World
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- The world grappled with a surge in migrant crises, particularly in Spain's Ceuta enclave, leading to border tightenings by Italy and France, and urgent EU meetings.
- Geopolitical tensions escalated with reports of Iranian plots for wider conflict, ongoing Russian strikes in Ukraine and the Black Sea, and stark warnings from US military officials regarding potential threats to the homeland.
- Technological advancements and their implications were highlighted by Google DeepMind's robotics ambitions, a major Coldcard wallet exploit, and concerns over the opaque AI economy and the rise of deepfakes.
- Environmental challenges persisted with record low river levels impacting Hungary's nuclear power plant, warnings of lingering effects from wildfires in Europe and North America, and India's monsoon rains being threatened.
- Domestic political and legal issues in the US included a judge facing impeachment, debates over immigration and taxpayer-funded legal services for noncitizens, and continued scrutiny of Donald Trump's business dealings and potential foreign policy shifts.
ZeroHedge
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Obama-Appointed Judge Defies SCOTUS, Now Faces Impeachment
18 minutes ago
by Tyler Durden
Obama-Appointed Judge Defies SCOTUS, Now Faces Impeachment Authored by Matt Margolis via PJ Media , An Obama-appointed federal judge just decided the Supreme Court's rulings are more like suggestions, and Republicans in Congress are done pretending she has the authority to make that call. U.S. District Judge Allison Burroughs issued an order on Friday blocking the Trump administration from ending Temporary Protected Status for Somali nationals. It was a brazen display of judicial activism , and it took Republicans about a weekend to respond. đš A federal judge has again blocked the Trump administration from ending Temporary Protected Status (TPS)
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Female Bomber Kills At Least 3, Injures 21, At Upscale Moscow Restaurant
an hour ago
by Tyler Durden
Female Bomber Kills At Least 3, Injures 21, At Upscale Moscow Restaurant A bomb ripped through a central Moscow upscale restaurant mid-evening on Saturday in what authorities are calling a "brutal terrorist act" - which left three people dead and wounded at least 21 . "Yesterday, a brutal terrorist act was committed in Moscow that claimed human lives. The victims are currently in the cityâs hospitals, where they are receiving all necessary care," Moscow mayor Sergei Sobyanin stated Sunday. via BBC The location was at Kudrinkskaya Square outside an Italian restaurant, in one â of Moscowâs seven Stalin-era skyscrapers, police described.
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Marxist Terror Group Responsible For Colombian Truck Bomb Attack
an hour ago
by Tyler Durden
Marxist Terror Group Responsible For Colombian Truck Bomb Attack Summary: VBIED Attack Comes Days Before President-Elect Abelardo de la Espriella's Inauguration Marxist-Leninist Terror Group Responsible For Truck Bomb Attack Twin Car Bombs Rock Colombian City Days Before Trump-Backed "El Tigre" Takes Power Marxist-Leninist Terror Group Responsible For Truck Bomb Attack The Colombian government blamed the far-left, Marxist-Leninist ELN for the truck bombing outside a police headquarters in the border city of CĂșcuta, which injured 11 officers and killed a police dog. The early Saturday morning VBIED attack damaged the building's roof and shattered its windows, according to police chief Gen.
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From Influence Peddler To Starving Artist: Hunter Biden Claims Family Is Broke In Defaulting On $17 Million Bill
an hour ago
by Tyler Durden
From Influence Peddler To Starving Artist: Hunter Biden Claims Family Is Broke In Defaulting On $17 Million Bill Authored by Jonathan Turley, Hunter Biden is no Van Gogh. In addition to having both ears, Hunterâs work has generally been panned beyond an enabling media following. However, he claims he is also a starving artist. The problem appears to be that, as predicted years ago , his sales dried up in the influence-peddling market once his father left office. Now, his lawyers want him to cough up $17 million that he owes them. Hunter says that not only is he broke,
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'Defend Israel Or The Homeland': Top US General Issues Stark Warning To Pentagon Brass
3 hours ago
by Tyler Durden
'Defend Israel Or The Homeland': Top US General Issues Stark Warning To Pentagon Brass Via The Cradle The highest-ranking US general in Europe informed the Pentagon this week that he does not have enough naval units to protect Israel against potential Iranian missile strikes, according to a report by the Washington Post on Saturday. General Alexus Grynkewich, the head of US European Command (EUCOM), notified senior Pentagon officials in writing that without another navy destroyer, he will be forced to choose between defending the US "homeland" and defending Israel . Grynkewich's warning comes as US President Donald Trump continues to
The Guardian
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Chaos of border crossing gives way to limbo for Moroccans on Ceutaâs streets
5 hours ago
by Okba Mohammad and Javier Jennings Mozo in Ceuta
Spain, Morocco, Migration, Africa, Europe, Middle East and north Africa, World newsPeople among the more than 50,000 who entered Spanish enclave this week describe the journey and their prospects Four days ago, Youssef El Abbas saw an opportunity to reclaim the life he had lost seven years earlier. News was circulating that about 400 people had swum from Morocco to the neighbouring Spanish enclave of Ceuta on the north African coast, approximately 12 miles (19km) across the strait of Gibraltar from mainland Spain. Here was a chance for the 44-year-old Moroccan father of four to return to Spain, from which he had been deported when his residency expired after the loss
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Anti-LGBTQ+ laws are on the rise across west Africa, campaigners warn
14 hours ago
by Rachel Savage in Johannesburg
LGBTQ+ rights, Africa, World news, Burkina Faso, Senegal, Niger, Nigeria, Uganda, Ghana, MaliActivists in the region say politicians regard LGBTQ+ people as âthe easiest scapegoats to maintain their powerâ A growing number of west African countries are implementing or strengthening anti-LGBTQ+ laws, amid local political pressures and a global pushback against LGBTQ+ rights. In March, Senegal doubled the maximum prison sentence for gay sex to 10 years and criminalised the âpromotionâ of homosexuality. Niger criminalised âsexual relations with a person of the same sexâ in February, the first time same-sex intimacy had been outlawed in the country. Continue reading...
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EU to hold urgent meeting of interior ministers on Tuesday over Ceuta crisis
a day ago
by Lisa OâCarroll in London and Sam Jones in Madrid
Spain, Europe, European Union, Morocco, Migration, Pedro SĂĄnchez, Africa, Middle East and north Africa, World newsDivisions remain in the bloc over mass crossing of migrants into Spanish territory in north Africa The EU is to hold an urgent meeting of interior ministers on Tuesday amid continued divisions in the bloc over the arrival of more than 50,000 migrants in the Spanish territory of Ceuta in north Africa. The decision was taken by officials representing EU member states and Frontex border agency experts at what was described as a âsoberingâ meeting on Saturday. Continue reading...
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At least 57 people die as tens of thousands cross to Spanish enclave of Ceuta from Morocco
2 days ago
by Sam Jones in Madrid, Angela Giuffrida in Rome and Jakub Krupa
Spain, Morocco, Pedro SĂĄnchez, European Union, European Commission, Migration, Italy, France, Africa, Europe, World news, Middle East and north AfricaPedro SĂĄnchez decries âviolation of territorial integrityâ as other EU countries criticise Madrid over incident At least 57 people have died trying to reach the Spanish enclave of Ceuta after as many as 50,000 migrants entered the tiny territory from Morocco in what Spainâs prime minister, Pedro SĂĄnchez, called âa violation of Spainâs territorial integrityâ. The huge influx, which took place over the course of just 24 hours, overwhelmed the city of 85,000 people, triggered a political crisis for Madrid and led to a mixed reaction from other EU countries, including calls for Spain to be suspended from the Schengen
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Archbishop of Canterbury vows to support ÂŁ100m pledge helping communities affected by enslavement
2 days ago
by Eromo Egbejule in Cape Coast
Anglicanism, Reparations and reparative justice, Ghana, Christianity, UK news, Africa, Religion, World newsDuring visit to Ghana, Sarah Mullally expresses regret and says controversial fund symbolises Christian belief in repentance At a former British castle where thousands of enslaved Africans were held before being shipped across the Atlantic, the archbishop of Canterbury expressed âlamentâ for the Church of Englandâs involvement in transatlantic chattel slavery and reaffirmed her commitment to a controversial ÂŁ100m fund for affected communities. Sarah Mullally made the comments during a visit to the Cape Coast castle, a 17th-century fortress built by Swedish traders, but occupied by the Danish and the Dutch, before the British seized it in 1664. Continue reading...
South China Morning Post
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Greek police arrest suspect over British womanâs body found in suitcase
17 minutes ago
by Agence France-Presse
Greek police on Sunday said they had arrested a suspect in their investigation into the death of a British woman whose body was found in a suitcase in Athens last month. The police in a statement said they had arrested a 26-year-old man, identified in media reports as an Afghan national, adding that he had âconfessed his actionsâ. âOfficers of the Directorate for Combating Organised Crime have solved the homicide of a 38-year-old UK national, whose body was found inside a suitcase in an...
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Death toll from migrant rush into Spainâs Ceuta rises to 72
33 minutes ago
by Reuters
The death toll from Thursdayâs mass rush into Spainâs North African enclave of Ceuta from Morocco reached at least 72 on Sunday as five more bodies were found along Ceutaâs coast, officials said. More than 50,000 people crossed âinto Ceuta by land and sea in an unprecedented surge that began on Thursday at one of the European Unionâs only two land borders with Africa, prompting alarm across the bloc. More than 48,000 returned to Morocco within 48 hours and more again over the weekend, Spanish...
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2 crew members dead, 2 found alive after firefighting helicopters collide in Greece
3 hours ago
by Associated Press
Greeceâs fire department says the collision of two firefighting helicopters battling a major wildfire burning out of control west of Athens on Sunday left two crew members dead, while another two were recovered alive. The fire department said the dead crew members were one Greek and one Danish national, while the two who were recovered alive were one Greek and one British national. Foreign firefighting and helicopter crews are often deployed in Greece to help tackle wildfires during the...
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Israel says military will not yet withdraw from Gaza, as strikes kill 9
4 hours ago
by Reuters
Israeli â air strikes continued in Gaza for a second straight day on Sunday, killing at least nine Palestinians, despite US President Donald Trumpâs Thursday announcement of a breakthrough in efforts to implement last yearâs Gaza ceasefire agreement. Israeli Energy Minister Eli Cohen said on Sunday that there was no deal to halt attacks on Gaza and that he saw a need for Israel, which already âcontrols around 70 per cent of the Strip, to take full control of it. Cohen is a member of Prime...
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Climate crisis: Hungary closes nuclear power plant, Greece wildfires spread
7 hours ago
by Bloomberg
Hungary is fully shutting down its sole nuclear power plant for the first time due to the record low levels of the Danube River, straining energy supplies and posing a major test for the economy and new Prime Minister Péter Magyar. One of the two reactors still operating at the Paks plant was shut down early on Sunday, with the final one powering down later in the day, according to Magyar. He cited the progressively lower water levels, which are causing a shortage of water for cooling at the...
New York Times
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U.S. Restores Some Vaccine and Health Aid to Unicef, Gavi and World Food Programme
3 hours ago
by Stephanie Nolen
Foreign Aid, United States Politics and Government, Humanitarian Aid, Developing Countries, Gavi, the Vaccine Alliance, United States Agency for International Development, State Department, United NationsThe amount is still far below what the U.S. spent previously on humanitarian and health aid, but resumes the flow of money for key efforts to fight malnutrition and disease.
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Trumpâs Polling Numbers Hit a New Low. Donât Expect Him to Change Course.
a day ago
by Peter Baker
Polls and Public Opinion, live-detached, United States Politics and Government, Midterm Elections (2026), Presidents and Presidency (US), Republican Party, Gallup Poll, Quinnipiac University, CNN, Nixon, Richard Milhous, Trump, Donald J, Washington (DC), United StatesBarely a third of Americans approve of Mr. Trumpâs handling of the job, putting him at historic depths for a second-term president at this stage of his tenure.
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In Dropping Reflecting Pool Case, Pirro Draws Trumpâs Wrath
17 hours ago
by Glenn Thrush
Hearn, David (1959- ), Vandalism, National Mall (Washington, DC), Lincoln Memorial (Washington, DC), Pirro, Jeanine, United States Attorneys, Justice Department, Interior Department, Burgum, Douglas, Trump, Donald J, United States Politics and Government, Washington (DC), Legal ProfessionJeanine Pirro, the U.S. attorney in Washington, blamed shoddy construction, contradicting President Trumpâs pet theory. Mr. Trump said he disagreed â100%â with her.
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How a Top Law Firm Went From Standing Up to Trump to Bending the Knee
4 hours ago
by Michael S. Schmidt and Jessica Silver-Greenberg
United States Politics and Government, Legal Profession, Executive Orders and Memorandums, Suits and Litigation (Civil), Private Equity, Conservatism (US Politics), Liberalism (US Politics), Paul Weiss Rifkind Wharton & Garrison, Trump, Donald J, Karp, Brad S, Barshay, Scott A, Biden, Joseph R Jr, Bannon, Stephen K, Black, Leon D, Brady, Tom, Burck, William A, Clifford, Stephanie (1979- ), Dunn, Karen, Elias, Marc E, Epshteyn, Boris, Epstein, Jeffrey E (1953- ), Ginsburg, Ruth Bader, Kagan, Elena, Kaplan, Roberta A, Kraft, Robert K, Lee, Thomas H, Marshall, Thurgood, Miller, Stephen (1985- ), Mueller, Robert S III, Musk, Elon, Rowan, Marc J, Schumer, Charles E, Sotomayor, Sonia, Williams, Damian (Attorney), Windsor, Edith Schlain, New York StatePaul Weiss was a progressive stalwart for decades and led the legal resistance against President Trump in his first term. Then it surrendered without a fight. This is the inside story of its transformation.
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Trump, Paul Weiss and the Capitulation of Big Law: 5 Takeaways
9 hours ago
by Michael S. Schmidt and Jessica Silver-Greenberg
United States Politics and Government, Legal Profession, Presidential Power (US), Paul Weiss Rifkind Wharton & Garrison, Trump, Donald J, Karp, Brad S, Barshay, Scott A, Dunn, Karen, Biden, Joseph R Jr, Harris, Kamala D, United StatesThe law firm Paul Weiss led the legal resistance against President Trump. Then it led a sudden retreat across the legal industry. A Times investigation examined how it caved to White House pressure.