Kyiv death toll rises to 30 after Russian strike
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World

World
Iran stages six-day funeral for Ali Khamenei Tehran prepares for millions after supreme leader killed in February attack, roadblocks and hostels turn mourning into state theatre
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World
Sixteen children rescued from Ohio home Authorities say most were confined to one room for years, case surfaced only after unrelated search warrant
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World
Vatican excommunicates SSPX after unauthorized bishop ordinations Pope Leo XIV calls Ecône ceremony schismatic as Rome widens penalty to priests and formal adherents, church unity enforced through jurisdiction not liturgy
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World
United States says it will not renew USMCA Annual reviews replace long-term trade certainty for Mexico and Canada, supply chains face policy risk priced by politicians
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World
Container ship runs aground near Strait of Hormuz Iran blames vessel for avoiding Tehran-approved corridor, transit fees and route control become leverage in US talks
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United States

Trump defends billion-dollar crypto windfall while in office Disclosures detail family ventures and foreign-linked deals, enforcement rollbacks coincide with a booming access economy
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Rare Declaration of Independence printing found in UK National Archives Volunteer spots Exeter broadside among Royal Navy papers seized in 1776, a founding text survives as mislabelled wartime paperwork
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IQM lists on Nasdaq via SPAC Prospectus warns quantum computing may never achieve large-scale commercial traction, public funding and 2028 government deadlines still drive the market
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Sixteen children rescued from Ohio home Authorities say most were confined to one room for years, case surfaced only after unrelated search warrant
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TV Time shuts down in mid-July Whip Media cites cost of running free app and pivots to AI tools, years of watch history become a data export deadline
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Miscellaneous

Miscellaneous
Rare Declaration of Independence printing found in UK National Archives Volunteer spots Exeter broadside among Royal Navy papers seized in 1776, a founding text survives as mislabelled wartime paperwork
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Miscellaneous
Aceh publicly canes couple after TikTok kissing livestream Indonesia’s 2006 autonomy deal leaves sharia courts policing viral behaviour, seized phone and USB ordered destroyed as evidence
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Miscellaneous
Two climbers scale Empire State Building antenna and unfurl banner Apparent proposal follows as NYPD monitors with drone and helicopter, landmark security response ends in arrests and street closures
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Miscellaneous
France beats Sweden 3–0 at World Cup Mbappé scores twice as Les Bleus reach last 16, Swedish resistance lasts until the first goal goes in
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Charter boat sinks off Vancouver with six feared dead Authorities say no mayday was sent and no passengers wore lifejackets, a nearby sailing couple makes the distress call
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Media

Media
BBC finds Instagram ads promoting child sexual abuse material in India Paid placements direct users to Telegram channels selling videos for as little as 99 rupees, Meta disables adverts after report but one channel stays up
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Media
TV Time shuts down in mid-July Whip Media cites cost of running free app and pivots to AI tools, years of watch history become a data export deadline
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Media
Vinton Cerf retires from Google Architect of TCP IP leaves evangelist role after two decades, AI agent boom revives old fights over who sets the protocols
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Media
US Supreme Court limits geofence warrants Fourth Amendment protections extend to cellphone location history held by apps and platforms, police must narrow map-based dragnets
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Media
UK plans social media ban for under-16s Starmer prepares Monday announcement as Australia-style platform list guides scope, age verification turns child safety into identity infrastructure
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Politics

Politics
Labour braces for uncontested Burnham leadership Party plans online Q&As instead of hustings, unions seek leverage through rule tweaks before conference vote
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Politics
Russian missile and drone attack hits Kyiv At least 13 killed and dozens injured as apartment block floors collapse, shelters fill while both sides trade strikes on fuel and logistics
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Politics
China brings ethnic unity law into force Mandarin promotion and anti-separatism clauses widen state leverage, critics warn legal liability can follow dissidents abroad
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Politics
German prosecutors charge suspect over Nord Stream sabotage Ukrainian national named in 2022 pipeline blasts case, courtroom timeline replaces diplomatic clarity
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Politics
Starmer adds £15bn for UK defence Road and energy capital projects scrapped to fund uplift, spending totals rise as domestic investment is cut instead
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Opinion

Opinion
Zanele Mji: South Africa deploys soldiers after anti-immigrant shutdown protests Civic groups demand papers and force shop closures, makeshift camps fill while state arrives late
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Opinion
George Monbiot: UK heatwave warnings become culture-war target Telegraph Sun and Daily Mail invoke 1976 to oppose closures, surveys show many people do not know how to cope with extreme heat
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Opinion
Ireland faces conflict-of-interest claims ahead of EU presidency Guardian columnist says Big Tech ties distort digital rulemaking, leaked Facebook memo cites 2013 promise of positive outcome
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Opinion
Amy Galliford: ChatGPT offers instant reassurance Christian mystics treated silence as instruction, the space between question and answer gets priced at zero
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Opinion
Arwa Mahdawi: Elon Musk nears trillionaire status SpaceX IPO talk meets political access after $290m election spending, a private fortune starts to resemble public infrastructure
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Europe

Europe
Julian Nagelsmann resigns as Germany coach DFB confirms talks with Jürgen Klopp, long contracts end fast after World Cup exits
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Europe
Kyiv death toll rises to 30 after Russian strike Euronews reports massive missile and drone attack on Ukrainian capital, rescue crews find more bodies as rubble is cleared
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Europe
Fire evacuates 80 residents in Valencia apartment blocks Euronews says blaze started in squatters flats due for court ordered clearing, smoke and social services replace a housing dispute overnight
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Europe
IISS report maps drone overflights of European nuclear sites 144 incidents tracked across more than a dozen countries since late 2024, western militaries repeatedly fail to intercept low-cost intrusions
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Europe
Russia closes railway border crossings with Finland Estonia and Latvia Kremlin order gives no reason and halts rail movement at named checkpoints, regional trade links become discretionary
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North America

North America
Canadian boy died of rabies after bat exposure at family cottage Case report details missed post-exposure prophylaxis window, Ontario had not confirmed a rabies case since the 1960s
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North America
Four die in Mexico City crowd surge Angel of Independence celebration after World Cup win draws vast gathering, stadium-scale emotions spill into streets without stadium controls
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North America
Trump disclosure shows more than $1 billion crypto income $TRUMP token royalties and World Liberty Financial sales dominate 2025 filing, White House denies conflicts as regulation remains discretionary
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North America
US Supreme Court upholds birthright citizenship Trump vows new legislation after executive order fails, 6–3 ruling keeps 14th Amendment rule in place
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North America
Florida hiker dies in alligator attack near Orlando Authorities capture two alligators and send DNA samples to state lab, drought and mating season collide with a popular river swim spot
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Latin America

Latin America
Haiti massacre reconstruction shows gangs expanding into rural areas Guardian investigation documents at least 70 killed in Jean-Denis attack, state collapse in Port-au-Prince spreads along roads and farming communities
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Latin America
Venezuelan man rescued after eight days under quake rubble Foreign search teams and improvised lifelines keep one survivor alive, La Guaira families camp beside unstable ruins as rescue turns into recovery
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Latin America
US storefront remittance schemes move cartel cash to Mexico El País traces laundering through small transfers under false names, Washington pressures Sheinbaum while legal remittances still top sixty billion dollars
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Latin America
Keiko Fujimori wins Peru presidential election Razor-thin margin awaits official confirmation, a mandate built on order talk and contested legitimacy
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Latin America
Costa Rica welfare system strains under waiting lists and pension math IMF warns social security reserves could run out in mid-2030s, patients get appointments years away
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Asia

Asia
South Korea chip boom fuels outsized bonuses Samsung and SK Hynix profits lift Kospi to records while small-firm wages lag far behind, luxury sales surge along factory bus routes
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Asia
Chinese court upholds rare workplace sexual harassment win Ex-NGO intern awarded emotional damages and ordered apology, a censored movement leaves victims to litigate one case at a time
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Asia
China expands export controls on Japanese entities Dual-use rules hit firms and state-linked research bodies, security disputes spill into supply chains
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Asia
Thai court jails mother for trafficking daughter to Japan Separate Pattaya suitcase murder case puts focus on tourist corridors and CCTV, investigators still withhold details on wider networks
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Asia
Raids expose sexual abuse inside southeast Asia scam compounds Guardian reports women trafficked into Laos Myanmar and Cambodia to run pig-butchering schemes, online fraud scales because captivity is cheap
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Middle East

Middle East
Bomb kills five in central Damascus Cafe near Palace of Justice hit as Syria assembles first post-Assad parliament, lawmaking timeline collides with street-level insecurity
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Middle East
Ship traffic plunges in Strait of Hormuz after weekend attacks Kpler data show transits fall from 74 midweek to 12 Sunday, reopening becomes a question of who controls the corridor
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Middle East
Trump says US and Iran hold Doha talks Tuesday Iran denies technical meetings are scheduled, Hormuz shipping rules and frozen assets drive the timetable
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Middle East
Aramco helicopter crash kills at least 14 in Ras Tanura Key Saudi oil export hub sits near Strait of Hormuz shipping route, output ramp-up meets infrastructure logistics risk
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Middle East
Israel cabinet backs Armenian genocide recognition First formal Knesset vote still pending after years of caution toward Turkey, genocide label enters diplomacy as Gaza accusations intensify
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Africa

Africa
Floods kill 59 in Côte d’Ivoire Torrential rains hit Ghana Nigeria and Benin, urban growth and blocked drainage turn storms into infrastructure failures
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Africa
Niger arrests dozens under new anti-LGBTQ+ penal code First criminalisation of same-sex relations follows junta constitutional rewrite, HIV services for men shut down as prosecutions expand
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Africa
Boko Haram survivors describe childhood abductions in Borno Splintered insurgency and criminal gangs keep schools in the crosshairs, rescue and stigma arrive together
independent.co.uk
Africa
Uganda troops shut down Daily Monitor operations Army chief Muhoozi Kainerugaba claims power to close any media house, succession politics moves from ballots to barracks
independent.co.uk
Africa
Burkina Faso severs diplomatic ties with France Junta cites neo-colonialism claims as Paris weighs reciprocal steps, security partnership ends as civilian death allegations mount
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Economy

Economy
Trump defends billion-dollar crypto windfall while in office Disclosures detail family ventures and foreign-linked deals, enforcement rollbacks coincide with a booming access economy
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Economy
Sony ends new PlayStation game discs from 2028 Boxed releases switch to download codes sold in shops, ownership questions grow as resale disappears
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Economy
UK economy shrinks in April Services output falls as Middle East conflict lifts costs, July energy price cap turns geopolitics into household budgeting
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Economy
Northern Ireland resident doctors strike over pay Health minister cites lack of agreed budget, staffing exits turn wage restraint into service cancellations
bbc.com
Economy
AI bubble warnings fail to slow US stocks Market gains concentrate in Magnificent Seven, debt-funded buildout keeps investors locked in
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Technology

Technology
IQM lists on Nasdaq via SPAC Prospectus warns quantum computing may never achieve large-scale commercial traction, public funding and 2028 government deadlines still drive the market
techcrunch.com
Technology
DHS investigates breach of Homeland Security Information Network Intelligence sharing platform supports World Cup operations, unclassified systems still carry operationally sensitive data
techcrunch.com
Technology
Bending Spoons lists on Nasdaq at over $18 billion Milan app acquirer pitches AI-driven operational playbook for Meetup Vimeo and WeTransfer, IPO pop follows a business built on price tests and post-deal layoffs
techcrunch.com
Technology
India challenges WhatsApp username rollout MeitY warns handles could fuel impersonation and fraud, Meta privacy pitch collides with platform-managed identity
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Technology
X launches hosted MCP server for AI tools Standard protocol connects assistants to X API under user permissions, easier automation arrives alongside higher per-post pricing
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Science

Science
Prolonged sitting links to higher cancer death risk UK Biobank wearable study tracks more than 90,000 people over a decade, light movement breaks matter as much as workouts
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Science
Researchers build synthetic cell that eats grows and divides University of Minnesota team reports SpudCell life-cycle design built from non-living chemicals, collaboration still depends on flying in to reproduce techniques
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Science
June ocean surface temperatures set new record outside polar regions Copernicus links early peak to emerging El Niño, summer extremes now start from a higher baseline
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Science
Maternal blood test detects thousands of foetal genetic conditions Non-invasive sequencing matches invasive results in 565-pregnancy validation study, a blood draw could replace a needle for many diagnoses
theguardian.com
Science
NOAA declares El Niño conditions underway Models point to very strong warming later this year, global heat records now depend on a Pacific threshold crossing
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