pictures of her, part of a wave of such images that flooded X earlier this year.Jess Asato, the MP for Lowestoft, said in January that seeing herself portrayed by the AI tool as wearing a bikini without her consent was “violating”. Legal claim by Jess Asato challenges whether AI model-makers are liable for what their systems produce
D dw.com
World
2 sources
Published 6 days ago • Deutsche Welle English - World • via dw.com
Tanzania's president visits Russia amid frayed Western ties
President Samia Suluhu Hassan is on a three-day visit to Russia, traveling with a business delegation.
D dw.com
World
2 sources
Published 6 days ago • DW - Africa • via dw.com
Tanzania's president visits Russia amid frayed Western ties
President Samia Suluhu Hassan is on a three-day visit to Russia, traveling with a business delegation.
D dw.com
World
2 sources
Published 6 days ago • DW - Top Stories • via dw.com
UK Royal Navy helicopter crash leaves 3 dead
Prime Minister Keir Starmer said the deaths were "utterly tragic," while the cause of the accident remains unknown. 34||h=1&&(this.target=t[0]),t.length>=2&&(this.opts=t[1]);var n,r=this.opts||{},i=this.target;if("string"==typeof i?n=i:"object"==typeof i&&i instanceof y?n=i.url:window.URL&&"object"==typeof i&&i instanceof URL&&(n=i.href),o(this,n),"data"!==this.params.protocol){var s=(""+(i&&i instanceof y&&i.method||r.method||"GET")).toUpperCase();this.params.method=s,this.txSize=m(r.body)||0}}),u.on("fetch-done",function(t,e){if(this.endTime=a.now(),this.params||(this.params={}),"data"===this.params.protoco...
D dw.com
World
2 sources
Published 6 days ago • DW - Asia • via dw.com
Taliban and Russia cozy up to each other — why?
Russia and the Afghan Taliban have signed a deal on repairing Soviet-era and Russian-made weapons, a seemingly small move in a larger game involving the US, Pakistan, and Moscow's efforts to curb Western influence.
A aljazeera.com
World
2 sources
Published 6 days ago • Al Jazeera (EN) - All • via aljazeera.com
Three British navy personnel killed in helicopter crash in England
An investigation under way after the deadly accident during a training exercise near the town of Sourton in Devon. The helicopter was on a training exercise when it crashed in a field in southwestern England.
D dw.com
World
2 sources
Published 6 days ago • Deutsche Welle English - World • via dw.com
Taliban and Russia cozy up to each other — why?
Russia and the Afghan Taliban have signed a deal on repairing Soviet-era and Russian-made weapons, a seemingly small move in a larger game involving the US, Pakistan, and Moscow's efforts to curb Western influence.
F france24.com
World
2 sources
Published 6 days ago • France24 English - Europe • via france24.com
France arrests Russian captain of Moscow-linked oil tanker
The captain of the Tagor, a tanker suspected of belonging to Russia’s “ghost fleet” that was boarded in the Atlantic Ocean by the French Navy, was taken into custody on Tuesday, announced Brest prosecutor Stéphane Kellenberger. France's navy has intercepted a sanctioned tanker linked to the Russian oil trade in the Atlantic Ocean and ordered the vessel to head for the French mainland, in a move Russia said was illegal and bordered on "international ​piracy".
C coindesk.com
Crypto
2 sources
Published 6 days ago • CoinDesk - All News • via coindesk.com
Bitwise model puts bitcoin fair value at $224,000 as sovereign-default hedge
The figure is from a theoretical model proposed by Greg Foss in 2021 that treats bitcoin as a credit default swap on G20 sovereign bonds. A sovereign default-risk model estimates Bitcoin’s fair value at $224,000, as rising debt risks and bond-market stress could strengthen the asset’s long-term investment case.
Crypto Markets
C cointelegraph.com
Crypto
2 sources
Published 6 days ago • Cointelegraph - News • via cointelegraph.com
Kraken parent Payward brings tokenized IPO access to retail investors
Kraken and xStocks Alliance will let eligible users seek allocations in US IPOs at the offering price through tokenized shares in coming weeks. Kraken's parent company is bringing one of Wall Street's most coveted opportunities to crypto investors: buying into IPOs at the same price as institutional investors.
Crypto Markets
B bbc.com
World
2 sources
Published 6 days ago • BBC News - Africa • via bbc.com
Seven African players to watch at World Cup 2026
With a record 10 African sides in action at the 2026 World Cup, BBC Sport Africa picks out some of the players to watch from the continent. The Atlas Lions aim to better their historic 2022 semifinal appearance but have had a chaotic run-in.
B bbc.com
Culture
3 sources
Published 6 days ago • BBC News - Entertainment & Arts • via bbc.com
Director Wim Wenders withdraws 1975 film over actress's teen topless scene
Director Wim Wenders withdraws 1975 film over actress's teen topless scene15 minutes agoShareSaveAdd as preferred on GoogleIan YoungsCulture reporterGetty ImagesNastassja Kinski's lawyer said the move was "long overdue"Oscar-nominated German director Wim Wenders has said he will block future access to his 1975 film Wrong Move after appeals from actress Nastassja Kinski, who was filmed topless when she was 13.Last month, Kinski told a German newspaper she had been asking Wenders to change the fil... Actress Nastassja Kinski spent years calling for the removal of a sexualized scene from his film "The Wrong Move," in which she appeared topless at the age of 13.
D dw.com
World
2 sources
Published 6 days ago • Deutsche Welle English - World • via dw.com
Mapping the AI narrative in Kenya and South Africa's media
From data colonialism to deepfakes, AI is reshaping Africa.
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