Politics

June movies are all about legacies and tradition. This month’s new releases include a debut feature by the daughter of a famed filmmaker, a sequel to a beloved animation, a prequel to a popular monster flick, an addition to the …

The United States is taking a major victory lap after federal authorities took down what was allegedly the largest zombie “botnet” in the world. A Chinese national, YunHe Wang, was arrested as the mastermind of 911 S5, a proxy bot …

Red or white – or maybe rosé? It’s a question most of us have mulled over countless times while perusing a wine list. But now there’s a fourth option to consider: no longer confined to trendy bars and independent shops, …

A red line has been crossed. President Joe Biden “secretly gave Ukraine permission to strike inside Russia with U.S. weapons,” Politico said. That’s a dramatic change in policy after two years of war in which Biden has conspicuously attempted to …

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The northern isles of the Orkney archipelago receive fewer visitors than the main island (known as the Mainland) and those to the south. But they have a windswept magic of their own, says Mark Rowe in The Telegraph: teeming colonies …

Growing up, we had fresh brown soda bread baked weekly by my Aunt Sadie, said Anna Haugh. She measured the ingredients for it with her hands; she never used scales. This update takes the guesswork out of the equation, and …

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More than a third of the 67,337 asylum applications made in the UK in 2023 came from applicants who had arrived by small boats across the Channel. The arrival of large numbers of irregular arrivals by boat since 2018 (initially …

He makes for an unlikely terrorist, said Julia Jüttner in Der Spiegel (Hamburg). It’s all too easy to dismiss 72-year-old real estate broker Heinrich XIII Prince Reuss as just a confused old man. That’s not how German prosecutors see it, …

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The Gaza war is a “military quagmire and a human tragedy”, said The Economist. It is also fast turning into a “diplomatic disaster for Israel”, at a critical juncture in its history.  Last week, the International Criminal Court‘s prosecutor alleged …

‘We are starting to enjoy hatred’ Peggy Noonan in The Wall Street Journal Americans have been divided for a long time, says Peggy Noonan. The “political polarization” has been a source of distress. People have lamented the increasing “harshness of …

Caitlin Clark became the face of women’s basketball as a college superstar. Her WNBA journey is proving more challenging.  Yes, the rookie scored 30 points for her Indiana Fever on Tuesday night — but the effort came in yet another …

What happened Boeing executives met Thursday with Federal Aviation Administration officials to present a comprehensive safety plan FAA officials had demanded following the Jan. 5 loss of a door plug on an airborne Alaska Airlines 737 Max 9 airliner.  Who …

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What happened A New York jury on Thursday evening found Donald Trump guilty on all 34 counts of falsifying business records in a scheme to illegally influence the 2016 election by secretly paying off a porn actress to hide a …

What happened South Africa’s long-dominant African National Congress party appears to have lost its parliamentary majority for the first time since it rose to power in 1994 under Nelson Mandela at the end of apartheid, according to preliminary results from …

Tens of millions of social media accounts have shared an “All eyes on Rafah” image, which draws attention to the mounting civilian death toll as a result of Israel’s assault on the Gazan city. The viral reach of the AI-generated …

As the final guilty verdict was read in Donald Trump’s hush-money trial yesterday, attention immediately turned to the impact it would have on the US presidential election on 5 November.  The unanimous 34 guilty verdicts delivered in the Manhattan court …

President Biden has come under increasing pressure this week to denounce Israel’s assault on Rafah. Despite mounting civilian deaths and reports of Israel obstructing humanitarian aid, the White House still maintains its “red lines” have yet to be crossed. Meanwhile, …

European security services fear Russia could be trying to destabilise the continent with a series of mysterious fires and infrastructure attacks that have put a number of countries on “high alert”. Investigators looking into an “arson attack” in east London …

A week after a landslide that left hundreds of people dead, the prime minister of Papua New Guinea is facing a vote of no confidence. The outcome will be keenly watched in China, Australia and the US, which are seeking …

After months of iffy weather across much of the globe, summer is nearly here in North America. And, lucky for its residents, many standout artists are looking to take advantage of the sunshine with some live tours. Alanis Morissette One …

As culture wars continue to brew in schools across the United States, one unconventional group is pushing for more representation in the classroom: Satanists. This has particularly caused controversy in states like Tennessee, where an elementary school formed a program …

Not being able to pay your credit card bill is a daunting situation to deal with. And it’s one that is happening to “more Americans,” said NPR, as “about 8.9% of credit card balances fell into delinquency over the last …

The Hubble Space Telescope was launched into orbit in 1990, and NASA estimates that it will end its lifecycle in the mid-2030s, burning up in the atmosphere as it plummets back to Earth. But while NASA is already looking to …