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  • UAE Retracts Warning About "Potential Missle Threat" an hour ago by Tyler Durden

    UAE Retracts Warning About "Potential Missle Threat" Update: it appears the earlier warning by the UAE was a false alarm: UAE SENDS ALERT SAYING 'PLEASE DISREGARD THE PREVIOUS WARNING' * * * Earlier Is the ceasefire over (again)? Moments ago stocks hit session lows and oil jumped from post-war lows after the UAE issued a phone alert warning of potential missile strikes. Iran's Tasnim promptly followed up, saying that according to news sources, there were explosions heard in Dubai. And while the initial report sent futures to session lows... ... , and oil bounced... ... a subsequent report from UAE

  • Vance: Iran Agreed To Establish A Direct Line Between IRGC & US Military an hour ago by Tyler Durden

    Vance: Iran Agreed To Establish A Direct Line Between IRGC & US Military Authored by Dave DeCamp via AntiWar.com, Vice President JD Vance has said that during talks in Switzerland, Iranian officials agreed to establish a direct line of communication between Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) and the US military. Vance told Sohrab Ahmari , the US editor for UnHerd , that one of the things the US wanted to "come out" of the talks with was a "channel on the Iranian side" for reducing conflict . Reuters/Pool "Which we did. They were like, 'OK, fine, we’ll send somebody

  • Mamdani's Rent-Freeze Approved By NYC Guidelines Board an hour ago by Tyler Durden

    Mamdani's Rent-Freeze Approved By NYC Guidelines Board The New York City Rent Guidelines Board voted 7–1 to freeze rents on about 1 million rent-stabilized apartments for up to two years, giving tenants a win on a central campaign promise from Mayor Zohran Mamdani while revealing tensions over the board’s independence . The board set the annual increase at zero percent for both one-year and two-year leases starting in October. The affected apartments house roughly 2.5 million residents. The board’s 2025 study found the average monthly rent in regulated units was $1,599 last year, far below the $3,950 that listings agency

  • Futures Drop, Chips Resume Slide As OpenAI IPO Delay Dents Sentiment 2 hours ago by Tyler Durden

    Futures Drop, Chips Resume Slide As OpenAI IPO Delay Dents Sentiment Futures point to a lower start for cash trading on the last day of the week, as tech stocks dragged global indexes lower following renewed selling in chipmakers, while a report that OpenAI could postpone plans to go public also weighed on sentiment . The volatility reflects a valuation test, profit‑taking and flow-driven positioning, according to Christian Stocker, equity strategist at UniCredit, who suggests it’s a “temporary correction within a still-intact long-term AI growth trend.” As of 8:00am ET, Nasdaq 100 futures slid 1.1%, while those on the S&P

  • Warships, Helicopters, Transport Planes: US Military Shifts Assets To Quake-Ravaged Venezuela 2 hours ago by Tyler Durden

    Warships, Helicopters, Transport Planes: US Military Shifts Assets To Quake-Ravaged Venezuela Venezuela's massive twin-earthquake disaster, which unfolded on Wednesday evening, has left dozens of apartment towers and other structures in ruins. The death toll has climbed to about 235, with at least 4,300 people injured. On one independent monitoring platform, the number of missing topped 50,000 overnight . The sheer scale of the disaster across several districts of Caracas has prompted an international response, with the U.S. Southern Command deploying military assets to the quake-ravaged country. The disaster also marks a major test for acting President Delcy Rodríguez in a


The Guardian

  • ‘Everyone is talking about Cape Verde’: World Cup run delights diaspora community in UK 2 hours 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 3 hours 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 4 hours 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 a day 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


South China Morning Post

  • Venezuela earthquakes death toll rises to 589, other nations rush to help an hour ago by Agence France-Presse

    International search and rescue teams from at least 17 countries are being scrambled to Venezuela to help look for survivors of Wednesday’s devastating twin earthquakes, the United Nations said on Friday. The death toll has risen to 589, with 2,980 injured, acting President Delcy Rodríguez said. The number of casualties is expected to climb with thousands of people reported missing. She made the announcement surrounded by government and military officials as she welcomed the arrival of rescue...

  • Europe wants a new Plaza Accord for China – seriously? 2 hours ago by Alex Lo

    Leaders of the G7 rich nations might have gone into this month’s summit in France hoping for a united front against China. But, overshadowed by the conflicts in Iran and Ukraine and alienated by a mercurial US President Donald Trump, the lacklustre gathering came up short. There was no public agreement on how to address the so-called China shock 2.0, the supposed overcapacity issues and currency manipulation that is considered to be the cause of Chinese exports flooding into Europe. Instead of...

  • European hospitals overwhelmed by heatwave, more misery to come 3 hours ago by Agence France-Presse

    A deadly European heatwave that has saturated hospitals as temperatures soared to record highs was shifting east on Friday, with authorities warning of more misery on a continent not used to stretches of punishing heat. At least 101 million Europeans have roasted for several days in temperatures of over 35 degrees Celsius, with an estimated few hundred people, including children, thought to have died as a result, many drowning as they sought respite from the inferno. Scientists said in a study...

  • Russia reports one of biggest Ukrainian drone attacks 5 hours ago by Associated Press

    Russian air defences intercepted 660 Ukrainian drones in a major nighttime attack on 12 Russian regions as well as the Russia-held Crimean peninsula, the Black Sea and the Azov Sea, Russia’s Defence Ministry said on Friday. The authorities in Crimea on Friday declared an “emergency situation” in a bid to ease the fallout from increasing aerial attacks on the illegally annexed peninsula. “A decision has been made … to sign decrees declaring a regional-level emergency situation in the Republic of...

  • How America lost its swagger after 100 days of war against Iran 6 hours ago by David Dodwell

    Who would have imagined that just over 100 days could so change the world? The US-Israeli “war of choice” on Iran has fundamentally – perhaps, permanently – shifted the global balances of economic, military and political power, and not in America’s favour. Mix the direct impact of this gratuitous military conflict with the broader effects on global security, efforts to mitigate climate change, contain soaring public debt and “de-risk” after America’s unilateral efforts to unravel globally agreed...


New York Times

  • Ukrainian Attacks Spur State of Emergency Declaration in Crimea an hour ago by Ivan Nechepurenko
    Crimea (Ukraine), Ukraine, Russian Invasion of Ukraine (2022), Sevastopol (Ukraine), Russia, Drones (Pilotless Planes)

    Weeks of intense strikes by Ukraine have rattled everyday life in Crimea to an extent unseen since Russia illegally annexed the peninsula in 2014.

  • Zelensky Steps Up Threats Against Belarus for Aiding Drone Attacks 6 hours ago by Carlotta Gall and Oleksandr Chubko
    Drones (Pilotless Planes), Russian Invasion of Ukraine (2022), International Relations, Threats and Threatening Messages, Politics and Government, Defense and Military Forces, Deaths (Fatalities), Remote Control Systems, Lukashenko, Aleksandr G, Tikhanovskaya, Svetlana, Belarus, Kyiv (Ukraine), Russia, Ukraine, Zelensky, Volodymyr

    Ukrainian officials say their northern neighbor is allowing its radio relay stations to be used to guide Russian attack drones more precisely.

  • Big Wins for Trump at the Supreme Court, and a $2.5 Billion Cyberattack Whodunit 2 hours ago by Tracy Mumford, Will Jarvis, Margaret Kadifa, Jake Lucas, Ian Stewart, Jazmine Ulloa and Adriana Loureiro Fernandez
    United States Politics and Government, Cyberwarfare and Defense, Supreme Court (US)

    Plus, the Friday news quiz.

  • The Aftermath of Venezuela’s Earthquakes 4 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.

  • He Was Deported Back to Venezuela and Started Anew. Then the Quakes Hit. 13 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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