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US-EU agree ceasefire in long-running trade war over aircraft subsidies
The Guardian - 16 Jun 2021 07:00
Deal agreed during Joe Biden's trip to Brussels as White House seeks to focus on threat posed by China A five-year ceasefire in the long-running US-EU trade war over subsidies to aircraft makers has been agreed during Jo...
Labour's policy review to focus on jobs, families and security
The Guardian - 16 Jun 2021 07:00
Party hopes for reset after difficult six months as Batley and Spen byelection approaches Labour will publish its policy review on Thursday, ordering a refocus on jobs, families, work-life balance and security, as well a...
House approves Congressional Gold Medals for Jan. 6 police officers. 21 Republicans voted no.
The Week - 16 Jun 2021 06:04
House approves Congressional Gold Medals for Jan. 6 police officers. 21 Republicans voted no.
Online sex crimes crisis in South Korea affecting all women, report finds
The Guardian - 16 Jun 2021 07:03
Human Rights Watch found sex crime prosecutions involving illegal filming rose 11-fold between 2008 and 2017 South Korea's epidemic of online sexual abuse has left survivors traumatised for life, and is adversely affecti...
UK failing to protect against climate dangers, advisers warn
The Guardian - 16 Jun 2021 07:01
It is 'absolutely illogical' not to tackle the risks of heatwaves and power blackouts, says Climate Change Committee The UK government is failing to protect people from the fast-rising risks of the climate crisis, from d...
Hundreds of thousands of EU citizens in UK risk uncertain status from 1 July
The Guardian - 16 Jun 2021 07:00
Deadline to apply for settled status two weeks away, as academics warn that vulnerable groups face loss of rights Academics are sounding the alarm about the hundreds of thousands of EU citizens in the UK who face falling...
House Dem drops Greene censure resolution after Holocaust Museum visit
New York Post - 16 Jun 2021 06:36
The censure resolution against Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene has been dropped after she issued an apology on June 14, 2021 for comparing mask and vaccine mandates to Anti-Jewish laws.
Report: Trump Organization CFO could face charges as soon as this summer
The Week - 16 Jun 2021 07:01
Report: Trump Organization CFO could face charges as soon as this summer
Vladimir Putin Has Nothing to Fear From Joe Biden
The New York Times - 16 Jun 2021 07:00
Freshly buoyed by his quashing of the opposition, Russia's president has ample cause to feel secure.
Jared Kushner agrees book deal for 'definitive' account of Trump presidency
The Guardian - 16 Jun 2021 05:45
The untitled memoir by the president's son-in-law will be published in 2022 Jared Kushner, the son-in-law of former president Donald Trump and a senior adviser in his administration, has secured a book deal to recount Tr...
7-year-old boy mauled to death by dogs in South Carolina
New York Post - 16 Jun 2021 05:40
The Marion County Sheriff's Office said on Tuesday it seized five dogs and a puppy from a nearby property as part of its investigation into the death of 7-year-old Shamar Jackson.
Soldiers tried to smuggle 2 people from Mexico into Texas: US attorney
New York Post - 16 Jun 2021 04:52
A Fort Hood soldier and Pennsylvania National Guardsman were busted for trying to sneak two Mexican citizens over the Texas border in the trunk of a car, officials said.
Climate activists take Norway to human rights court over Arctic oil plans
The Guardian - 16 Jun 2021 14:49
Activists allege decision to grant oil exploration licences violated right to healthy environment Six climate activists and two environmental NGOs have taken Norway to the European court of human rights (ECHR), arguing t...
TV tonight: go behind the scenes in the global race for Covid vaccines
The Guardian - 16 Jun 2021 07:20
The Horizon special on coronavirus vaccines is both astounding and chilling. Plus: the Great British Sewing Bee final. Here's what to watch this evening
Duke's death left giant-sized hole in our lives - Sophie
BBC - 16 Jun 2021 07:02
In an interview, the Countess of Wessex says the Covid pandemic made it harder to support the Queen.
How to win over those who will lose most from a global carbon tax
The Guardian - 16 Jun 2021 07:00
Those who bear a disproportionate share of a carbon tax will mobilise against it ... unless they are given reason not to In his classic book, The Logic of Collective Action, the late great Mancur Olson explained that the...
Slippery customers: UK rewilding efforts aim to stop eels sliding into extinction
The Guardian - 16 Jun 2021 07:00
Legislation has seen trafficking rates plummet but the critically endangered fish faces manmade obstacles on its migration route Podcast: Inside the world of wildlife trafficking An unusual rewilding mission is under way...
High in the Himalayas, villagers hit by Covid are left to fend for themselves
The Guardian - 16 Jun 2021 06:45
In India's remote peaks, the pandemic's toll is worsened by lack of medical facilities, roads and information Phalguni Devi has spent a fortnight living in a cattle shed. Looking out on a rainy afternoon in early June, s...
Israeli Airstrikes Target Gaza Sites in the First Attack Since the Cease-Fire
Time - 16 Jun 2021 06:34
They are the first such raids since a shaky cease-fire ended the war with Hamas last month
From packed streets to silence: documenting the fall of Hong Kong
The Guardian - 16 Jun 2021 06:20
Two years ago photojournalist Laurel Chor covered mass protests against the extradition bill. She looks back at how the city has changed in their wake I had never seen so many people before in my life. On 9 June 2019, hu...
Wealth secret of the super rich revealed: be born into a rich family
The Guardian - 16 Jun 2021 06:01
The 10 richest dynasties, such as those behind Walmart and Mars, grew their net worth by $136bn during the pandemic, report finds Self-made billionaires including Jeff Bezos and Elon Musk made huge profits during the Cov...
Madrid's Reina Sofía examines Latin America's artistic boom
The Guardian - 16 Jun 2021 06:00
Dangling artist, dead dog and lovingly tangled mattress help convey volatile past in new show The black and white photograph of a dead dog, taken in Lima in 1989, that now hangs on the immaculate walls of the Reina Sofí...