Kenyan president faces tough choices after day of bloodshed
Protests over the Kenyan president's new finance bill turned deadly after demonstrators stormed parliament.
Einstein letter warning FDR of threat of Nazi nuclear bomb set to fetch $4m
Two-page letter written by physicist and fellow scientist, for sale at Christie’s, urged US government to invest in research
A two-page letter written by Albert Einstein warning Franklin D Roosevelt – then the president of the US – that Nazi Germany might harness nuclear research to invent an atomic bomb is going up for sale at Christie’s auctioneers in September with an estimate value of $4m.
Einstein’s letter – one of two the theoretical physicist drafted in a cabin on the north shore of New York’s Long Island with a fellow scientist, Leo Szilard – warned that the German government was actively supporting nuclear research and could make “extremely powerful bombs” like the kind that were eventually deployed by the US at the end of the second world war.
Continue reading...Protests flare in Nairobi over new tax laws
At least five people have been killed, according to the Kenya Medical Association.
Kenya’s Ruto says anti-tax protests “highjacked by organised criminals”
Kenyan President Ruto says anti-tax protests “hijacked by organised criminals”
Iraq to NSA spying: The biggest revelations by Julian Assange’s WikiLeaks
WikiLeaks unearthed documents ranging from conflicts within the US Democrats to toxic waste dumping in West Africa.
Israeli air strike kills 10 family members of Hamas chief Haniyeh in Gaza – Al Jazeera English
- Israeli air strike kills 10 family members of Hamas chief Haniyeh in Gaza Al Jazeera English
- Gaza officials say Israeli strike killed 10 relatives of Hamas chief Yahoo! Voices
- 'They are delusional': Haniyeh says death of sister in Israeli strike won't guarantee ceasefire The Jerusalem Post
- Israeli airstrike kills family members of Hamas political chief Voice of America - VOA News
- Hamas leader says a deal with no end to war ‘is not an agreement’ The Times of Israel
After court ruling, AG tells IDF to immediately start drafting 3,000 Haredi students – The Times of Israel
- After court ruling, AG tells IDF to immediately start drafting 3,000 Haredi students The Times of Israel
- Israeli Military Must Draft Ultra-Orthodox Jews, Supreme Court Rules The New York Times
- Israel's Supreme Court rules ultra-Orthodox men must be included in military draft WKRC TV Cincinnati
- Netanyahu rattled: Israel court rules military must draft ultra-Orthodox men The Associated Press
- Israel's Supreme Court rules ultra-Orthodox men must serve in military in unanimous decision Fox News
Haitians wary as Kenyan police arrive on latest US-backed mission – The Guardian
- Haitians wary as Kenyan police arrive on latest US-backed mission The Guardian
- Kenyan-Led Forces Arrive in Haiti After Months of Gang Violence The New York Times
- Haiti PM vows to retake country as first Kenyan police arrive Reuters
- Kenya deploys to Haiti The Hill
- Kenyan police are leaving for a controversial deployment in Haiti to take on powerful, violent gangs The Associated Press
US sanctions ‘sprawling shadow banking network’ that helps Iran’s military
Those sanctioned are involved in the sale of Iranian oil and petrochemicals, money that pays for weapons, proxy groups.
Russia blocks 81 EU media outlets in retaliatory move – BBC.com
- Russia blocks 81 EU media outlets in retaliatory move BBC.com
- Putin bans POLITICO in crackdown on European media outlets – POLITICO POLITICO Europe
- Moscow says to block access to 81 EU media outlets, including AFP website Arab News
- Russia bans 81 media organizations in response to EU restrictions The Hill
- Russia bans 81 EU media outlets in tit-for-tat move Al Jazeera English
A right to drink? Inside the debate to protect US workers against the heat
As summer intensifies, so too does the scrutiny over the US’s lack of workplace protections against environmental heat.
Haitians wary as Kenyan police arrive on latest US-backed mission
First contingent of multinational team lands in operation to end chaos in gang-controlled country
Hundreds of Kenyan police officers have arrived in Haiti as part of a US-backed security intervention aiming to rescue the Caribbean country from a criminal insurrection that toppled the prime minister and brought death and chaos to the streets.
About 400 members of the Kenya-led multinational police operation stepped off a Kenyan Airways plane at Port-au-Prince’s international airport on Tuesday. The US president, Joe Biden, hailed their arrival as the start of “an effort that will bring much-needed relief to Haitians”.
Continue reading...New York judge partially lifts Trump gag order in hush-money case
Trump is allowed to make comments about witnesses in the case, but still can't speak about court staff.
Pentagon chief calls for urgent diplomacy to avoid Israel-Hezbollah war
Meeting with Israeli counterpart Yoav Gallant, US Pentagon chief Lloyd Austin warns against 'catastrophe' of wider war.
Russia blocks dozens of independent media outlets
Access to 81 outlets will be blocked by Russia in retaliation for a decision taken by the EU last month.
War crimes arrest warrants issued for top Russian officials
Sergei Shoigu and Valery Gerasimov are wanted for their role in attacks on civilians targets.
UK general election live: Labour suspends candidate Kevin Craig over Gambling Commission probe
Party says it acted after being contacted by the regulator about the candidate for Central Suffolk and North Ipswich
All along the course of the Thames, turning north, meandering south, passing through locks, historic landmarks, Richmond and Kew, swelling beneath the House of Commons with the turning tide, and on to Docklands and beyond – concern for the health of the Thames has led many other ordinary people, who live, work or play on the water, to take up the fight for the health of the river.
The last 15 years of decline in rivers suggests they have much to do. In 2009, a year before the Conservatives first took power in a coalition with the Liberal Democrats, a quarter of English rivers were judged as being of good ecological standard, a marker which examines the flow, habitat and biological quality; by 2022 not one river was in a healthy state.
Continue reading...Ukraine and Moldova launch EU membership talks, but joining is likely to take years – The Associated Press
- Ukraine and Moldova launch EU membership talks, but joining is likely to take years The Associated Press
- Russia-Ukraine war: ICC issues arrest warrants for Russian officials over attacks on Ukrainian civilian targets – as it happened The Guardian
- Ukraine, Moldova and the EU begin formal negotiations. But neither country will join the bloc soon CNN
- Ukraine begins talks to join European Union Voice of America - VOA News
- Ukraine Begins Membership Talks With European Union In 'Historic Moment' Forbes
From a plea deal to a 2am prison call: how Julian Assange finally gained freedom
A lawyer’s offer, a judgment that foretold years of legal wrangling, and diplomatic pressure all played a part in the release of the WikiLeaks founder
• Julian Assange released from prison – live updates
It was, as his friends described it, the “last kick of the British establishment”. At 2am on Monday, Julian Assange, the founder of Wikileaks, was woken in his small cell in the high-security Belmarsh prison, south-east London, and ordered to dress before being put in handcuffs.
It was the beginning of the end of Assange’s incarceration in Britain but it was going to be on his jailers’ terms.
Continue reading...Julian Assange en route to US Pacific island after accepting US plea deal – live
Julian Assange to be sentenced at a hearing on the US territory island of Saipan Wednesday; WikiLeaks founder’s wife says he will seek a US pardon
- Assange released from prison after striking deal with US
- Explainer: what are the details of the plea deal?
- Analysis: not a clear victory for freedom of the press
The plea agreement comes months after the US president, Joe Biden, said he was considering a request from Australia to drop the US push to prosecute Assange.
Assange was indicted during the former president Donald Trump’s administration over WikiLeaks’ mass release of secret US documents, which were leaked by Chelsea Manning, a former US military intelligence analyst who was also prosecuted under the Espionage Act.
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