Trump’s meeting with Sharaa, unthinkable just months ago, boosts Syrians’ hopes
Syria's interim leader met the US president in Riyadh after he announced he would lift sanctions on Syria.
Trump-al-Sharaa meeting illustrates Gulf geopolitical shift
President Donald Trump’s embrace of Syria’s new leadership, marks a major realignment in regional power dynamics.
Key takeaways from day two of Donald Trump’s Middle East tour in Qatar
Trump was the first US president to make an official state visit to Qatar, and the stop culminated in a trade deal.
Denmark rethinking 40-year nuclear power ban amid Europe-wide shift
Government to analyse potential benefits of new generation of reactors
Denmark is reconsidering its 40-year ban on nuclear power in a major policy shift for the renewables-heavy country.
The Danish government will analyse the potential benefits of a new generation of nuclear power technologies after banning traditional nuclear reactors in 1985, its energy minister said.
Continue reading...UK neo-Nazis convicted of planning mosque, synagogue ‘race war’ attack
Police say the trio espoused hatred for Muslims and immigrants and discussed attacking mosques or synagogues.
Pope Leo Shows What He Has in Common With Donald Trump – The Daily Beast
- Pope Leo Shows What He Has in Common With Donald Trump The Daily Beast
- The American Pope Just Tweeted For The First Time, And His Message Is Very Clear Yahoo
- Pope Leo XIV publishes first post on papal social media accounts Vatican News
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Mexican beauty influencer shot dead during TikTok live stream
Death of Valeria Márquez, 23, being investigated as femicide, says Jalisco state prosecutor
A young Mexican social media influencer, known for her videos about beauty and makeup, was brazenly shot to death during a TikTok live stream, in an incident that sent shock waves through a country that faces high levels of gender-based violence.
The death of Valeria Márquez, 23, is being investigated as a femicide – the killing of a woman or girl for reasons of gender – the Jalisco state prosecutor said in a statement released on Tuesday evening.
Continue reading...Maldives parliament removes two Supreme Court judges
MPs loyal to President Mohamed Muizzu impeach judges in a case a UN expert says undermines judicial independence.
Starmer condemns fires as ‘attack on democracy’ – BBC
- Starmer condemns fires as 'attack on democracy' BBC
- A man has been arrested over a fire at UK Prime Minister Keir Starmer's private house ABC News
- Police given another 36 hours to question Starmer arson suspect The Guardian
- UK police arrest man for arson after fire at PM Starmer’s house CNN
- Counterterror Police Investigate Fire at Starmer’s North London Home The New York Times
Trump cabinet member’s links to El Salvador crypto firm under scrutiny
Commerce chief Howard Lutnick’s firm backed controversial crypto giant Tether as Bukele ties deepened
Trump administration’s commerce secretary, Howard Lutnick, and his family have had extensive business interests linked to El Salvador, whose authoritarian leader Nayib Bukele has grown close to the White House and who has courted controversy by imprisoning people deported from the US in an immigration crackdown.
El Salvador also plays host to a booming cryptocurrency and new media industry, which has numerous ties to Donald Trump allies who are seeking to make money from various ventures which have sometimes drawn the attention of authorities or ethics watchdogs.
Continue reading...‘We couldn’t tell if he was conscious’: Tom Cruise got stuck on top of biplane shooting Mission: Impossible sequel
The star, who at 62 performed his own stunts for the forthcoming Final Reckoning, tells Cannes press conference ‘I don’t mind encountering the unknown’
Tom Cruise got stuck on the wing of a biplane shortly before it ran out fuel during the filming of Mission: Impossible – The Final Reckoning, the director of the eighth instalment of the action franchise has revealed.
Speaking to an audience at the Cannes film festival hours before the film’s premiere, director Christopher McQuarrie recounted the filming of a stunt sequence in which Cruise, in his long-running role as the field agent Ethan Hunt, walked between between the two wings of a biplane as the aircraft was mid-air over South Africa.
Continue reading...UN calls for calm as fighting resumes in Libya’s Tripoli
The United Nations Mission to Libya (UNSMIL) warns that the situation in the country could 'spiral out of control'.
Troubling Report Claims America Narrowly Avoided Military Disaster During Brutal Bombing Campaign – OutKick
- Troubling Report Claims America Narrowly Avoided Military Disaster During Brutal Bombing Campaign OutKick
- Why Trump Suddenly Declared Victory Over the Houthi Militia The New York Times
- Exclusive: Houthi ceasefire followed US intel showing militants sought off-ramp Reuters
- Trump operation against Houthis cost more than $1 billion NBC News
- US spent $1bn bombing Yemen but failed to gain air superiority, says report Middle East Eye
‘We discussed the world’: US president, emir of Qatar speak in Doha
US President Donald Trump said he and the emir of Qatar discussed the Russia-Ukraine war and Iran’s nuclear programme.
Colourful price tags at Australian chemists may trick shoppers into buying full-price items, Choice says
Survey from consumer advocacy group finds some customers confused by bright stickers and tags not necessarily advertising actual discounts
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Promotional price tags used by major chemists may be enticing shoppers towards products that are not discounted at all, with new research finding bright labels are confusing one in three customers.
Consumer advocacy organisation Choice found that some pharmacies said they were offering discounts from the recommended retail price (RRP) despite having never charged the higher rate, which is a suggestion from the manufacturer.
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Continue reading...‘Turning point’: claw print fossils found in Australia rewrite story of amniotes by 40 million years
The discovery by two local fossil hunters on a river bank in Victoria has ‘potentially far-reaching implications’, scientists say
Fossilised claw prints found in Australia suggest amniotes – the ancestors of reptiles, birds and mammals – evolved about 40m years earlier than thought.
The footprints, in sandstone dated 354m to 358m years old, were probably made by reptiles crossing a surface dimpled by raindrops. Researchers said the trackways represent the oldest evidence of amniotes on the planet.
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Continue reading...Court Sides With New York Times Over Access to E.U. Covid Vaccine Messages – The New York Times
- Court Sides With New York Times Over Access to E.U. Covid Vaccine Messages The New York Times
- European Commission wrong to deny release of von der Leyen messages, court says BBC
- Commission's Pfizergate loss hailed as ‘victory for transparency’ Euronews.com
- Court rules in favor of The New York Times over texts between the EU chief and a pharma boss AP News
- Politics by WhatsApp? Even ‘Pfizergate’ won’t end that. politico.eu
Military rulers in Mali dissolve all political parties
All political meetings have also been banned as the junta intensifies its grip on power.
Germany’s Merz vows to build Europe’s strongest army – politico.eu
- Germany’s Merz vows to build Europe’s strongest army politico.eu
- Merz: Germany Will Build Strongest Conventional Army in Europe Newsweek
- Germany’s Merz Wants to Create Europe’s Strongest Military Bloomberg.com
- Germany’s Merz embraces ambiguity on EU defence Euractiv
- Germany: Merz vows to build Europe's strongest army DW
European Commission wrong to deny release of von der Leyen messages, court says
The Commission is found to have wrongly refused to publish texts from its president during the Covid pandemic.