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  • Police Took 8 Minutes To Locate Henry Nowak's Fatal Stab Wound... Then Performed CPR Directly Over It an hour ago by Tyler Durden

    Police Took 8 Minutes To Locate Henry Nowak's Fatal Stab Wound... Then Performed CPR Directly Over It Authored by Steve Watson via Modernity News , The case of 18-year-old white British student Henry Nowak has delivered yet another layer of disturbing detail. Officers from Hampshire and Isle of Wight Constabulary arrived at the Southampton scene roughly five to ten minutes after he was stabbed five times with a ceremonial knife. Henry remained conscious and spoke loudly at first. He told them he had been stabbed and could not breathe. They chose instead to believe the man who had just knifed

  • Rome Rebukes Rutte: Italy Rejects Claim US Flew Iran War Missions From Its Bases 2 hours ago by Tyler Durden

    Rome Rebukes Rutte: Italy Rejects Claim US Flew Iran War Missions From Its Bases It's no longer just a Trump-Meloni spat on the level of public rhetoric, but Italy is newly making clear that it is imposing real policy and limitations on the US, now clarifying that it had formally denied US use of its bases to strike Iran for past and future potential missions . This has been a long time in coming, as Italy already clearly restricted at least some US use of its bases within the past months related to the Iran war, but now it is

  • Majority Of Poles Are Against Ukraine Joining The EU 2 hours ago by Tyler Durden

    Majority Of Poles Are Against Ukraine Joining The EU Via Remix News, Poles are divided in their assessment of Ukraine’s possible accession to the European Union. However, according to the latest IBRiS poll conducted for Radio ZET, the voices of those opposed to accession dominate. A total of 35.3 percent of those surveyed voted in favor of Ukraine’s admission to the European Union. Strong support for such a solution was expressed by 8.4 percent of respondents, while 26.9 percent replied “rather yes.” There are definitely more opponents of Ukraine’s membership in the EU. A total of 59.7 percent of those

  • A Bridge To The Future: America's 250th Celebration Time Capsule 5 hours ago by Tyler Durden

    A Bridge To The Future: America's 250th Celebration Time Capsule Authored by Walker Larson via The Epoch Times, On July 4, 2026, the United States of America has a date with the future. America250, the national, nonpartisan group tasked with organizing the celebration of the nation’s 250th anniversary, will establish a bridge with the year 2276 by burying a time capsule at Independence National Historical Park in Philadelphia on July 4 of this year. For 250 years, the capsule will lie there silently waiting, as the ship of the nation surges forward through the uncharted seas of the future .

  • Trump's War Economy Accelerates As Lockheed Wins $35 Billion Deal To Quadruple Missile-Interceptor Output 5 hours ago by Tyler Durden

    Trump's War Economy Accelerates As Lockheed Wins $35 Billion Deal To Quadruple Missile-Interceptor Output President Trump's war economy continues to gain steam as weapons production is kicked into high gear and stockpiling becomes a top priority for the Department of War. The latest evidence: Lockheed Martin has won a DoW contract worth up to $35 billion to quadruple production of THAAD missile-defense interceptors, according to Bloomberg . The seven-year agreement follows a January framework deal between Lockheed and DoW to boost interceptor output over the next few years. It also comes as the White House moves to mobilize the defense


The Guardian

  • ‘Constitutional coup’ claims as Zimbabwe senate approves extending presidential term 16 hours 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 2 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

  • Play puts spotlight on Kenya’s crisis of gender-based violence 2 days ago by Carlos Mureithi in Nairobi. Photographs by Esther Sweeney
    Kenya, Violence against women and girls, Theatre, Stage, Culture, Africa, World news

    Autobiographical work Free Me aims to encourage victims to speak out in country where violence against women is rising There are audible gasps in the auditorium in Nairobi as a husband launches a volley of blows and slaps on his wife and pushes her to the floor. “I wish I could spare you this,” the wife tells the audience. “My husband beat me up as if we were in a bar fight. Except, in a bar someone fights back.” The scene comes from Free Me, an autobiographical play by Gathoni Kimuyu, a Kenyan theatre and TV producer who lived through

  • Kenyan minister orders halt to construction of US Ebola facility 3 days ago by Rachel Savage and agencies
    Ebola, Kenya, Africa, Trump administration, Democratic Republic of Congo, US news, World news

    Decision comes after Aden Duale was held in contempt for ignoring previous high court ruling to stop work Kenya’s health minister told a court he had ordered preparations for a US-run Ebola quarantine facility to stop, after being held in contempt for ignoring a previous order to end work. Many Kenyans strongly oppose the facility , with deadly protests erupting since the complex was announced in May for US citizens evacuated from the Democratic Republic of Congo, which is grappling with a widespread Ebola outbreak . Continue reading...

  • UK prioritised ties with UAE over averting mass atrocities in Sudan, MPs to be told 3 days ago by Mark Townsend
    Global development, Sudan, Conflict and arms, UK news, Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office, World news, Politics, Africa, Middle East and north Africa, War crimes, International law, Law, Foreign policy, House of Commons, Human rights, Ethiopia, United Arab Emirates

    Foreign Office failed to act on warnings of genocide due to ‘pressure’ from emirates, Yale human rights investigator will tell a parliamentary select committee The British government had received intelligence that Ethiopia appeared to be supporting a genocidal militia in Sudan’s civil war as far back as 2024 but did not go public with the news for fear of upsetting the United Arab Emirates (UAE), a parliamentary committee will hear. In May 2024, officials from the Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office (FCDO) told Nathaniel Raymond , an American human rights investigator at Yale University, that “significant private pressure” from the


South China Morning Post

  • Ex-general seen as main Netanyahu rival ahead of Israel elections an hour ago by dpa

    Former Israeli defence chief Gadi Eisenkot is emerging as the main rival to incumbent Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, months ahead of the nation’s parliamentary elections. Eisenkot’s new centrist party, Yashar! (Hebrew for “Straight!”), has rapidly been gaining popularity in opinion polls. It is currently second behind Netanyahu’s right-wing Likud. Israelis must elect a new parliament by October 27 at the latest, although the vote was most likely to be held on October 20. Opinion polls...

  • Why Chinese exporters and shipping firms remain wary despite the US-Iran peace deal an hour ago by Mia Nurmamat

    Iran and the United States may have entered a temporary ceasefire, but uncertainty over the agreement continues to cast a shadow over the operations of Chinese businesses across the Gulf region. While the deal has raised hopes that business activity could gradually resume, many traders and investors remain reluctant to make long-term commitments. For Abbas Shi, a Chinese businessman who has been helping connect Chinese companies with Iranian partners since 2024, the immediate priority is...

  • Breakthrough in US-Iran talks; Japan visa fee hike to affect Chinese: SCMP’s 7 highlights 4 hours ago by SCMP

    We have selected seven stories from this week’s news across Hong Kong, mainland China, the wider Asia region and beyond that resonated with our readers and shed light on topical issues. If you would like to see more of our reporting, please consider subscribing. 1. A crisis ‘defused’ as blockade lifted, assets to be returned to Iran after Swiss talks Statements from the US and Iran following talks in Switzerland have cooled tensions that nearly derailed the peace process, signalling an intention...

  • New York City freezes rents for 1 million flats in win for Mamdani 5 hours ago by Reuters

    A New York City housing board voted on Thursday to freeze the rents for about one million regulated flats for up to two years, fulfilling a central campaign promise of Mayor Zohran Mamdani only months into his term. The 7-1 vote by the city’s Rent Guidelines Board set increases at zero on both one-year and two-year leases from October. Hundreds ‌of tenants who crowded into a Manhattan museum auditorium cheered and blew whistles at the result. “This is a historic victory for New York City...

  • How Chinese philosophy influenced US founding fathers 7 hours ago by Chow Chung-yan

    “Founding Father, Benjamin Franklin, published the sayings of Confucius in his colonial newspaper and today’s sculpture recognising that ancient Chinese age is carved into the face of the United States Supreme Court very proudly,” said US President Donald Trump in Beijing last month. It took two-and-a-half centuries for an American president to explicitly acknowledge the profound Chinese impact on the US founding fathers. Trump’s recent declaration could be a historical first. Unless archival...


New York Times

  • Iran Strikes Ship in Strait of Hormuz, Undermining Efforts to Restore Traffic 10 hours ago by Peter Eavis, Farnaz Fassihi, Jenny Gross and Euan Ward
    US and Israeli Attack on Iran (2026), Ships and Shipping, United States International Relations, Peace Process, Rubio, Marco, Bahrain, Iran, Israel, Manama (Bahrain), Oil (Petroleum) and Gasoline, Embargoes and Sanctions, Islamic Revolutionary Guards Corps, Maersk Line, internal-open-access-from-nl

    The attack, confirmed by U.S. and Iranian officials, came after Tehran threatened to disrupt shipping in the waterway and as Washington sought regional support for its peace agreement.

  • U.S. Military’s Weapons Shortage Shows Few Signs of Easing Soon 13 hours ago by Helene Cooper and Farah Stockman
    US and Israeli Attack on Iran (2026), United States Politics and Government, United States Defense and Military Forces, Arms Trade, Defense Contracts, Defense Department, Trump, Donald J, Hegseth, Pete

    President Trump and Pentagon officials tried to reassure manufacturers as they sought additional funding from Congress.

  • The Aftermath of Venezuela’s Earthquakes 6 hours ago by Adriana Loureiro Fernandez, Leila Medina and Estelle Caswell
    Earthquakes, Venezuela

    Adriana Loureiro Fernandez, a photographer for The New York Times, describes the scene on the ground after the Venezuelan earthquakes.

  • Hoping for Miracles as Venezuela Digs Out From Massive Quakes 5 hours ago by María Victoria Fermín, Anatoly Kurmanaev, Julie Turkewitz, Isayen Herrera and Michael Levenson
    Venezuela Earthquakes (June 24, 2026), Rescues, Deaths (Fatalities), Foreign Aid, Venezuela, Caracas (Venezuela), La Guaira (Venezuela), Rodriguez, Delcy (1969- ), United States International Relations

    It is known as a “doublet,” two earthquakes in quick succession, and it has brought the Latin American country to its knees.

  • He Was Deported Back to Venezuela and Started Anew. Then the Quakes Hit. 7 hours ago by David Ovalle
    Venezuelan-Americans, Venezuela, Earthquakes, Disasters and Emergencies

    Venezuelans in South Florida were frantically trying to track down friends and relatives after two earthquakes in Venezuela. Jorge Erazo was among the missing.


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