Israel strikes Iran after Beirut attack triggers missile exchange
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World

World
Magnitude 7.8 earthquake hits southern Philippines Tsunami warnings trigger evacuations across Mindanao, early casualty counts diverge as damage assessments begin
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Israel strikes Beirut suburb US-brokered truce frays as Dahieh returns to target list, Iran signals response via parliament spokesperson
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Palestinian baby killed in Hebron shooting Family says Israeli troops fired after car stopped while IDF cites perceived threat, initial inquiry already finds civilians were uninvolved
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Armenia holds election under Russian trade pressure Pashinyan campaigns on EU path after Nagorno-Karabakh loss, import bans on flowers cognac and produce arrive in final stretch
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World
ISS air leak triggers evacuation-ready shelter order NASA pauses operations as Zvezda module cracks worsen, astronauts return to work after safe-haven drill
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United States

Mehdi Hasan: UK and US tighten speech and border powers around Palestine Proscription votes and visa leverage target activists and students, free-speech branding survives the paperwork
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USAID contraceptives for Africa remain stranded in Belgium Trump-era aid dismantling leaves Kenyan clinics rationing supplies, post-abortion care cases rise at one Nairobi centre
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Israel strikes Iran after Beirut attack triggers missile exchange Trump says he urged Netanyahu to hold back as White House stays silent on coordination, regional airspace closures and base sirens spread the cost
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Trump considers buying Chagos Islands from Mauritius Diego Garcia base and Iran strikes raise urgency, sovereignty dispute turns into a transaction proposal
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Trump-appointed Ninth Circuit judge faces Idaho battery charge Parking dispute allegedly ends with smashed glasses on video, lifetime tenure meets local misdemeanour docket
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Miscellaneous

Miscellaneous
BBC Wales buys illegal sperm sample online HFEA warns women face exploitation by predatory donors, next-day delivery arrives with tomato passata and dead cells
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Miscellaneous
Eight wounded in shooting near Toledo street festival Old West End event turns into multi-scene police search, summer crowds meet taped-off streets
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D-Day anniversary draws only six confirmed veterans British Normandy Memorial adds newly identified dead, remembrance turns into an archival project
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Anthony Head dies aged 72 Buffy the Vampire Slayer and Ted Lasso roles made him a cross-era TV fixture, pneumonia ends a career that began in coffee adverts
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Bondi Beach shooting hero faces domestic violence charges Ahmed al Ahmed praised after disarming attacker at Jewish event, fundraiser and prime minister visit collide with court process
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Media

Media
Gamers push EU to curb server shutdowns for online-only games Ubisoft The Crew case exposes license-not-ownership doctrine, consumer petitions collide with publisher cost warnings
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Media
Meta Oversight Board attacks opaque account bans Due process gaps collide with automated enforcement and paid Meta Verified support, users still lose livelihoods without a clear appeal
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UK CMA orders Google to offer AI search opt-out for publishers Conduct requirements target AI Overviews and model fine-tuning, nine-month deadline turns traffic losses into a bargaining fight
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Media
Anthropic expands Claude Mythos security program to critical infrastructure Project Glasswing adds roughly 150 organisations across more than 15 countries after IPO filing, utilities and agencies adopt private model as assurance layer
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Media
Meta legal action silences Facebook whistleblower at Hay festival Emergency order threatens fines for public comments about memoir, book pulled from sale while author sits onstage
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Politics

Politics
Pashinyan heads for decisive win in Armenia election Early results show Civil Contract leading as Russia applies import bans and influence claims swirl, balanced foreign policy gets tested in customs lines
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Politics
Israel strikes Iran after Beirut attack triggers missile exchange Trump says he urged Netanyahu to hold back as White House stays silent on coordination, regional airspace closures and base sirens spread the cost
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Politics
Trump considers buying Chagos Islands from Mauritius Diego Garcia base and Iran strikes raise urgency, sovereignty dispute turns into a transaction proposal
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Politics
Sweden prepares adult prisons for child inmates Kumla refits cells and builds classrooms ahead of July change, parliament weighs lowering criminal responsibility age to 13
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Politics
DoJ tells appeals court it cannot block Trump White House ballroom Preservation lawsuit fights East Wing demolition order, bunker work continues while judges debate remedies
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Opinion

Opinion
Mehdi Hasan: UK and US tighten speech and border powers around Palestine Proscription votes and visa leverage target activists and students, free-speech branding survives the paperwork
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Opinion
Aditya Chakrabortty says Blair still dominates Labour politics Guardian cites media coverage outstripping serving ministers, conference circuit keeps ex-leaders louder than officeholders
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Opinion
Nesrine Malik warns against AI as writing partner Fake quotes and bland machine prose spread through books and journalism, error costs land on readers and editors not vendors
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Opinion
X demonetises major accounts accused of stealing video content Nikita Bier confirms penalties and revenue cuts for repeat reuploaders, creator payouts turn attribution into an enforcement problem
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Jonathan Liew says X rewards fake content over discourse Guardian column cites viral fabricated football quotes and research comparing for you feed with chronological timeline, debate labels and outrage metrics become the product
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Europe

Europe
Nine EU states push back on corporate vehicle emissions targets Fleet rules become next battleground for EU climate policy, compliance costs surface before voters see benefits
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Europe
Armenia votes in parliamentary election Post-Karabakh security and EU tilt dominate campaign, Russia applies trade pressure as Yerevan debates its patron
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Europe
Bernadette Chirac dies aged 93 Former French first lady stayed in politics after Jacques Chirac left office, her last public appearance came at a small-town street naming
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Europe
Ukrainian drones strike St Petersburg region Russian officials call attack unprecedented during economic forum, indoor warning arrives as war reaches showcase city
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Europe
Maritime drone explodes in Romanian port Constanța blast prompts evacuations and EU solidarity messages, Black Sea spillover reaches commercial infrastructure
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North America

North America
Trump-appointed Ninth Circuit judge faces Idaho battery charge Parking dispute allegedly ends with smashed glasses on video, lifetime tenure meets local misdemeanour docket
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North America
Trump administration weighs equity stake in OpenAI TechCrunch cites talks tied to proposed Public Wealth Fund, government ownership pitch arrives as AI firms line up IPOs
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North America
Actor James Handy stabbed to death in Los Angeles Police arrest girlfriend son after Tarzana killing, motive unknown as case is labeled isolated
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North America
Possible New World screwworm case triggers USDA testing in Texas Livestock industry braces for first suspected border breach in decades, lab confirmation lags social media certainty
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North America
US sanctions Iran’s biggest crypto exchanges Treasury targets Nobitex Wallex Bitpin and Ramzinex over alleged IRGC financing, domestic on-ramps become the new choke point
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Latin America

Latin America
Peru heads to presidential runoff Keiko Fujimori faces Roberto Sánchez after first-round fragmentation, mandatory voting delivers turnout while legitimacy stays thin
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Latin America
Mexican journalist disappears after home invasion caught on video Veracruz prosecutors open case as masked gunmen show tactical gear and a Mexican flag patch, investigation begins with no arrests and no motive
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Latin America
Cuban migrants face Spanish legalization bottleneck at Havana consulate Power cuts and document rules turn criminal-record certificates into a resale market, deadlines in Madrid collide with blackouts in Havana
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Latin America
Cocaine traffickers revive Mexico Guatemala Pacific sea route El País tracks at least eight detected vessels and multi-ton seizures in 2026, navies publish results while key operational details stay opaque
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Latin America
US labels Brazil PCC and Comando Vermelho terrorist groups State Department expands material-support penalties and bank-risk pressure, election-season meeting politics shadow the designation
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Asia

Asia
Kim Yo Jong rejects US denuclearisation push Xi Jinping visit spotlights Beijing’s shrinking leverage, Pyongyang pairs sanctions talk with factory production targets
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Asia
Hundreds protest for India’s Cockroach Janata Party, viral online joke movement holds first rally at Jantar Mantar in New Delhi Youth unemployment and exam leaks supply the fuel
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Asia
AirTrunk commits 30 billion dollars to India data centers Blackstone-backed operator targets 5GW by 2030, tax exemptions run to 2047 as power becomes bottleneck
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Asia
Asia braces for El Niño return WMO puts formation odds above 80% in coming months, cities and farms face shortages before any emergency is declared
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Asia
New Delhi hotel fire kills at least 21 people Police say most victims were foreign nationals, safety checks begin after the building is already charred
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Middle East

Middle East
Drive-by shootings near West Bank border kill one in central Israel Police kill suspect after chase and arrest second man, ministers push harsher measures as violence spreads
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Middle East
Israeli strike kills Lebanese soldiers in south Lebanon US-brokered border framework faces first major stress test, Beirut warns outside powers bargain while villages evacuate
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Middle East
Israel’s southern Lebanon campaign kills thousands and drives mass displacement El País tallies deaths destroyed homes and shifting evacuation lines, ceasefire language coexists with empty towns
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Middle East
Hezbollah rejects renewed Israel Lebanon ceasefire US-backed pilot security zones arrive without maps, truce terms spread faster than enforcement
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Middle East
US House votes to curb Trump Iran war powers War powers resolution passes 215–208 with four Republicans, White House calls move unconstitutional
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Africa

Africa
USAID contraceptives for Africa remain stranded in Belgium Trump-era aid dismantling leaves Kenyan clinics rationing supplies, post-abortion care cases rise at one Nairobi centre
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Africa
Elephants raid Zambian farms near Livingstone Drought and growing herds push wildlife out of parks, a single night’s crop loss becomes the price of conservation corridors
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Africa
Kenya court blocks US Ebola quarantine camp Satellite images show Laikipia air base construction continues after protest deaths, tent city becomes the policy document
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Africa
Sudan tracks thousands of stolen antiquities Khartoum museums looted during civil war as databases vanish, rewards and Interpol links replace locked display cases
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Africa
Reflective roof paint cools African homes by several degrees in field trials Researchers track sleep and health impacts across South Africa and Ghana, heat adaptation arrives as a consumer product
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Economy

Economy
Google agrees to pay SpaceX for compute capacity Business Insider reports monthly bill of 920 million dollars, AI boom turns into recurring fixed cost
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Economy
Seattle moves toward data centre moratorium Proposed AI facilities would consume a third of city daily electricity demand, public utility readies separate large-load rates
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Economy
US announces new forced-labour tariffs Duties hit EU UK Canada and Japan after investigation into 60 partners, Supreme Court setback leaves import prices as the enforcement tool
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Economy
Castlelake buys stake in easyJet US private credit firm weighs takeover as airline cites Middle East-driven share slump, EU ownership rules hang over any deal
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Economy
EU fines Temu for illegal products Commission cites dangerous baby toys and faulty chargers sold via platform, action plan deadline turns consumer safety into compliance paperwork
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Technology

Technology
OpenAI launches ChatGPT Lockdown Mode Feature disables live browsing and agent tools to limit prompt injection exposure, security setting arrives with warning it cannot fully prevent attacks
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Technology
AI token bills blow through corporate budgets Metered pricing replaces flat plans as agent tools multiply usage, Linux Foundation launches Tokenomics standards push
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Technology
Filtr blocks ads across most iPhone and Mac apps Apple URL filters extend ad blocking beyond browsers, a five-dollar subscription tests how much of the app economy is optional
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Technology
Data center water use becomes investor risk SpaceX IPO filing flags scarcity constraints as cooling backlash grows, Google answers billion-gallon headlines with replenishment pledges
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Technology
MicroAGI offers free home cleaning in New York Shift app records bodycam-style footage to train robots, liability and deletion rights sit in the fine print
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Science

Science
Ebola survivor describes infection before outbreak declaration in eastern Congo Bundibugyo variant lacks approved vaccines and treatments, supportive care carries the load while experimental shots remain in development
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Science
Aram Harrow says practical quantum computers may arrive sooner Error correction and falling noise rates push beyond decade-long forecasts, cryptography migrations stay slow even when hardware speeds up
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AD109 sleep apnea pill reduces breathing interruptions in trial CPAP adherence problems drive demand for alternatives, one in five patients stopped the drug due to side effects
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Science
Daraxonrasib pill nearly doubles survival in advanced pancreatic cancer trial KRAS-targeting therapy beats chemotherapy in ASCO data, access hinges on genetic selection and sequencing speed
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Amivantamab injection clears tumours in head-and-neck cancer trial Results presented at ASCO after chemotherapy and immunotherapy resistance, complete responses arrive alongside a mass rollout of new oncology shots
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