- One of history's most famous sayings about Rome may be wrong, new study suggests Fox News
- New study reveals surprising truth about popular phrase about Ancient Rome yahoo.com
- All Roads Lead to... Istanbul? Newser
- Why all roads don’t lead to Rome CNN
- Ancient Rome Built 190,000 Miles Of Roads And Researchers Just Traced Them All Jalopnik
UN General Assembly live: Trump, Qatar among speakers as Iran war dominates
First day of high-level meeting to kick off with speeches from world leaders, including from Brazil, US, Turkiye, Qatar.
Who actually has power at the United Nations?
Every country at the UN gets a vote. But five countries have a power the other 188 don’t: the power of veto in the UNSC.
Afghan cyclist who escaped Taliban wins Asian Games silver medal
Fariba Hashimi, who used to disguise herself as a man to train in Afghanistan, finishes second in women's road race.
Ukraine’s Drone Forces Hit 300 Russian Shadow Fleet Tankers in 3 Months – Kyiv Post
- Ukraine's Drone Forces Hit 300 Russian Shadow Fleet Tankers in 3 Months Kyiv Post
- Ukrainian commander says flying drones have disabled 300 tankers in Russia's shadow fleet Business Insider
- Ukrainian Drone Force Commander Reports 300 Ships Disabled The Maritime Executive
- Ukraine’s USF have struck 300 vessels of Russia’s shadow fleet as of today Ukrinform
- Ukraine Disables 300 Russia-Linked Shadow Fleet Vessels in 11-Week Drone Operation UNITED24 Media
Kremlin Backs UN Security Council Reform, But Says Permanent Members and Veto Powers Should Remain – The Moscow Times
- Kremlin Backs UN Security Council Reform, But Says Permanent Members and Veto Powers Should Remain The Moscow Times
- The UN Should Abolish the Security Council Veto Bloomberg.com
- Turkey's Erdogan urges UN reform, wider recognition of Palestinian state Reuters
- Türkiye's Erdoğan proposes stripping permanent UN Security Council members of veto power Українська правда
- "World Is Bigger Than 5": After India, Turkey Calls For UN Security Council Reforms NDTV
Trump-GCC Summit in New York: What does each side want?
Trump will meet with leaders from Saudi Arabia, the UAE, Qatar, Bahrain, Kuwait and Oman on the sidelines of UNGA.
Rwanda genocide: Dr Vincent Brown first person to face UK prosecution – BBC
- Rwanda genocide: Dr Vincent Brown first person to face UK prosecution BBC
- Man charged over Rwanda genocide in first for U.K. The Washington Post
- Ex-Rwandan official appears at UK trial over 1994 genocide Al Jazeera
- Rwandan doctor accused in London court of overseeing 6 killings in 1994 genocide AP News
- Rwandan man charged in UK with genocide offences appears in court Reuters
Palestine weekly: Violent disruptions from olive groves to Al-Aqsa Mosque
A new season approaches - religiously, politically and agriculturally - and with it comes corresponding escalation.
Why the world should care about the far right’s rise in Germany
The AfD has a far different vision on support for Ukraine, foreign aid and Russia than the governing coalition.
First Thing: News outlets suspend coverage of Trump in escalating media access row
President’s decision to ban three news organisations from White House prompts backlash. Plus, a new resource to help trace the history of enslaved people in the 19th century
Good morning. The row over media access to the presidency has deepened, with major US television news outlets agreeing to suspend their video coverage of Donald Trump after the administration banned journalists from several outlets from entering the White House grounds.
The president had abruptly announced his ban against CNN, MS Now and Politico, saying he had had enough of “purposely negative stories” about him. On Monday the ban against CNN meant no broadcaster was covering Trump’s midday ribbon-cutting for a new White House helipad. The White House provided its own livestream but the president’s remarks were inaudible over the sound of a helicopter’s engine.
How have CNN, MS Now and Politico responded to the ban? A lawsuit seeks a temporary restraining order that would immediately lift the ban. In a statement, the organizations said: “We are filing a lawsuit today to protect our first amendment rights and defend the principle that the government does not decide what the press reports or publishes.”
What other significant media developments have there been? Paramount has reached a settlement with California and several other states that sued over its proposed $81bn merger with Warner Bros Discovery (WBD), the California attorney general announced, clearing the way to consolidate some of Hollywood’s most recognizable TV networks and studios under one owner.
What else is Trump expected to say at the UN? The US ambassador to the UN said Trump would speak about how he had “confronted complex problems head-on around the world”. Our writer Robert Tait notes in this analysis, however, that thanks to Trump’s recent social media blitz and self-proclaimed “25 top achievements”, the chances of an uplifting speech appear slim.
Continue reading...Can the US ban Iranian airlines worldwide – and what would it mean?
Analysts say new sweeping US sanctions stand to worsen lives of millions of Iranians struggling in battered economy.
The EU spent billions on a cyberattack shield — nobody checked if it worked – Euronews.com
- The EU spent billions on a cyberattack shield — nobody checked if it worked Euronews.com
- Poor data sharing undermining EU cyber defences, auditors say Reuters
- EU cybersecurity system slowed by delays, auditors say Cybernews
- Member states not sharing info creates security gaps – auditors Silicon Republic
- THE HACK: Auditors slam poor EU cyber response coordination euractiv.com
Poorer nations will be among the last to benefit if global emissions cut to net zero
Scientists found unequal impact of the climate crisis would not be reversed even if implicit goal of the 2015 Paris agreement is achieved
The unequal impact of the climate crisis on the world’s poorest people, including those in tropical areas, has been highlighted by new research that finds they will be among the last to feel the benefits if global greenhouse gas emissions are cut to net zero.
Temperatures have risen more significantly in tropical areas relative to their historic range than at higher latitudes, including in wealthier countries in Europe and North America.
Continue reading...Canadian grandma allegedly sobbed ‘I made a mistake’ before medically assisted death – New York Post
- Canadian grandma allegedly sobbed ‘I made a mistake’ before medically assisted death New York Post
- Euthanasia: An elderly Canadian woman receives a lethal injection against her will voz.us
- In Canada, an 83-year-old grandmother was killed under the guise of euthanasia EADaily
- Canada’s MAiD is meant for those whose death is reasonably foreseeable. Now an 83-year-old grandmother’s f The Economic Times
- Canadian family alleges 83-year-old grandmother was euthanised against her wishes The Catholic Herald
Russia’s forced POW videos and Trump to address U.N. assembly: Morning Rundown – NBC News
Why the CDC is excluding measles deaths in Pennsylvania even as outbreak appears to be ‘accelerating’
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention refuses to count four measles deaths in the state though doctors are ‘seeing new forms’ of disease
The US Centers of Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) updated its measles dashboard on Friday – but it’s still not counting four measles deaths in Pennsylvania, where the outbreak appears to be accelerating and cases are appearing in ways providers have never seen before.
Members of Congress on Monday requested an “immediate briefing” on the decision to change how measles deaths are reported as cases continue to rise throughout the United States, reaching levels not seen in decades. A possible measles exposure was reported in the neonatal intensive care unit (NICU) at Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia last week.
Continue reading...700-year-old skull from China is first ever skeletal evidence of nose amputation – Live Science
- 700-year-old skull from China is first ever skeletal evidence of nose amputation Live Science
- This Woman Who Lived in 14th-Century China May Have Had Her Nose Cut Off as Punishment for Theft or Adultery Smithsonian Magazine
- Medieval Chinese skeleton may reveal first evidence of a brutal punishment Phys.org
- This Skeleton May Prove That Imperial China Really Did Cut Off Noses as Punishment gizmodo.com
- Ancient skeleton reveals brutal punishment for cattle thieves Beef Central
Houthis try to push deeper into western Yemen, upending life, witnesses tell NPR – NPR
- Houthis try to push deeper into western Yemen, upending life, witnesses tell NPR NPR
- Yemenis flee across Red Sea as Houthis and Saudi-backed forces escalate war BBC
- More Yemenis expected to flee from upsurge in fighting, UN says Reuters
- UN warns of rising Yemen displacement as thousands flee to Djibouti Al Jazeera
- Desperate and afraid: The pregnant Yemeni refugees giving birth in Djibouti thenationalnews.com
‘The choice was prison or exile’: journalists who fled Russia publish grim portrait of Putin
Roman Badanin and Mikhail Rubin, who were forced to move abroad in 2021, tell of president capable of ‘limitless cruelty’
At 6am on 29 June 2021, the Russian journalist Roman Badanin was woken by a knock on the door of his family’s Moscow apartment. “Come quickly, someone has scratched your car in the courtyard,” a voice shouted from outside. As he opened the door, masked men pushed their way in.
Across the city, a similar raid was happening at the home of Badanin’s colleague Mikhail Rubin. The masked men were officers of the FSB, the Russian intelligence service, instruments of the “climate of fear and violence” that the journalists say Vladimir Putin has imposed on Russia in their forensically detailed biography of the Russian president.
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