- The world is finally calling Trump’s bluff Salon.com
- Trump keeps making threats. The world has stopped flinching. The Washington Post
- Opinion | Trump’s Unpredictability Has Costs, Too WSJ
- World Leaders Are Getting Sick and Tired Of Donald Trump’s Antics | Opinion Newsweek
- Donald Trump: War and Peace IRIS - Institut de relations internationales et stratégiques
As blackouts stretch for days, life in Cuba revolves around small bursts of electricity – AP News
- As blackouts stretch for days, life in Cuba revolves around small bursts of electricity AP News
- As the lights go out, Cuba’s true believers vow to resist US intervention The Guardian
- Cuba plunged into darkness as aging power grid collapses for second time in 24 hours Reuters
- Storms disrupt Cuba’s power restoration, operator says, less than a day after sixth nationwide blackout CNN
- More misery for Cubans as power grid fails again amid summertime heat CBC
Rescuers Battled Extreme Weather Conditions During Medevac Mission in Antarctica – The New York Times
- Rescuers Battled Extreme Weather Conditions During Medevac Mission in Antarctica The New York Times
- US expeditioner rescued from Antarctica CNN
- Rescue Crew Navigates Complete Darkness and -45 Degree Temps in Antarctica to Reach Expeditioner After Medical Emergency Yahoo
- American flown to hospital after rare midwinter Antarctic rescue NBC News
- Australian aviation crew carries out daring midwinter Antarctica rescue BBC
New Intelligence Warns Russia May Provoke NATO Amid Dwindling U.S. Munitions – WSJ
- New Intelligence Warns Russia May Provoke NATO Amid Dwindling U.S. Munitions WSJ
- Exclusive | U.S. Intel Finds Putin Could Test NATO’s Resolve With Limited Incursion WSJ
- Opinion | Russia keeps testing NATO. The lack of response will embolden Putin. The Washington Post
- US intel assesses Putin could launch attack aimed at testing NATO unity CNN
- Panicked Putin’s Desperate New Plot Revealed The Daily Beast
Pyongyang Missile Test Signals Growing Conflict Between North Korea and U.S. Allies – WSJ
- Pyongyang Missile Test Signals Growing Conflict Between North Korea and U.S. Allies WSJ
- North Korea launches a short-range ballistic missile toward sea, South Korea says NBC News
- North Korea conducts ballistic missile test days before US and South Korea begin drills AP News
- North Korea fires at least one ballistic missile into sea, South Korea's military says Euronews.com
- North Korea marks Hiroshima atomic bombing anniversary with missile test The Japan Times
Military shake-up poses little threat to Ukraine’s ongoing drone revolution – Euronews.com
- Military shake-up poses little threat to Ukraine's ongoing drone revolution Euronews.com
- The War That’s Happening Above Russia and Ukraine The New York Times
- Ukraine Carries Out Aerial Assaults Dropping Robots From Drones Forbes
- How Ukraine tries to intercept Russian drones more effectively — and affordably Breaking Defense
- Ukraine Deploys Killer Robots to Narrow Manpower Gap With Russia in War Bloomberg.com
Meta fined $567m in largest child safety ruling against social media giant
The ruling is in addition to $375m in fines Meta was already ordered to pay in the case, for a total of $942m.
Buried for not being Brueghel: overlooked masterpiece by still-life pioneer discovered in storage area
The curator of Norway’s national museum in Oslo is bringing the work by the Flemish baroque artist Clara Peeters out of obscurity in a major exhibition of female artists
Anonymous was often a woman: so said Virginia Woolf. And so thought Cynthia Osiecki one day in 2022, when she chanced on an unattributed still life in the storage area of the National Museum of Norway in Oslo.
Osiecki had been studying the work of a renowned 17th-century Flemish artist, Clara Peeters, one of the earliest practitioners of still life painting. Works by Peeters hang in the Prado in Madrid, the Ashmolean Museum in Oxford and the Metropolitan Museum in New York.
Continue reading...German airport drone-bomb: Could Russia be involved?
The BBC has seen evidence from previous cases that Russian-linked proxies not only handled drones and explosives, but also delivered them to Germany.
Dogs to be euthanised after man dies following suspected animal attack at rural Sydney property
Police say body of 23-year-old found at Eschol Park property with significant injuries, indicating he may have been attacked before death
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A group of dogs has been taken to a shelter to be euthanised after a young man died following a suspected dog attack at a rural Sydney property.
Authorities were alerted to the discovery of the 23-year-old’s body at a rural property in Sydney’s south-west on Wednesday. Police found the body with what they described as significant injuries and established a crime scene.
Continue reading...Alan Jones trial: complainant wants to ‘humiliate’ broadcaster by revealing intimate details of alleged assaults, defence tells court
Barrister alleges ‘account of penis wiggling is an attempt to humiliate’ broadcaster who has pleaded not guilty to 22 charges of indecent assault and sexual touching
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Alan Jones’s defence barrister has told a Sydney court one of the broadcaster’s alleged victims invented details of alleged indecent assaults at a Fitzroy Falls farm to “humiliate” and “smear” the former media titan.
Complainant J told the court during evidence-in-chief earlier this week that during one alleged incident in the property’s bedroom, Jones’s penis was not fully erect and “not very big”.
Continue reading...Russia plotting ‘false flag’ using Ukrainian drones, Lithuania warns – Euronews.com
- Russia plotting 'false flag' using Ukrainian drones, Lithuania warns Euronews.com
- Russian Offensive Campaign Assessment, August 6, 2026 Institute for the Study of War
- Lithuania Sees Russia Mulling False-Flag Drone Attack on Region Bloomberg.com
- Desperate Putin’s Wild Revenge Plan Leaks The Daily Beast
- Lithuania says Russia could use Ukrainian drones against Baltic region Reuters
A new youth agitation grips an Indian state after ‘cockroach’ protests
Weeks after the CJP protests shook Delhi, a new youth-led movement over jobs and recruitment is gathering force in Jharkhand.
Fish over Trump: Economy will determine Iceland’s vote on the EU – Euronews.com
- Fish over Trump: Economy will determine Iceland's vote on the EU Euronews.com
- Donald Trump’s Arctic threats are pushing Iceland towards Europe The Economist
- EXCLUSIVE: Iceland asks Brussels to stay out of EU referendum euractiv.com
- Iceland to demand fisheries control in any EU membership deal Financial Times
- Weekend video: Iceland’s PM talks upcoming EU referendum on the Rest is Politics Arctic Today
American flown to New Zealand hospital in rare midwinter Antarctic rescue mission – Euronews.com
- American flown to New Zealand hospital in rare midwinter Antarctic rescue mission Euronews.com
- US citizen flown out of Antarctica in daring mid-winter rescue mission CNN
- American evacuated from US Antarctic base for emergency medical treatment: Officials ABC News - Breaking News, Latest News and Videos
- Rescuers Battled Extreme Weather Conditions During Medevac Mission in Antarctica The New York Times
- Australian aviation crew carries out daring midwinter Antarctica rescue BBC
Russian general buried in Moscow identified as Valery Plokhotnyuk. He likely died in explosion at Aerospace Forces chief’s birthday party. – Meduza — Новости
- Russian general buried in Moscow identified as Valery Plokhotnyuk. He likely died in explosion at Aerospace Forces chief’s birthday party. Meduza — Новости
- Russian media report another general may have been killed in Moscow explosion Українська правда
- Secret Kremlin Funeral Torpedoes Putin’s ‘Victory’ Brags The Daily Beast
- Major General Valery Plokhotnyuk Killed in Moscow Bombing Мілітарний
- Explosion in Moscow leaves at least 5 dead, 21 injured abcnews.com
Italy places all major cities on red alert as heatwave grips Europe – France 24
- Italy places all major cities on red alert as heatwave grips Europe France 24
- Red alert issued for all major Italian cities as blistering heat wave grips Europe, sets Austria record CBS News
- Italy swelters, Hungary and Romania turn off the lights as Europe's heatwave rages on Yahoo
- Italy to place all 27 of its major cities on highest heat alert The Guardian
- How to avoid the worst of the Italian heatwave this summer BBC
Moment earthquake shakes hospital operating room in Japan
Security camera footage shows doctors shielding a patient on the operating table as last month's magnitude 6.8 quake shook Kumamoto General Hospital.
Europe’s dry riverbeds and scorched earth – in pictures – The Guardian
- Europe’s dry riverbeds and scorched earth – in pictures The Guardian
- Drought Threatens a Vital Economic Artery in the Heart of Europe The New York Times
- Extreme weather is drying up Europe’s rivers in a crisis so dire it can be seen from space CNN
- Germany Confronts Rhine Threat to Economy After Crisis Talks Bloomberg.com
- Europe is blowing up riverbeds as an extreme drought wreaks havoc on its economy CNBC
‘Still searching for truth’: Daughter of Sikh activist killed 30 years ago
Jaswant Singh Khalra's daughter Navkiran reflects on slain father's life and legacy, which also inspired a recent film.