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Source: The Guardian – World ·
Geopolitics‘We will not go back to Jim Crow’: thousand of Mississippians rally for voting rights
Demonstration, held at historic location where the ‘Mississippi Plan’ was enacted, comes as southern states race to dilute Black voting powerThousands of Mississippians, along wit…
Source: The Guardian – World ·
GeopoliticsNvidia’s revenue blows past Wall Street expectations as AI boom accelerates
Many analysts view company’s financial performance as a broader referendum on AI buildoutNvidia continued its years-long streak of beating Wall Street’s expectations for growth on…
Source: The Guardian – World ·
GeopoliticsEx-DoJ prosecutor charged with sending sealed Jack Smith Trump report to personal email
Carmen Mercedes Lineberger accused of hiding files related to Trump documents investigation as bundt cake recipeA former Department of Justice prosecutor is facing felony charges …
Source: The Guardian – World ·
GeopoliticsTrump says ‘there won’t be escalation’ with Cuba after US indictment of former president Raúl Castro – as it happened
Cuba’s government has also accused US of hypocrisy after acting US attorney general announced indictment of former Cuban president over downed planesUS indicts former Cuban presid…
Source: The Guardian – World ·
GeopoliticsMurder inquiry launched after fatal assault on London bus driver
Police say 64-year-old was attacked after confrontation near Battersea BridgeA murder investigation has been launched after a bus driver died after an assault on Battersea Bridge …
Source: The Guardian – World ·
GeopoliticsReeves to promise free summer bus rides for children and food tariff cuts in living costs package
Chancellor launches ‘Great British summer savings scheme’ after Keir Starmer postpones fuel duty increasePlanned fuel duty rise to be scrapped, says Keir StarmerRachel Reeves is t…
Source: The Guardian – World ·
GeopoliticsIncoming Ofcom chair vows to take on ‘tech bros’
Ian Cheshire says media regulator must address perception it has been complacent and slow on online safetyOfcom’s incoming chair has vowed to take on the “tech bros”, as he conced…
Source: The Guardian – World ·
GeopoliticsVoters across parties believe UK net migration is rising despite sharp drop
Study, published as latest migration figures are released, shows incorrect perceptions driving immigration debatePeople mistakenly believe net migration is rising in Britain despi…
Source: The Guardian – World ·
GeopoliticsManchester shows biggest fall in inner-city deprivation in boost for Burnham
City made outsized contribution to falling levels of deprivation between 2010 and 2025, thinktank finds Manchester has recorded the biggest fall in inner-city deprivation in Brita…
Source: The Guardian – World ·
GeopoliticsUS puts pressure on Palestinian leaders to withdraw bid for UN vice-presidency role
Jerusalem embassy told to issue protest to Palestinian Authority leaders, warning ‘consequences will follow’ if they do not complyThe US has ordered its Jerusalem embassy to press…
Source: The Guardian – World ·
GeopoliticsUS and Israel ‘hoped to install Ahmadinejad as Iran’s leader’
Airstrike at the start of the war was aimed at freeing populist ex-president from house arrest, US newspaper claimsMiddle East crisis – live updatesFresh questions have been raise…
Source: The Guardian – World ·
GeopoliticsUK strikes £3.7bn trade deal with six Gulf states
Keir Starmer describes the agreement, worth double original estimates, as a ‘huge win’ for British businessesKeir Starmer has struck a trade deal with six Gulf states in what he d…
Source: The Guardian – World ·
GeopoliticsTrump may see himself in Ahmadinejad but having him lead Iran was a perplexing idea
Former Iranian president has a populist, headline-grabbing communication style but is an avowed anti-Zionist. How could Israel see him as a man to do business with?US and Israel h…
Source: The Guardian – World ·
GeopoliticsIsraeli security minister stirs diplomatic outrage with flotilla activist abuse video
Far-right figure Itamar Ben-Gvir shares footage of himself taunting bound international detaineesMiddle East crisis – live updatesIsrael’s far-right national security minister, It…
Source: The Guardian – World ·
GeopoliticsBrexit may be back, but Britain needs to know what it wants
A decade after the referendum, EU leaders would welcome closer ties – once the UK has understood the ‘European deal’• Don’t get This Is Europe delivered to your inbox? Sign up her…
Source: The Guardian – World ·
GeopoliticsBritish Council staff in Italy to strike over proposed 80% workforce cut
Soft power institution faces funding crisis linked to Covid-era government loan due to be repaid by SeptemberStaff at the British Council in Italy will go on strike over deep cuts…
Source: The Guardian – World ·
GeopoliticsRussian jet causes ‘dangerous’ near miss after flying close to RAF spy plane
UK calls incident ‘unacceptable’ after Su-27 jet comes within six metres of unarmed RAF plane over Black SeaA Russian jet flew within six metres of an RAF spy plane flying at 500m…
Source: The Guardian – World ·
GeopoliticsNorwegian court blocks extradition to Greece of migrant rights activist
Case hailed as human rights victory as Tromsø court says Tommy Olsen’s actions are lawful and protected under international treatiesThe decision of a Norwegian appeals court to di…
Source: The Guardian – World ·
Geopolitics‘Vein of racism’: race discrimination commissioner accuses One Nation and Coalition of scapegoating immigrants
Exclusive: Australia faces a ‘pronounced political fault line’, Giridharan Sivaraman tells Brisbane seminar on human rights Get our breaking news email, free app or daily news pod…
Source: The Guardian – World ·
GeopoliticsATO issues $1,650 fine to 97-year-old woman who had not ‘prioritised tax obligations’ after husband’s death
Tax office apologises as ombudsman delivers stinging criticism, saying ‘ATO won’t learn unless people highlight the mistakes’Follow our Australia news live blog for latest updates…
Source: The Guardian – World ·
GeopoliticsNeo-Nazi group told by AEC it can’t become a political party while it hides identities of members
White Australia group says it does not want to ‘doxx’ members as it challenges designation as banned hate groupFollow our Australia news live blog for latest updatesGet our breaki…
Source: The Guardian – World ·
GeopoliticsMan charged with stealing camera equipment from Bondi shooting victim in aftermath of terror attack
Police allege man took camera equipment from 61 year-old shooting victim then pawned itFollow our Australia news live blog for latest updatesGet our breaking news email, free app …
Source: The Guardian – World ·
GeopoliticsAustralia news live: Queensland cabinet minister referred to federal police over electoral enrolment allegations; unexpected rise in unemployment rate
Tim Mander has denied any wrongdoing and referred himself to election authorities. Follow today’s news liveGet our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcastAlbanese leav…
Source: The Guardian – World ·
GeopoliticsSame but different: how Xi and China welcomed Trump and Putin
Choreography of back-to-back visits appeared deliberately mirrored but China made sure the differences were noticedDays after Donald Trump was greeted in Beijing with a military b…
Source: The Guardian – World ·
Geopolitics‘Indefensible’: alleged child abuse survivor takes on Albanese government over $2.5bn Nauru deal
Lawyers of Hazara man who was allegedly sexually abused by carer launch bid to prevent imminent deportation to Pacific islandFollow our Australia news live blog for latest updates…
Source: The Guardian – World ·
GeopoliticsAre Xi and Putin still ‘best friends’? – The Latest
Xi Jinping welcomed Vladimir Putin to Beijing with pomp and pageantry, just days after hosting Donald Trump. But as Russia’s war in Ukraine makes Moscow increasingly dependent on …
Source: The Guardian – World ·
GeopoliticsPapua New Guinea warns against fishing in New Ireland after mystery deaths of marine life
Initial testing found evidence of metals in water samples, months after province’s residents began reporting unusual numbers of dead fish washing ashorePapua New Guinea’s governme…
Source: The Guardian – World ·
GeopoliticsTotó la Momposina, vocalist and Colombian music legend, dies aged 85
The singer was one of her country’s most’s popular musical exports, and travelled the world with an evangelistic vision for spreading cumbia musicTotó la Momposina, one of the mos…
Source: The Guardian – World ·
GeopoliticsCanada faces calls for investigation into death of woman after plasma donation
International student Rodiyat Alabede, 22, died due to a ‘perfect storm’ of lax safety protocols, advocates sayPatient advocates in Canada have called for a new investigation into…
Source: The Guardian – World ·
GeopoliticsBolivia rocked by protests as US warns of ‘coup d’état’
Clashes between demonstrators and police in La Paz have entered second week, shaking centre-right presidentProtests blocking roads across Bolivia and turning the centre of the cap…
Source: The Guardian – World ·
GeopoliticsUS indicts former Cuban president Raúl Castro as it seeks to oust regime
Charges filed in Miami against 94-year-old for allegedly shooting down exiles’ planes in 1996The United States issued a federal criminal indictment against Raúl Castro, Cuba’s for…
Source: The Guardian – World ·
GeopoliticsUS doctor who contracted Ebola in DRC flown to Germany for treatment
Dr Peter Stafford’s wife and four children are also being monitored for symptoms amid Ebola outbreak in CongoAn American doctor who contracted Ebola in the Democratic Republic of …
Source: BBC News – World ·
GeopoliticsPolice officer catches baby dropped from window of burning home
Body cam footage shows the moment a baby was thrown from a window and caught by an officer during a house fire.
Source: BBC News – World ·
GeopoliticsCould a football match soften North Korea-South Korea relations?
A North Korean women's football team played in South Korea marking the first time athletes from the North have crossed the border in nearly 8 years.
Source: BBC News – World ·
GeopoliticsWhy Russian jets intercepting an RAF spy plane is 'serious incident'
The BBC's Frank Gardner explained how the incident highlighted tense relations between Russia and Nato.
Source: BBC News – World ·
GeopoliticsTrump exerts iron grip on Republican Party with Massie defeated
Victory over a Republican rebel in Kentucky shows the president's strength but his power comes with risks for the midterms.
Source: BBC News – World ·
GeopoliticsXi basks in spotlight as he hosts Putin days after Trump
Two presidential visits days apart is how Xi Jinping wants the world to see him: talking to everyone, tied to no-one.
Source: BBC News – World ·
GeopoliticsSamsung strike on hold as workers push for AI bonus
The walkout, which was due to start on Thursday, has been suspended while union members vote on a tentative deal.
Source: BBC News – World ·
GeopoliticsLithuania's leaders take shelter during drone air alert
Flights were suspended and people were urged to take shelter after a suspected drone was detected near the Belarus border.
Source: BBC News – World ·
GeopoliticsTesla Cybertruck driver arrested after driving into lake to use 'wade mode', police say
Police said the vehicle was abandoned by the driver after it took on water near the shoreline of Grapevine Lake in north Texas.
Source: BBC News – World ·
GeopoliticsBarney Frank: One of the first openly gay US congressmen dies aged 86
After a decades-long career in Congress, he spent his final weeks in hospice care at his home in Maine.
Source: BBC News – World ·
GeopoliticsWhale to be removed from Danish island after failed German rescue
Danish officials will conduct a post mortem examination on the whale, which was released into the sea from a barge more than two weeks ago.
Source: BBC News – World ·
GeopoliticsUS military jets and drones tracked near Cuba as tensions rise
Tracking data shows several flights by US Navy reconnaissance jets and drones during the last week.
Source: BBC News – World ·
GeopoliticsAustrian ex-intelligence officer found guilty of Russia spying charges
The spy scandal has revived fears that Austria remains a hotbed of Russian espionage activity.
Source: BBC News – World ·
GeopoliticsMurder or accident? Mystery of Mango tycoon's hiking death after son's arrest
Isak Andic's son Jonathan denies involvement in the fatal fall of his father, who founded one of Europe's biggest clothing empires.
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