- Auctioning off millennial saint-to-be’s relics is Satan’s work, archbishop says CNN
- You shouldn't buy a piece of a saint. Catholic Church denounces online sale of Carlo Acutis relics AP News
- ‘The Boy from Milan’: a retelling of Carlo Acutis’ story Vatican News
- Inspired by Carlo Acutis: Projects, Schools and Shrines Adopt First Millennial Saint as Patron National Catholic Register
- Who is Carlo Acutis, the Catholic Church’s new millennial saint? The Independent
Checks and Balance newsletter: The view as “Liberation Day” unfolded – The Economist
- Checks and Balance newsletter: The view as “Liberation Day” unfolded The Economist
- Trump's agenda grapples with political and economic reality BBC
- Lessons from “Liberation Day”: A guide to tariffs J.P. Morgan Private Bank
- Liberation Day and Trump tariffs are not the end of trade. It's only the beginning Fox News
- Liberation and Its Discontents Council on Foreign Relations
Two people dead after caravan fire at Lincolnshire holiday park
Police called to Golden Beach Holiday Park in Ingoldmells in early hours of Saturday
Two people have died after a caravan fire at a holiday park, police have said.
Lincolnshire police said they were called to Golden Beach Holiday Park in Ingoldmells at 3.53am on Saturday.
Continue reading...Senate approves Republican plan for trillions in tax breaks and spending cuts
Vote fell mostly along party lines and now goes to the House, where it could be voted on as soon as next week
Senate Republicans plugged away overnight and into early Saturday morning to approve their multitrillion-dollar tax breaks and spending cuts framework, hurtling past hardened Democratic opposition toward what Donald Trump calls the “big, beautiful bill” that is central to his agenda.
The vote, 51-48, fell along mostly party lines, but with sharp dissent from two prominent GOP senators. It could not have come at a more difficult political moment. The US economy is churning after the president’s vast tariff scheme sent stocks plummeting, and experts are warning of soaring costs for consumers at home and threats of a potential recession. Republican senators Susan Collins of Maine and Rand Paul of Kentucky both voted against the bill.
Continue reading...Iran’s currency falls to record low against the dollar as tensions run high – AP News
- Iran’s currency falls to record low against the dollar as tensions run high AP News
- Iran's currency plummets amid Trump's 'maximum pressure' plan Fox Business
- Iran's currency falls to record low against the dollar as tensions run high Yahoo Finance
- Iran Currency Crisis chronicleonline.com
- Alert: Iran's currency falls to record low of 1,043,000 rials to $1 as tensions run high between Tehran and Washington CTPost
Space probe to map carbon content of world’s remotest tropical forests
Revolutionary scanner to be fired into Earth orbit this month to measure effects of deforestation
Scientists are about to take part in a revolutionary mission aimed at creating detailed 3D maps of the world’s remotest, densest and darkest tropical forests – from outer space. The feat will be achieved using a special radar scanner that has been fitted to a probe, named Biomass, that will be fired into the Earth’s orbit later this month.
For the next five years, the 1.25-tonne spacecraft will sweep over the tropical rainforests of Africa, Asia and South America and peer through their dense 40m-high canopies to study the vegetation that lies beneath. The data collected by Biomass will then be used to create unique 3D maps of forests normally hidden from human sight.
Continue reading...Eighteen people killed in Russian missile strike on Zelenskyy’s home city
Missile attack on Kryvyi Rih left 61 injured including three-month-old baby and elderly residents
Eighteen people, including nine children, have been killed in a Russian missile strike on Volodymyr Zelenskyy’s home city, a Ukrainian official has said.
A further 61 people were injured in the attack on Kryvyi Rih on Friday, including a three-month-old baby and elderly residents, the regional governor, Serhii Lysak, said. Forty remain in hospital, including two children in critical condition and 17 in a serious condition.
Continue reading...Roman Empire Skeletons Found Under Vienna Soccer Field – The New York Times
- Roman Empire Skeletons Found Under Vienna Soccer Field The New York Times
- Mass grave of Roman soldiers tells gruesome tale of military disaster CNN
- Roman-era battlefield mass grave discovered under Vienna football pitch The Guardian
- Roman-era battlefield mass grave unearthed beneath Vienna soccer field Archaeology News Online Magazine
- Mass Grave of 150 Roman Soldiers Found Under Vienna Sports Field Gizmodo
The world “will form united front” against tariffs
China will trade with multiple partners to weather the tariff storm better than the US, says policy expert Huiyao Wang.
King Charles drawn into Prince Andrew spy scandal in UK – politico.eu
- King Charles drawn into Prince Andrew spy scandal in UK politico.eu
- Prince Andrew: Secret papers reveal new details about links to 'Chinese spy' Yang Tengbo BBC
- UK courts release new documents on Prince Andrew’s relationship to alleged Chinese spy CNN
- Prince Andrew wrote birthday letters to Xi Jinping, ex-adviser told court The Guardian
- Prince Andrew demanded briefing from MI5 over Chinese ‘spy’ The Telegraph
India, UAE to develop Sri Lanka energy hub as Delhi competes with China for influence – Reuters
- India, UAE to develop Sri Lanka energy hub as Delhi competes with China for influence Reuters
- PM Modi Sri Lanka Visit Live Updates: Modi and Sri Lankan president Dissanayaka to visit Anuradhapura, inaugurate India-aided projects together Times of India
- Why PM Modi's Grand Welcome In Colombo Is A First For Any Foreign Leader NDTV
- India and Sri Lanka sign defense and energy deals as Modi’s visit strengthens ties AP News
- Sri Lanka’s 1996 World Cup Heroes Praise PM Modi After Colombo Meet: 'Transformative Leadership' News18
Trump officials quietly move to reverse bans on toxic ‘forever chemicals’
EPA bids to change chemical risk evaluations, which could expose public to higher levels of PFAS and other pollutants
The Trump administration is quietly carrying out a plan that aims to kill hundreds of bans on highly toxic PFAS “forever chemicals” and other dangerous compounds in consumer goods.
The bans, largely at the state level, touch most facets of daily life, prohibiting everything from bisphenol in children’s products to mercury in personal care products to PFAS in food packaging and clothing.
Continue reading...US neo-Nazi group with Russia-based leader calls for targeted Ukraine attacks
The Base, terrorist group founded in 2018, free to export violence abroad as Trump pulls FBI from pursuing far right
A US neo-Nazi terrorist group with a Russia-based leader is calling for targeted assassinations and attacks on the critical infrastructure of Ukraine in an effort to destabilize the country as it carries out ceasefire negotiations with the Kremlin.
The Base, which has a web of cells all over the world, was founded in 2018 and became the subject of a relentless FBI counter-terrorism investigation that led to several arrests and world governments officially designating it as a terrorist organization.
Continue reading...Iconic Malian musician Amadou Bagayoko dies at 70
Bagayoko part of blind duo Amadou and Mariam, was among Africa's best-selling and beloved music industry performers.
Iran scales back its support of proxies to focus on Trump’s threat, Iranian officials say – report – The Jerusalem Post
- Iran scales back its support of proxies to focus on Trump's threat, Iranian officials say - report The Jerusalem Post
- Iran abandons Houthis under relentless US bombardment The Telegraph
- Iranian personnel leave Yemen as US strikes intensify Long War Journal
- Report: Iran pulling forces out of Yemen amid intensive US airstrikes on Houthis The Times of Israel
- Houthis 'Laughing Out Loud' at Claims Iran Leaving Yemen Amid US 'Failure' Newsweek
‘Shame’ on world leaders for neglect of displaced civilians in DRC, says aid chief
US and Europe criticised by head of Norwegian Refugee Council for ‘neglect’ of people living ‘subhuman’ existence
World leaders should be ashamed of their neglect of people whose lives were “hanging by a thread” at a time of surging violence in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC), the international charity leader Jan Egeland has said.
In a stinging attack on aid cuts and the “nationalistic winds” blowing across Europe and the US, the Norwegian Refugee Council’s head told the Guardian how people were living out in the open, in overcrowded, unsanitary displacement encampments around the city of Goma, where 1.2 million people have had to flee from their homes as the M23 rebels advanced through the DRC’s North and South Kivu provinces.
Continue reading...‘I Want to Be Martyred,’ a Palestinian Boy Declares – The New York Times
‘I Want to Be Martyred,’ a Palestinian Boy Declares The New York Times
Thousands hit the streets for South Korea’s impeached ex-president Yoon
Constitutional Court unanimously ruled to remove President Yoon Suk-yeol over his bungled martial law declaration.
U.S. aid team fired while in Myanmar earthquake zone, ex-official says – Reuters
- U.S. aid team fired while in Myanmar earthquake zone, ex-official says Reuters
- Trump Administration Fires U.S. Aid Workers in Quake Zone in Myanmar The New York Times
- In the race to save lives after the Myanmar quake, US rescuers are notable by their absence AP News
- Rubio dismisses criticism over US response to Myanmar quake BBC
- Myanmar earthquake death toll passes 3,300 as UN calls for help Al Jazeera
Myanmar earthquake death toll passes 3,300 as UN calls for help
UN aid chief says the world 'must rally behind the people of Myanmar' after a magnitude 7.7 quake flattened buildings.