Cuba works to restore power after another major nationwide blackout
The outage marks at least the sixth one this year after a United States-imposed energy blockade went into effect.
California warns of measles exposure in six counties from unvaccinated train passenger
Health authorities work to notify people who were exposed to person who traveled through at least six counties
California public health officials are warning of a possible measles exposure spanning multiple counties after an infected and unvaccinated passenger traveled through the state via Amtrak trains and thruway buses.
The warning comes as the US faces its largest measles resurgence in more than three decades, fueled largely by growing vaccine hesitancy.
Continue reading...Dutch riot police break up violent far-right protest in The Hague
Justice minister condemns 'Hitler salutes, antisemitic slogans, violence' at the anti-immigration rally.
A ‘ban on the free press’: White House bars journalists from three outlets
Reporters from CNN, MS NOW, and Politico were denied access to White House on Saturday.
Richard Branson’s wife could have survived with crucial medication, coroner finds – Fox News
Trump escalates media fight after week of setbacks
An embattled Trump has injected his fight with the news media with new acrimony, writes the BBC's Anthony Zurcher.
After deaths of nine women, South Africans gather to run, mourn and demand change – Reuters
- After deaths of nine women, South Africans gather to run, mourn and demand change Reuters
- Ekurhuleni killings: Grim discoveries of murdered women spark fear in South Africa BBC
- Nine bodies found in South Africa raise fears of serial murder, femicide The Washington Post
- South Africa ‘feels like a prison’ for women amid spate of femicides NPR
- Fear and anger in South Africa as bodies of nine women found: What we know Al Jazeera
Ed Sheeran concert set to go ahead after outcry over Gaza
Sheeran may perform solo after musicians dropped out of tour over expulsion of Macklemore for supporting Palestine.
Golden retriever brings toys to the intruder who breaks into his house – AP News
- Golden retriever brings toys to the intruder who breaks into his house AP News
- Back to school in Gaza: Learning in tents after years of disruption Al Jazeera
- Gaza Students Return to In-Person Schooling for First Time in Three Years U.S. News & World Report
- Gaza children return to school after years of war and displacement africanews.com
- The teachers and pupils fighting to learn for the future amid ongoing Gaza genocide inkl
As attacks choke off Saudi oil, kingdom confronts limits of Trump’s friendship – The Washington Post
- As attacks choke off Saudi oil, kingdom confronts limits of Trump’s friendship The Washington Post
- The GOP’s midterms fortune may rely on where these Iran-backed groups attack next ms.now
- Houthi Strikes and Iran’s Proxy Network Power: US Faces Tough Security Choices India Narrative
- US-Iran conflict: Saudi pipeline attack, Yemen crisis add to regional tensions gulfnews.com
- GOP midterm prospects take dire turn after new ‘disaster’ unfolds in Trump’s war: analysts rawstory.com
Caribbean nations draft action plan to push UK to redress reparations over slavery – The Guardian
- Caribbean nations draft action plan to push UK to redress reparations over slavery The Guardian
- If UK pays slavery reparations, will I pay too? The Times
- Caribbean to train children as reparations activists against Britain The Telegraph
- Jamaica’s slavery petition packed with years of research Jamaica Observer
- Imani Tafari-Ama | Reparations, sovereignty and the politics of justice Jamaica Gleaner
Trump Says His Son Will Pay Back Russian Businessman for Wedding Party – The New York Times
- Trump Says His Son Will Pay Back Russian Businessman for Wedding Party The New York Times
- Trump says Donald Trump Jr. repaid Russian oligarch for wedding party ABC News - Breaking News, Latest News and Videos
- “Our Dear Friend Umar”: How We Uncovered That a Russian Oligarch Bankrolled Donald Trump Jr.’s Wedding ProPublica
- Trump says his son paid back Russian billionaire who funded parts of wedding celebration CNN
- Trump says his son’s wedding party being bankrolled by a Russian oligarch is ‘totally allowed’ AP News
Brighton beat Arsenal 3-0 as Man City top Premier League without playing
Arsenal suffer shock 3-0 loss at Brighton to lose top spot in the Premier League on goal difference to Manchester City.
Lindsay Clancy ex-husband says ‘I think I did the best I could’
Patrick Clancy and wife Rachel Danis to speak publicly on 60 Minutes on Sunday about Massachusetts murder trial
Patrick Clancy and his wife Rachel Danis are set to describe their experiences of the Massachusetts triple-murder trial of his former wife Lindsay Clancy, with Clancy telling 60 Minutes: “I live with it every day, but I think I did the best I could.”
The couple will on Sunday night make their first public comments on the case. CBS has been trailing excerpts of the broadcast.
Continue reading...Demonstrators in US form human chain to protest Kennedy Center closure vote
'Hands Around the Kennedy Center' rally drew thousands after Trump-backed board votes to close the iconic arts venue.
Elderly man allegedly beaten to death in Virginia Walmart by parents of employee
Bert Atienza and teen worker reportedly exchanged words before parents showed up and allegedly attacked shopper
A 77-year-old Walmart shopper died after he was allegedly attacked inside a Virginia store by the parents of a teenage employee he had confronted over a shopping cart incident involving his wife, according to US media reports.
Bert Atienza died from blunt head trauma on 8 June, one day after the attack at the Walmart in Norfolk, Virginia, WTKR reported on Monday. The shocking incident was captured on surveillance video.
Continue reading...Police hiring standards matter. But they alone cannot stop abuse
Law enforcement in the US needs high hiring standards. But it also needs reform and trust-building in communities.
MS Now, CNN and Politico say reporters have been denied access to White House
President said he was banning journalists from those organizations, saying of their coverage: ‘You get sick of it.’
Journalists from three US outlets were denied access to the White House grounds on Saturday morning a day after Donald Trump said he would ban them from the executive branch complex in a move that has prompted outrage and shock from free speech advocates.
The outlets were television broadcasters MS now and CNN as well as the political news website Politico.
Continue reading...Jerusalem Daily: Gaza’s children return to schools
It's the first official day back to school for Gaza's children.
German general Breuer elected to head top NATO military body – Reuters
- German general Breuer elected to head top NATO military body Reuters
- German General Wins Top NATO Role—and a Platform to Warn About Russia WSJ
- NATO Picks Germany’s Top Defense Official to Be Military Chief Bloomberg.com
- NATO elects German General Carsten Breuer as top military advisor Euronews.com
- Inside the secret race to become NATO’s next top general politico.eu