- German castles and French megaliths become UNESCO World Heritage Sites Euronews.com
- Germany updates: Bavarian castles join World Heritage list DW
- The Palaces of King Ludwig II of Bavaria: Neuschwanstein, Linderhof, Schachen and Herrenchiemsee UNESCO World Heritage Centre
- Fairytale palaces of ‘mad king’ could get world heritage status The Times
- Bavaria's fairy-tale palaces granted world heritage status Reuters
India level up with England as tempers nearly boil over at Lord’s
India post 387 to match England's first innings in the third Test but tempers flare before stumps on third day.
President Announces 30% Tariffs on E.U. and Mexico – The New York Times
- President Announces 30% Tariffs on E.U. and Mexico The New York Times
- Dow futures drop over 200 points after Trump slaps 30% tariff on Mexico and the EU: Live updates CNBC
- Trump Tariffs: Which Countries Have Got Letters So Far? The Wall Street Journal
- Here's a list of Trump's tariff letters so far and the rates they threaten NPR
- US recession risk soars as Trump tariffs hammer households The Telegraph
UK police arrest scores of supporters of newly banned Palestinian protest group – Reuters
- UK police arrest scores of supporters of newly banned Palestinian protest group Reuters
- Fifty-five arrests at Palestine Action ban protests BBC
- More than 50 protesters across UK arrested for allegedly holding signs supporting Palestine Action The Guardian
- More than 40 arrested at London protest in support of banned group Palestine Action The Hill
- Huw Lemmey · Short Cuts: Who’s afraid of Palestine Action? London Review of Books
Rome recovery conference delivers unprecedented €11 billion boost to Ukraine – Euromaidan Press
- Rome recovery conference delivers unprecedented €11 billion boost to Ukraine Euromaidan Press
- Concern that Ukraine will be split up casts shadow over reconstruction talks The Guardian
- European leaders announce new equity fund for Ukraine and urge investment even as war accelerates AP News
- Over $4 billion in new funds pledged for Ukraine's reconstruction after Recovery Conference, ministry says The Kyiv Independent
- Zelenskiy calls for 'biting' sanctions on Moscow after Russia's largest drone attack on Ukraine Reuters
At least five children killed in blast in southwest Yemen
Witnesses say the children were playing football when the blast, whose circumstances remain unclear, occurred.
Texas Hill Country under flood watch as search continues for missing people
‘Locally heavy rainfall’ of 1-3in predicted as death toll from the Fourth of July flood rises to nearly 130 people
Texas Hill Country was back under a flood watch on Saturday, with the National Weather Service warning of “locally heavy rainfall” of 1-3in with isolated amounts close to 6in possible.
The flood watch, which continues through Sunday evening, comes as the death toll from the 4 July flood continues to rise – now at nearly 130 people - and authorities continue their search for the 160 more who are missing.
Continue reading...UK police detain dozens at London protest against Palestine Action ban
Demonstrators gather in British capital for second week in a row in support of recently banned activism group.
Iga Swiatek destroys Amanda Anisimova to win first Wimbledon tennis title
Swiatek, a former world No.1, did not drop a game in the women's singles final to claim her sixth Grand Slam title.
Mystery of Air India crash deepens as report reveals cockpit audio
Fuel cut-off switches were flipped seconds after take-off, a preliminary report finds.
More than $113,000 of rare Pokémon cards stolen in Massachusetts break-in
Owners of 1st Edition Collectibles in New Bedford say suspect broke in to courtyard and smashed window in door
More than $113,000 worth of rare Pokémon cards have been stolen from a Massachusetts shop, according to the store’s owners.
Officers responded to a reported break-in at 1st Edition Collectibles, a trading card shop in New Bedford, Massachusetts, on Tuesday. The break-in reportedly happened around 2.30am and the thief stole a handful of Pokémon cards including five to seven rare cards and a few vintage boxes.
Continue reading...EU will be reeling over how to tackle trade talks after Trump’s 30% tariff threat
Bloc had already backtracked from tough talk to seeking a bare bones deal – but US president has turned tables again
Second-guessing Donald Trump is a fool’s errand.
But Saturday’s shock threat to impose tariffs of 30% on the EU is a blow to the bloc’s confidence, which had already secretly capitulated during negotiations with diplomats revealing they had to sacrifice trade for the wider prize of security and defence of the continent.
Continue reading...US demands clarity from allies on their role in potential war over Taiwan, FT reports – Reuters
- US demands clarity from allies on their role in potential war over Taiwan, FT reports Reuters
- China-Taiwan Weekly Update, July 11, 2025 Institute for the Study of War
- The 8-point buzzsaw facing any invasion of Taiwan Responsible Statecraft
- Getting Inside the Mind of Xi Jinping The Cipher Brief
- US demands to know what allies would do in event of war over Taiwan Financial Times
Alcaraz vs Sinner: Wimbledon men’s single final – start, prize money, form
Spain's Carlos Alcaraz targets a third straight Wimbledon men's singles title as he faces Italy's Jannik Sinner.
Iranian FM warns UN sanctions would ‘end’ Europe’s role in nuclear issue
Abbas Araghchi also says that Tehran is reviewing the details of a possible resumption of nuclear talks with the US.
Jeff Lynne cancels final live show over health concerns
Electric Light Orchestra frontman withdraws from BST Hyde Park festival owing to a ‘systemic infection’
Electric Light Orchestra (ELO) frontman Jeff Lynne has cancelled what had been billed as his final ever performance, owing to ill health.
Lynne was due to appear at the BST Hyde Park festival series on Sunday night, closing what had been the band’s farewell “Over and Out” tour, 55 years since the band formed.
Continue reading...Latakia’s burning coast: Sectarian purge masked as ‘wildfire’ under Syria’s new government – thecradle.co
- Latakia’s burning coast: Sectarian purge masked as ‘wildfire’ under Syria’s new government thecradle.co
- Syria’s massive wildfires brought under control after days of intense battles AP News
- Syria says wildfires in northwest Latakia province contained after 10 days Al Jazeera
- 'You don't get to rest': Relentless battle against fires in Syria's coast hampered by landmines thenationalnews.com
- Syria's White Helmets undergo baptism by fire Le Monde.fr
Crunching the data: are resident doctors in England badly paid?
Resident doctors have voted to strike over pay but how much has their real-terms earnings changed since 2008?
Resident doctors in England have voted to strike for five days from 25 July, reigniting one of the NHS’s most bitter industrial disputes.
At the heart of the row is pay: the British Medical Association (BMA) says resident (formerly known as junior) doctors have seen their real earnings fall by more than a quarter since 2008. The government says the union’s demands are unaffordable, and they’ve already received generous rises in recent years.
Continue reading...Public support for resident doctors’ strikes collapses ahead of fresh industrial action
Exclusive: Latest poll comes as Wes Streeting urges medics to call off ‘unnecessary and unfair strikes’
Public support for strikes by resident doctors has collapsed, with barely one in four voters now backing their campaign of industrial action, according to the latest polling, which reveals the deepening unpopularity of further NHS strikes.
Previously strong approval by voters for strikes by junior doctors – as resident doctors were known until last year – has halved from 52% a year ago to just 26%.
Continue reading...Donald Trump announces 30% tariffs on goods from the EU and Mexico
The president made the announcement on social media, even as the EU was hoping for a trade agreement
Donald Trump announced on Saturday that goods imported from both the European Union and Mexico will face a 30% US tariff rate starting 1 August, in letters posted on his social media platform, Truth Social.
The tariff assault on the EU came as a shock to European capitals as the European Commission and the US trade representative Jamieson Greer had spent months hammering out a deal they believed was acceptable to both sides.
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