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  • Geopolitical tensions remain high as US strikes Iran in retaliation for attacks in the Strait of Hormuz, leading to UN halts in ship evacuations and Iran rejecting a UN-backed plan.
  • Europe is grappling with a severe heatwave, leading to infrastructure strain, postponed events like Pride, and health crises, while record-breaking temperatures are reported across the continent.
  • Major earthquakes have struck Venezuela, causing a significant death toll and overwhelming an already strained health system, prompting international aid efforts.
  • The ongoing debate surrounding Artificial Intelligence continues, with the US loosening restrictions on certain AI models while concerns grow about potential misuse and the impact on national security.
  • Political landscapes are shifting globally, with discussions on socialism, 'capitalist' centrists, and leaders like Trump influencing policy discussions on everything from immigration to trade tariffs.

ZeroHedge

  • Russia's Lavrov Admits That Anchorage Only Bought Time For Ukraine To Rearm 7 hours ago by Tyler Durden

    Russia's Lavrov Admits That Anchorage Only Bought Time For Ukraine To Rearm Authored by Andrew Korybko, Lavrov sheepishly said during a roundtable event last week that “I do not even want to suspect that Alaska, like the actions of the Europeans, was designed to buy time to rearm the Kyiv regime. I don’t even want to think about it. But in reality, things turned out the way they did.” This came three and a half years after former German Chancellor Angela Merkel admitted in December 2022 that the Minsk Accords were just a ruse to buy time for Kiev to

  • The Average Asian American Household Makes More Than Double That Of Blacks 7 hours ago by Tyler Durden

    The Average Asian American Household Makes More Than Double That Of Blacks Median household income differs significantly across racial and ethnic groups in the United States, with one group sitting well above the rest. In 2024, Asian households reported a median income of $121,700, nearly $30,000 higher than White alone, non-Hispanic households and more than double the median income of Black households. These differences reflect a mix of factors, including education, geography, occupation, household composition, immigration patterns, and historical inequalities. This graphic, via Visual Capitalist's Bruno Venditti, ranks median household income by race and Hispanic origin in 2024, using inflation-adjusted

  • The Other Problem With Socialism 8 hours ago by Tyler Durden

    The Other Problem With Socialism Authored by Chris Talgo via American Thinker , In 1976, Margaret Thatcher said during a television interview, "Socialist governments traditionally do make a financial mess. They always run out of other people's money." Over the years, that quote has been whittled down to the renowned proverb: The problem with socialism is that you eventually run out of other people's money. This is a powerful argument against socialism. Even better, it has been validated time and time again, most notably when the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics collapsed in 1991. The Soviet Union was an economic

  • Trump Expands Critical Minerals Push With Army Bases 8 hours ago by Tyler Durden

    Trump Expands Critical Minerals Push With Army Bases The Trump administration is taking another step to strengthen the nation's critical minerals supply chain, announcing plans to build a series of mineral processing facilities on U.S. military bases through partnerships with private industry, according to Bloomberg . The initiative marks the first time commercial mineral processing operations will be located on Army installations. The U.S. Army said it has reached preliminary agreements with REalloys, Titan Mining, EnergyX, and Australia's ioneer to develop facilities that will process rare earth elements, graphite, lithium, and boron. REalloys is slated to build a rare earth

  • Psychology Journal Under Fire For Retracting Publication Challenging Claims Of Racism 8 hours ago by Tyler Durden

    Psychology Journal Under Fire For Retracting Publication Challenging Claims Of Racism Authored by Jonathan Turley via JonathanTurley.org , We have previously discussed academic journals canceling publications that challenge the orthodox views of mainstream scholars. The latest such example can be found in the Journal of the New Zealand College of Clinical Psychologists, which pulled the 2025 article of Arna Mitchell who questioned claims that psychology as a field is a tool of "white power." The editors reportedly declared that such conclusions are "inconsistent" with the publication's "values." Dr. Kumari Valentine, a psychologist and former editor of the journal, wrote an


The Guardian

  • ‘Everyone is talking about Cape Verde’: World Cup run delights diaspora community in UK a day ago by Aamna Mohdin
    Cape Verde, UK news, World Cup 2026, World Cup, World news, Football, Africa, Sport

    Cape Verdeans in Britain feeling ‘incredibly proud’ after team’s hard-fought draws against Spain and Uruguay World Cup live – latest updates For as long as she can remember, 13-year-old Lauryn struggled to find a map that included Cape Verde. Now, to her great delight, the tiny African island nation is finally centre stage. “Seeing our country shown across the world at the World Cup makes me feel incredibly proud,” Lauryn says. “After the first match, everyone was talking about Cape Verde. People saw the talent and the skill of our players.” Continue reading...

  • Whereabouts of nearly 300 people with Ebola unknown in DR Congo a day ago by Kat Lay, Global health correspondent
    Global development, Global health, Ebola, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Infectious diseases, World Health Organization, Africa, Health, World news

    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 which health workers have no access, Dr Jean Kaseya, director general of the Africa Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), said on Thursday. Continue reading...

  • Outrage as woman jailed for three years after criticising Somali government online a day ago by Sarah Johnson
    Global development, Somalia, Prisons, Women's rights and gender equality, Africa, World news, Social media, Digital media, Protest, Activism, Human rights, Law

    Sentencing of 27-year-old Sadia Moalim Ali condemned by former president and prime ministers as well as rights groups A rickshaw driver in Somalia has been sentenced to three years in prison for comments she made on social media, in a case that has caught the public’s attention and provoked outrage in the country. Sadia Moalim Ali, a 27-year-old nursing graduate, was originally charged with insulting government institutions and incitement to commit a crime, but convicted only of the former. Her sentence, immediately condemned as “fundamentally unjust”, was handed down on 25 June. Continue reading...

  • ‘Constitutional coup’ claims as Zimbabwe senate approves extending presidential term 2 days ago by Rachel Savage Southern Africa correspondent
    Zimbabwe, Emmerson Mnangagwa, Africa, World news

    Opposition figures fear changes will further tighten 83-year-old president Emmerson Mnangagwa’s hold on power Zimbabwe is on the brink of amending its constitution to give the president more time in office, a change that the government says will bring stability but that opponents have labelled a “constitutional coup”. The upper house of Zimbabwe’s parliament voted on Wednesday 75-4 in favour of the constitutional amendments, which will allow President Emmerson Mnangagwa to stay in office until 2030 by extending presidential terms from five to seven years. Continue reading...

  • France confirms first Ebola case in doctor who had worked in DRC 3 days ago by Rachel Savage and agencies
    France, Ebola, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Africa, Europe, World news, World Health Organization, Humanitarian response

    French health ministry says patient’s contacts are being traced and that risk to European public is very low The first case of Ebola has been confirmed in France, the country’s health ministry has said, in a doctor who had returned from a humanitarian mission to an area affected by the outbreak in the Democratic Republic of the Congo. The patient was transferred to a specialist facility and was in a stable condition, the ministry said in a statement . “All precautionary measures, including the patient’s isolation, were taken upon his arrival in the country, with transfer to the hospital under


South China Morning Post

  • French heatwave packs hotels as city dwellers struggle to sleep 30 minutes ago by Reuters

    As France sweltered under one of the worst ⁠heatwaves ever recorded this ⁠week, city dwellers scrambled for any ⁠escape they could find, with many checking into hotels to benefit from air conditioning and access to pools. Temperatures in Paris hit a June record of 40.9 degrees Celsius on Wednesday, a day after France recorded its hottest day since records ‌began nearly 80 years ago. But few private flats in the country have air conditioning, particularly those in the densely populated capital....

  • Can Andy Burnham fix Britain’s essential services and debt problem? 2 hours ago by Anthony Rowley

    Nowadays, prime ministers and even presidents cower before the mighty bond markets. These have the ability – in democracies, at least – to have leaders ejected from office via the ballot box, as even US President Donald Trump appears to acknowledge. However, it is not enough to simply offer dismissive gestures towards the bond markets, as some political leaders have discovered to their cost. It is much more important to ask why it is that bond markets have become so powerful. It is refreshing in...

  • Time runs out for thousands missing after Venezuela earthquakes 2 hours ago by Associated Press

    The situation has grown more desperate by the hour in Venezuela as people dig through the rubble of collapsed homes and flat blocks three days after the devastating one-two punch of 7.2 and 7.5-magnitude earthquakes, knowing time is running out to find survivors. Authorities announced on Friday night that they would block access to La Guaira, the epicentre of the destruction, as chaos and traffic began to hamper search efforts. Officials said anyone who wanted to enter would now have to seek...

  • Iran survived 3 months of war. Can it survive the aftermath? 5 hours ago by Tom Hussain

    Three months of war with the United States and Israel may not have broken Iran’s resistance, but its economy has been brought to its knees. Forty days of American and Israeli bombing in March and early April – targeting energy grids, steel mills, petrochemical plants, ports and transport corridors – were followed by a two-month US naval blockade that sealed off much of what remained. The damage bill has reached an estimated US$270 billion against a gross domestic product of US$371 billion in...

  • US eases ban on AI model Mythos feared to aid cyberattacks 7 hours ago by Reuters

    The US government has allowed Anthropic to release its powerful Claude Mythos 5 artificial intelligence model to some “trusted” US organisations, partially reversing an order two weeks ago to suspend access over national security risks. More than 100 companies and institutions will now have access to Mythos 5, including many Fortune 500 companies, according to a source familiar with the new directive, declining to be identified due to the sensitivity of the matter. Concern that powerful AI...


New York Times

  • U.S. Strikes Iran in Retaliation for Attack on Vessel in Strait of Hormuz 9 hours ago by Helene Cooper, Euan Ward, Jenny Gross and Pranav Baskar
    Strait of Hormuz, Iran, Oman, US and Israeli Attack on Iran (2026), Ships and Shipping, Trump, Donald J, Drones (Pilotless Planes)

    President Trump on Friday called Iran’s attack on a container ship transiting the Strait of Hormuz a day earlier a “foolish” act.

  • In Small Step, Israel Agrees to Withdrawal From Two Areas in Lebanon 11 hours ago by Michael Crowley
    US and Israeli Attack on Iran (2026), United States International Relations, Iran-Israel Proxy Conflict, Hezbollah, Netanyahu, Benjamin, Rubio, Marco, Trump, Donald J, Israel, Lebanon, Iran

    Secretary of State Marco Rubio acknowledged that the agreement marked only “the beginning of the beginning” of negotiations between Israel and Lebanon.

  • How the Reflecting Pool Turned Green: Missing ‘Bubblers’ and a Rush Job 10 hours ago by Maxine Joselow and Luke Broadwater
    United States Politics and Government, Lincoln Memorial (Washington, DC), Restoration and Renovation, Algae, Water, National Mall (Washington, DC), National Parks, Monuments and Seashores, United States Semiquincentennial (2026), Government Contracts and Procurement, Vandalism, Historic Buildings and Sites, Trump, Donald J, Burgum, Douglas, Washington (DC)

    Bulky “nanobubbler” machines were carted off ahead of a promotional event for President Trump’s Ultimate Fighting Championship birthday party.

  • What to Know About Problems at the Reflecting Pool and Trump’s Claims of Vandalism 9 hours ago by David A. Fahrenthold, Maxine Joselow and Clarence Williams
    United States Politics and Government, Vandalism, Algae, National Parks, Monuments and Seashores, Public Property, National Mall (Washington, DC), Restoration and Renovation, Atlantic Industrial Coatings LLC, Interior Department, National Park Service, Trump, Donald J

    The administration has provided little evidence to back up some of his assertions about the Lincoln Memorial pool. Experts say other factors could have caused the major problems that have plagued it.

  • In Venezuela’s Rubble, Listening for Whispers And Longing for Help 12 hours ago by Fabiola Ferrero, Julie Turkewitz, Luis Ferré-Sadurní and Alan Yuhas
    International Relations, United States International Relations, United States Defense and Military Forces, Foreign Aid, Venezuela Earthquakes (June 24, 2026), State Department, Maduro, Nicolas, Rodriguez, Delcy (1969- ), Rodriguez, Jorge J (1965- ), Trump, Donald J, Caracas (Venezuela), La Guaira (Venezuela), United States, Venezuela

    Facing criticism from residents that it was not doing enough to help, the Venezuelan government said it had dispatched more than 100 heavy machines to clear debris.


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