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US to announce deal allowing Saudi Arabia a nuclear programme

BBC • 3 months ago

The agreement would fulfil a long-held Saudi ambition but could attract concern in Israel and from some US lawmakers.

25,000-year-old cave discovery reveals ancient Australian rituals

Times of India • 3 months ago

In Cloggs Cave, archaeologists have discovered evidence of ancient GunaiKurnai grass burning rituals that spanned 25,000 years. The findings, which include microscopic plant remnants, ash layers, and a remarkable standing stone, shed light on the deep-rooted spiritual connection that these ancient communities fostered with nature. This enduring practice highlights the intricate relationship betwee...

Mysterious white foam draws crowds on Nigerian highway

BBC • 3 months ago

The environmental agency has warned people to avoid going near the substance as it could pose a health risk.

Hungary's prosecutor resigns under pressure in political win for Magyar

Euronews • 3 months ago

Hungary's Prosecutor General, Gábor Bálint Nagy, has resigned amid mounting political pressure as Prime Minister Péter Magyar seeks to replace Orbán-era officials. The move follows allegations of political bias by lawyers for detained Ukrainian cash couriers in a cross-border cash seizure case.

'Unprecedented': France records 5,764 excess deaths during June-July heatwave period

France 24 • 3 months ago

France recorded 5,764 more deaths than the normal rate between June 17 and July 2, health authorities said Wednesday. While authorities said the excess mortality rate was due to "all causes", the period coincided with a stretch of extreme heatwaves in several French regions.  

Tankers make sharp U-turns after Houthi shipping threat

BBC • 3 months ago

All of the ships were travelling to or from Saudi ports before changing course, ship-tracking data shows.

US trial date set for Venezuela's ousted president Maduro

Sky News • 3 months ago

Venezuela's captured president Nicolas Maduro and his wife Cilia Flores appeared in a US court today over drugs trafficking charges.

Trump threatens to bomb Iranian bridge or power plant after Hormuz attacks

SCMP • 3 months ago

US President Donald Trump threatened on Wednesday to destroy an Iranian bridge or power plant each time Tehran attacks a vessel in the Strait of Hormuz, escalating Washington’s response as the conflict spread across the region and placed another major shipping route at risk. The warning came hours before Trump was due to attend the return of four US service members killed in Iranian attacks and re...

​Andy Burnham’s ​domestic ​revolution ​could ​unobtrusively pull Britain ​closer to Europe

The Guardian • 3 months ago

The new PM talks less about the continent than his predecessor, but his agenda is more closely aligned with the EU’s• Don’t get This Is Europe delivered to your inbox? Sign up hereEurope’s leaders queued up this week to welcome Andy Burnham as Britain’s seventh prime minister since the Brexit vote – all expressing the hope that his tenure would continue the thaw in EU-UK relations initiated by his...

Mamdani taps Lina Khan and Tony Shorris for key New York economic posts

The Guardian • 3 months ago

The appointments mark a shift at the state’s powerful development agencies as the mayor reshapes his economic agendaSign up for the Breaking News US newsletter email New York City mayor, Zohran Mamdani, has named Lina Khan as the next chair of the city’s Economic Development Board (EDB) and longtime city government official Tony Shorris as the next leader of the city’s Economic Development Corpora...

France: Macron refuses environment minister's resignation over pesticide law

France 24 • 3 months ago

France's environment minister will remain in her post despite her disagreement with a bill reintroducing controversial pesticides, given the "urgency" to act on climate change, her team said Wednesday. Monique Barbut had submitted her resignation to President Emmanuel Macron, but he refused it. Explanation by FRANCE 24 French politics editor Marc Perelman.

Trump threatens to destroy an Iranian bridge or power plant for each strait of Hormuz attack – Middle East crisis live

The Guardian • 3 months ago

Threat from US president comes after US military completes 11th night of strikes on IranThe Jordanian army said it intercepted four Iranian missiles on Wednesday with two additional missile falling in an open area, AFP reports.The two missiles that the army did not intercept fell in “two remote, uninhabited areas, without causing any human casualties or material damage” the army said in a statemen...

‘Disbelief, shock’: Singapore PM on Faishal’s inappropriate messages with woman

SCMP • 3 months ago

A married Singapore minister’s sudden resignation amid revelations he had exchanged inappropriate messages with a woman had rocked the city state’s establishment circles, with a groundswell of sentiment calling for him to be retained. Amid online petitions and calls to keep former minister-in-charge of Muslim affairs Faishal Ibrahim following his resignation on Monday, Prime Minister Lawrence Wong...

Trump threatens to bomb a bridge or power plant for every ship Iran attacks

CBS News • 3 months ago

The Pentagon keeps insisting the Strait of Hormuz is open, but with Iranian attacks continuing, one shipping insider says "nothing is going through."

China, EU pushing ahead on joint research despite trade tensions

SCMP • 3 months ago

China and the EU have renewed their joint research agreement, according to Chinese state-linked media, signalling a willingness to collaborate on climate and agriculture despite trade tensions. People’s Financial News, a publication affiliated with Communist Party mouthpiece People’s Daily, reported on the new two-year agreement on Wednesday. China’s Ministry of Science and Technology and the Euro...

She walked over 200 miles in the snow to feed starving army

Times of India • 3 months ago

Polly Cooper, an Oneida woman, journeyed 200 miles to deliver essential food supplies to the starving Continental Army. She prepared corn and taught soldiers how to cook, saving many lives during a harsh winter. Cooper refused payment for her actions, receiving only a shawl and bonnet as thanks. Her vital contributions were preserved through oral tradition and later documented by historians. The U...

Salman Rushdie attacker faces US terrorism trial

The Guardian • 3 months ago

Hadi Matar, already serving 25 years for attempted murder, denies federal charges that could bring a life sentenceThe man who stabbed Salman Rushdie in the eye on stage in 2022 is standing trial for a second time – this time facing terrorism charges after being found guilty of attempted murder and sentenced to 25 years in prison last year.Hadi Matar’s federal trial begins in Buffalo, New York on W...

Burnham announces £2 bus fare cap across England from January

The Guardian • 3 months ago

Measure to cost more than £500m, with money allocated to allow devolved nations to do the sameUK politics live – latest updatesSingle bus fares across England will be capped at £2 from January, Andy Burnham has announced, as he continues to introduce measures to tackle the cost of living in his first week as prime minister.The nationwide cap is currently set at £3 until the end of March 2027, alth...

Venezuela’s Maduro in court for pre-trial hearing in US drug-trafficking case

The Guardian • 3 months ago

Venezuelan president and his wife, Cilia Flores, have been held at Brooklyn jail and both have pleaded not guiltyNicolás Maduro returns to court with his lawyers on Wednesday and is expected to continue objecting to the US military action that snatched the Venezuelan president from power and deposited him in New York to face drug-trafficking charges.Maduro, 63, and his wife Cilia Flores, 69, have ...

Venezuela’s Maduro in court for pre-trial hearing in US drug trafficking case

The Guardian • 3 months ago

Venezuelan president and his wife, Cilia Flores, have been held at Brooklyn jail and both have pleaded not guiltyNicolás Maduro returns to court with his lawyers Wednesday and is expected to continue objecting to the US military action that snatched the Venezuelan president from power and deposited him in New York to face drug trafficking charges.Maduro, 63, and his wife Cilia Flores, 69, have bee...

US teen buys Wilt Chamberlain jacket in thrift store that sells for $89,600

The Guardian • 3 months ago

The $3 purchase was authenticated as a rare piece from Chamberlain’s final NBA seasonAn Oregon teenager admitted “I got very, very lucky” after a basketball legend’s jacket he picked up at a thrift store for pocket change sold at auction for almost $90,000.Quinn Brown said he was in a Goodwill store in Portland in January when he saw somebody throw the bright yellow jacket into a clothing bin. Con...

What are the ‘catastrophic’ pesticides that led France’s environment minister to try and quit?

Euronews • 3 months ago

Acetamiprid and flupyradifurone have been proven to harm bees and could be a risk to children’s developing brains.

What are the ‘catastrophic’ pesticides that led France’s environment minister to quit?

Euronews • 3 months ago

Acetamiprid and flupyradifurone have been proven to harm bees and could be a risk to children’s developing brains.

British woman jailed for blackmail after accusing banker of rape in Hong Kong

BBC • 3 months ago

Isabel Rose was convicted of trying to extort £100,000 from the UK banker and perverting the course of justice.

Fifth person dies in New York City amid legionnaires’ disease outbreak

The Guardian • 3 months ago

Outbreak has been traced to Upper East Side cooling towers, but Mamdani says source of exposure has been eliminatedA fifth person has died in New York City in connection with the legionnaires’ disease outbreak on Manhattan’s Upper East Side neighborhood, according to the city’s health department.In an update issued Tuesday, the department said that 82 cases of legionnaires’ disease have now been i...