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Source: The Guardian – World ·
GeopoliticsTrump-backed Ken Paxton ousts John Cornyn in heated Texas primary after scandal-plagued campaign
Race had wide implications for Trump’s strength heading into midterms, where Paxton will face Democratic candidate James TalaricoKen Paxton, the Donald Trump-backed Texas attorney…
Source: The Guardian – World ·
GeopoliticsVeteran Texas congressman Al Green beaten in Democratic primary runoff
Christian Menefee wins 18th district race after Republican gerrymandering carved up Green’s reliably Democratic seatChristian Menefee, a freshman Democratic US representative, bea…
Source: The Guardian – World ·
GeopoliticsOne person killed in latest US military strike on alleged drug boat in Pacific
Nearly 200 people killed in Trump administration’s deadly campaign as strikes draw widespread condemnationThe US military launched another strike Tuesday on a vessel suspected of …
Source: The Guardian – World ·
GeopoliticsJohn Cornyn says he’ll back Ken Paxton, who is set to face Democrat James Talarico in Texas Senate race – as it happened
This live blog is now closed.Trump-backed Ken Paxton ousts John Cornyn in heated Texas race after scandal-plagued campaignAmerica’s ugliest primary? Texas Republican infighting co…
Source: The Guardian – World ·
GeopoliticsStoried New York food co-op votes to boycott Israeli products after contentious campaign
The Park Slope Food Coop boycott vote follows tensions and rifts among members and larger communityMembers of a storied food co-operative in Brooklyn have voted to boycott about a…
Source: The Guardian – World ·
GeopoliticsReform UK civil service plan ‘would sack more planning officers than exist’
Analysis of party’s proposed cuts also suggests it would get rid of two-thirds of psychologists who support prison staffA Reform UK plan to cut the size of the civil service would…
Source: The Guardian – World ·
GeopoliticsInquiry into Post Office Horizon scandal faces five-year delay without extra funding
Police officer in charge says budget could reach £19.3m and nearly 100 more investigators are neededThe police criminal inquiry into the Post Office Horizon IT scandal faces a fiv…
Source: The Guardian – World ·
GeopoliticsTony Blair tells Starmer and rivals: abandon net zero and move closer to Trump
In highly unusual intervention, ex-PM says his party’s ‘almost infinite capacity for self-delusion’ makes it likely to lose next electionAnalysis: Tony Blair’s essay on Labour fai…
Source: The Guardian – World ·
GeopoliticsTony Blair’s essay on Labour failings gets full marks for being unhelpful
Intervention by former PM almost feels designed to inflict maximum annoyance on his partyTony Blair tells Starmer and rivals: abandon net zero and move closer to TrumpDid Tony Bla…
Source: The Guardian – World ·
GeopoliticsRussia is targeting UK’s infrastructure and democracy, GCHQ head to say
Anne Keast-Butler will also warn of narrowing window to stay ahead of China in ‘new era of radical uncertainty’Russia is relentlessly targeting Britain’s infrastructure and democr…
Source: The Guardian – World ·
GeopoliticsIran’s access to global internet starts to resume after 88-day blackout
End of shutdown comes despite interim court order questioning authority of body overseeing the moveIran’s access to the global internet slowly restarted on Tuesday, ending a recor…
Source: The Guardian – World ·
GeopoliticsIran remains in peace talks despite ‘bad faith’ US bombings of Iranian targets
Tehran condemns ‘definitive violation’ but announces no specific reprisals as negotiations near decisive stageA proposed peace agreement between Iran and the US seemed to remain o…
Source: The Guardian – World ·
GeopoliticsCzech police release Russian bishop after ‘white powder’ found in his car
Russia says arrest of Bishop Hilarion, who heads Orthodox congregation in Karlovy Vary, was politically motivated ‘setup’Czech police have released a Russian Orthodox bishop who w…
Source: The Guardian – World ·
GeopoliticsItaly’s top court rules against tourist refused tap water in Dolomites hotel
Woman argued water was a universal human right but court ruled no law obliged hoteliers to serve it from tapsA tourist’s simple request for a glass of tap water at a hotel restaur…
Source: The Guardian – World ·
GeopoliticsTurkish police fire teargas to break up protest after opposition leader ousted
Water cannon also used at rally called by Özgür Özel days after court dismissed him as CHP leaderRiot police in Turkey have fired teargas and water cannon to break up a rally call…
Source: The Guardian – World ·
GeopoliticsSeven heat-related deaths in France as May records set in several countries
Extreme early summer event across western Europe also brings highest temperatures for month in UK and IrelandSeven people have died in France in an extreme early summer heat event…
Source: The Guardian – World ·
GeopoliticsLandlord inaction on energy upgrades stops renters saving $20bn on power bills in a decade
Property owners’ lack of motivation due to ‘split incentive’ is main reason rental properties are missing out on energy upgrades, research findsFollow our Australia news live blog…
Source: The Guardian – World ·
GeopoliticsImage of ‘twin babies’ used by anti-abortion activist appears to show sugar gliders
Joanna Howe says the image was sent to her by a woman ashamed of her abortion, and used it to support ‘rally for Emma and Ruth’ in favour of NSW billFollow our Australia news live…
Source: The Guardian – World ·
GeopoliticsRein in fossil fuel tax concessions, Labor MP says after BHP revelations
Jerome Laxale breaks ranks to publicly back reforms that would also wind back the diesel fuel rebateFollow our Australia news live blog for latest updatesGet our breaking news ema…
Source: The Guardian – World ·
GeopoliticsPaul Keating urges Labor to stick with capital gains tax overhaul and avoid exemptions that would hurt economy
Exclusive: Former PM says changes to tax rates are ‘so marginal that no entrepreneurial initiative is likely to be thwarted’Follow our Australia news live blog for latest updatesG…
Source: The Guardian – World ·
Geopolitics‘Makes no sense’: experts doubt pause in US arms sale to Taiwan is due to Iran war
While approval is due soon for $14bn deal, actual deliveries to Taiwan are years away – making ‘Operation Epic Fury’ in the Gulf an unlikely causeThe Trump administration’s war ag…
Source: BBC News – World ·
GeopoliticsWatch: Bridge collapses and car swept away in China river
The driver and passengers of the car managed to escape before the bridge gave way in Xiaogan.
Source: BBC News – World ·
GeopoliticsParis 'punishingly hot' as Western Europe hit by heatwave
Hugh Schofield reports from Paris as a heat dome settled over Western Europe bringing temperatures above the average for May.
Source: BBC News – World ·
GeopoliticsWatch: UFC arena construction begins at White House ahead of fight
The massive structure will host a cage fight as part of celebrations marking the 250th anniversary of the US Declaration of Independence.
Source: BBC News – World ·
GeopoliticsOsaka sparkles in golden French Open outfit
Naomi Osaka continues her tradition of serving jaw-dropping looks at Grand Slams with an outfit that reminds her of "the Eiffel tower at night".
Source: BBC News – World ·
GeopoliticsNasa unveils next steps to build permanent Moon base
Nasa plans to send hopping drones and roving vehicles to the Moon as part of plans for a permanent Moon base.
Source: BBC News – World ·
GeopoliticsWhy temperature records are being not only broken but smashed
The combined effects of a heat dome and climate change have brought extreme warmth to western Europe.
Source: BBC News – World ·
GeopoliticsWhite House erects UFC cage ahead of US 250th anniversary celebrations
Workers were seen assembling domed arches and a staging area on the South Lawn in preparation for next month's event.
Source: BBC News – World ·
GeopoliticsFour killed as school minibus collides with train in Belgium
Two schoolchildren, their chaperone and the minibus driver were killed in the crash, says a Belgian minister.
Source: BBC News – World ·
GeopoliticsOne killed and others missing after chemical explosion at US paper mill
Nine others were injured and another nine are missing after a tank ruptured at a paper mill in Longview, Washington.
Source: BBC News – World ·
GeopoliticsHundreds of children die within months as measles cases soar in Bangladesh
The country has recorded more than 60,000 suspected cases of measles in just over two months.
Source: BBC News – World ·
GeopoliticsThree killed and dozens injured in Israeli strike on Gaza City, medics and witnesses say
Israel says it was targeting a Hamas commander whose predecessor was killed in a similar strike earlier in May.
Source: BBC News – World ·
GeopoliticsRussia 'relentlessly targeting' critical infrastructure and democracy, GCHQ says
The spy agency's head will set out threats facing the UK and the measures she believes need to be taken to confront them on Wednesday.
Source: BBC News – World ·
GeopoliticsCan EU find a Russia whisperer to mediate an end to war in Ukraine?
With the US pulling out of trilateral talks with Russia and Ukraine, the EU is looking for potential candidates to step in.
Source: BBC News – World ·
GeopoliticsIran condemns US strikes as 'gross violation' of ceasefire
The attacks took place while Iranian and Qatari negotiators were in Doha for peace talks.
Source: BBC News – World ·
GeopoliticsDozens killed in Lebanon as Israel intensifies strikes
Israel says it struck 100 Hezbollah infrastructure sites and fighters in Lebanon, after PM Benjamin Netanyahu vows to "crush" Hezbollah.
Source: NBC News – World ·
GeneralStarbucks struggles to quell outrage over ‘Tank Day’ campaign that evoked massacre in South Korea
SEOUL, South Korea — The head of Starbucks in South Korea apologized again Tuesday as the company faces sustained public backlash against a marketing campaign widely perceived as …
Source: NBC News – World ·
General‘I’m from Miami,’ but ‘it’s hot’: Rubio talks Hormuz, trade and searing temperatures in India
Summers in New Delhi can be brutal, even for Floridians used to the heat
Source: NBC News – World ·
GeneralRussia pressures U.S., Ukraine’s allies to flee Kyiv, threatening ‘systematic strikes’
The warning came just days after the Ukrainian capital faced one of the heaviest bombardments since the start of the Russian invasion.
Source: NBC News – World ·
GeneralStarbucks faces backlash in South Korea over ‘Tank Day’ campaign
Starbucks is facing backlash in South Korea over a “Tank Day” marketing campaign that evoked the country’s deadly 1980 military crackdown on pro-democracy protesters. In South Kor…
Source: NBC News – World ·
GeneralRubio tours India’s famed Taj Mahal amid strained trade relations
Secretary of State Marco Rubio toured India’s famed Taj Mahal during a four-day visit at a critical time for U.S.-India relations. After bilateral talks with India’s external affa…
Source: NBC News – World ·
GeneralInside the '911 call center' for Strait of Hormuz oil tankers stuck in crossfire
NBC News' Raf Sanchez brings us an exclusive look at the chaos unfolding in the Strait of Hormuz during the Iran War. He speaks with a crew member who was caught in the crossfire …
Source: NBC News – World ·
GeneralGandalf, Picasso and MLK: Cultural references ground Pope Leo’s AI warning
It took a little over a year for Pope Leo XIV to write more than 42,000 words of his first encyclical, which deals with safeguarding human dignity in the age of artificial intelli…
Source: The Washington Post – World ·
GeopoliticsU.S. allies in Asia are trying to shield themselves from Trump’s unpredictability
President Donald Trump’s seeming ambivalence about the value of allies has created a sense of urgency among nations with close U.S. ties.
Source: The Washington Post – World ·
GeopoliticsTo repair ties with India, Rubio leans into pageantry
The top U.S. diplomat visited the world’s largest democracy in a bid to reverse soured relations over Trump’s tariff agenda and embrace of Pakistan.
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