Israel PM orders strikes on Beirut suburbs as Hezbollah conflict escalates
Benjamin Netanyahu says the Hezbollah stronghold of Dahieh will be targeted in response to attacks on Israeli civilians.
China Aims A.I. at Predicting Who Could Pose a Political Risk – The New York Times
- China Aims A.I. at Predicting Who Could Pose a Political Risk The New York Times
- Chinese Firm Develops Technology That Uses AI To Predict Future Protestors NDTV
- China overhauls world’s biggest surveillance network with advanced AI Financial Times
- China Is Testing Its State Surveillance Model Abroad The New York Times
- How LLMs are changing 'Chinese Firewall' in a country where Facebook, WhatsApp and other social media platforms are banned The Times of India
Australia’s 178 billionaires are $25.7bn richer than last year as 3.7 million live in poverty
Oxfam finds the 20 richest Australians now hold more wealth than the bottom 3 million households
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The wealth of Australia’s billionaires increased by $25.67bn in the past year, equivalent to almost $50,000 a minute, according to new Oxfam Australia analysis of the 2026 Australian Financial Review Rich List.
The anti-poverty organisation said the total wealth of Australian billionaires in 2026 has reached more than $686bn, while Acoss figures show 3,706,000 people live in poverty, including 757,000 children under 15 years.
Continue reading...Russia Finance Officials Tell Putin War Spending Is Unaffordable – Bloomberg.com
- Russia Finance Officials Tell Putin War Spending Is Unaffordable Bloomberg.com
- Short on growth ideas, Putin hosts fifth wartime 'Russian Davos' Reuters
- Russia begins talks of ending the war to save the economy – Reuters Українські Національні Новини (УНН)
- Russia warns war costs are ravaging its finances as Ukrainian 'drone overmatch' halts Putin's forces Fortune
- Russia’s War Machine Is Creaking Jacobin
Romanian Leader Dan Calls on Kremlin to Hit Targets in Ukraine More Accurately – Kyiv Post
- Romanian Leader Dan Calls on Kremlin to Hit Targets in Ukraine More Accurately Kyiv Post
- Romania Says It Could Invoke NATO’s Article 4. What Would That Do? The New York Times
- Russian Offensive Campaign Assessment, May 29, 2026 Institute for the Study of War
- Russian official warns Europe to brace for more drone incidents after Romania episode Reuters
- Russian Drone Strikes NATO Member Romania as UAV Campaign Reaches Record Intensity Homeland Security Today
Crimea short of fuel as Ukraine expands attacks on Russian oil facilities – CNN
- Crimea short of fuel as Ukraine expands attacks on Russian oil facilities CNN
- Annexed Crimea’s Largest Gas Station Chain Suspends Fuel Vouchers as Shortage Worsens The Moscow Times
- Fuel Rationing Hits Moscow as Ukraine Strikes Russian Refineries and Exports Are Curbed Kyiv Post
- Fuel crisis reaches Moscow as shortages spread across Russia Українська правда
- Ukrainian drones disrupt land corridor to occupied Crimea, triggering fuel shortage on peninsula Meduza
Crimea short of fuel as Ukraine expands attacks on Russian oil facilities – CNN
- Crimea short of fuel as Ukraine expands attacks on Russian oil facilities CNN
- Annexed Crimea’s Largest Gas Station Chain Suspends Fuel Vouchers as Shortage Worsens The Moscow Times
- Fuel Rationing Hits Moscow as Ukraine Strikes Russian Refineries and Exports Are Curbed Kyiv Post
- Fuel crisis reaches Moscow as shortages spread across Russia Українська правда
- Ukrainian drones disrupt land corridor to occupied Crimea, triggering fuel shortage on peninsula Meduza
‘Spoiled insulin’: Sudan war disrupts drug supplies, fuelling smuggling
As the conflict destroys local production, Sudanese patients are forced to rely on expensive, smuggled medicines.
Poland revives its ‘Highway to Hel’ 666 bus route – CNN
- Poland revives its ‘Highway to Hel’ 666 bus route CNN
- 666 bus to Hel back in business, as firm resurrects doomed Polish tourist route CBS News
- ‘Hellish’ bus 666 returns as FlixBus launches route to Hel Euronews.com
- Poland's controversial 'Highway to Hel' 666 bus revived BBC
- Poland’s 666 bus to Hel returns in new form Notes From Poland
Jaw-Dropping Brain Drain Under Trump Revealed – The Daily Beast
- Jaw-Dropping Brain Drain Under Trump Revealed The Daily Beast
- Diplomacy in decline NBC News
- How a diminished State Department is responding to global crises 1A | Speak Freely
- Time ticking for Trump to fill key ambassador posts Jewish Insider
- Trump’s new era of diplomacy Politico
International arbitrators reject $134M claim by Rwanda against UK for scrapped migrant deal – AP News
- International arbitrators reject $134M claim by Rwanda against UK for scrapped migrant deal AP News
- UK wins court case over collapsed Rwanda asylum deal BBC
- International court rejects Rwanda’s claim over UK migration deal Al Jazeera
- Britain will not have to pay Rwanda millions over asylum deal, court rules Reuters
- UK will not have to pay Rwanda £100m over failed asylum scheme, court rules The Guardian
International arbitrators reject $134M claim by Rwanda against UK for scrapped migrant deal – AP News
- International arbitrators reject $134M claim by Rwanda against UK for scrapped migrant deal AP News
- UK wins court case over collapsed Rwanda asylum deal BBC
- International court rejects Rwanda’s claim over UK migration deal Al Jazeera
- Britain will not have to pay Rwanda millions over asylum deal, court rules Reuters
- UK will not have to pay Rwanda £100m over failed asylum scheme, court rules The Guardian
Hungary’s Magyar to amend the constitution to remove President Tamas Sulyok
After coming to power in April, PM Peter Magyar had given Sulyok a deadline of Sunday to leave office.
US says it struck Iranian radar sites as Iran targets American forces in Kuwait
Iran and the US say they have carried out fresh strikes around the Strait of Hormuz, with Kuwait condemning "repeated" Iranian attacks.
Ex-F.B.I. Officials Form New Group for Embattled Employees – The New York Times
- Ex-F.B.I. Officials Form New Group for Embattled Employees The New York Times
- Former FBI agents launch nonprofit to aid agents facing ‘consequences of upholding their oaths’ The Hill
- Trump Administration Live Updates: Former F.B.I. Officials Set Up Support Group for Current Bureau Employees The New York Times
- FBI veterans form support group to help employees deal with Kash Patel rawstory.com
‘Catastrophic for creative industries’: Brexit barriers shut UK actors out of EU jobs
Casting shifts to EU talent as paperwork delays and visa limits make hiring British crews less viable
From blacklists for UK passport holders to being asked to work illegally while on holiday, the plethora of extra costs and red tape thrown up post-Brexit are restricting opportunities for British actors seeking work in the EU.
Mainland Europe has always been a springboard for those in the creative industries, from gaining crucial first credits on a TV, film or theatre production to building a marketable resume and paying the bills while attempting to make it big in the UK or US.
Continue reading...How the world failed Ryan and Yaman
An Israeli strike killed my children. What pains me is not just their loss but also the normalisation of their murder.
Red stripes in Welsh cave declared Britain’s oldest art after being dismissed as a natural phenomenon – NBC News
- Red stripes in Welsh cave declared Britain’s oldest art after being dismissed as a natural phenomenon NBC News
- Britain's earliest prehistoric art found in Gower's Bacon Hole cave BBC
- For 100 years, scientists thought these red markings were natural—now researchers say they’re ancient human art Scientific American
- Striped rock dismissed as natural in 1928 reclassified as UK’s oldest cave art | Archaeology The Guardian
- Researchers Confirm Oldest Cave Art in Britain a Century After It Was Dismissed as a Mineral Deposit Gizmodo
Malaysia bans social media accounts for children under 16 but questions remain – AP News
- Malaysia bans social media accounts for children under 16 but questions remain AP News
- Malaysia enforces ban on social media accounts for children younger than 16 NBC News
- Malaysia bars under-16s from signing up for social media Reuters
- Malaysia: Mandatory age verification undermines privacy and free expression ARTICLE 19 - Defending freedom of expression and information.
- Malaysia’s new online safety rules kick in today: What changes for social media users? Malay Mail
Ukraine’s forcibly transferred children must not be a bargaining chip
Russia must face more pressure to fulfil its legal obligations to return the Ukrainian children.