- NY hospital head explains rising costs to Congress: Blame basically everything Gothamist
- Hospital CEOs defend charging patients more at facilities NBC News
- GOP takes aim at hospital CEOs over affordability crisis The Hill
- Jason Smith slams hospital CEOs for the affordability crisis Politico
- Press Release: Carol Miller Conducts Hearing on Health Care Affordability and Systems Consolidation Quiver Quantitative
Northern Ireland makes arrest linked to suspected New IRA car bombing – Al Jazeera
- Northern Ireland makes arrest linked to suspected New IRA car bombing Al Jazeera
- New IRA bombing fuels fears of global militant network tied to Iran, Hezbollah Fox News
- Dunmurry: Car bomb attack 'reckless and stupid', says police chief BBC
- New IRA suspected over car explosion outside Belfast police station | Northern Ireland The Guardian
- Man arrested over car bomb attack outside police station in Northern Ireland Sky News
Nearly eight million people in South Sudan at risk of acute hunger: NGOs – Al Jazeera
- Nearly eight million people in South Sudan at risk of acute hunger: NGOs Al Jazeera
- Over half of South Sudan’s population faces acute hunger crisis UN News
- A South Sudan community is denied aid as government and opposition blame each other AP News
- U.S. questions South Sudan aid, oil use as hunger worsens Radio Tamazuj
- Aid Blocked in South Sudan God's World News
Trump pursues new import taxes to replace the tariffs the Supreme Court rejected – AP News
- Trump pursues new import taxes to replace the tariffs the Supreme Court rejected AP News
- AP Business SummaryBrief at 12:05 a.m. EDT The Joplin Globe
- Pro-tariff groups up the ante on 301s Politico
- Some Groups Ask US Trade Agency for New Duties, Import Bans to Fight Forced Labor U.S. News & World Report
- The Iconic Red Wagon Faces Tariffs Under Trump’s Next Wave Bloomberg.com
Comey charged with threatening Trump’s life in Instagram post
The new case stems from a 2025 seashell photo posted by the former FBI director that the justice department says calls for violence against Trump.
US regulator to review Disney broadcast licences after Jimmy Kimmel joke about Melania Trump
The move comes as the White House pressures Disney-owned ABC to fire Kimmel after he called Melania an "expectant widow".
US regulator to review Disney broadcast licences after Jimmy Kimmel joke about Melania Trump
The move comes as the White House pressures Disney-owned ABC to fire Kimmel after he called Melania an "expectant widow".
Musk says basis of charitable giving at stake in OpenAI lawsuit
The case over OpenAI's history and public commitments could have major implications for the future of AI.
Titanic Sub Disaster Widow: What Was Left Was ‘Slush’ – Newser
How the UAE’s decision to leave Opec could recast the Middle East
Defection is damaging to Saudi Arabia’s prestige – and could strengthen the US hand in the region
The United Arab Emirates’ decision to walk out of Opec is a political as much as business decision, and will reignite the simmering rows between the UAE and Saudi Arabia – which had been covered up by their shared anger with Iran over its attacks on the Gulf states since the start of the US-Israel war on Tehran.
In the short term, leaving the oil producing cartel it joined in 1967 gives the UAE the freedom to respond quickly to a long-term prospect of constrained supplies, and to maximise profit. But it is a decision the UAE has considered before, as UAE and Saudi tensions over production quotas have been longstanding.
Continue reading...European parliament urges EU to draw up standardised consent-based definition of rape
Eight EU members continue to include force or violence in their definitions in national criminal codes
The European parliament has called on the EU to draw up a standardised consent-based definition of rape, in what legislators described as a crucial step towards addressing the patchwork of laws, some of them insufficient, that currently exist across the bloc.
On Tuesday, 447 of the parliament’s 720 MEPs voted to approve a report calling for a common definition of rape, centred on “only yes means yes,” prompting a loud round of applause in the chamber in Strasbourg.
Continue reading...89-year-old man arrested over Athens double shooting
Multiple people injured when gunman opened fire inside a social security office and later an appeals court
An 89-year-old man has been arrested on suspicion of shooting and wounding several people in attacks on government buildings in Athens.
Hours after the double shooting in the Greek capital, authorities announced a suspect had been detained in the western port city of Patras, reportedly attempting to flee to Italy. His arrest followed a countrywide manhunt.
Continue reading...Justice department files new criminal charges against ex-FBI director Comey
Subject of charges remains unclear, after earlier case over congressional testimony was dismissed
The justice department filed new criminal charges against James Comey, the former FBI director, on Tuesday, according to a person familiar with the matter.
Comey was charged over a picture he posted on Instagram last year in which sea shells were arranged to say “86 47”, CNN and the Associated Press reported. The post was taken as a threat to Donald Trump. The number 86 can be used as shorthand for getting rid of something, and Trump is the 47th president. Comey subsequently deleted the post and apologized, saying he didn’t realize the numbers were associated with violence. “It never occurred to me, but I oppose violence of any kind so I took the post down,” he wrote on Instagram.
Continue reading...‘It’s bizarre’: Californians grapple with revelation that suspected Trump gunman was neighbour
People living near the man charged with the attempted assassination of Trump say they were shocked to see their neighbour on TV.
U.S. weighs Iranian proposal that would open Strait of Hormuz but delay nuclear talks – The Washington Post
- U.S. weighs Iranian proposal that would open Strait of Hormuz but delay nuclear talks The Washington Post
- Trump Is Dissatisfied With Iran’s Plan to Reopen Strait of Hormuz The New York Times
- Iran Offers a New Proposal to End War WSJ
- U.S. appears cool on Iran proposal to end war and reopen Hormuz without a nuclear deal NBC News
- Iran offers to reopen Strait of Hormuz if US lifts its blockade and the war ends, officials say AP News
US soldier pleads not guilty to charges of betting on Nicolás Maduro’s ouster
Prosecutors allege Gannon Van Dyke won $400,000 using insider information to bet on Maduro raid on Polymarket
The US army soldier charged with winning $400,000 by using insider information to bet on the removal of the ousted Venezuelan president Nicolás Maduro pleaded not guilty to fraud charges on Tuesday.
Gannon Ken Van Dyke, 38, entered the plea in US district judge Margaret Garnett’s courtroom in Manhattan. Van Dyke sported a shaved head and wore a black blazer, jeans and brown shoes as he arrived to the courtroom with his lawyers, Zach Intrater and Mark Geragos.
Continue reading...What are OPEC and OPEC +, and why has the UAE quit?
The Gulf state is the latest to quit the group, which was created to form a united front on oil pricing.
What are OPEC and OPEC +, and why has the UAE quit?
The Gulf state is the latest to quit the group, which was created to form a united front on oil pricing.
IDF blows up 2 vast Hezbollah attack tunnels built with ‘direct guidance’ from Iran – The Times of Israel
- IDF blows up 2 vast Hezbollah attack tunnels built with ‘direct guidance’ from Iran The Times of Israel
- WATCH: IDF dismantles largest Hezbollah tunnel network in southern Lebanon The Jerusalem Post
- IDF locates Hezbollah weapons cache in children’s bedroom during op. in southern Lebanon Yahoo
- "The Human Shield in White": The Military Role of Hezbollah’s Health System Alma Research and Education Center
- Large explosion in southern Lebanon causes earthquake in northern Israel Anadolu Ajansı
From exile to judge: Symbolism in Syria’s trial of Assad, former officials
Formerly sentenced to death, Judge al-Aryan now oversees trial, but transitional justice still far from complete.