- Ukraine launches huge drone attack on Russia and occupied Crimea as it seeks to force Putin "to end the war" CBS News
- Ukraine launches what appears to be one of its largest drone attacks against Russia: report Fox News
- Ukraine decimates Russian logistics, bringing chaos to Crimea Al Jazeera
- Moscow Refinery Blast May Have Been Caused by Friendly Fire, Video Suggests The New York Times
- Ukraine targets Russia with at least 660 drones overnight, Moscow says ABC News - Breaking News, Latest News and Videos
Mediators worked through threats and strikes to broker the U.S.-Iran deal, and challenges remain – PBS
Consistory: 178 Cardinals take part in the first session with Pope Leo – Vatican News
- Consistory: 178 Cardinals take part in the first session with Pope Leo Vatican News
- Opinion | It’s Time to Put This Catholic Teaching to Rest The New York Times
- Pope moves to clarify when wars are justified. Trump probably won’t like the answer. politico.eu
- Who are the Eastern Catholic cardinals at the consistory? The Pillar
- JD Vance Faces the Ultimate Clapback From Pope Leo The Daily Beast
Morocco jails 29, including politicians and sports figures, in drug trial
Casablanca court delivers landmark verdict in 'Escobar of the Sahara' case: up to 12 years for top figures.
Ex-Trump adviser Bolton pleads guilty in classified documents case
Hawkish national security figure has emerged as critic of President Trump after serving during his first term in office.
Iran slams the GCC and the US for ‘interventionist’ statement: What we know
Tehran rejects US-GCC pressure over missiles, the Strait of Hormuz and regional armed groups.
South Korean court jails former first lady for seven years in bribery case
Kim Keon Hee was sentenced for taking bribes including luxury items in return for political favours.
‘Fork in the road’: CEO of Amazon-backed Rivian on why carmakers need to invest in EVs
RJ Scaringe says firms focused on selling fossil fuel engines risk being ‘woefully behind’ on technology by end of decade
Carmakers that focus on selling fossil fuel engines are at risk of being “woefully behind” on technology by the end of the decade, according to the boss of Rivian, an Amazon-backed US electric carmaker.
RJ Scaringe, Rivian’s founder and chief executive, said the car industry has reached a “fork in the road” in the choice between short-term profits and the heavy investments, particularly in software, that will be required to survive.
Continue reading...‘Financial death penalty’: How US sanctions are upending the lives of ICC judges – Middle East Eye
- ‘Financial death penalty’: How US sanctions are upending the lives of ICC judges Middle East Eye
- Trump Sanctions Punished These Judges. Now They’re Hitting Back. The New York Times
- World court judges sue Trump administration over sanctions Reuters
- Sanctioned ICC judges sue Trump in New York Courthouse News
- ICC judges sue Trump for unconstitutional sanctions against their Afghanistan and Palestine investigations Jurist.org
Scientists decipher new secrets from ancient scrolls scorched by Vesuvius eruption: “Finally able to read them” – CBS News
- Scientists decipher new secrets from ancient scrolls scorched by Vesuvius eruption: "Finally able to read them" CBS News
- Papyrus scroll burnt to a crisp during Vesuvius eruption deciphered with help of AI CNN
- Scientists Have Deciphered the Surviving Fragments of a 2,000-Year-Old Philosophical Treatise Frozen in Time by Mount Vesuvius' Eruption Smithsonian Magazine
- Inside the stunning recovery of the lost Herculaneum Scrolls National Geographic
- Scientists reveal secrets of ancient scrolls burned by Mount Vesuvius nearly 2,000 years ago NBC News
Russia could resort to provocations if war front nears Moscow and St. Petersburg – The Guardian – Ukrinform – Ukrainian National News Agency
- Russia could resort to provocations if war front nears Moscow and St. Petersburg – The Guardian Ukrinform - Ukrainian National News Agency
- Russia preparing possible ‘provocation’ in Baltic states or Poland, sources say The Guardian
- Poland's deputy prime minister says Russia could launch a "false flag operation" to justify an attack on a NATO state CBS News
- Russia preparing hybrid attacks on NATO's eastern flank, intelligence warns Fox News
- Extended interview: Polish Deputy Prime Minister Radek Sikorski on the war in Ukraine Yahoo
Canada eligible to join Eurovision competition
Prime Minister Mark Carney raised the idea of Canada joining the song contest in his 2025 budget.
Strong earthquake jolts Yamanashi and Kanagawa amid landslide fears – The Japan Times
- Strong earthquake jolts Yamanashi and Kanagawa amid landslide fears The Japan Times
- Map: 5.7-Magnitude Earthquake Strikes Near Tokyo The New York Times
- Reports of damage after strong quake west of Tokyo | NHK WORLD-JAPAN News nhk.or.jp
- A powerful 7.2 magnitude earthquake strikes off northern Japan. No tsunami warning is triggered PBS
- M5.8 Earthquake Hits Kanto Region in Japan; No Tsunami Expected (Update 2) The Japan News
Iraq’s new PM launches anticorruption campaign, but is it enough?
Al-Zaidi campaign to combat corruption seizes $86m, properties, vehicles and gold. But analysts say he needs to do more.
New York’s primaries signal a new force in US politics
Progressive, Muslim and Arab American candidates are challenging old limits on debate over Israel and Palestine.
Paris halts alcohol sales to help hospitals amid deadly heat wave, as scientists blame human-caused climate change – CBS News
- Paris halts alcohol sales to help hospitals amid deadly heat wave, as scientists blame human-caused climate change CBS News
- Europe’s Trains, Nuclear Plants and Factories Can’t Take the Heat Either The New York Times
- Where will Europe’s heatwave be most deadly? The Economist
- Fossil fuel emissions have rapidly worsened European heatwaves in just a few decades World Weather Attribution
- Europe on high alert as killer heat set to move east and south Reuters
Aid groups urge swift action to avert ‘atrocities’ in Sudan’s el-Obeid
The city is at risk of an 'imminent ground offensive' by the RSF paramilitary and its allies, 38 NGOs warn.
Hezbollah demands Israel leave Lebanon ‘unconditionally’ amid talks in US
As Lebanon-Israel reach an agreement, Hezbollah chief Naim Qassem accepts 'no normalisation' and 'no gains for Israel'
Thermal cameras reveal intense heat for outdoor workers in Europe
Thermal cameras reveal intense heat for outdoor workers in Europe
Australia plans to strengthen laws banning children from social media – NPR
- Australia plans to strengthen laws banning children from social media NPR
- Australia pledges tougher enforcement of social media ban for teens Reuters
- Eighty per cent of Australian children escape social media ban The Telegraph
- Australia PM stuns with ‘horrific’ viral comment in parliament: ‘WTF did I just watch?’ New York Post
- Four in five under-16s in Australia using social media despite ban, study shows The Guardian