Gaza fans chase World Cup joy amid blackout, displacement and war
World Cup matches offer residents of Gaza a brief escape from war, blackouts and life in tents.
What Iran and US get from deal and why both could struggle to keep it
BBC analysts assess the claims by both Washington and Tehran to have won a victory with the deal to end their war.
What Iran and US get from deal and why both could struggle to keep it
BBC analysts assess the claims by both Washington and Tehran to have won a victory with the deal to end their war.
Lionel Messi’s father undergoing treatment for health issues, family says
Family statement comes two days after an emotional Messi wiped away tears in Argentina's World Cup match against Algeria.
At least 29 countries raise alarm about atrocities in Sudan’s el-Obeid
UN and allies warn of grave rights violations in North Kordofan, urge maximum pressure on RSF and SAF.
MoU’s $300bn Iran reconstruction fund becomes US political flashpoint
Trump says US will not pay for planned fund as part of Iran MoU, as lawmakers connect price tag to affordability issues.
Gas prices fall below $4 on average after Trump’s signing of Iran deal to end war
Drivers feel some relief but prices still a dollar more per gallon overall since before US-Israel attack on Iran
The average price of US gasoline fell to just under $4 a gallon on Thursday for the first time since March, following the announcement of a preliminary agreement between the US and Iran to end the war and reopen the strait of Hormuz.
The development has provided some relief to drivers who have seen soaring costs amid Washington’s war with Iran. But filling up still remains more expensive than it was before the conflict began.
Continue reading...US military says it has lifted naval blockade of Iranian ports
CENTCOM says that all blockade enforcement efforts 'have ceased' but that US forces will remain in the area.
CDC to tap $107m in emergency funding for Ebola response in DRC and Uganda
Number of people infected now tops 1,000 though health officials say the global risk remains low
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) will tap $107m in emergency funding for Ebola outbreak response in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) and Uganda, officials said on Thursday.
The continued Ebola outbreak in the DRC comes as Canada, Mexico and the US jointly host the Fifa World Cup, attracting visitors from around the world. The officials said the outbreak, now the third largest on record, required “strong immediate support”, but that the global risk remained low.
Continue reading...Can the Global South have a say in global affairs?
China calls for stronger representation for emerging economies.
Gunmen attack Niger airport, killing 11 soldiers and 2 civilians, officials say – AP News
- Gunmen attack Niger airport, killing 11 soldiers and 2 civilians, officials say AP News
- Niger airport attack: Thirty-five die in attack on Niamey airport BBC
- Niger security forces battle gunmen at airport DW.com
- Gunmen attack airport in Niger's capital as explosions, gunfire heard ABC News - Breaking News, Latest News and Videos
- Armed attack on airport in Niger’s capital kills 11 soldiers, 2 civilians Al Jazeera
Parents of Serbia’s teenage school shooter given jail terms in retrial
The boy was 13 when he killed eight girls, a boy and a school guard at Vladislav Ribnikar school in Belgrade in 2023.
Parents of Serbia’s teenage school shooter given jail terms in retrial
The boy was 13 when he killed eight girls, a boy and a school guard at Vladislav Ribnikar school in Belgrade in 2023.
19-Year-Old Suspect in Consulate Shooting Arrested at Toronto Airport – The New York Times
- 19-Year-Old Suspect in Consulate Shooting Arrested at Toronto Airport The New York Times
- New arrest in Toronto US consulate shooting as authorities probe foreign ties of gunmen BBC
- Toronto police say ‘criminals for hire’ behind U.S. Consulate, synagogue shootings Global News
- Synagogue shooters were hired by a foreign entity, Secretary of State for Combatting Crime says The Globe and Mail
- 'Criminals for hire' linked to shooting at U.S. Consulate in Toronto USA Today
World Cup 2026: South Africa grab draw with Czechia with late penalty
Teboho Mokoena equalises through a late penalty to salvage a draw for South Africa in their Group A clash with Czechia.
Pete Hegseth accuses Nato countries of ‘free riding’ in combative address
US defence secretary addresses allies in latest attempt to get Europe to raise military budgets
Pete Hegseth has announced a review of the US military presence across Europe, in a combative address to Nato allies where he threatened to cut force numbers in countries spending the least on defence.
The US defence secretary, speaking at a meeting of Nato defence ministers in Brussels, accused some countries of “free riding” and others of being shameful for not allowing their airbases to be used by US jets bombing Iran in the spring.
Continue reading...Pakistan signs US-Iran MoU
Pakistan’s Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif signed a US-Iran memorandum of understanding aimed at ending the war.
The G7 has nudged open a window for diplomacy in Ukraine – The Economist
- The G7 has nudged open a window for diplomacy in Ukraine The Economist
- Russia’s war in Ukraine comes back into Trump’s focus with no end in sight The Washington Post
- U.S. Allies Use G-7 to Focus Trump’s Attention Back to Ukraine WSJ
- Macron hails US alignment with G7’s ‘shared commitment’ on Ukraine The Guardian
- G7 leaders' statement on geopolitical issues. elysee.fr
A Giant Seismic Wave Bounced Off Earth’s Core And May Have Shifted Japan – ScienceAlert
- A Giant Seismic Wave Bounced Off Earth's Core And May Have Shifted Japan ScienceAlert
- An earthquake hit Japan so hard it made the entire country move Scientific American
- A 2011 earthquake bounced a seismic wave off Earth’s core, nudging Japan east Science News
- Powerful seismic waves from Japan's 2011 earthquake struck Earth's core and bounced back up, moving the island eastward Phys.org
- A Seismic Wave from the 2011 Japan 9.0 Earthquake Shifted the Entire Country — Now We Know Why Discover Magazine
‘Cynical to get power’: Michel Barnier on Boris Johnson, Brexit and the EU’s future
Former negotiator believes in an unstable world, it is ‘perfectly possible’ the UK can rejoin the EU with old opt-outs
A couple of years ago, Michel Barnier spent a weekend with Boris Johnson’s father, Stanley. It was not some ghoulish Brexit spin-off of The Traitors, but the result of the former EU negotiator’s wife, Isabelle, being a close friend of Johnson’s French cousin, Anne du Boucheron, the owner of Château de la Baronnière, a 19th-century estate in Mauges-sur-Loire, in western France.
“We spent a weekend together in a French castle. Very friendly. Long promenades in the forest,” Barnier recalls of Johnson senior, with whom he discussed the former prime minister’s motivation to back Brexit. “It was interesting. Boris was much more European at the beginning. Even if he was critical. I don’t see it as a motivation but it is, perhaps, a method or attitude: to be pragmatic in some way. Cynical. Cynical to get power.”
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