- Russian forces take Ukraine's Kupiansk, top military official says, Ukraine denies it Reuters
- Russian Army Says It Captured Key City of Kupiansk as Putin Visits Command Post The Moscow Times
- Ukraine War Latest Update: Kremlin Announces Capture of Major Ukraine City That Didn’t Happen Kyiv Post
- Russian War Bloggers Accuse General Staff Head Gerasimov of Misleading Putin About Kupiansk UNITED24 Media
- Russia claims to have captured 16 settlements in Ukraine over past week Anadolu Ajansı
Under Trump, U.S. human rights reports will flag abortion, gender care – The Washington Post
- Under Trump, U.S. human rights reports will flag abortion, gender care The Washington Post
- State Department to focus on freedom of speech in next human rights report, likely targeting European governments CNN
- Trump Administration Reshapes State Department Human Rights Report U.S. News & World Report
- Trump downplays LGBTQ+ rights as he shifts human rights report away from "group identity" tag24.com
- HUMAN RIGHTS VIOLATIONS: New State Department Policy Targets DEI, 'Hate Speech' Crackdowns, Transgender 'Mutilation' The Daily Signal
US judge orders end to Trump’s deployment of troops in Washington, DC
US president's controversial deployment of soldiers to US cities has raised alarm and a series of legal challenges.
Fire prompts evacuations at U.N. climate talks in Brazil; 13 suffer smoke inhalation – NPR
Russia-Ukraine war: List of key events, day 1,366
Here are the key events from day 1,366 of Russia’s war on Ukraine.
What’s in the files of convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein?
US Congress votes to release more Department of Justice files on the Epstein case.
South African women call purple protest over gender violence
Nearly 1,000 women were raped and 137 murdered in the first three months of this year.
Brexit Hit to UK Economy Double Official Estimate, Study Finds – Bloomberg.com
- Brexit Hit to UK Economy Double Official Estimate, Study Finds Bloomberg.com
- Rachel Reeves is studiously ignoring the cause of Britain’s woes: the Brexit-shaped hole in the roof The Guardian
- Esmond Birnie: It is wrong of the chancellor Rachel Reeves to blame Brexit for our current economic woes in the UK Belfast News Letter
- OBR accused of overstating Brexit’s economic damage The Telegraph
- Brexit - A Critical Audit in the Cold Light of Day The London School of Economics and Political Science
Pope Leo visits tomb of St Francis in Assisi – Vatican News
- Pope Leo visits tomb of St Francis in Assisi Vatican News
- ‘We have no consensus to gain’: Zuppi calls for new commitment to evangelization The Pillar
- Pope Leo to bishops: Be prophets of peace and harmony in your dioceses America Magazine
- Pope Leo XIV Asks Italian Church To Develop 'Culture Of Abuse Prevention' NDTV
- Striving for Balance Amidst Tensions Il Messaggero
Nigerian court sentences separatist Nnamdi Kanu to life in prison on terrorism charges – AP News
- Nigerian court sentences separatist Nnamdi Kanu to life in prison on terrorism charges AP News
- Nnamdi Kanu: Nigerian separatist leader sentenced to life for terrorism BBC
- Nigerian court convicts separatist leader Kanu for terrorism CNN
- Nigeria jails separatist leader Nnamdi Kanu for life on ‘terrorism’ charges Al Jazeera
- Biafran separatist leader sentenced to life on terrorism charges by Nigerian court The Guardian
Watch: Chadwick Boseman posthumously honoured with Hollywood star
The late actor, who passed away in 2020 after a private battle with cancer, was celebrated for his role as Marvel’s Black Panther.
When will the Epstein files be released and will they be redacted?
The House passed - and the Senate agreed to pass - a bill forcing the release of Epstein files, but legal hurdles remain.
Trump signs bill ordering US justice department to release Epstein files
The bill gives the US Justice Department 30 days to release all the files in a searchable format.
Kellie Sloane appointed NSW Liberal leader following ouster of Mark Speakman
The former journalist and first-term MP had Speakman’s endorsement and support across the factions
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Kellie Sloane has become the third woman to lead the NSW Liberal Party after a party room meeting agreed on Friday morning to make her leader of the opposition.
The right’s Alister Henskens, the shadow attorney-general, did not stand.
Continue reading...China prepares to launch uncrewed Shenzhou as maiden launches slip for commercial launch providers – NASASpaceFlight.com –
- China prepares to launch uncrewed Shenzhou as maiden launches slip for commercial launch providers NASASpaceFlight.com -
- Three more Chinese astronauts are now stranded in space following successful rescue of their colleagues Live Science
- China abandons Shenzhou-20 spacecraft in orbit after debris damage, crew return on Shenzhou-21: Here’s what happened The Indian Express
- Stranded astronauts return, university ranking ridiculed: 7 science highlights South China Morning Post
- Astronauts Are Stranded in Space Right Now: Here's What We Know ScienceAlert
Bay Area’s poverty soared, data shows, as California’s top earners saw windfalls
Poverty rate jumped from 12.2% to 16.3% in 2023 in state, Tipping Point Community report finds
Newly released data found that the San Francisco Bay Area’s poverty rate soared from 12.2% to 16.3% in 2023, with an approximate total 1.02 million residents in this six-county region considered impoverished by year’s end.
Another 12.5% of residents – about 790,000 people – hovered on the brink of poverty, meaning that about three in 10 Bay Area residents struggled to cover basic expenses.
Continue reading...‘Huge columns of smoke’: BBC at the scene of fire at COP30
Climate Editor Justin Rowlatt was at the UN climate talks in Brazil when a fire broke out.
Tears and solemnity at Cheney funeral – but no memorial for those killed in Iraq
Great and good pay tribute in Washington but honouring of former vice-president was an exercise in omission
You suspected that Maga had not conquered the Washington national cathedral when Bill Kristol was spotted at a men’s urinal conversing with Chris Wallace. You knew it for sure when James Carville, Anthony Fauci and Rachel Maddow were seen sitting close to one another in the nave.
The funeral of the 46th US vice-president, Dick Cheney, who died earlier this month aged 84, was a throwback to a less raucous and rancorous time. Ex-presidents and vice-presidents, Democratic and Republican, made small talk, but Donald Trump, who spent Thursday crying treason and calling for Democrats to be put to death, and his deputy JD Vance were not invited.
Continue reading...Cory Mills Was Caught With Sex Workers Before Mission to Afghanistan in 2021, Sources Say – NOTUS — News of the United States
- Cory Mills Was Caught With Sex Workers Before Mission to Afghanistan in 2021, Sources Say NOTUS — News of the United States
- 'It was every night': New report exposes MAGA lawmaker's purported sex worker scandal rawstory.com
- A Work-Life Balance is always important..... Daily Kos
- Rep. Cory Mills Just Got Busted for Yet Another Sex Scandal: Report Yahoo
Zelenskyy’s lame-duck presidency – politico.eu
- Zelenskyy’s lame-duck presidency politico.eu
- Zelenskyy needs to change the way he governs Financial Times
- Zelensky is losing touch with reality The Telegraph
- Zelensky must get a grip of his government The Spectator
- The tragedy of Zelensky’s Ukraine Engelsberg Ideas