- Why is British Steel in trouble, who owns it and what has the government done? BBC
- UK takes control of British Steel under emergency powers BBC
- British Government Takes Control of Country’s Last Major Steel Mill The New York Times
- British government takes over running of UK’s last major steel plant from Chinese owner Jingye CNN
- Britain plots state control of a flailing steelmaker. Here’s why. politico.eu
Trump officials end ‘temporary protected status’ for Afghans, Cameroonians
More than 14,600 Afghans and 7,900 Cameroonians are legally in the US under the programme which grants temporary safety.
Why Uganda might have the world’s most passionate Arsenal fans
Intense rivalries between supporters of Arsenal, and other English football clubs, has led to deaths in the East African nation.
‘Extremely troubling’: Judge questions why US cannot locate deported man
Trump administration says it needs more time to plan return of man who was mistakenly deported to an El Salvador prison.
Judge allows resentencing hearings for Menedez brothers to continue
Erik and Lyle Menendez were convicted of parents’ murders at Beverly Hills home in 1989
A judge has decided the resentencing hearings for Erik and Lyle Menendez, who were convicted of murdering their parents, can continue despite a new Los Angeles district attorney opposing their release after 30 years behind bars.
The brothers appeared in court over Zoom on Friday for the proceedings.
Continue reading...From Dubai to Lidl: How one woman’s pregnancy craving launched a craze
The story behind the Can’t Get Knafeh of It chocolate bar, which combines the flavours of chocolate, pistachio and tahini with shredded pastry.
Everyone’s jumping on the AI doll trend – but what are the concerns?
As online users create Barbie-like dolls of themselves, experts urge caution over AI's energy and data use.
As an Israeli hostage turns 48, his wife waits for blue ticks on her messages
Eighteen months since Omri Miran was taken hostage by Hamas, his wife Lishay still sends family updates, which she hopes he will read one day.
As an Israeli hostage turns 48, his wife waits for blue ticks on her messages
Eighteen months since Omri Miran was taken hostage by Hamas, his wife Lishay still sends family updates, which she hopes he will read one day.
Rageh Omaar returns to ITV’s News at Ten after illness on live programme
International affairs editor was taken to hospital last year after appearing shaky and struggling to read news
The broadcaster Rageh Omaar has carried out his first foreign dispatch for ITV since he was taken to hospital last year after falling ill while presenting the News at Ten.
The ITV News international affairs editor, 57, featured in a prerecorded package on west Africa on ITV’s News at Ten on Friday evening.
Continue reading...Documents reveal Trump’s plan to gut funding for Nasa and climate science
Critics say Nasa faces ‘extinction-level event’ with budget plan, with climate research funding also to be slashed
Donald Trump shows no signs of easing his assault on climate science as plans of more sweeping cuts to key US research centers surfaced on Friday.
The administration is planning to slash budgets at both the US National Oceanic and Atmospheric Agency (Noaa) and the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (Nasa), according to internal budget documents, taking aim specifically at programs used to study impacts from the climate crisis.
Continue reading...Mikal Mahdi killed by firing squad as South Carolina pushes execution spree
Mahdi, who killed an officer in 2004, endured torture in his childhood and argued he was denied a fair trial
A prison firing squad in South Carolina executed Mikal Mahdi on Friday, the second recent death row killing in the state by authorized gunfire.
Mahdi, 42, was shot dead by corrections employees inside the execution chamber, where authorities have carried out a rapid spree of killings as South Carolina aggressively revives capital punishment.
Continue reading...Why does Syria matter to Israel and Turkiye?
Two countries hold talks in bid to avoid confrontation in Syria.
Dozens of USAID contracts were canceled last weekend. Here’s what happened : Goats and Soda – NPR
- Dozens of USAID contracts were canceled last weekend. Here's what happened : Goats and Soda NPR
- U.S. Slashes Many of the Aid Programs It Had Promised to Keep The New York Times
- Trump administration says it cut funding to some life-saving UN food programs by mistake AP News
- USAID foreign officers to be repatriated, local staff fired by Aug. 15 Devex
- Exclusive: Trump administration moves to restore some terminated foreign aid programs, sources say Reuters
Former Brazil President Bolsonaro hospitalized with abdominal pain – Reuters
- Former Brazil President Bolsonaro hospitalized with abdominal pain Reuters
- Brazil’s Jair Bolsonaro hospitalized with abdominal pain CNN
- Brazil’s Bolsonaro hospitalised with abdominal pain, in ‘stable’ condition South China Morning Post
- Brazil's former president Bolsonaro in hospital with abdominal pain Yahoo
- Brazil’s former President Bolsonaro hospitalized with abdominal pain AP News
Man City vs Crystal Palace: Premier League – team news, start time, stream
Al Jazeera takes a closer look at Premier League champions Manchester City's clash with bogey team, Crystal Palace.
US consumer sentiment tumbles as trade war fears grow
Expectations of rising unemployment hit the highest level since 2009.
Chinese nationals fighting for Russia in Ukraine are mercenaries-US officials – Reuters
- Chinese nationals fighting for Russia in Ukraine are mercenaries-US officials Reuters
- Ukraine war briefing: Zelenskyy says US ‘very surprised’ after Chinese fighters captured on frontline The Guardian
- Ukraine Accuses Russia of Systematically Recruiting Soldiers From China WSJ
- Reuters: Chinese military officers have been present behind Russian lines with Beijing’s approval The Kyiv Independent
- Chinese Soldiers Quietly Creep Into Ukraine War Newsweek
What we know about the Dominican nightclub collapse and its victims – CNN
- What we know about the Dominican nightclub collapse and its victims CNN
- What Happened Before the Dominican Republic Nightclub Roof Collapse The New York Times
- Over 220 dead, including former MLB pitcher Octavio Dotel, after roof collapses at Dominican Republic nightclub ABC News
- Dominican Republic issues official report on collapse that killed 221 Reuters
- Mourners pay tribute to merengue icon Rubby Pérez, who died in the Dominican roof collapse AP News