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The owners of an independent Hong Kong bookshop have been released on bail two days after being arrested by national security police on suspicion of sedition and money laundering, the South China Morning Post has learned. A source familiar with the matter said the two owners of Hunter Bookstore – former district councillor for the now-disbanded Civic Party, Leticia Wong Man‑huen, 33, and a…
After earthquakes shattered much of the capital in Venezuela, Project Hope's Cesar Jimenez says rescue crews are racing to save hundreds trapped as international aid arrives and hospitals struggle to cope.
Fears over ‘huge community transmission’ as modelling predicts thousands of deaths in DRC by September The whereabouts of almost 300 people who have tested positive for Ebola in the Democratic Republic of the Congo is unknown, according to Africa’s top public health official. The humanitarian crisis amid the conflict in the affected areas means more than 1 million people are living in camps to…
Traffic police shut down the M-11 highway on June 26, the Russian Telegram news channel Ostorozhno Novosti reported. Officers stopped traffic in both directions on the toll road at around 10:00 a.m. Moscow time without explanation, eyewitnesses said. A traffic jam formed near the village of Kolomno in the Tver region.
Exclusive: New figures reveal that Israeli citizens are overwhelmingly dissatisfied with the US despite Trump previously claiming to have a ‘99 per cent’ approval rating in the country
A nine-year-old and five women were killed when Taleb Al-Abdulmohsen drove into the market in 2024.
Plus, World Cup fever, the EU referendum 10th anniversary, feeling the heat in Westminster, and cancer conversations Hard to believe, but in my 12 and a half years as the Guardian’s political sketch writer, I am about to embark on my seventh prime minister. There was a time when we Britons took the piss out of the Italians for their rapid turnover of prime ministers. Now the laugh is on us.…
In an interview with POLITICO, the Maryland governor said the country deserves more than Trump talking about himself for its 250th anniversary.
Col Dmytro Kozyura agreed to share state secrets and systematically disclosed classified information, prosecutors say.
The prime minister's resignation has fired the starting gun on the race to be in charge of the UK's finances.
The Russian Defense Ministry says it intercepted 660 Ukrainian drones overnight
A Hong Kong court has granted the guardianship of home-born baby Danny to social welfare authorities for three years after his parents were arrested on suspicion of child neglect. Danny’s father, Tsang Wai-bong, revealed on Friday that his two-month-old son would be under the Social Welfare Department’s care after the Juvenile Court granted the authorities’ application for a protection order at a…
Mercedes' Kimi Antonelli heads McLaren's Oscar Piastri in Friday practice at the Austrian Grand Prix.
BBC News (Front page)A Venezuelan official said that two powerful earthquakes on Wednesday had killed 920 people and left more than 3,000 injured. The United States and Mexico were among the latest to send support, as …
The New York Times WorldThe move came after RFK Jr won confirmation by telling lawmakers that vaccinations played a ‘critical role in healthcare’
The Independent WorldRossi, 38, had been serving a jail sentence in Utah for raping two women in the state in 2008
The Independent WorldThe prime minister’s official residence in Ottawa, in disrepair and vacant for more than a decade, has become the country’s most prominent home renovation project.
The New York Times World"Please let this statement serve to represent that any Country that imposes such a Tax will immediately be met with a 100% TARIFF on any and all Goods sent to the United States of America," Trump w…
PBS NewsHourSenate Democrats must now decide whether to pass the Combating Organized Crime Act, which would expand the Department of Homeland Security's surveillance powers, or to listen to voters and reject t…
The HillHeavyweight world champion Oleksandr Usyk says he will vacate all his belts but is not retiring.
BBC News (Front page)New lawsuit claims Red Lobster’s former majority shareholder signed contracts that made ‘no economic sense’
The Independent WorldAn ultimatum issued by anti-immigrant groups has sparked fear among thousands of foreigners, who have been made scapegoats for the economic crisis gripping the country
EL PAÍS - EnglishPresident Trump’s priorities seem increasingly detached from the concerns of voters and his party.
The New York Times USThe monarch’s declaration doesn’t tell us much, except that his bill is lower than for people with much smaller fortunes The veil of secrecy that surrounds the royal finances was nudged aside a lit…
The Guardian WorldThe president is expected to speak at 1:30 p.m. EDT. Watch live here.
PBS NewsHourWhile France confirmed its first case of Ebola, reports of people successfully treated for the condition are also emerging from Mongbwalu, the epicentre of the epidemic in the eastern part of the D…
France 24 EnglishCalifornia Gov. Gavin Newsom (D) on Friday called for a national tax on the country’s wealthiest Americans, unveiling his plan to address growing wealth inequality a day after a proposed billionair…
The HillVice President Vance quipped on Thursday that the Watergate scandal that led to former President Richard Nixon’s resignation would have been a “12-hour news story” in the current media landscape. “…
The HillThe Supreme Court is handing down major opinions at a rapid clip, but even with some of the biggest decisions yet to come there are signs of tension between the justices.
PBS NewsHourThe July 4 deadline and the demand that the pool floor had to be blue reportedly rendered the job ‘unfeasible’
The Independent WorldAmericans' Social Security benefits will have to be cut by roughly a quarter in six years due to depleted funds, according to a June 9 report from the Social Security Board of Trustees. That's mont…
PBS NewsHourNew member for Makerfield and expected next prime minister joins other MPs who donate some or all of their pay Andy Burnham has said he will be donating 15% of his MP’s salary to local causes in hi…
The Guardian WorldAcademics question the ethics of a UK auction house selling human heads that are thousands of years old.
BBC News (Front page)US president revives threat against European countries discussing tax measure despite repeated court rulings against his tariffs Former Trump adviser John Bolton pleads guilty Sign up for the Break…
The Guardian WorldThis blog is now closed, you can read more on this story here: UK June heat record broken for third day in a row Fourth child dies in France as brutal heatwave forecast to shift east Over in the UK…
The Guardian WorldWeeks of intense strikes by Ukraine have rattled everyday life in Crimea to an extent unseen since Russia illegally annexed the peninsula in 2014.
The New York Times WorldFormer Trump administration national security adviser John Bolton pleaded guilty on Friday to illegally retaining classified information, sealing a deal with federal prosecutors that could allow hi…
PBS NewsHourDespite £369m upgrade, King Charles will never live in palace but aides stress it will remain ‘buzzing hive’ of activity Not all modern British monarchs have viewed the prospect of moving into Buck…
The Guardian WorldNew reports this week indicated that federal agents knowingly let fentanyl flood the streets of New Mexico as they pursued larger drug cases.
The New York Times USThe judge denied a defense request to take the death penalty off the table as a sanction for the violation
The Independent WorldKinshasa accuses its neighbour of committing various violations since the 1994 Rwanda genocide.
BBC WorldThe president did not say how or whether he would respond, a day after Iran fired on a container ship that was transiting the Strait of Hormuz, an act Mr. Trump called “foolish.”
The New York Times WorldScientists say hot spell is worst ever, with nearly half of region’s 850 largest cities facing unprecedented heat stress The number of deaths in France linked to the heatwave has climbed to four to…
The Guardian WorldJonathan Rinderknecht was accused of setting a brush fire that later became the deadly Palisades fire. The jury could not reach a verdict on the three arson-related charges.
The New York Times USMohammed Fahir Amaaz, 21, found guilty of common assault and actual bodily harm last year after incident in 2024 A man has been sentenced to three and a half years in jail after being convicted of …
The Guardian WorldEdwards admitted to accessing 41 images of children, including seven of the most serious type.
BBC News (Front page)Firefighters are using cellphone lights because of a flashlight shortage, and an overwhelmed hospital in the disaster zone is operating without running water, one doctor said.
The New York Times WorldHéctor Bello wrote on social media that "you gave your own life for our daughter" in the quakes which killed at least 589 people.
BBC WorldColin Kaepernick was blackballed by the NFL for kneeling during the National Anthem to protest police brutality, while San Francisco Giants players were warned by MLB for wearing a Biblical verse o…
The HillA former covert operative, he published his resignation letter in The Washington Post and went on to write “In Search of Enemies,” a book the agency sought to suppress.
The New York Times USDeclan Rice returns to England training on Friday, but Reece James again misses out and remains a doubt to face Panama.
BBC News (Front page)King Charles has become the first monarch in modern times to reveal how much tax he pays on his private income: £24.6m over the last two years. The move comes after years of calls for the monarch t…
The Guardian PoliticsThe judge in the Charlie Kirk murder trial declined defense requests to throw out the death penalty as punishment but did order prosecutors to pay some of the defense’s legal fees.
The New York Times USBillionaire investor Leon Black said Friday that Jeffrey Epstein deceived him during a yearslong relationship in which he paid the disgraced financier $158 million, but insisted he committed no cri…
PBS NewsHourPresident Trump said Friday afternoon that Iran had broken the terms of its ceasefire with the U.S. by shooting “at least four One Way Attack Drones at Ships transversing the Strait of Hormuz.” He …
The HillLos jugadores de Noruega abandonaron su hotel de concentración en Boston para dirigirse al estadio, donde enfrentarán a Francia en el cierre de la fase de grupos del Mundial 2026.
NBC NewsJurors in California deliberated for over 13 hours, before announcing that they were deadlocked A federal judge declared a mistrial in the arson case against the 29-year-old man accused of sparking…
The Guardian WorldThe reviews will examine whether there are systemic factors behind the increase in deaths since 2022 and if the facilities comply with applicable standards for the treatment of people in custody
EL PAÍS - EnglishAs Europe confronts increasingly frequent and intense heatwaves, the conversation around climate adaptation is shifting from environmental policy to public health, education, and social infrastruct…
France 24 EnglishA Utah father was days away from seeing his four children — the culmination of a years-long visitation battle — when he learned they had been killed in a heinous crime their grandmother is accused …
NBC NewsMohammed Fahir Amaaz assaulted PC Lydia Ward, PC Ellie Cook and a Starbucks customer, a court heard.
BBC News (Front page)Francia se encuentra ante un equipo poderoso de Noruega y quieren el liderato del Grupo I. En un duelo que promete ser un espectáculo futbolístico.
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