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Trump Administration Slammed For Letting Google and Meta CEOs Skip Senate Child Safety Hearing
IBTimes - 26 Jun 2026 06:31
The Trump administration is criticised for helping Meta and Google CEOs avoid a Senate hearing on child safety, allowing lower-ranking executives to testify instead, raising accountability concerns
Pope Leo Is Waging War on War
The New York Times - 26 Jun 2026 05:00
Pope Leos first encyclical takes on a major flaw of Catholic just war theory: its use as a fig leaf for attacking an enemy.
Man, 74, becomes oldest man to be executed in Florida
Sky News - 26 Jun 2026 04:46
A 74-year-old man has become the oldest person to be executed since records began in Florida.
Pilot dies after plane crash near airfield
BBC - 26 Jun 2026 13:02
Police say the pilot believed to be a woman in her 40s was pronounced deceased at the scene.
London court abandons sentencing due to heatwave temperatures
Sky News - 26 Jun 2026 12:55
The sentencing hearing for a gang of underworld gun suppliers had to be abandoned after a newly rebuilt court building was unable to cope with the hot temperatures.
Federal judge in Boston halts Trumps election executive order seeking to create a federal voter list
Boston - 26 Jun 2026 12:43
Plaintiffsargued in two lawsuits that Trumps order should befound unconstitutionalbecause the states and Congress, not the president, have the power to set election rules. The post Federal judge in Boston halts Trumps el...
The 39-Second Disaster: Why Venezuela's Rare Twin Earthquakes Triggered Caribbean Tsunami Alerts
IBTimes - 26 Jun 2026 06:25
Venezuela experienced two powerful earthquakes just 39 seconds apart, causing widespread disruption and triggering tsunami alerts across the Caribbean. Emergency crews continue search-and-rescue operations amid ongoing a...
Boy, 14, charged with murder over death of teenager Lilly in Wales
The Guardian - 26 Jun 2026 04:43
Gwent police say accused will face court in Newport following arrest over discovery of teenage girls body in Duffryn Park area of BlainaA 14-year-old boy has been charged with murder after the discovery of a missing 14-y...
Climate Change Fueling Europes Ferocious Heat Wave, Scientists Find
The New York Times - 26 Jun 2026 04:01
A scientific analysis concluded that such high temperatures, across so much of the continent, would not have been possible without global warming.
Ukraine war briefing: Zelenskyy declares 40-day Russia blitz to influence the aggressor state
The Guardian - 26 Jun 2026 01:37
Ukrainian strikes continue to shut down Russian oil refineries and starve Crimea of gasoline and power; Belarus relay stations silenced. What we know on day 1,584
Xi Jinping has hosted more than a dozen leaders this year, as middle powers look beyond the US
The Guardian - 26 Jun 2026 01:28
Chinas leader wants to promote his alternative to the current world order, and his efforts are being assisted by a capricious US Xi Jinping meets Bangladeshs new prime minister on Friday, the latest in a wave of world le...
Gavin Newsoms delivers brutal message to workers fighting July 1 return to office mandate
New York Post - 26 Jun 2026 23:28
Gov. Gavin Newsom is barreling ahead with forcing California state workers back to the office, flatly rejecting calls to soften a return-to-work mandate that unions warn could trigger a "mass exodus" of employees...
Bible stories become required reading for Texas schools
BBC - 26 Jun 2026 23:04
Critics say the new reading requirements infringe on religious freedoms and blur the separation of church and state.
Brit TikToker Facing Death Penalty in Dubai Says She Was Forced to Strip Naked by Male Prison Guards
IBTimes - 26 Jun 2026 13:50
British TikTok influencer Brooke George faces a potential death sentence in Dubai, claiming self-defence in a fatal stabbing and alleging mistreatment by authorities.
Ukrainian Attacks Spur State of Emergency Declaration in Crimea
The New York Times - 26 Jun 2026 12:56
Weeks of intense strikes by Ukraine have rattled everyday life in Crimea to an extent unseen since Russia illegally annexed the peninsula in 2014.
Why the FBI Has Taken 5 Months to Arrest Nancy Guthrie's 'Porch Guy' Suspect
IBTimes - 26 Jun 2026 12:08
Five months after 84yearold Nancy Guthrie vanished from her Arizona home, a former FBI agent says investigators are 'getting close' to the masked 'porch guy' caught on her doorbell camera.
Investigation after up to 40 hospital staff access records of boy attacked by crocodile
BBC - 26 Jun 2026 05:43
Cambridge University Hospitals refers itself to the Information Commissioner over the breach.
Aerial footage reveals destruction in coastal Venezuela
BBC - 26 Jun 2026 05:13
Multi-storey buildings have collapsed in La Guaira following two major earthquakes on Wednesday.
Elephant smashes through bus windscreen during attack
BBC - 26 Jun 2026 02:50
Footage shows the moment a wild elephant attacked a bus carrying air force personnel in Sri Lanka.
California Will Vote on a Billionaire Tax. Billionaires Arent Happy.
The New York Times - 26 Jun 2026 02:04
The wealthy are fighting back with two ballot issues that could nullify the measure in November. The battle reflects a broader tension as American politics contends with deep inequality.
Tuchel defends full-back selection after James injury
BBC - 26 Jun 2026 23:46
Thomas Tuchel defends his full-back selections after confirming Reece James will miss the match against Panama through injury.
Home Office to introduce new asylum routes to UK
BBC - 26 Jun 2026 23:43
The home secretary said "capped safe and legal" routes would help to restore confidence in the asylum system.