Ethiopia PM’s party wins landslide as fears grow of new conflict
Abiy Ahmed's party retains its huge majority despite unrest in several parts of Ethiopia and tensions with its neighbours.
‘Native children belong in Native communities’: tribes decry New Mexico drug-exposed newborn rule
Groups say new directive fails to respect Native sovereignty amid complicated history of Indigenous child removals
One morning early last July, Micha Bitsinnie arrived at work to an onslaught of messages from confused families.
New Mexico’s governor Michelle Lujan Grisham had just issued a directive mandating the state’s child welfare department seek custody of all newborns who had been exposed to drugs and alcohol in utero. Some parents wondered whether medications that they were taking for addiction recovery, such as methadone, would flag their cases. Healthcare providers wondered whether the fentanyl in an epidural counted as a drug exposure.
Continue reading...Amazon Delivery Driver Earned Over $2 Million Doing Students’ Assignments and Taking Exams, Now Gets Jail Term – Yahoo
- Amazon Delivery Driver Earned Over $2 Million Doing Students' Assignments and Taking Exams, Now Gets Jail Term Yahoo
- Tutor who charged thousands to sit exams for students jailed BBC
- Man jailed for online exam fraud that made him thousands of pounds The Crown Prosecution Service
- How tutor's cheating scam was detected by lecturer BBC
- Amazon Driver Jailed After Making Over $400,000 Helping College Kids Cheat on Exams Wide Open Country
Iran-US launch historic peace talks with 60-day roadmap
Iran-US launch historic peace talks with 60-day roadmap
Fans flood Atlanta streets before Spain-Saudi Arabia match
Spain and Saudi Arabia fans filled the streets of Atlanta with chants and celebrations ahead of their World Cup clash.
Ethiopian prime minister’s party gets another big parliamentary majority – Reuters
- Ethiopian prime minister's party gets another big parliamentary majority Reuters
- Abiy Ahmed wins Ethiopian election but fears grow of renewed conflict BBC
- Ethiopia's PM Abiy Ahmed: From Nobel winner to war commander DW.com
- Ethiopia’s ruling party retains parliamentary majority in election marred by insecurity AP News
- Ethiopia’s Abiy Cements Grip as His Party Coasts to Election Win Bloomberg.com
Starmer is on the precipice as pressure builds for the UK leader to resign – AP News
- Starmer is on the precipice as pressure builds for the UK leader to resign AP News
- Signs grow that Starmer will resign as government mood shifts BBC
- Trump says Starmer will resign as UK prime minister Reuters
- Keir Starmer Reflects on ‘Political Challenges’ as Pressure to Resign Mounts The New York Times
- From defiance to acceptance: five quotes that chart Starmer’s downfall The Guardian
Bolivian authorities say no active blockades after state of emergency decree
State of emergency permits deployment of military to support police amid five weeks of anti-government protests.
Wife of Spanish PM forbidden to leave country as corruption probes pile up – CNN
- Wife of Spanish PM forbidden to leave country as corruption probes pile up CNN
- Wife of Spanish Prime Minister to Stand Trial for Corruption The New York Times
- Spain: PM's wife must face corruption trial, judge rules DW.com
- Court bans Spanish PM’s wife from leaving country amid corruption probe Al Jazeera
- Spanish premier Sanchez's wife must stand trial on corruption charges, judge rules Reuters
Gaza bids farewell to slain journalist Ahmed Wishah
Gaza bids farewell to slain journalist Ahmed Wishah.
Police charge man after suspected anti-Muslim attacks in Edinburgh
UK Prime Minister Keir Starmer says 'the suspect appears to be motivated by anti-Muslim hatred'.
Is the French judiciary against Palestine?
A recent decision by a French court seems to deny the widely accepted right of occupied populations to resist.
Trump vows to ‘hit Iran very hard’ if regime doesn’t stop Hezbollah from ‘causing trouble’ as deal hangs in balance – the-sun.com
Andy Burnham says Israel would be his first overseas visit in old clip
An old clip has resurfaced showing Andy Burnham saying Israel would be his first overseas visit if elected as UK PM.
The UK just banned social media for kids under 16. The founder of ‘safe TikTok’ says the US is next – Fortune
- The UK just banned social media for kids under 16. The founder of 'safe TikTok' says the US is next Fortune
- How the social media ban could reshape how all of us use the internet BBC
- Social media bans are trending. But it’s too late for my son and me | Dave Schilling The Guardian
- What’s ‘green whistle’ in World Cup that’s making viewers curious? The Times of India
- Growing up, social media saved me. Don't take it away. | Opinion USA Today
Middle East live: US-Iran peace talks underway as strait of Hormuz remains closed – The Guardian
- Middle East live: US-Iran peace talks underway as strait of Hormuz remains closed The Guardian
- Live updates: US-Iran talks underway with key focus on Lebanon conflict and nuclear issues CNN
- Vance and Iranian officials arrive in Switzerland to launch talks on Tehran’s nuclear program AP News
- U.S. and Iran begin peace talks amid conflicting claims over Strait of Hormuz CNBC
- Vice President JD Vance in Switzerland for Iran talks with days-old peace deal at risk NBC News
Why Lebanon may make or break the Iran-US deal – Al Jazeera
- Why Lebanon may make or break the Iran-US deal Al Jazeera
- Israeli soldiers in Lebanon are free to take action if under threat, Israel's Katz says Reuters
- Defending Lebanon security zone, Netanyahu says US would do 'exactly' the same if threatened The Times of Israel
- How Israel's refusal to withdraw from Lebanon affects the U.S.–Iran ceasefire deal NPR
- Israel denies reports of southern Lebanon withdrawals before talks The Jerusalem Post
Low-key funeral held for giant of the art world David Hockney
The artist, who passed away at his home in London earlier this month, requested just his partner and great-nephew attend.
Donald Trump Explains His ‘I’m the Boss’ Comment at G7 Summit – Newsweek
- Donald Trump Explains His ‘I’m the Boss’ Comment at G7 Summit Newsweek
- At G-7, a Subdued Trump Spells Relief for Allies WSJ
- Trump clears low bar for G7 summit in France Politico
- Trump defends his Iran deal, criticizes longtime ally Israel as G-7 ends The Washington Post
- What Is the G7 Summit and Why Does It Matter? The New York Times
Florida college seized by DeSantis in ‘anti-woke’ push to triple in size
New College of Florida to acquire USF Sarasota-Manatee in deal that leading Democratic lawmaker says ‘reeks of grift’
A liberal arts college seized by Florida’s hard-right governor, Ron DeSantis, and transformed into a model for conservative higher education is to triple in size after state Republicans engineered a hostile takeover of a rival university’s campus.
New College of Florida, which is controlled by DeSantis’s hand-picked board of trustees, will acquire the Sarasota-Manatee campus of the University of South Florida (USF) next month in a deal described by a leading Florida Democrat as “a grift”.
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