Tiger Woods to change plea after crash arrest
The golfer will be in court on Wednesday for a hearing to change his plea after being charged with driving under the influence.
Putin pledges support to Iran, rallies leaders to challenge U.S. – The Washington Post
- Putin pledges support to Iran, rallies leaders to challenge U.S. The Washington Post
- Iran president offers US olive branch, hails Russian support Arab News
- Putin, Pezeshkian Reaffirm Moscow-Tehran Alliance Amid US-Iran War Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty
- Putin Backs Iran as Trump Escalates Strikes and Economic Pressure Yahoo
- Putin publicly backs Iran, says Russia is ready to help The New Voice of Ukraine
US officials defend Venezuela oil deal amid questions over rebuilding plan
Government talks up pact but Venezuelan opposition alarmed that democracy yet to return after Maduro exit
Trump administration officials on Tuesday defended a highly contentious deal giving the US control of a significant chunk of Venezuelan oil reserves, arguing that the sweeping agreement would help stabilize and rebuild democracy in the shattered South American country while giving Washington vital access to strategic crude reserves.
Last week, Donald Trump announced a “groundbreaking” deal that would give the US “majority” control over 65bn barrels – roughly one-fifth – of Venezuela’s oil reserves.
Continue reading...Carney Urges Trump To Quit ‘Doing Memes,’ Kaepernick Calls Out Critics: Live Updates – HuffPost
Ousted Ukrainian defense chief lands Palantir CEO as first investor in new venture – Defense News
- Ousted Ukrainian defense chief lands Palantir CEO as first investor in new venture Defense News
- Palantir CEO Alex Karp backs ousted Ukraine defense minister's new defense tech startup CNBC
- Ukraine's Fedorov says Palantir CEO will be first major investor in new defence company Reuters
- Ukrainian Drone Mastermind, Fired by Kyiv, Will Advise Italy’s Defense Chief nytimes.com
- Palantir’s Karp Will Back Startup by Ex-Ukraine Defense Chief Bloomberg.com
Will self-flying planes transform the skies?
Autonomous crop-spraying aircraft are leading the way in pilot-free flying.
Fund defence spending from tax rise on middle earners, thinktank tells Healey
Resolution Foundation argues that UK’s internationally low ‘tax wedge’ must rise to pay for defence ambitions
The chancellor, John Healey, must be prepared to raise taxes for middle earners if he wants to fund significantly higher defence spending, the Resolution Foundation thinktank has said.
Healey resigned from Keir Starmer’s government in June, protesting against what he argued was the then prime minister’s failure to adequately fund defence.
Continue reading...Could the man who murdered a Christian missionary and his sons walk free in India?
Dara Singh is serving a life sentence for burning alive Graham Staines and his two sons in Odisha in 1999.
Dozens arrested after fatal pre-dawn shootout in Dutch village – The Guardian
- Dozens arrested after fatal pre-dawn shootout in Dutch village The Guardian
- Police arrest 34 after a fatal shooting in a rural Dutch village AP News
- Police arrest 34 after deadly gang shootout in eastern Netherlands Al Jazeera
- Two police officers injured after fatal shooting in Dutch village Euronews.com
- Police arrest 34 after deadly shooting in Gelderland village DutchNews.nl
Why doesn’t Russia kill Ukraine’s leaders? Putin says he needs ‘some kind of negotiators’ left in Kyiv — in case they decide to settle. – Meduza
Belgian court orders trial for corruption, money laundering linked to Congo passport deal – Reuters
Cup noodles made with cold water? BBC tries Japan’s viral snack
The BBC's Tokyo correspondent Kurumi Mori tries Japan's latest food trend, instant noodles made using cold water.
Dozens arrested after fatal pre-dawn shootout in Dutch village
Police urged people in Overasselt to stay indoors after one person died and 34 were arrested
Authorities have arrested 34 people, including French, Belgian and Algerian nationals, after a person died in a pre-dawn shootout in a Dutch village reportedly linked to a notorious drug lord.
Police urged people in Overasselt, near the German border, to stay indoors with doors and windows shut in case further suspects were on the loose.
Continue reading...Two supertankers hit in the Strait of Hormuz — as Iranian president extends olive branch – New York Post
- Two supertankers hit in the Strait of Hormuz — as Iranian president extends olive branch New York Post
- Iranian attack on Saudi tanker killed two Filipino sailors, Saudi Arabia says BBC
- Iranian media say Saudi oil tanker stopped in Strait of Hormuz, no Saudi confirmation Reuters
- Tanker struck by three projectiles while sailing out of Strait of Hormuz, monitor says timesofisrael.com
- Two Tankers Carrying Saudi Oil Attacked in Strait of Hormuz gCaptain
Peekaboo island: the floating forest confounding nature watchers in western Canada – The Guardian
- Peekaboo island: the floating forest confounding nature watchers in western Canada The Guardian
- Phantom Island Mysteriously Appears, Vanishes, Then Reappears on B.C. Reservoir The New York Times
- Lost island in northern B.C. lake — that appeared then disappeared — located, says B.C. Hydro CBC
- A Forested Island the Size of Two Football Fields Appeared Out of Nowhere in Canada. Then It Mysteriously Vanished ZME Science
- A Canadian island appeared — then disappeared — before appearing again The Independent
Ariana Grande makes emotional tour exit and steps back from public life
The star makes an emotional farewell as she wraps up a tour she's described as her "last hurrah".
Ariana Grande completes tour and steps back from public life
The star makes an emotional farewell as she wraps up a tour she's described as her "last hurrah".
Remarkable US oil deal puzzles analysts – and angers many Venezuelans
Amounting to 65 billion barrels of crude, the deal is labelled by one ex-envoy as a colonialist "fever dream".
Deported Milo Yiannopoulos says he is ‘ashamed’ of support for Trump
British far-right pundit breaks silence on ICE arrest and deportation and says he was ‘really, really terrified’
Milo Yiannopoulos, the British far-right commentator who was arrested last week by Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) officers in Louisiana and deported to the United Kingdom, has broken his silence about the experience, saying that “for the first time I know what it feels like to be really, really terrified”.
Yiannopoulos on Tuesday appeared on Piers Morgan Uncensored, a YouTube show presented by Piers Morgan, the British broadcaster and media personality. Yiannopoulos, 41, described the experience in the US as “humiliating and disorientating”, “physically degrading” and “frightening”.
Continue reading...Police arrest 34 after deadly gang shootout in eastern Netherlands – Al Jazeera
- Police arrest 34 after deadly gang shootout in eastern Netherlands Al Jazeera
- Police arrest 34 after a fatal shooting in a rural Dutch village ABC News - Breaking News, Latest News and Videos
- Police investigate video threatening Overasselt resident; Photo circulated in underworld NL Times
- In the Netherlands, 34 people were arrested following a shooting; one person was killed UA.NEWS
- One dead, two police officers injured in Dutch shootout Newswav