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🌧️ Russia-Ukraine war: List of key events, day 1,177

These are the key events on day 1,177 of Russia’s war on Ukraine.

ALJAZEERA

🤖 Mega-rich condo owners sue after unearthing terrifying secret hidden in super-skinny luxury skyscraper on New York's Billionaire's Row

Ultra-wealthy New York City condo owners are suing after claiming they found new evidence about the super-skinny luxury skyscraper at 432 Park Avenue.

DAILYMAIL

👨‍⚖️ Kohberger trial thrown into jeopardy as judge cites major violation that could prevent an impartial jury

The 30-year-old is scheduled to stand trial in August accused of the quadruple homicide of four University of Idaho students back in November 2022.

DAILYMAIL

🤖 Blake Lively breaks cover with new-look squad after explosive claims she threatened to leak Taylor Swift texts

Blake Lively appears to have revamped her squad in the wake of her friendship with Taylor Swift fizzling out, and she's bringing in one of her longtime celebrity pals.

DAILYMAIL

🔥 Inside Taylor Swift's biggest friendship falling-outs as she cuts Blake Lively out of her life

Taylor Swift's squad took one of its biggest hits to date as after she allegedly ended her longtime friendship with Blake Lively in the wake of her escalating legal drama with Justin Baldoni.

DAILYMAIL

👔 Stephen Colbert on the President’s Trumped-Up Birthday Plans

A military parade marking the anniversary of the Army’s founding will be held on the president’s birthday. “He wants overwhelming force,” Stephen Colbert said.

NYTIMES

🔎 Smokey Robinson under criminal investigation after sexual assault allegations

Motown legend Smokey Robinson is being criminally investigated by the Los Angeles County Sheriff's Department following allegations accusing him of a series of sexual assaults.

NPR

🚨 'Bourbon Street Hustler' Danette Colbert is sentenced months after Super Bowl reporter's death

The 'Bourbon Street Hustler' Danette Colbert has been sentenced to 25 years in prison on an unrelated case while she faces second-degree murder charges for killing a Super Bowl reporter.

DAILYMAIL

🗳️ Romania braces for crossroads presidential runoff viewed as a choice between East or West

As Romania heads into a critical presidential runoff on Sunday between two starkly different candidates, many view the final vote as a geopolitical choice between East or West

ABC

🌧️ European leaders meet in Albania to debate security concerns against Russia-Ukraine war backdrop

The leaders of 47 European countries will meet in Albania to discuss security, defense and democratic standards against the backdrop of Russia's war on Ukraine

ABC

💒 Pippa Middleton made TWO unusual requests for her wedding which split up Meghan Markle and Prince Harry

Eight years ago this week, Pippa Middleton was married to James Matthews in a stunning ceremony at St Mark's Church in Englefield, West Berkshire.

DAILYMAIL

⚔️ Australian war veteran loses defamation appeal over 'inhumane' killings

Australia's most decorated living war veteran has lost his appeal against a court's ruling that he unlawfully killed four people while on duty in Afghanistan.

SKY

⛔ Trump’s decision to lift Syria sanctions fuels dreams of economic revival

Analysts say that sanctions relief will be a boon to Syria, but may take some time to affect the country.

ALJAZEERA

⚔️ Pope Leo's fellow Augustinian brothers look forward to papacy marked by unity and focus on Jesus

In his public appearance as pope, Leo called himself an Augustinian, putting an unusual spotlight on his religious order

ABC

🤖 Smokey Robinson under criminal investigation after former employees accused music legend of 'sex attacks'

A criminal investigation has been launched into sexual assault allegations against Motown legend Smokey Robinson.

DAILYMAIL

🔥 Survivor star Jane Bright dead at 71 as fans mourn loss of 'iconic' contestant from competition series

Survivor: Nicaragua star Jane Bright has passed away at the age of 71 - nearly 15 years since she appeared on the CBS competition series.

DAILYMAIL

👔 Former FBI director James Comey's bizarre excuse for post calling to 'assassinate the President'

Comey posted - and then swiftly deleted - a cryptic picture on his Instagram page on Thursday which featured an assortment of shells arranged to spell out '86 47.'

DAILYMAIL

🤖 Frightened little boy, 7, dies in agony 'after parents force fed him appalling substance as punishment'

Seven-year-old Isaiah Stark was rushed to hospital after an extended period of vomiting and displaying 'unusual' behavior. He became unresponsive on the drive, and died the next day.

DAILYMAIL

🔥 Popular East Coast beach town enrages visitors with 'extortionate' seasonal beach pass

A popular East Coast beach town has enraged visitors with the 'extortionate' price of its seasonal beach pass this year. 

DAILYMAIL

💼 Cherished restaurant chain forced to close its flagship location after nearly 50 years in business

A cherished restaurant chain closed its flagship restaurant after nearly 50 years in business this week.

DAILYMAIL

👔 Where are the Presidents' children today... see the first children now, from Tiffany Trump to Caroline Kennedy

When a president enters the White House, they expect a certain level of publicity - and sometimes, their children aren't prepared for the level of fame they find. 

DAILYMAIL

🤖 His gruesome murder trial captured the nation... but I uncovered a secret that proved his innocence

55-year-old TV repairman Alvin Ridley was branded as a 'sicko' who had held his wife, Virginia , captive for 30 years before he brutally killed her in 1997. But the truth eventually came to the surface.

DAILYMAIL

👔 US senators seek to block Trump’s UAE, Qatar defence deals

Senators accuse US President Donald Trump of engaging in 'corruption of US foreign policy' with defence deals.

ALJAZEERA

🥳 Party ’til the break of 10pm: Inside the club ‘for women who have things to do next morning’

A new “safe, judgment free” club is giving Gen X women the chance to recapture lost youth and tear it up on the dance floor.

SMH

⚔️ Peace in South Sudan, a Nation U.S. Helped Build, Is Unraveling

After years of gradual progress toward stability, a succession battle is pushing the country to the precipice of another full-blown civil war.

NYTIMES

🔥 Romania Is Falling Into the Abyss

Romania’s disastrous slide to the far right had been coming.

NYTIMES

🇨🇳 China’s First Police Corgi Has 400,000 Followers and a Nose for Trouble

Fu Zai has won top workplace reviews as an unusual breed of sniffer dog. But his lack of self-control cost him his annual bonus.

NYTIMES

🌧️ Hospital tells family brain-dead Georgia woman must carry fetus due to abortion ban

Georgia's law that restricts abortion once cardiac activity is detected doesn't allow relatives to have a say in whether a pregnant woman is kept on life support.

NPR

🇮🇱 Call me a self-hating Jew, but what Israel is doing in Gaza is indefensible

Does criticism of Israel amount to antisemitism? No, it does not. And the cruelty we see in Gaza is chillingly reminiscent of Europe 80 years ago when Jewish people faced extinction.

SMH

⚽ Livvy Dunne, Jordan Chiles and Alix Earle party with 50 Cent at glitzy Sports Illustrated Swimsuit party

Olivia Dunne, Jordan Chiles and Rob Gronkowski were among the sports icons to head to the glitzy event at Hard Rock Hotel in New York City .

DAILYMAIL

🤖 Hunter Biden's wild threat to knock out high-profile TV star at the Super Bowl

Hunter Biden once said he would 'knock out' a high-profile TV star at a pre-game party before the Super Bowl.

DAILYMAIL

🇮🇱 What is famine, and why is Gaza at risk of reaching it soon?

One in five in Gaza face famine as Israel's blockade continues. What does starvation do to the human body?

ALJAZEERA

🤖 Naomi Watts' daughter doesn't look like this anymore! Kai Schreiber, 16, shocks with dramatic transformation

Naomi Watts' 16-year-old daughter Kai Schreiber recently surprised fans with a bold new look that had fans doing a double-take.

DAILYMAIL

🔥 Sean 'Diddy' Combs' attorney cross-examines Cassie Ventura for the first time

An attorney asked Ventura a series of questions about Ventura admittedly feeling jealous during her relationship with Combs and Ventura begrudgingly planning parts of their sex life.

NPR

🎖️ What Happens if U.S. Drones Strike Mexico?

Trump is considering unilateral military action against drug cartels.

FP

🌧️ New Jersey Transit Train Service Is Shut Down After Engineers Walk Out

The strike is expected to disrupt the lives of tens of thousands of commuters in the New York metropolitan region.

NYTIMES

🔥 Saudi Arabia Is Executing More People Than Ever

Trump’s speech allows Mohammed bin Salman’s regime to continue its killing spree without censure.

FP

🏛️ Japan to hold out for better trade deal with US

Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba’s unpopular government fears concessions could prompt electoral backlash

FT

🌧️ How Ukraine lost hundreds of millions on arms deals gone wrong

Desperate to source munitions, Kyiv paid foreign brokers for weapons and shells that were sometimes unusable or never arrived

FT

🔥 Trump made me a hundred grand

There is nothing like irrational mayhem for opportunistic investing

FT

📉 A US recession doesn’t seem so likely any more

Trump has shown a willingness to pivot in the face of adverse market reaction

FT

🇨🇳 Nvidia plans Shanghai research centre in new commitment to China

US chipmaker considers expanding its presence in the country even as sales are hit by Washington’s export controls

FT

📊 Tariffs are pulling Fed in opposing directions, Fidelity bond chief says

Head of asset manager’s $2.3tn fixed income unit says levies are testing Fed’s inflation and employment goals

FT

💻 AI chatbots do battle over human memories

Tech groups have released upgrades to store a larger amount of user information and personalise responses

FT

🛡️ Zimbabwe is full of elephants and conflict with villagers is growing. A new approach hopes to help

Zimbabwe has about 100,000 elephants, about double the land's capacity

ABC

👔 Latin America's leftist leaders remember Uruguay's 'Pepe' Mujica as generous, charismatic leader

In the soaring palace of Uruguay’s parliament, left-wing presidents from the region have come to remember former President Jose Mujica as a generous and charismatic leader whose legacy of humility remained an example for the world’s politicians

ABC

💻 English teacher in viral exit video reveals students' pathetic excuse for misusing technology

A former English teacher who went viral for her revealing take on modern classrooms further opened up about her experience in a recent interview.

DAILYMAIL

👔 Trump Officials Say James Comey Is Under Investigation Over Social Media Post

James Comey shared and later took down a post with a phrase used by critics of the president, saying there had been no ill intent.

NYTIMES

🌧️ Emotional video of Cassie wrapped in husband Alex Fine's arms resurfaces as fans say footage has new meaning

The expecting 38-year-old was around six months pregnant with her first child with the 32-year-old fitness trainer when he completed the Ultra Marathon in LA in 2019 - two days after their Malibu wedding

DAILYMAIL

🔥 Ex-FBI boss James Comey investigated for seashell photo seen as threat to Trump

Republicans allege James Comey's now-deleted "8647" Instagram message was a call to assassinate Donald Trump.

BBC

🤖 LA 2028 Olympics plans air taxi service for spectators

The aircraft still aren't commercially approved but could offer a way around Los Angeles' notoriously poor traffic.

BBC

💒 Inside Lauren Sanchez's Paris bachelorette party! Kim Kardashian, Katy Perry and more join Jeff Bezos' fiancee

Lauren Sanchez's star-studded bachelorette party in Paris is in full swing ahead of her upcoming wedding to Amazon founder Jeff Bezos.

DAILYMAIL

🤖 Tommy Lee, 62, and wife Brittany Furlan, 38, split amid concerns over his drinking

Furlan is unhappy with Lee's drinking, and has made numerous attempts to try to guide him to sobriety to no avail, insiders told the outlet.

DAILYMAIL

⚔️ Japan's economy shrinks as Trump's trade war hits exports and shakes confidence

The government has reported that Japan's economy contracted at an annual rate of 0.7% in the first quarter, as U.S. President Donald Trump’s trade war hurt exports and dented consumer confidence

ABC

⚔️ Decorated Australian veteran loses his defamation appeal over killings in Afghanistan

Australia’s most decorated living war veteran Ben Roberts-Smith has lost his appeal of a civil court ruling that blamed him for unlawfully killing four Afghans while he served in Afghanistan

ABC

📉 Inside the 'world's greatest rock club' where Motley Crue and Black Sabbath raised hell as it lists for $4.3M

A legendary Las Vegas rock club with a Sunset Strip pedigree is hitting the market for a cool $4.3 million-but its reputation is priceless.

DAILYMAIL

👔 MAGA demands immediate arrest of former FBI director James Comey after he 'called for assassination' of Trump

Former FBI director James Comey is under investigation for implying President Donald Trump 'should be assassinated.'

DAILYMAIL

🎵 Justin Bieber finally breaks silence on explosive Diddy allegations amid sex trafficking trial

Justin Bieber has broken his silence on explosive rumors connecting him to Sean 'Diddy' Combs just days after the disgraced music mogul's sex trafficking trial began.

DAILYMAIL

⚔️ NYU withholds diploma of graduate who condemned Gaza war

NYU student Logan Rozos used his speech to accuse the US of supporting a "genocide" in Gaza.

BBC

🔥 Trump Administration Fires Hundreds of Voice of America Employees

The layoffs amounted to over a third of the media organization’s staff, and came as the Trump administration put up for sale the federal building in Washington that houses the network.

NYTIMES

⚔️ Woke Yale professors announce they're fleeing the US as historian compares living in America to the Titanic

Three liberal professors at Yale University say they're jumping ship from the United States, saying the country is headed toward fascism under Donald Trump and comparing it to being on the Titanic.

DAILYMAIL

🏀 Ex-college basketball star Jarred Shaw facing possible death sentence in Indonesia over alleged drug smuggling

Jarred Shaw, 34, played for Oklahoma State and Utah State before enjoying a brief stint in the NBA 's minor G-League. But, according to reports , he was arrested in the Indonesian capital.

DAILYMAIL

🐾 Veterinarian's cause of death revealed after he disappeared amid viral footage of him beating a horse

Nevada officials have determined the cause of death for Shawn Frehner, 56, who disappeared in early April as he was facing felony animal abuse charges.

DAILYMAIL

👨‍⚕️ Baby KJ was born with a rare, deadly disease. A one-of-a-kind gene tweak healed him

As KJ thrives, doctors hope the world-first treatment can someday help millions of people left behind because their genetic conditions are so uncommon.

SMH

💍 McDonald's shakes up fan-favorite dessert with new 30th anniversary addition… and fans are FURIOUS

McDonald's customers are furious over the return of a fan-favorite dessert.

DAILYMAIL

🏛️ Wild moment migrant tries to escape ICE agents by jumping into pond outside courthouse

A brazen migrant was caught on camera trying to escape Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents by jumping into a pond outside of a courthouse in North Carolina on Thursday.

DAILYMAIL

🤖 Full troubling truth about Trump's 'stumbles' and THOSE dementia rumors revealed by insiders, after viral 'sleepy' video

When Donald Trump sat down on stage at a special welcome ceremony in his honor in Saudi Arabia on Tuesday, he leaned back into his plush gold chair and shut his eyes… seeming to briefly nod off.

DAILYMAIL

🔥 No one should be surprised by Trump’s love-in with Middle East monarchs

With his face everywhere, Trump is becoming an American version of the Gulf’s absolute rulers. Of course, he seems to like it that way.

SMH

👔 'Casanova killer' Glen Rogers who was linked to OJ Simpson has four-word message for Trump before his execution

A man known as the 'Casanova Killer', who was once linked to OJ Simpson used his last seconds to send a message to President Donald Trump.

DAILYMAIL

🌧️ 36 Deaths in Police Custody Should Have Been Called Homicides, Report Finds

An audit of deaths in Maryland found that in cases of people who died after being restrained by the police, medical examiners often classified the deaths as natural or accidental.

NYTIMES

🔥 Walmart sparks fury as they now charge customers for service that's been free forever

Walmart is now charging for parking in a move to limit non-customer use.

DAILYMAIL

👔 Trump boasts of 1.4 Trillion investment in AI, Tech from UAE in final Mideast stop

On Thursday, Sheikh Mohammed bin Zayed Al Nahyan, the President of the United Arab Emirates, made an ambitious announcement regarding a substantial investment plan valued at $1.4 trillion. This financial commitment is intended for deployment across various sectors in the United States over the next ten years, as reported by Anadolu Agency. The declaration was […]

ENDTIMES

🔥 Scientists just used CERN to turn lead into gold for the first time

In a breakthrough that would envious medieval alchemists, scientists at Europe’s Large Hadron Collider have successfully transformed lead into gold, producing 89,000 atoms per second. Unlike traditional experiments that involve direct collisions of lead atoms, the ALICE team employed a unique method. By analyzing near-miss interactions where lead atoms narrowly avoid collision, researchers observed how […]

ENDTIMES

🏛️ Bruce Willis is dragged into Diddy's trial amid day three of Cassie Ventura's testimony

Bruce Willis' name was dragged into Sean 'Diddy' Combs' ongoing sex trafficking trial in New York on Thursday amid Cassie Ventura's testimony in court.

DAILYMAIL

🌡️ Republicans Attack Rules Designed to Keep Workers Safe From Heat

A warming climate exposes more and more workers to increasingly hotter conditions every year, yet soon after taking office, Donald Trump indefinitely froze a heat illness prevention rule proposed under the previous administration and gutted the only agency that studies workplace health and safety.  And on Thursday, a little more than a week after a […]

ICN

⚡ This is the shocking comment my dad made to me when he told me I wasn't his daughter. I was shattered - but tracking down my birth father was even more heartbreaking: DANIELLE MEAGHER COLLINS

Danielle was getting ready for bed when her dad rang to drop a bombshell. 'Don't make a big deal out of this, but I met your mother when she was four months pregnant.'

DAILYMAIL

🏛️ Chris Brown is charged with GBH after alleged bottle attack on music producer at London nightclub: US rapper is thrown in cells after being arrested at five-star hotel and will appear in court later today

US rapper Chris Brown has been charged with grievous bodily harm with intent over an alleged attack of a music producer with a bottle at a nightclub in London two years ago.

DAILYMAIL

⚔️ I was a 51-year-old virgin despite being married TWICE. This is how it felt when I finally had sex... and why I now think I may have been better off without it: MARIA-LOUISE WARNE

It's fair to say there was a long, sexually charged build-up to my first night with Tim. A tall, dark and handsome doctor, he kissed me with passion I'd never experienced before.

DAILYMAIL

🤖 Blake Lively and Taylor Swift's 10-year friendship is 100% done, with another A-List pal cutting ties next

Taylor Swift's decade-long friendship with Blake Lively is past the point of repair. The singer, 35, 'is done' with the actress, 37, a source exclusively told DailyMail.com.

DAILYMAIL

🤖 Rachael Ray's friends say they're 'deeply concerned' after she posted slurred video... and reveal 'very telling' detail that betrays the bigger issue

Rachael Ray left fans deeply concerned when she shared a video on Sunday in which she appeared to be slurring her words. 

DAILYMAIL

🤖 NBA star Kevin Durant launches brutal attack on Fox Sports analyst Emmanuel Acho

NBA star Kevin Durant has savaged ex-NFL players who are now paid to offer their 'hot takes' on basketball, accusing them of 'ruining the sport'.

DAILYMAIL

🤖 Socialist billionaire is accused of forcing his California winery employees into orgies and threesomes

Hansjorg Wyss, 89, a billionaire Democratic donor, has been accused of trying to coax a couple in his employ to have orgies and threesomes with him and another woman.

DAILYMAIL

🤖 Smokey Robinson under criminal investigation after sexual assault claims

The Motown legend has denied the allegations and his lawyer welcomed the probe "because exposure to the truth is a powerful thing".

BBC

🇯🇵 The Prize-Winning Novel Challenging ‘Ableist Machismo’ in Japan

Saou Ichikawa is the country’s first severely disabled author to win a top literary prize. Her novel “Hunchback” is an angry cry against “ableist machismo.”

NYTIMES

🇮🇱 End Time Alignments Are Happening

(OPINION) In tonight’s podcast, we discuss the recent Trump visit to the Middle East and how we are seeing more things lining up with the groundwork for Bible Prophecy regarding Israel and the coming Antichrist.

ENDTIMES

🔥 Can C-SPAN Pull Off ‘Crossfire,’ but With Civility?

“Ceasefire” will be the low-key public affairs channel’s first new weekly show in two decades. The question is whether Republicans and Democrats will show up.

NYTIMES

🤖 Trump Says Talks on Iran’s Nuclear Program Are ‘Very Serious’

Envoys for Iran and the United States have engaged in four rounds of talks. But exactly what a deal would look like remained unclear.

NYTIMES

👔 An Afrikaner Farming Family Trades South Africa for Alabama

Errol Langton and eight members of his family were among the first group of white South Africans to arrive in the United States this week after President Trump created an expedited path to citizenship.

NYTIMES

🤖 Unknown American Ryan Gerard shocks the PGA Championship... and reveals how a brutal college coach helped him thrive

MAX WINTERS AT QUAIL HOLLOW: Ryan Gerard stands as one of the early, if surprising, contenders to win this tournament after a shock round that has him competing with the game's elite.

DAILYMAIL

🤖 The damning texts where Cassie ADMITS she 'loved' freak-offs that Diddy's team exposed in court

Diddy's lawyer used the messages in an effort to paint Cassie as a willing participant in the drug-fueled sex sessions that could last up to four days.

DAILYMAIL

🔥 Kim Kardashian puts on a busty display in a bandeau top as she steps out in Paris with pal Katy Perry and mother Kris Jenner after testimony in $10million jewellery heist trial

Kim Kardashian turned heads on Thursday evening as she stepped out in Paris with her mum, Kris Jenner, and pal Katy Perry amid her ongoing $10M jewellery heist trial.

DAILYMAIL

🤖 Adam Scott reveals PGA Tour's player council knew Tiger Woods would visit Donald Trump at the White House

MAX WINTERS AT QUAIL HOLLOW: A picture of Woods at the White House emerged on social media last week and it has since emerged he went to see Trump to discuss the upcoming Saudi trip.

DAILYMAIL

🤖 Kid Rock's Nashville restaurant next target for Trump's sweeping ICE raids

Donald Trump's immigration raids briefly forced his buddy Kid Rock's Nashville restaurant and bar to shut down after its employees fled from authorities.

DAILYMAIL

🌧️ She Vanished for 3 Weeks in the Sierra. Then the Phone Rang: ‘Dad, I’m Alive.’

A search for Tiffany Slaton, 28, covered roughly 600 square miles of mountainous terrain in California. She was found at a cabin, where she waited out a blizzard.

NYTIMES

🎬 Forgotten 90s movie siren who starred opposite late Paul Walker is unrecognizable on rare outing

This actress portrayed a bookish high school student who becomes the subject of a bet in the hit 1999 film She's All That, which starred Freddie Prinze Jr. and the late Walker.

DAILYMAIL

⚔️ US judge dismisses case against migrants caught in new military zone

The magistrate ruled that apprehended migrants may not have been aware they were crossing into a military zone.

ALJAZEERA

👮 Dozens of deaths in police custody were misclassified in autopsies, Maryland officials say

An audit of Maryland autopsies has uncovered at least 36 deaths in police custody that should have been considered homicides, state officials announced Thursday following a comprehensive review of such cases spurred by widespread concerns about the former state medical examiner’s testimony in the death of George Floyd.

PBS

👔 Trump’s Gulf Dealmaking Bonanza

Saudi Arabia and Qatar made splashy economic commitments worth nearly $2 trillion during the U.S. president’s visit.

FP

👔 What do the Gulf states gain from the US president’s historic visit?

US President Donald Trump hails deals during his three-country tour of the Gulf region.

ALJAZEERA

⚖️ Takeaways From Cassie’s 3rd Day of Testimony in Sean ‘Diddy’ Combs Trial

For the first time, Casandra Ventura was questioned by Sean Combs’s defense lawyers, who confronted her with many messages from their relationship.

NYTIMES

📰 Supreme Court hears Trump’s challenge to birthright citizenship and judicial constraints

The Supreme Court heard arguments in one of the most consequential cases of the year. It involves the ability for President Trump to carry out his executive order ending birthright citizenship and the power allowing a federal judge to issue a nationwide block on those orders. Geoff Bennett discussed the arguments with law professor Amanda Frost and News Hour Supreme Court analyst Amy Howe.

PBS

👔 MAGA demands immediate arrest of former FBI director after he 'called for assassination' of Trump

Former FBI director James Comey is under investigation for implying President Donald Trump 'should be assassinated.'

DAILYMAIL

👔 Trump wraps Mideast tour with UAE pledging new investments in U.S.

President Trump finished his tour of the Middle East with a trip to the United Arab Emirates, where the nation promised significant investment in the U.S. and partnership on AI technology and infrastructure. Nick Schifrin reports.

PBS

💱 US administration split on when to add Chinese chipmakers to export blacklist

Some US officials fear the move could jeopardise trade talks with Beijing

FT

💱 US considers adding Chinese chipmakers to export blacklist

Some US officials fear the move could jeopardise trade talks with Beijing

FT

🎖️ Scores dead in Israeli onslaught in Gaza; five killed in West Bank after pregnant settler shot

Israel’s military killed five Palestinians in the occupied West Bank on Thursday, hours after a pregnant Israeli settler was killed in a shooting.

SMH

🏛️ Trump’s Computer Chip Deals With Saudi Arabia and UAE Divide US Government

Big deals to sell chips to the U.A.E. and Saudi Arabia have divided the U.S. government over whether they could be remembered for shipping cutting-edge A.I. overseas.

NYTIMES

📰 News Wrap: Walmart says it is raising prices due to tariffs

In our news wrap Thursday, Walmart is planning to raise prices in the coming weeks citing President Trump's policies as a driving factor, a judge in Wisconsin pleaded not guilty today to federal charges over accusations she helped a man evade federal immigration agents and Israeli airstrikes killed dozens of people across Gaza.

PBS

🔥 Biden ‘redemption tour’ backfires as cognitive doubts resurface

Democrats unsettled by books revealing former US president’s mental decline as he battled Donald Trump in 2024

FT

🤖 Lavish photos show Travis Kelce's new $20M bro bunker... but there is one Taylor-made feature

The luxe haven where Travis Kelce is gearing up for his final NFL hurrah can be revealed by the Daily Mail as this $20million mansion - and it is the ideal spot if Taylor Swift decides to drop in.

DAILYMAIL

👔 Law Firms Fighting Back Against Trump Report Security Clearance Suspensions

WilmerHale and Jenner & Block pleaded with the courts to intervene as the Justice Department moved to implement President Trump’s orders targeting their business.

NYTIMES

🌐 ‘Lives are at stake’: Judge whose son was murdered urges leaders to end hostile rhetoric

A report from the Global Project Against Hate and Extremism found threats and calls for impeachment against judges have risen by 327 percent between May 2024 and March 2025. One federal judge knows how real the violence can be. Judge Esther Salas’s son was killed by a disgruntled lawyer posing as a delivery driver at her home, according to police. Salas joined Amna Nawaz to discuss the threats.

PBS

🤖 Shock new details emerge on the start of Jordon Hudson and Bill Belichick's relationship

The relationship between Jordon Hudson and former New England Patriots coach Bill Belichick has been one of the biggest headlines in sports in the past few weeks.

DAILYMAIL

🔥 Yamal helps Barcelona seal La Liga title at rivals Espanyol

Barcelona win back the La Liga title from rivals Real Madrid with a 2-0 win at neighbours Espanyol.

ALJAZEERA

🔥 What’s behind the significant drop in opioid overdose deaths

Drug overdose deaths in the U.S. plunged last year to their lowest level since 2019, according to the CDC. In 2024, nationwide overdose deaths fell by nearly 30,000 from the year before, a drop of about 27 percent. There were declines across all categories of drug use, including opioids, the source of most overdose deaths over the past decade. John Yang discussed more with Brian Mann of NPR.

PBS

🌞 Heat dome hits US state making it hotter than the Sahara Desert

One of the biggest states in the US is currently experiencing an unprecedented heatwave, with temperatures in several cities surpassing those typically found in the Sahara dessert.

DAILYMAIL

🤖 Furious Tyrrell Hatton's foul-mouthed outburst caught on hot mic at PGA Championship

The Englishman has built a reputation for being one of the most fiery characters in golf and his emotions spilled over at Quail Hollow. His furious reaction was then caught on a hot mic.

DAILYMAIL

👔 Retired Gen. McChrystal on current Pentagon leadership and his new book ‘On Character’

General Stanley McChrystal was the top commander of American and international forces in Afghanistan in 2009 when his career was cut short. McChrystal resigned after an article in Rolling Stone quoted him and his aides making candid yet disparaging remarks about President Obama and Vice President Biden. He joined Amna Nawaz to discuss his new book, “On Character: Choices that Define a Life.”

PBS

🆘 'I didn't come here for fun' - Afrikaner defends refugee status in US

Charl Kleinhaus tells the BBC he had no choice but to leave his farm in South Africa after receiving death threats.

BBC

🔥 Lao and Proud: Chef inspires others to embrace their heritage and history through food

Food is a tangible and accessible way to understand and connect with different societies. One chef has led the movement to bring traditional food from her home country of Laos to diners across the United States. Laura Barrón-López reports for our arts and culture series, CANVAS.

PBS

⚔️ "Congress kills poor kids in Gaza": Ben & Jerry's co-founder arrested after Senate hearing protest

Ben Cohen was arrested after interrupting a hearing to protest the war in Gaza

SALON

⚔️ “Congress kills poor kids in Gaza”: Ben & Jerry’s co-founder arrested after Senate hearing protest

Ben Cohen was arrested after interrupting a hearing to protest the war in Gaza

SALON

⚡ A Brief But Spectacular take on building a birthright to capital

Darrick Hamilton is an economic scholar and director of the Institute on Race, Power and Political Economy. Growing up in Brooklyn, he witnessed firsthand how economic circumstances shaped communities, inspiring his groundbreaking work on "Baby Bonds," government-funded savings accounts provided to children at birth. He shares his Brief But Spectacular take on building a birthright to capital.

PBS

🇷🇺 Putin Snubs Peace Talks With Zelensky in Istanbul

Despite having proposed the face-to-face meeting, the Russian leader chose not to show.

FP

👔 Springsteen, in England, Blasts Trump Administration as ‘Treasonous’

His remarks, delivered to an audience abroad, stood out at a time when other superstar artists have seemed to mute their criticism of the president.

NYTIMES

🌧️ Thousands of Ukrainian civilians lost in hellish archipelago of Russian jails

In all the horrors of this war, the plight of thousands of civilians abducted by Russia is one of the worst, but is in danger of being overlooked.

SKY

🌧️ Thousands of Ukrainians are being tortured, sexually abused and killed in Russian jails - and it's in danger of being overlooked

In all the horrors of this war, the plight of thousands of civilians abducted by Russia is one of the worst, but is in danger of being overlooked.

SKY

🤖 Federal Officials May Limit Recommendations for Covid Vaccine

With new testing requirements, it’s not even clear how new Covid or flu shots can be made available this fall.

NYTIMES

🔥 Watch: How experts stumbled upon a priceless document in a university library

A manuscript, once considered an unofficial copy of Magna Carta, is now believed to be genuine and ''one of the world's most valuable documents''.

BBC

💥 FLASHBACK: What can the smallpox vaccine disaster teach us about spike protein injuries?

Reviewing the critical but largely forgotten lessons from early pioneers in medicine When you study history, it is always striking how frequently dysfunctional cycles tend to repeat themselves — which is why many of us were able to foresee much of what came to pass with the disastrous COVID-19 vaccines. Medicine has its fair share of erroneous beliefs (which frequently have little to no evidence supporting them). Sadly, my profession has held tightly onto them for centuries regardless of the problems those beliefs create and I believe the vaccination meme is one of the most harmful ones. In this article, I will aim to show how the smallpox vaccine campaign was an unmitigated disaster which severe injured people across the world, and more importantly made smallpox worse not better — a situation with numerous uncanny parallels to what we observed throughout COVID-19, particularly since both of those vaccines had similar "inexplicable" ways of injuring the body.

SOTT

⚔️ Charles Strouse, Composer of ‘Annie’ and ‘Bye Bye Birdie,’ Dies at 96

He wrote some of the most enduring musical theater numbers of his era and earned three Tony Awards, a Grammy and an Emmy.

NYTIMES

🔥 The Eurovision final lineup is set as 6 more acts axed in a semifinal

The lineup for the grand final of the Eurovision Song Contest has been decided, with six countries eliminated after a semifinal on Thursday

ABC

👔 Supreme Court weighs power of judges to halt Trump’s orders nationwide

Justices’ decision could have wide-ranging implications for president’s ability to impose his policy agenda

FT

🔥 Jay-Z and Beyonce trolled over Diddy friendship by 50 Cent in shock swipe

Diddy, 55, is currently standing trial on racketeering and sex-trafficking charges, and his ex Cassie Ventura has given shocking testimony about his 'freak off' parties.

DAILYMAIL

👔 Stop & Shop boss reveals maddening reason prices are soaring at his supermarket chain

Roger Wheeler, the president of Stop & Shop, revealed why prices are so high at the popular retailer. He sent a letter to members of the Massachusetts delegation about it on Wednesday.

DAILYMAIL

📰 What if the Mets Are Winners?

From the daily newsletter: an eternal baseball showdown. Plus: Kanye West has found his audience; and “Overcompensating” is a new kind of coming-out comedy.

NEWYORKER

👔 Trump hails growing ties with UAE on last leg of Gulf tour

US president claims he has sealed deals worth $10 trillion during visits to Saudi Arabia, Qatar and UAE.

ALJAZEERA

🤖 Conservative Republicans Revolt Over Domestic Policy Bill, Threatening Its Path

The opposition of a pair of right-wing lawmakers who are pressing for deeper spending cuts appeared to be enough, at least for now, to block the bill from advancing past its next hurdle and to the House floor.

NYTIMES

🤖 WATCH: ‘What do states do with a newborn?’ Kavanaugh quizzes Trump lawyer on birthright order

Supreme Court Justice Brett Kavanaugh asked the Trump administration Thursday to explain the practical details of ending birthright citizenship for people born in the United States to parents who entered the country illegally.

PBS

🏛️ WATCH: Kagan says ‘there’s no way’ she’d bring birthright citizenship case to Supreme Court

Supreme Court Justice Elena Kagan told the U.S. solicitor general on Thursday that if she were in his shoes, “there’s no way I'd approach the Supreme Court with this case.”

PBS

🤖 276m Americans' data breached in major healthcare hacks

Cybersecurity experts uncovered more than 276 million stolen patient records. The data included Social Security numbers, medical history and insurance details.

DAILYMAIL

🏛️ Foreign Countries Aim to Poach America’s Best and Brightest

As Trump cracks down on U.S. universities and international students, governments see an opportunity.

FP

🔥 National Guard Tapped for Migrant Crackdown

Plus, the first personalized gene-editing treatment

NYTIMES

⚔️ Will the GOP bury the Patriot Act and resurrect liberty? Or is it mere theater?

Rep. Anna Paulina Luna of Florida has thrown down the rhetorical gauntlet with her American Privacy Restoration Act, a bold move to torch the Patriot Act, dismantle the surveillance state, and drag the Fourth Amendment back from the abyss. Is someone in Washington daring to challenge the dystopian machinery that's been obliterating our liberties for over two decades? Luna didn't mince words with Breitbart: the Patriot Act, she said, has let "rogue actors" in our intelligence agencies erect a surveillance behemoth — unaccountable, sprawling, and the envy of every tinpot dictator in the world. Born in the post-9/11 hysteria, this legislative monstrosity gave the NSA carte blanche to rifle through our calls, texts, emails, and metadata without a warrant. All they had to do was whisper "terrorism" and call it "relevant." The Patriot Act was pitched as a temporary shield against the specter of jihadists after 9/11. "They hate our freedom," we were told, as Congress set about eradicating...

SOTT

⚔️ Daily Show host makes stunning threat to 'goofy motherf****r' Elon Musk

Comedian Leslie Jones (pictured) issued vulgar threats towards Elon Musk and the Trump administration while guest hosting The Daily Show on Wednesday.

DAILYMAIL

👔 Startling discovery under ice of Greenland boosts Trump's bid to take over island

A forgotten US military base has been discovered under the ice of Greenland, and it may give President Trump the reason he's been looking for to take over the world's largest island .

DAILYMAIL

👔 The Mideast Is Donald Trump’s Safe Place

On the “free” airplane from Qatar, and an American President with a self-interested foreign policy a sheikh could admire.

NEWYORKER

🤖 New Guidelines Address I.U.D. Insertion Pain and Offer Management Options

Recommendations from the American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists outline a range of pain management options for routine procedures.

NYTIMES

📸 Mexican influencer shot dead during TikTok livestream appeared to be killed by hit man: prosecutors

Mexican prosecutors say a social media influencer in the Mexican state of Jalisco who was shot dead during a livestream on TikTok appeared to be murdered by a hit man and expressed fear before being killed

ABC

🤖 A US airline faces backlash as it begins deportation flights

The financially struggling budget airline Avelo took a contract with the Trump administration that began this week.

ALJAZEERA

🤖 Dick's Sporting Goods is buying Foot Locker for $2.4 billion

Together, the two retailers will have to wade the choppy waters of new tariffs on imports, including footwear. And they'll face the growing competition from shoe brands selling directly to shoppers.

NPR

📰 NFL star gets major health news after blood clots cut his 2024 season short

After having his 2024 season shortened due to recurring blood clots, one New England Patriots defensive star is set to return to the field.

DAILYMAIL

⚔️ Drones Are Transforming South Asian Warfare

The latest India-Pakistan conflict showed how drones are changing the way countries fight.

FP

👔 Jumbo jets, megadeals and flattery: Trump’s Gulf tour

US president’s visit has been a four-day jamboree of opulent ceremonies and petrodollar-fuelled investment pledges

FT

⚔️ Trump’s upcoming military parade could reach $45 million in costs

An Army spokesperson said Thursday that a massive military parade planned for Washington next month will cost an estimated $25 million to $45 million and involve dozens of warplanes, hundreds of Army vehicles, and thousands of soldiers from across the country sleeping in downtown government office buildings. The parade will showcase 6,600 soldiers, 150 vehicles, […]

ENDTIMES

🔥 Nasty MAGA Infighting Means Trouble for Trump

Live by the Loomer, die by the Loomer.

NYTIMES

🔥 ‘We Are the Most Rejected Generation’

There’s a cost to making it so hard to be a young person right now.

NYTIMES

🔥 US baby receives first-ever customized CRISPR treatment for genetic disease

A baby known as KJ is the first person in the world to receive a customized CRISPR therapy designed to fix a specific mutation.

LIVESCIENCE

🎵 Sex, survival and saunas - all the Eurovision songs to look out for

It's the world's biggest music competition, and this year the Eurovision Song Contest is being held in Switzerland - the location of Eurovision's first ever show.

SKY

⚔️ Minnesota Timberwolves fan goes viral for snorting mystery substance off his hand in win over Warriors

A Timberwolves fan went viral on Wednesday night as he appeared to snort something off his hand during his team's win over the Warriors.

DAILYMAIL

🌐 FIFA boss criticised over decision to join Trump tour and delaying meeting

FIFA president Gianni Infantino's decision to join Donald Trump's Gulf tour has been criticised by European football's governing body after he arrived late for the biggest annual gathering of the global game.

SKY

🌧️ NATO state considers subjecting older citizens to military service

Finland has proposed raising the maximum age of reservists from 50 to 65 amid wider militarization within the EU. The Finnish Defense Ministry has submitted a proposal to raise the maximum age for military reservists to 65, according to a press release published on Wednesday. The move is part of a broader militarization trend among European NATO member states. The proposed reform would apply to all citizens liable for being called up who were born in 1966 or later, potentially adding 125,000 personnel to Finland's reserve forces over a five-year transition period. If enacted, the total number of reservists is projected to reach one million by 2031, the Defense Ministry noted. Currently, rank-and-file soldiers are removed from the reserves at age 50, while officers exit at 60. The proposal would not apply retroactively to those already over 60. According to the ministry, refresher training for 50-65-year-olds would be organized for those assigned wartime duties. No upper age limit...

SOTT

🔥 New CRISPR alternative can 'install' whole genes, paving the way to treatment for many genetic disorders

A new gene editor takes advantage of CRISPR-associated proteins to insert whole genes into the genome, scientists report.

LIVESCIENCE

👔 Trump suggests that the U.S. should ‘Take’ Gaza and turn it into a ‘Freedom Zone’

During a business roundtable in Qatar on Thursday, May 15, President Donald Trump once again suggested a U.S. takeover of Gaza as a way of attempting to redevelop the Palestinian territory. “I think I’d be proud to have the United States have it, take it, make it a freedom zone. Let some good things happen, […]

ENDTIMES

🌧️ Zelensky accuses Russia of 'not taking negotiations seriously' after Putin's Istanbul no-show as Moscow hints at 'compromises' after calling Ukrainian leader a 'clown'

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky has accused Vladimir Putin of 'not taking negotiations seriously' after the Russian despot failed to show up to Turkey for peace talks. 

DAILYMAIL

⚕️ Covid vaccine to be SCRAPPED for millions in major Trump health shakeup

Covid vaccines will no longer be routinely recommended for pregnant women, teenagers and children in the US, reports suggest.

DAILYMAIL

🔥 Madonna, 66, seems to have gotten rid of her 'fillers' as she has a more natural glow when leaving an art gallery

Madonna showed off a brand-new and more natural look as she stepped out in NYC recently.

DAILYMAIL

⚔️ Trump’s sanctions on ICC’s chief prosecutor have halted tribunal’s work, officials and lawyers say

Staffers and allies of the ICC said the sanctions have made it increasingly difficult for the tribunal to conduct basic tasks, let alone seek justice for victims of war crimes or genocide.

PBS

⚔️ Denver air traffic controllers had 2-minute communications outage, FAA official says

The outage in Colorado comes amid increasing scrutiny on the nation's main aviation agency following outages at Newark Liberty International Airport in recent weeks.

NPR

🤖 Diddy lawyers shock trial with Whitney Houston drug overdose bombshell after ripping Cassie to shreds: Live updates

Sean 'Diddy' Combs' defense will cross-examine his ex-girlfriend and main accuser Cassie Ventura as he faces trial for sex-trafficking and racketeering in New York.

DAILYMAIL

⚕️ Florida becomes second US state to take drastic public health measure that will affect every household

Florida has become the second state in the US to pass the ban that affects the tap water in its residents' homes.

DAILYMAIL

🇮🇱 Settlers assault Palestinian woman protecting land in occupied West Bank

Israeli settlers assaulted a Palestinian woman who tried to stop a group from trespassing in the occupied West Bank.

ALJAZEERA

🤖 Harvard thought its faded Magna Carta was a cheap copy. It’s actually more than 700 years old

The university had purchased the stained faded document for less than $30.

PBS

🔥 Fury as probe exposes how America's second biggest grocer overcharges customers by listing false sales prices

The tactics are alleged to have lead to customers paying an average of 18 percent more on affected items.

DAILYMAIL

👮 Car plows into crowd outside Espanyol vs. Barcelona injuring people. Spanish police call it accident

Police in Barcelona say that several people were hurt when a driver lost control and plowed into a crowd gathered outside a professional soccer match on Thursday

ABC

💻 Meet RFK Jr.'s budding model daughter Kyra Kennedy as she makes waves at Italian fashion week

Kyra, 30 - the youngest child of RFK Jr. and his second wife, Mary Richardson - found herself in hot water back in 2016 after she was accused of 'cyberbullying' a reporter.

DAILYMAIL

🤖 ‘Loved freak-offs’: ‘Diddy’ lawyers cast doubt on ex-girlfriend’s aversion to sex parties

Sean Combs’ defence team showed explicit texts and emails as they sought to portray Casandra Ventura as a willing participant in the hip-hop mogul’s drug-fuelled performances and undermine the prosecution’s star witness at his sex-trafficking trial.

SMH

🤖 ‘Diddy’ lawyers cast doubt on ex-girlfriend’s aversion to sex parties

Sean Combs’ defence team showed the jury explicit texts and emails as they sought to undercut Casandra Ventura, the star prosecution witness at the hip-hop mogul’s sex-trafficking trial.

SMH

🗳️ Missouri GOP Attempts to Overturn Abortion Ballot Results With New Referendum

Missouri voters passed a voter-led ballot initiative enshrining abortion rights in the state constitution last year.

TRUTHOUT

🔥 Entitled driver learns harsh lesson after thinking road barrier didn't apply to him

A driver who boldly ignored roadwork blockades on a Tennessee highway quickly learned a costly lesson from his reckless actions.

DAILYMAIL

⛽ Patrick Mahomes sips a beer as he and Brittany welcome stars to his Las Vegas charity event

Chiefs quarterback Patrick Mahomes was seen sipping a beer poolside as he and his wife Brittany Mahomes welcomed plenty of stars to his poolside Las Vegas charity event on Thursday. 

DAILYMAIL

🔥 Man is charged in fires targeting properties linked to UK Prime Minister Keir Starmer

A 21-year-old man was charged Thursday with three counts of arson for fires that targeted two properties and a car linked to British Prime Minister Keir Starmer

ABC

👔 U.S. Unveils Sweeping A.I. Project in Abu Dhabi

President Trump signed deals to create a 10-mile campus that would transform the United Arab Emirates into an A.I. powerhouse

NYTIMES

🤖 Woke Lorde accused of 'gender baiting' as she appears to come out as non-binary... but there's a twist

Woke singer Lorde has been accused of 'gender baiting' as she appeared to come out as non-binary in a baffling new interview.

DAILYMAIL

🤖 Ryan Gerard takes shock lead at PGA Championship with college rival Alex Smalley also impressing

MAX WINTERS AT QUAIL HOLLOW: Gerard stands as one of the early, if surprising, contenders to win this tournament after a shock round that has him competing with the game's elite.

DAILYMAIL

🤖 UN rejects US-backed Gaza aid plan, citing lack of neutrality

UN stresses adherence to principles of neutrality and independence in delivering life-saving humanitarian aid to Gaza.

ALJAZEERA

🔥 Revealed: The terrifying potential consequences of 'period delaying pills' that teenage girls can get their hands on for cheap online

Jessie Blake, 18, from Corringham, Essex, initially took the pill, norethisterone, in August 2023 after hearing about it from friends and family.

DAILYMAIL

🤖 South Africa’s Ramaphosa and Trump will meet next week after white South Africans as arrived in U.S. for resettlement

The U.S. welcomed 59 white South Africans as refugees this Monday, the start of what the Trump administration said is a larger relocation plan for minority Afrikaner farmers who Trump has claimed are being persecuted in their homeland because of their race. South Africa denies the allegations and says whites in the majority Black country are not being singled out for persecution.

PBS

⚖️ Democrat leading Trump's third impeachment gets swift karma from his angry colleagues

A Democrat lawmaker's rogue attempt to impeach Donald Trump has fallen flat on its face, and now the liberal's colleagues are swearing in contempt for the 'waste of f***ing time.'

DAILYMAIL

🚨 Tiger mauls another woman in Chandrapur, India - 6th such death in 5 days for the district

Human-wildlife conflict continues to escalate in Maharashtra's Chandrapur district after a woman, Kachrabai Bharde, 54, was mauled to death by a tiger on Wednesday. This is the sixth death due to tiger attacks in the district within just five days. According to reports, the woman went ​into the forest near Karbada village to collect tendu leaves. She was with her husband, Arun, and other women from the village when the incident occurred. While she was plucking tendu leaves, a tiger hiding in the bushes suddenly pounced on her. Her husband heard the screams and saw the tiger dragging her away. Arun rushed back to the village to alert the locals. Villagers later found Bharde's body lying in a pool of blood in the forest. Angered by the recurring attacks, locals staged a protest against the forest department and the district administration, demanding proper compensation and a government job for the victim's son. The forest and police officials pacified the crowd and sent the body for...

SOTT

🎂 Mother-of-two, 39, who hadn't had her eyes tested in decades found out she had cancer after a strange symptom forced her to go to the opticians

Hannah Quigley had 'better than perfect' eyesight her entire live until she began to experience strange symptoms in the run up to her daughter's 13th birthday.

DAILYMAIL

⚖️ Cassie forced to read aloud explicit messages in cross-examination for ‘Diddy’ sex trafficking trial

Lawyers for Sean Combs are seeking to show the jury that his former girlfriend was a willing participant in his lifestyle.

PBS

🔥 DHS asks for 20,000 National Guard troops to assist in deportations

If approved, the move would be the first time Guard troops at the national level have been asked to assist in the removal of migrants in the U.S. without legal status.

NPR

📈 Pam Bondi raises eyebrows with massive $1M stock dump on Trump tariffs Liberation Day

Attorney General Pam Bondi sold between $1 - $5 million in stock hours before Donald Trump announced his sweeping tariff regime on Liberation Day in early April.

DAILYMAIL

👔 Pope Leo XIV Grew Up in This Chicago Home. Now, It Could Be Yours.

The same auction house that sold President Trump’s childhood home for millions in 2017 will take bids for the modest three-bedroom where Pope Leo XIV once lived.

NYTIMES

🤖 Super Bowl winner Charles Woodson turned NFL analyst set to follow Tom Brady in controversial ownership deal

A Super Bowl winner is set to buy a minority stake in an NFL franchise, though he'll have to adhere to similar restrictions as Tom Brady following his Raiders investment.

DAILYMAIL

🤖 They paid $43 for a replica of the Magna Carta. Turned out, it’s an original

The value of the medieval document that helped establish some of the world’s most cherished liberties is hard to estimate, but one version sold in 2007 for $33 million.

SMH

🤖 They paid $43 for a replica Magna Carta. Turned out, it’s an original

The value of the medieval document that helped establish some of the world’s most cherished liberties is hard to estimate, but one version sold in 2007 for $33 million.

SMH

👔 In Abu Dhabi, Trump makes first visit to a mosque as president

While it's common for U.S. presidents to visit churches, only a few have made official visits to mosques.

NPR

🔥 Clint Eastwood turns 95 this month...see how Hollywood's ultimate tough guy looks now

Legendary tough guy actor and director Clint Eastwood is waging the one battle even he can't win.

DAILYMAIL

🏛️ Gov. DeSantis signs bill making Florida 2nd state to ban fluoride from its water system

Florida Republican Gov. Ron DeSantis signed a measure Thursday prohibiting local governments from adding fluoride to their water systems, making it the second state in the country after Utah to implement a statewide ban on the mineral.

PBS

👔 Disturbing texts of NBC boss found by partner as sick sex scandal spirals

Senior Vice President of Universal Theatrical Group (UTG) Chris Herzberger has been hit by a shocking lawsuit filed by his ex. He denies the allegations.

DAILYMAIL

🏛️ Judge and mayor appear in US courts over immigration crackdown cases

A Wisconsin judge and a New Jersey mayor faced charges in two separate US courts on Thursday.

ALJAZEERA

🌧️ US 'doesn't have high expectations' for Ukraine-Russia talks - as delegations prepare to meet

The United States "doesn't have high expectations" for negotiations in Turkey between Russia and Ukraine to end the war, America's top diplomat has admitted.

SKY

🔥 Trump Derangement Syndrome to be studied under new bill... how to tell if you've got symptoms

To many in the U.S., thinking of Donald Trump evokes an automatic rage-filled response, some call this 'Trump Derangement Syndrome,' and now Congress wants it studied.

DAILYMAIL

⚕️ Here’s What’s in House Republicans’ Big Tax Bill to Deliver Trump’s Agenda

A large tax cut, as well as more money for defense and immigration enforcement, would be financed by slashing health, nutrition, education and clean energy programs.

NYTIMES

🤖 Woke Nantucket residents' astonishing excuses for 'migrant drug dealer' arrested over biggest ever coke bust

Woke residents in Nantucket pleaded for a judge to release alleged drug dealer Francisco Sanchez, 31, despite him being caught with the most cocaine ever found by cops in the area.

DAILYMAIL

⚔️ He Denounced the Gaza War at Graduation. N.Y.U. Withheld His Diploma.

The university says that a student’s remarks condemning “genocide” were not approved and that he “violated the commitment he made to comply with our rules.”

NYTIMES

👔 WATCH: Vance describes Trump as ‘murder weapon’ that killed the ‘defund the police’ movement

Vice President JD Vance paid tribute to fallen police officers at a memorial service Thursday at the U.S. Capitol, and used his speech to criticize local officials and “far left prosecutors” who were not tough enough on crime and the “defund the police” movement.

PBS

🇺🇸 Red Cross escorts over 1,000 disarmed Congolese soldiers from rebel-controlled city to capital

Over a thousand disarmed Congolese soldiers and police officers, along with their families have safely been transferred from the rebel-controlled city of Goma in eastern Congo to the capital Kinshasa over the last two weeks

ABC

👔 Shock at MSNBC as boss makes very surprising choice for new politics editor

Rebecca Kutler chose Sudeep Reddy for the position - her latest move since becoming the channel's president in February.

DAILYMAIL

🇨🇳 World's oldest star chart may be 2,300 years old and from China — but not everyone agrees

Is the Star Manual of Master Shi the oldest known astronomical catalog? Experts are divided.

LIVESCIENCE

🏛️ In Birthright Citizenship Case, Supreme Court Wrestles With Limiting Judges’ Power

The justices heard arguments on whether a federal judge in a single district can block Trump administration policy across the country.

NYTIMES

🏛️ Supreme Court Appears Torn After Arguments in Trump Birthright Citizenship Case

The justices heard arguments on whether a federal judge in a single district can block Trump administration policy across the country.

NYTIMES

🏛️ 4 Takeaways From the Supreme Court Birthright Citizenship Case

The question before the justices was whether a single district court judge has the power to block a policy across the country.

NYTIMES

👔 Trump's stance against South Africa is not just about white farmers. It's also about Hamas and Iran

U.S. President Donald Trump’s claim this week that there is an unreported “genocide” happening against white farmers in South Africa was his harshest accusation yet against a country he has moved to punish over a range of issues

ABC

🌧️ War reaches Ukrainian rock band Ziferblat even at the Eurovision Song Contest

Ukraine’s musicians can’t escape war, even at the Eurovision Song Contest

ABC

🔥 Incredible way hardworking Amazon delivery driver takes moment to honor the American flag

Mikayla Blakey, an Amazon delivery driver, has been applauded for her incredible act after she took a moment to honor the American flag while dropping off packages to a home in Utah on Tuesday.

DAILYMAIL

🌐 TRUMP the NARCISSIST? Colonel MacGregor EXPOSES the "Deal Maker" Myth!

Colonel Douglas MacGregor calls out Donald Trump's narcissistic obsession with being the "deal maker," in a discussion with Neil Oliver, arguing that real estate tactics don't work in foreign policy, and discusses how Trump's inconsistent handling of Yemen and Ukraine has damaged America's global credibility.

SOTT

⚖️ Are entangled qubits following a quantum Moore's law?

Several recent experiments showcase a sharp increase in the number of quantum bits that can be entangled, echoing Moore’s law for increasing computing power on traditional chips

NEWSCIENTIST

🤖 Illegal migrant who let son, 6, melt to death in 99F car was out on BAIL

Briant Reyes Estrada, 27, has been charged with murder for leaving his young son in a hot car.

DAILYMAIL

⚔️ Marco Rubio Meets Syria’s Foreign Minister, in Another Sign of Warming Ties

The meeting came days after President Trump announced he would end sanctions against Syria and met with the country’s president, a former jihadist.

NYTIMES

🇮🇱 The U.S. Has a New Plan for Gaza Aid

The Trump Administration has a new plan for delivering aid to Palestinians in Gaza. Israel has blocked all food, fuel and medicine for more than ten weeks, accusing Hamas of stealing aid meant for civilians. The U.S. says their plan will address those concerns, but experts worry the plan could set a bad precedent. We learn more.

NPR

🔬 Latest Attack on Abortion Pill Is Based on Project 2025 Propaganda, Critics Say

Mifepristone is safe, but abortion opponents are peddling junk science in an effort to deny people access to it.

TRUTHOUT

👔 Trump honoured by UAE as country announces $1.4 trillion investment

The president of the UAE announced plans to invest $1.4 trillion in the US over the next ten years.

ALJAZEERA

🌧️ Pope meets with head of Greek Catholic Church in Ukraine, who invites him to Kyiv

Pope Leo XIV has met at the Vatican with the head of the Greek Catholic Church in Ukraine

ABC

🤖 Surprising fast food chain that is bucking the trend to gain customers this year

A fast food chain is bucking the trend by continuing to attract customers as others struggle. 

DAILYMAIL

⚖️ Lawmakers in Both Parties Resist Trump’s Attempt to Seize Control of Their Library

The surprise firing of the head of the Library of Congress and efforts to install Trump loyalists at the iconic institution have stirred bipartisan pushback on Capitol Hill.

NYTIMES

✊ Lawyers for US Mayor Ras Baraka argue he was targeted for arrest at protest

Baraka's defence team say they will file a motion to dismiss trespassing charges pursued by the Trump administration.

ALJAZEERA

🛢️ Ryan Reynolds blasted for 'blatant PR stunt' as he fails to win over fans amid Blake Lively lawsuit

The 48-year-old actor, who has been embroiled in wife Blake Lively 's legal battle with her It Ends With Us co-star Justin Baldoni, was a guest on the 62-year-old's show Conan O'Brien Needs A Friend.

DAILYMAIL

🤖 PGA star's heinous discovery in private bathroom at luxury golf course

The player, who is ranked No. 54 in the world, claims a caddie taking part in the event on Hilton Head Island suffered the disgusting ordeal after going to use a private bathroom on the day.

DAILYMAIL

⚖️ US Supreme Court grills Trump administration over birthright citizenship

Donald Trump's lawyers seek to stop judges' national block on executive order in case that could decide policy's future.

ALJAZEERA

📰 Hulk Hogan undergoes major hospital procedure... days after Fox appearance sparked huge concern

Hogan showed off a new look on Fox News that has viewers expressing concern for the wrestling great. The 71-year-old appeared to promote his new sports venture with promoter Eric Bischoff.

DAILYMAIL

🏛️ Older Americans at risk as government restarts Social Security garnishment on student loan debt

As the Trump administration resumes collections on defaulted student loans, hundreds of thousands of older Americans with decades-old debts are now at risk of having their Social Security checks garnished.

PBS

🌩️ World famous couple storm the Cannes red carpet... but there's just one problem

The crowd at Cannes Film Festival was left absolutely stunned after a couple walked the red carpet that looked just like Jeff Bezos and his wife-to-be, Lauren Sanchez. 

DAILYMAIL

⚕️ Experts Credit Harm Reduction, Not Border Cops, for 27% Drop in Overdose Deaths

Grassroots public health efforts and shifts in drug use have contributed to the sharp decline in overdose deaths.

TRUTHOUT

🎖️ Al-Qaeda affiliate claims 200 soldiers killed in Burkina Faso attack

Jama'a Nusrat ul-Islam wa al-Muslimin (JNIM) claims attack on Djibo military outpost, SITE Intelligence Group says.

ALJAZEERA

📸 Mexican influencer shot dead during TikTok livestream

Valeria Marquez, a 23-year-old beauty influencer, was shot dead during a TikTok livestream at a beauty salon in Mexico.

ALJAZEERA

🇸🇾 A New Authoritarian Era in the Mideast?

By embracing Syria’s Sharaa, Trump sanctifies Arab autocracy. 

FP

🇺🇸 Ahead of 77th Nakba Day, Israel Shut Down 6 UNRWA Schools in Jerusalem

The closures have left over 800 Palestinian students without schools, and has thrown an entire community into limbo.

TRUTHOUT

🌧️ Brain-dead woman must carry fetus to birth because of Georgia’s abortion ban, hospital tells family

A hospital is using a breathing tube and other measures to keep a brain-dead Georgia woman's body functioning because she is pregnant.

PBS

👔 Vengeful at Home, Trump Takes His Forgiving Side on Middle East Tour

During the first major foreign trip of his second term, President Trump has told audiences in the Middle East that he’s willing to set the past aside in the interests of peace and profit.

NYTIMES

⚔️ Horror as decapitated DOLPHIN is found on picturesque beach after 'intentional mutilation'

A mutilated dolphin that was 'intentionally' decapitated was found washed up on a North Carolina beach, prompting a federal investigation and reward for any information leading to the culprit.

DAILYMAIL

😷 The eye-watering price increase for an average home now compared to pre-pandemic

Home prices have skyrocketed since the pandemic, as experts reveal it is becoming increasingly difficult for average Americans to purchase properties.

DAILYMAIL

🔥 Dan Orlovsky predicts NFL team will lose its first SIX games in brutal verdict after 2025 schedule drops

Dan Orlovsky has predicted a nightmarish start to the NFL season for one team after schedules were released on Wednesday.

DAILYMAIL

📰 Newsom’s Health Plan Cuts Out Undocumented Californians

The cuts included in Newsom’s budget are “reckless and unconscionable,” said one California health care advocate.

TRUTHOUT

🔥 India-Pakistan Cease-Fire Cements a Dangerous Baseline

Future conflicts will likely erupt faster and escalate more intensely.

FP

🤖 Diddy's intimate whisper to female lawyer caught on courtroom hot mic as Cassie squirms on the stand: Live trial updates

Sean 'Diddy' Combs' defense will cross-examine his ex-girlfriend and main accuser Cassie Ventura as he faces trial for sex-trafficking and racketeering in New York.

DAILYMAIL

👔 For Trump, Citizenship Has Long Served as a Political Tool

Raising questions about who gets to claim to be an American powered the president’s political rise. A Supreme Court case may allow him reinterpret a right enshrined in the Constitution since the 1800s.

NYTIMES

🇮🇱 Israeli strikes kill at least 54 in southern Gaza, hospital says

An Associated Press cameraman in Khan Younis counted 10 airstrikes on the city overnight into Thursday, and saw numerous bodies taken to the morgue in the city’s Nasser Hospital.

PBS

📰 Wrestling icon announces shocking health news a year after being hospitalized in major scare

A professional wrestling icon has announced shocking health news a year after he was hospitalized in a major scare with him spending more time off the road these days.

DAILYMAIL

💨 Trump Administration Escalates Harvard Feud With New Justice Dept. Investigation

The Trump administration is targeting the Ivy League university under a law typically used to go after government contractors for swindling.

NYTIMES

🤖 Walmart Reports Solid Sales but Cautions Tariffs Will Raise Prices

The retailer reported sales growth, especially in its e-commerce division, but also cautioned about economic uncertainty in the quarters ahead.

NYTIMES

🌐 Trump’s Shifting Tariffs Are Disrupting Global Shipping

Shipowners and sailors are recalculating routes daily.

FP

🔥 It's the Trump era and Putin knows how to exploit it

So is this the beginning of the end, the end of the beginning or just a bit of pointless pantomime? Or might it be all of them, depending on your point of view?

SKY

🏛️ Does Meta Have a Social Media Monopoly? Here’s What the U.S. Has Argued.

The government showed hundreds of internal documents as it sought to prove that the social media company bought Instagram and WhatsApp to neutralize a threat.

NYTIMES

🗳️ Missouri lawmakers pass referendum seeking to repeal abortion-rights amendment approved by voters last year

Missouri lawmakers have approved a referendum seeking to repeal an abortion-rights amendment passed by voters six months ago.

PBS

🛂 Claudia Sheinbaum denounces proposed US remittance tax as ‘unacceptable’

Republicans have proposed the remittance tax as part of a broader push to crack down on undocumented immigration.

ALJAZEERA

🇮🇱 Israeli Woman On Her Way to Give Birth Killed in West Bank Attack

After the shooting in the West Bank, doctors were able to save the baby, a boy, who was taken to a neonatal intensive care unit.

NYTIMES

👮 California girl, 10, joked about paying someone to kidnap her...then VANISHED

The California youngster was whisked away by a man who police have named as Matthew Naval, 27, after she met him via the online gaming platform Roblox.

DAILYMAIL

🤖 Retail sales slow a month after Americans ramped up shopping to get ahead of tariffs

U.S. consumers spent slightly more at retail stores last month after ramping up their shopping in March to get ahead of tariffs.

PBS

🌧️ Scientists say they've finally discovered cause of long Covid... and its terrifying link to dementia

Scientists from Corewell Health in Grand Rapids, Michigan, believe they may have found the cause of Long Covid and debilitating symptoms like brain fog, anxiety and depression.

DAILYMAIL

🤖 Death of man on Benidorm holiday 'being treated as possible murder', family say

The death of a British man who was found at the bottom of a cliff in Spain is now being treated as a potential murder, according to his family.

SKY

⚽ Stephen A. Smith Is Running. To Be Joe Rogan.

America’s best-known sports-talker is hosting boldface Democrats and MAGA luminaries and teasing a 2028 run. But what he really wants is ubiquitous political influence, and things of that nature.

NYTIMES

🏛️ How Diddy's mom and daughters REALLY feel after hearing the truth about his sick freak-offs and fetishes

Sean 'Diddy' Combs' young daughters Jessie and D'Lila Combs and mother Janice have revealed how they really feel after hearing about the rapper's sordid sex life in court.

DAILYMAIL

🔥 MAGA ally takes 'Trump Derangement Syndrome' outrage to next level with hilarious move trolling Democrats

To many in the U.S., thinking of Donald Trump evokes an automatic rage-filled response, some call this 'Trump Derangement Syndrome,' and now Congress wants it studied.

DAILYMAIL

⚔️ Colorado Air Traffic Controllers Lost Contact With Some Airplanes Monday

Controllers switched frequencies and planes were “safely separated,” officials said. The 90-second outage on Monday followed communications problems at Newark’s airport.

NYTIMES

🔥 Ana de Armas finally breaks silence on relationship with Tom Cruise

Ana de Armas finally broke her silence about her relationship with Tom Cruise during a candid appearance on Good Morning America Thursday.

DAILYMAIL

🚨 Nationwide alert issued over popular Chinese-made goods leaching chemical linked to autism

Officials are sounding the alarm on Chinese-made goods sold across the US. They warned that these items are leaching a toxic chemical linked to autism.

DAILYMAIL

🔥 Let's just get on with the planned Istanbul peace talks on Thursday, whether or not Putin and Zelensky meet

Zelensky should stop playing to the international press gallery in the hope that Russia cancels. As we gear up for the first direct talks between Russia and Ukraine since the failed Istanbul talks of March 2022, a complex game of brinkmanship is underway. Not surprisingly, in my view, President Putin ignored the coalition of the willing's ultimatum to Russia to embark on an unconditional ceasefire for thirty days or face massive new sanctions. Instead he proposed what the Americans have been pushing for since Trump assumed office, direct bilateral talks with Ukraine in Istanbul on Thursday 15 May. I have long argued that the only route out of the war in Ukraine is through talks. Compromise was offered by both sides in the first round of Istanbul talks in March 2022. Any new negotiations will require compromise from both sides, but the difference today is that the cards are more heavily stacked in Russia's favour than they were in 2022. Against this backdrop, President Zelensky has...

SOTT

📰 Japan's Sakurajima Volcano erupts, sending ash plume 3,000 metres into the sky

Japan's Sakurajima volcano erupted on May 15, 2025, sending a massive ash plume soaring 3,000 metres above the crater, according to the Japan Meteorological Agency (JMA). The agency reported a series of eruptions from the Minamidake summit crater, releasing dramatic clouds of smoke into the sky. Video footage shared by Newsweek captured the striking moment when the ash plume billowed high above the volcano. The JMA has maintained a Level 3 volcanic alert, which warns people to stay away from the volcano. Ash fall is expected in surrounding areas, including parts of Kagoshima, Kumamoto, and Miyazaki prefectures. Authorities are closely monitoring the situation, although no injuries or significant damage have been reported so far. The video of the Sakurajima volcano eruption has gone viral, sparking diverse reactions on social media as users share and respond to the dramatic footage. Watch the video here:

SOTT

⚔️ Florida Just Banned Fluoride From Public Water. Here’s What to Know.

Medical experts have warned that ending fluoridation will have negative consequences for oral health.

NYTIMES

🔥 Humans reached southern South America by 14,500 years ago, genomes from 139 Indigenous groups reveal

A large-scale genome study shows that Indigenous peoples in the Americas split off several times, resulting in loss of important genetic diversity.

LIVESCIENCE

🇮🇱 Israeli onslaught kills scores in Gaza as Trump visits Gulf states

Most of the victims, including women and children, were killed in Khan Younis in southern Gaza in airstrikes that hit homes and tents, Palestinian medics said.

SMH

✊ United's glitzy business class reveal overshadowed by crew protest exposing airline's dirty laundry

United Airlines flight attendants embarrassed their bosses by protesting at a high-profile company event this week.

DAILYMAIL

🌐 No rules, no rulers: The unraveling of the old world order and the role of Russia

The day is not far off when the very notion of "international order" will lose its former meaning - just as happened with the once-theoretical concept of "multipolarity." Originally conceived in the mid-20th century as a way to balance power among great states, multipolarity now bears little resemblance to what its originators had in mind. The same is increasingly true of international order. In recent years, it has become commonplace to say that the global balance of power is shifting and that previous leaders are no longer able to maintain their dominant positions. This much is obvious. No group of states today is capable of enforcing its vision of justice or order upon the rest of the world. Traditional international institutions are weakening, and their functions are being re-evaluated or hollowed out. Western Europe, once a central pillar of global diplomacy, appears to be in the final phase of its strategic decline - a region now better known for procedure than power. But...

SOTT

👔 NATO weighs a US demand to massively hike defense spending as some struggle to meet the current goal

NATO foreign ministers are debating a U.S. demand for a big increase in defense spending, President Donald Trump's administration wants to focus on security challenges outside of Europe.

PBS

🎖️ Germany could reintroduce military draft - defense minister

Boris Pistorius says the Bundeswehr needs to boost enlistment amid tensions with Russia. Germany may be forced to revive conscription if not enough people join the army voluntarily, Defense Minister Boris Pistorius has said. Berlin abolished conscription in 2011 but has recently considered bringing it back, citing "threats" from Russia. According to the broadcaster N-tv, the Social Democrats and Chancellor Friedrich Merz's Christian Democrats agreed in their coalition deal to introduce the so-called "Swedish model," which combines selective mandatory and voluntary service.

SOTT

🤖 Diddy mouths secret message to the female lawyer making Cassie squirm on the stand: Live trial updates

Sean 'Diddy' Combs' defense will cross-examine his ex-girlfriend and main accuser Cassie Ventura as he faces trial for sex-trafficking and racketeering in New York.

DAILYMAIL

🔥 Explosive new book reveals how Caleb Williams tried to avoid playing for Chicago Bears

Williams was picked first by the Bears and endured a disruptive rookie season in the NFL, with head coach Matt Eberflus fired midway through the campaign.

DAILYMAIL

🌧️ Ukraine catching men 'like dogs on the street' - Putin

Russia, on the contrary, experiences no shortage of army volunteers, the president has said. Ukrainian recruitment officials have been catching would-be soldiers "like dogs" in the country's streets, Russian President Vladimir Putin has said. Putin made the remarks on Tuesday during a meeting with members of 'Business Russia,' during which he noted that Russia has been enjoying a steady flow of volunteers to fight against Ukraine. "While the Kiev authorities are engaged in forced mobilization - people are caught like dogs on the street, then our guys go voluntarily, they go themselves... They are catching 30 thousand people there now, and we have 50-60 thousand a month enlisting willingly." Ukraine launched a general mobilization following the escalation of the conflict with Russia in early 2022, barring most men aged between 18 and 60 years old from leaving the country and setting the conscription age at 27. Last year, faced with mounting losses and manpower shortages, Kiev...

SOTT

⚔️ The sun just spat out the strongest solar flares of 2025 — and more could be headed toward Earth

The sun has released several powerful M- and X-class solar flares over the past few days, resulting in radio blackouts around the world.

LIVESCIENCE

🌧️ Ex-UK Special Forces break silence on 'war crimes' by colleagues

Former members of UK Special Forces have broken years of silence to give BBC Panorama eyewitness accounts of alleged war crimes committed by colleagues in Iraq and Afghanistan. Giving their accounts publicly for the first time, the veterans described seeing members of the SAS murder unarmed people in their sleep and execute handcuffed detainees, including children. One veteran who served with the SAS in Afghanistan, recalled: "They handcuffed a young boy and shot him. He was clearly a child, not even close to fighting age." Killing of detainees "became routine", the veteran said. "They'd search someone, handcuff them, then shoot them", before cutting off the plastic handcuffs used to restrain people and "planting a pistol" by the body, he said. The new testimony includes allegations of war crimes stretching over more than a decade, far longer than the three years currently being examined by a judge-led public inquiry in the UK. The SBS, the Royal Navy's elite special forces...

SOTT

🔥 World Series winner arrested in Miami for aggravated battery with a deadly weapon

A former World Series winner has been arrested in Miami for aggravated battery with a deadly weapon and will face two felony charges more than a decade after retiring from baseball.

DAILYMAIL

🏛️ US Supreme Court divided over judges' power in citizenship case

The case centres on whether lower courts have the power to block Trump's orders nationwide, including his proposal to end birthright citizenship.

BBC

🤖 Authorities make grisly discovery near Taylor Swift's Rhode Island home

Human remains have washed up near Taylor Swift's Rhode Island home, leaving authorities searching for answers.

DAILYMAIL

🌧️ Book Review: ‘Apple in China,’ by Patrick McGee

In “Apple in China,” Patrick McGee argues that by training an army of manufacturers in a “ruthless authoritarian state,” the company has created an existential vulnerability for the entire world.

NYTIMES

🤖 Denver Airport loses all air traffic control communications for 90 seconds sparking panic in skies

Denver air traffic controllers lost communications for 90 seconds on Monday causing chaos in the skies over the massive travel hub.

DAILYMAIL

👨‍⚖️ Wisconsin judge accused of helping man evade federal immigration agents pleads not guilty

A Wisconsin judge accused of helping a man evade federal immigration agents has pleaded not guilty to federal charges.

PBS

💨 Brave single mom was battling breast cancer for fourth time...then stray bullet flew through her window

Jennifer James, 49, was battling breast cancer for the fourth time when a stray bullet flew through he window at her home in Berthoud, Colorado on April 28.

DAILYMAIL

⚔️ Largest US retailer Walmart warns of price hikes because of tariffs

Walmart is a bellwether of US consumer health and its statement is a signpost of the impact of the trade war.

ALJAZEERA

👔 Trump says U.S. and Iran have ‘sort of’ agreed on nuclear deal terms

President Donald Trump, in an exchange with reporters at a business roundtable in Doha, Qatar, described the talks between American envoy Steve Witkoff and Iranian Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi as “very serious negotiations” for “long-term peace" and were continuing to progress.

PBS

🗳️ Megyn Kelly guest shares chilling theory about what Dems would have done if ailing Biden, 82, had won 2024 election

SiriusXM's Megyn Kelly had Buck Sexton on her show this week - and he offered up some interesting insight about Democrats' true intentions in the buildup to the election.

DAILYMAIL

🇬🇧 UK’s Starmer seeking third countries to set up asylum seeker ‘return hubs’

PM’s plans compared to Conservatives’ controversial Rwanda deportation policy, which he had dismissed as a ‘gimmick’.

ALJAZEERA

🏛️ Health Secretary RFK Jr. Says He Won’t “Give Advice” on Vaccines

Kennedy, who heads the federal government's health department, said his opinions on vaccines were “irrelevant.”

TRUTHOUT

👮 Supreme Court Rejects ‘Moment of Threat’ Limit in Excessive Force Suits

Lower courts had been divided over whether judges must limit their scrutiny of challenges to police shootings to the seconds preceding them.

NYTIMES

🤖 Harvard learned it has an authentic Magna Carta. In 1946, it paid less than $28 for it

A pair of U.K. scholars discovered the mislabeled document in Harvard Law School's digital archives. The university bought it for just $27.50 in 1946. It turned out to be an authentic copy dating to 1300.

NPR

🔥 Tiffany Trump gives birth to baby boy... as Donald becomes grandfather once more

The First Daughter, 31, welcomed her first child with husband Michael Boulos at 4.44am on Thursday.

DAILYMAIL

🤖 Trump’s latest tariff agenda: Make movies crap again

Trump's proposed film tariff sent Hollywood spiraling, but it's the film-loving public who should be really worried

SALON

⚔️ Donald Trump's three-word response as he's greeted by hair twirlers in Abu Dhabi for lavish state dinner: Live updates

President Donald Trump warned that Iran must come to an agreement on nuclear weapons... or else.

DAILYMAIL

🤖 Kennedy says funding for Head Start will not be cut

In an appearance before a Senate subcommittee, Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. said the administration would “emphasize healthy eating in Head Start, and ensure the program continues to serve its 750,000 children and parents effectively.”

PBS

📉 S.E.C. Investigating Whether Coinbase Misstated Its User Numbers

The inquiry continued even after the commission dropped a lawsuit accusing Coinbase of illegally marketing digital currencies to the public.

NYTIMES

⚔️ The streaming platform Max is getting a new name: its old name, HBO Max

Max will become HBO Max again this summer, Warner Bros. Discovery said this week — two years after the name change that hasn't stuck. Here's what to know about the rebrand (and some others of note).

NPR

⚔️ Max will once again be HBO Max. Yes, it's aware of the irony

Max will become HBO Max again this summer, Warner Bros. Discovery said this week — two years after the name change that hasn't stuck. Here's what to know about the rebrand (and some others of note).

NPR

🇬🇧 Small mountain town to become America's nuke hotspot as uranium mine opens

The Trump Administration is fast-tracking the reopening of a Utah mine that will ramp up production of the nation's nuclear energy - and its stockpile of nuclear weapons .

DAILYMAIL

📉 EY delays start dates for consulting recruits for third year in a row

Decision comes as Big Four group grapples with ‘uncertain’ market conditions

FT

🇮🇱 Palestinians Face Mass Starvation. US-Israeli Plan Would Further Weaponize Food.

World Peace Foundation Executive Director Alex de Waal discusses the plan he dubs “surveillance humanitarianism.”

TRUTHOUT

👔 Walmart will raise prices due to tariff costs

Walmart’s first-quarter profit slipped, and it said it must raise prices due to higher costs from tariffs implemented by President Donald Trump.

PBS

🌧️ Ukraine’s Zelenskyy to send delegation for Russia talks after Putin no-show

Volodymyr Zelenskyy sends team led by defence minister for talks with Russian delegation in Turkiye's Istanbul.

ALJAZEERA

🌧️ Ukraine’s Zelenskyy sends delegation for Russia talks after Putin no-show

Volodymyr Zelenskyy sends team led by defence minister for talks with Russian delegation in Turkiye's Istanbul.

ALJAZEERA

🌧️ Optimism scarce as Russia and Ukraine set to talk in Turkiye

Volodymyr Zelenskyy sends team led by defence minister for talks with Russian delegation in Turkiye's Istanbul.

ALJAZEERA

🌧️ A European Peacekeeping Force in Ukraine Won’t Work

Any plan needs NATO involvement to be credible.

FP

🤖 Texas mother accused of helping son plan school shooting

Police say Ashley Pardo "knowingly aided" her son's plans to attack his school in exchange for him babysitting his younger siblings.

BBC

🔥 Terrifying moment Florida Uber driver pulls gun on female rapper who insulted her appearance

A video of the confrontation, which has since gone viral, shows the unidentified driver pulling a firearm and aiming it directly at the women.

DAILYMAIL

💻 A promising genetic treatment tailor-made for a baby born with a rare disorder

For the first time, doctors have created a customized treatment using the revolutionary gene-editing technique known as CRISPR to treat a baby with a rare, life-threatening genetic disorder.

NPR

⚔️ Physicists may be on their way to a 'theory of everything' after reenvisioning Einstein's most famous theory

A new physics paper takes a step toward creating a long-sought "theory of everything" by uniting gravity with the quantum world. However, the new theory remains far from being proven observationally.

LIVESCIENCE

⚔️ New theory could finally make 'quantum gravity' a reality — and prove Einstein wrong

A new physics paper takes a step toward creating a long-sought "theory of everything" by uniting gravity with the quantum world. However, the new theory remains far from being proven observationally.

LIVESCIENCE

🤖 Activists Are Fighting Tax Subsidies for Airline Running ICE Deportation Flights

Connecticut activists are making big gains in their campaign against the airlines ICE is using to abduct people.

TRUTHOUT

🇺🇸 Baby Is Healed With World’s First Personalized Gene-Editing Treatment

The technique used on a 9½-month-old boy with a rare condition has the potential to help people with thousands of other uncommon genetic diseases.

NYTIMES

🎖️ Judge Dismisses ‘Trespassing’ Charges Promoted by Trump in Border ‘Defense Area’

A newly designated “military installation” that stretches the length of the frontier in New Mexico has made trespassing a novel criminal charge at the border, bringing turmoil to the state. A judge says migrants couldn’t know they were trespassing.

NYTIMES

🔥 Ex-FDA chief reveals terrifying effects he suffered from Ozempic after shedding 60lbs: 'Made me ill'

The 74-year-old, who served as an FDA commissioner from 1990 to 1997, turned to GLP-1 medications after battling his weight his 'entire life'.

DAILYMAIL

🇬🇧 Bruce Springsteen rails against Trump during UK concert

Bruce Springsteen accused the Trump administration of persecuting dissenters during a concert in the UK.

ALJAZEERA

👔 Trump addresses troops at US’s largest Middle East military base

US President Donald Trump paid a visit to US troops stationed in Qatar.

ALJAZEERA

🤖 I was diagnosed with stage 4 cancer after strange things happened to my skin... symptoms you can't ignore

At just 22, Kaylee Engle dismissed the first strange lump near her breast-but when new ones appeared daily, she feared the worst.

DAILYMAIL

✊ Breathtaking hypocrisy of junk food tycoon hauled out of RFK Jr hearing over screaming protest

Critics slammed the ice cream tycoon for choosing to protest during the Health and Human Services Secretary's hearing.

DAILYMAIL

🔥 Israeli Strikes Kill Dozens in Gaza, Health Ministry Says

Israel intensified its military campaign against Hamas, despite a U.S.-backed push for the two sides to agree a new cease-fire.

NYTIMES

📈 US DOJ investigates UnitedHealth for alleged Medicare fraud: Report

The investigation comes amidst months of turmoil for the company, sending its stock plunging.

ALJAZEERA

🤖 Supreme Court hears arguments in birthright citizenship case

The arguments focused on a separate question: can federal district court judges rule against the administration on a nationwide basis.

NPR

🤖 Supreme Court weighs whether birthright citizenship can remain law in America

The arguments focused on a separate question: can federal district court judges rule against the administration on a nationwide basis.

NPR

🤖 Supreme Court justices appear divided in birthright citizenship arguments

The arguments focused on whether federal district court judges can rule against the administration on a nationwide basis.

NPR

🎥 Tyreek Hill breaks silence after NFL team mocked his shocking arrest before a game last year

Tyreek Hill has offered a surprising response to the Colts mocking him in their 2025 schedule release video.

DAILYMAIL

🔥 Why Meghan Markle should reject a 'Beckxit' deal with Nicola Peltz, according to PR experts

Meghan Markle and Nicola Peltz could now use the Royal Family and Beckham names to come up with a lucrative brand collaboration after the 'Beckxit' summit.

DAILYMAIL

🤖 Sufjan Stevens sparks furious uproar with 'blasphemous' comments about the Bible being 'very gay'

The musician, 49, detailed how the religious text is inherently sexual before also branding it as 'very gay.'

DAILYMAIL

👔 EU leaders urge Starmer to improve mobility deal in last ditch ‘reset’ talks

Prime minister will meet Macron and von der Leyen on Friday to iron out details

FT

👔 EU leaders urge Starmer to improve mobility deal in last-ditch ‘reset’ talks

Prime minister will meet Emmanuel Macron and Ursula von der Leyen on Friday to iron out details

FT

👨‍⚖️ Wisconsin judge pleads not guilty to obstructing immigration arrest

Federal authorities allege that Judge Hannah Dugan helped an undocumented man evade arrest by immigration agents.

ALJAZEERA

⚔️ Child was enjoying having house to himself...until two strange men started walking down his drive

Delaware teenager Sam Rojas, 16, was home alone for Spring break last month when two men broke into his home in a horror home invasion that was caught on surveillance camera.

DAILYMAIL

🇮🇱 Nakba 1948 vs Gaza genocide today

We compare and contrast the 1948 Nakba with Israel’s ongoing genocide in Gaza.

ALJAZEERA

🤖 Terrified female hiker attacked by unexpected animal SIX times while enjoying peaceful Texas trail

In a rare encounter, a female hiker was attacked six times by an unsuspecting animal while enjoying a scenic walk through a Texas park, leaving her bruised, bloody and in crutches.

DAILYMAIL

📈 US takes desperate steps to open mine that could build 1,000 nuclear bombs as energy crisis deepens WWIII fears

The Trump Administration is fast-tracking the reopening of a Utah mine that will ramp up production of the nation's nuclear energy - and its stockpile of nuclear weapons .

DAILYMAIL

👔 Trump hails ‘incredible culture’ as he tours Abu Dhabi’s Grand Mosque

President Donald Trump praised the Sheikh Zayed Grand Mosque in Abu Dhabi as “beautiful”.

ALJAZEERA

🤖 Andrew Cassell, Daring Sailor Who Won Paralympic Gold, Dies at 82

He survived the deadliest race in modern yachting history, won the first Paralympic sailing contest and founded a nonprofit for sailors with disabilities.

NYTIMES

📉 Fear as home buyers bail at record levels… raising alarm crash could be on the horizon

The usually sizzling hot US spring housing market is the worst it's been in decades -- with serious fears of a market crash scaring terrified buyers out of home contracts.

DAILYMAIL

🌊 Dinosaur age tsunami revealed from tiny chunks of Japanese amber, study finds

Amber deposits in Japan show unique deformations that suggest trees were swept out to sea during a tsunami about 115 million years ago, giving paleontologists a new way to identify past tsunamis.

LIVESCIENCE

⚕️ From fitness fads to mental health trends, how wellness became an American 'epidemic'

Journalist Amy Larocca says our society's obsession with optimization and self care has reached a fever pitch. She unpacks what it really means to take care of ourselves in <em>How to Be Well. </em>

NPR

⚡ Celebrity psychic Tyler Henry reveals heartbreaking tumor after brain surgery as he shares hospital bedside photo

The reality star, 29, revealed he had most of a 'colloid tumor' removed from his brain and will now be on bedrest for a month.

DAILYMAIL

⚔️ Model at war with interior designer neighbor over unfinished mansion... and 'affair with the builder'

Danielle Braverman and Hayley Servatius are at war over a mansion renovation gone horribly wrong.

DAILYMAIL

🇮🇱 On Nakba Day, Trump tours the Gulf as Gaza starves

77 years after the Nakba, one in five people in Gaza faces starvation as Israel blocks all aid.

ALJAZEERA

📰 MAGA ally's crude warning for Trump about his new Middle East pals

During an appearance on Fox News on Thursday, Senator John Kennedy (R-La.) shared his take on Trump's diplomatic moves with the Arab nations of Iran and Qatar.

DAILYMAIL

🤖 In Gaza, the Nakba is being relived in 2025

Ruwaida Amer&#039;s grandparents lived through the Nakba in 1948. Now, in 2025, she is experiencing another catastrophe.

ALJAZEERA

🌧️ Ukraine's Zelenskyy arrives in Turkey for talks with Russia, without Putin

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy is in Turkey for direct talks with Russia. But the Kremlin sent a lower-level delegation that doesn't include President Vladimir Putin.

NPR

🌧️ The outlook for Ukraine-Russia talks fades, as Putin skips out

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy went to Turkey for direct talks with Russia. But the Kremlin sent a lower-level delegation that doesn't include President Vladimir Putin.

NPR

🤖 The moon's very different sides explained

Scientists have discovered key differences under the moon's surface that may explain why its two hemispheres look so different.

SKY

🤖 Why do the moon's two sides look so different?

Scientists have discovered key differences under the moon's surface that may explain why its two hemispheres look so different.

SKY

🔥 Woolly mice and "dire wolves" are a distraction from attacks on endangered species, experts caution

"De-extinction" takes center stage as environmentalists express dismay over erosion of the Endangered Species Act

SALON

🔥 Live by the Loomer, Die by the Loomer

Nasty MAGA infighting means trouble for Trump.

NYTIMES

🔥 AvKare recalls over-the-counter eye drops after FDA audit

Customers are encouraged to stop using several eye irritation products, including gels and artificial tears.

NPR

👔 How Small Business Owners Are Handling Tariffs on China

An easing in President Trump’s tariffs on Chinese goods gave businesses some breathing room. Long-term planning, though, is still on pause.

NYTIMES

🤖 Britney Spears dragged into Diddy trial as Cassie testifies about party where it all began: Live trial updates

Sean 'Diddy' Combs' defense will cross-examine his ex-girlfriend and main accuser Cassie Ventura as he faces trial for sex-trafficking and racketeering in New York.

DAILYMAIL

🤖 Walmart says higher prices could hit this month due to tariffs

The retailer says it isn't able to absorb all the pressure from tariffs, even at the reduced levels announced.

BBC

👔 Trump to crack down on Chinese-made baby formula amid claims Beijing spies are stealing infants' DNA

President Donald Trump's administration is conducting a full-scale crackdown on baby formula as it puts under scrutiny the link between Chinese labs and the U.S. food and beverage supply.

DAILYMAIL

🤖 Idaho murders BOMBSHELL as Bryan Kohberger names another suspect

The 11th-hour hearing comes after bombshell new details emerged, including Kohberger's chilling porn choices and disturbing online searches about Ted Bundy.

DAILYMAIL

🤖 ICE Barbie Kristi Noem is backing insane reality TV show where immigrants compete for fast-tracked citizenship

Kristi Noem is now pushing for a reality show that would see immigrants compete 'for the honor of fast-tracking their way to U.S. citizenship,' DailyMail.com has learned.

DAILYMAIL

🤖 Incredible update in hunt for female hiker who vanished in remote Sierra Nevada mountains three weeks ago

Tiffany Slaton, 27, of Jeffersonville, Georgia, was found on Wednesday afternoon after taking refuge inside a cabin at the Vermilion Valley Resort near Lake Edison in California.

DAILYMAIL

🎖️ Chopra: Nadeem javelin friendship ‘not the same’ after India-Pakistan clash

The recent military escalations have damaged a once exemplary athlete bond between India&#039;s Chopra and Pakistan&#039;s Nadeem.

ALJAZEERA

🤖 An Iranian Student in U.S. Detention Makes a Hard Choice: Stay or Go Home

Few rallied around Alireza Doroudi, who spent weeks detained on murky charges. With hope he might win, but facing extended detention, he had to decide whether to keep fighting his case.

NYTIMES

🤖 I spent most of my life feeling weak, frail and unable to put on weight. Doctors were baffled - until I developed this strange symptom and they finally discovered my deadly condition

Every time Billie Worsey nips up the stairs to fetch something she utters a silent 'thank you'. Until recently, she was unable do to this alone, needing her husband to carry her.

DAILYMAIL

📰 Zelenskyy sending delegation to Istanbul peace talks with Russia after Putin stays away

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy told a news conference in the Turkish capital Ankara the Russian delegation doesn&rsquo;t include &ldquo;anyone who actually makes decisions,&rdquo; accusing Moscow of not taking efforts to end the war seriously.

PBS

🌧️ Putin spurns meeting with Zelenskyy, but lower-level Ukraine-Russia talks will proceed

Few had expected Putin to show up in Turkey, and his absence punctured any hope of significant progress toward ending the 3-year-old war amid peace efforts in recent months by the Trump administration and Western European leaders.

PBS

🌍 Violent earthquake swarm strikes just miles from major volcano on brink of exploding... sparking eruption fears

Multiple earthquakes have hit near a major US volcano that scientists warn is gearing up for an eruption. The 11,000-foot-tall volcano sits near a city home to 300,000 Americans.

DAILYMAIL

👮 Cops hunt woman wearing retro glasses who 'dumped dying puppy in trash can'

In March, Lindenwold Police Department (LPD) officers were called to the Belmont Apartments in Long Branch when a resident made the gut-wrenching discovery.

DAILYMAIL

🤖 Scientists use AI to encrypt secret messages that are invisible to cybersecurity systems

Scientists say that hiding secret messages using AI chatbots could lead to a world of iron-clad encryption.

LIVESCIENCE

⚔️ US producer prices tumble in April as tariffs squeeze profit margins

Wholesale inflation falls, but economists warn businesses are yet to pass on the higher costs of trade levies

FT

🤖 NFL star Marlon Humphrey disturbed by latest sickening Diddy allegations amid rapper's sex trafficking trial

Cassie Ventura, one of Combs' ex-girlfriends, testified in front of her former partner in court on Wednesday as she revealed disturbing intimate details of their relationship.

DAILYMAIL

🤖 The world's saddest dolphins: Tragic footage shows pair left behind in dirty pool after Mexican aquarium shuts down

Phil Demers, director of UrgentSeas, says the mammals were being imprisoned in small, dirty pools.

DAILYMAIL

🤖 I'm a 70-year-old grandmother who uses dating apps every day after leaving my husband of 34 years - I'm feeling years younger (and having the best sex of my life!)

Tina Pemberton, from London, said she's living like a teenager again. The grandmother-of-three has been swiping right, dating and even spicing up her sex life.

DAILYMAIL

⚖️ Idiot rapper set for big trouble from feds after posting video from idyllic tourist hotspot

Musical artist Doeboi909 appears to have ignored a federal law that prohibits people from walking on thermal features at Yellowstone National Park in Wyoming.

DAILYMAIL

⚔️ Taylor Swift and Travis Kelce's careers intersect in a heartwarming way

The power couple have supported each other professionally before, with Travis appearing onstage in concert with Taylor and her cheering him on from the stands as he plays for the Kansas City Chiefs.

DAILYMAIL

🔥 Heat-Risk Days for Pregnant People Have Doubled Worldwide Over Last 5 Years

Even a single day of exposure to extreme heat can lead to complications for pregnant people.

TRUTHOUT

🎵 Desperate Justin Bieber was 'on the verge of financial collapse' before selling music catalog for $200M

The 31-year-old pop star made somewhere between $500million and $1billion but blew it all and was in rough financial shape before selling to Hipgnosis Songs Capital according to TMZ.

DAILYMAIL

🔥 Juan Soto sends message to angry Yankees fans before return to the Bronx as New York Met

The four-time All-Star starred for the Yankees last season as the team reached the World Series, but bolted across town in the offseason to sign a mammoth $765million contract with the Mets.

DAILYMAIL

⚔️ Trump brings out surprise VIP comedian Theo Von in Qatar who shocks with controversial jokes

Comedian and podcaster Theo Von surprised American troops at the Al Udeid Air Base in Qatar on Thursday with a comedy set to warm up for President Donald Trump's appearance.

DAILYMAIL

🔥 Why Meghan Markle should reject a 'Beckxit' deal with Nicola Peltz, according to PR experts

Meghan Markle and Nicola Peltz could now use the Royal Family and Beckham names to come up with a lucrative brand collaboration after the 'Beckxit' summit.

DAILYMAIL

⛽ Stunned gasps fill Sotheby's auction room after greedy experts made terrible mistake with '$70m' sculpture

Alberto Giacometti's 1955 bronze bust, called Grand tête mince, was billed to be the auction's centerpiece by connoisseurs who valued it at $70 million.

DAILYMAIL

🔥 Romania’s Far Right Is More Extreme Than You Think

The country’s conservative populists have a long—and radical—history.

FP

🤖 Wisconsin Judge Hannah Dugan Pleads Not Guilty to Obstructing Immigration Agents

Judge Hannah C. Dugan claimed judicial immunity this week after a federal grand jury indicted her.

NYTIMES

🎄 Netflix confirms season two of 'brilliant' '10/10' show - but fans say it won't be the same without one character

The Four Seasons only hit the streaming platform earlier this month and follows three couples going on seasonal holidays together.

DAILYMAIL

⚔️ Ben of Ben & Jerry’s Is Arrested at Senate Hearing After Protesting War in Gaza

Ben Cohen, a co-founder of the ice cream brand, was among a group that interrupted a Senate hearing on Wednesday, protesting Congress’s funding of Israel’s military.

NYTIMES

🔥 Gabbard fires 2 top intelligence officials, changes who preps Trump&#8217;s daily brief

The firings, which were first reported by Fox News Digital, follow the release of a declassified memo from the National Intelligence Council that found no coordination between Venezuela's government and the Tren de Aragua gang.

PBS

🥳 Earlybirds Dance Club Is for Women Who Party Till the Break of 10 P.M.

Earlybirds, a roving dance party that ends as most nightclubs are opening, caters to women who have things to do in the morning — and need dancing more than ever.

NYTIMES

🇮🇱 Nakba survivor says Israeli ‘brutality’ worse than 77 years ago

Israel’s ‘brutality’ has displaced 85-year-old Nakba survivor Mohammed once again, but he says this time it’s worse.

ALJAZEERA

🤖 I died on the hockey rink and spoke to God... here's what He said

An amateur hockey player from Colorado went into cardiac arrest in the middle of a game and was dead for 16 minutes on the ice, with his surviving tale bringing him closer to his faith. 

DAILYMAIL

🔥 Legendary real estate mogul hit with furious backlash after revealing 'sadistic' way she likes to fire people

A legendary businesswoman's gleeful admission of enjoying firing people has been labeled everything from 'sociopathic' to 'inhumane.'

DAILYMAIL

🤖 Bridgerton Season 4 trailer sparks outrage among fans: 'This is ridiculous'

If you've been following the Bridgerton series on Netflix, you're in it for the long haul - literally.

DAILYMAIL

✊ Pope Leo’s Classmates Drew Ire of Church With Protest for Women

“It was the most electric thing I have ever experienced inside the walls of a Catholic church,” one protester recalls.

NYTIMES

🎥 Kathy Griffin STILL playing the victim over bloody Trump decapitation photo eight years on

The comedian called Colbert a d*ck In a YouTube video published Tuesday, where she billed the interview as a 'bullsh*t ambush'.

DAILYMAIL

🔥 Fugitive child rape suspect filmed paying ultimate price after reaching for gun during traffic stop

Matthew Steven Rollie, 30, was wanted in Georgia for enticing a child for indecent purposes and for failing to register as a sex offender. He was shot dead after opening fire on Florida deputies.

DAILYMAIL

⚕️ Nurse reveals how she achieved Ozempic-style weight loss by changing TWO toxic habits she had no idea were sabotaging her health

For me, losing weight wasn't just about looking better; it was about finally living the advice I was giving out to everybody else as a registered nurse.

DAILYMAIL

🌧️ Trump says no deal on Ukraine until he meets Putin

US president damps down expectations about Ukrainian-Russian talks in Turkey

FT

🤖 America is denying world leaders' visas... El Chapo's son could be the reason

Joaquín 'El Chapo' Guzmán's jailed son is expected to provide telling evidence that would help the United States designate Mexico's ruling party, Morena, as a narco-organization.

DAILYMAIL

🇺🇸 Trump Budget Cuts Hobble Antismoking Programs

The elimination of a key C.D.C. office has slashed funding to states for help lines used by thousands to stop smoking and vaping.

NYTIMES

🤖 Republicans pass sweeping bills out of committee, but division remains over Medicaid and other cuts

Cheers broke out early Wednesday as Republicans on the House Ways and Means Committee signed off on the GOP tax breaks bill after a grueling round-the-clock session. But there's more work to do.

PBS

🌀 Bryan Norcross: What to expect on the first day of Eastern Pacific hurricane season

FOX Weather Hurricane Specialist Bryan Norcross is taking a look at the conditions in the Pacific Ocean on the first day of the Eastern Pacific hurricane season, and what’s coming up in the Atlantic season.

FOXWEATHER

🛢️ Makeup lovers slam Dior's $40 lip oil after claiming it left them with 'BURNS'

Makeup lovers have slammed Dior's popular $40 lip oil after claiming it left them with 'burns.' Multiple women have taken to TikTok to express their concern about the Addict Lip Glow Oil.

DAILYMAIL

🇨🇳 Walmart to raise prices despite US-China trade deal

World’s biggest retailer reports rise in first-quarter sales in face of Trump’s tariffs

FT

🔥 "The Studio" excels at committing to the bit

Zoë Kravitz and Bryan Cranston jump fully into the show's chaos for one of its most hilarious episodes yet

SALON

🔥 &#8220;The Studio&#8221; excels at committing to the bit

Zoë Kravitz and Bryan Cranston jump fully into the show's chaos for one of its most hilarious episodes yet

SALON

💼 Trump Admin Wields Foreign Policy Apparatus to Advance Musk’s Business Interests

Trump’s State Department has intervened on behalf of Starlink in The Gambia and at least four other developing nations.

TRUTHOUT

📈 The Booming Business of Returned Products

As retailers slow down orders for foreign goods because of tariffs, companies that recirculate overstocked or returned items may help fill the gap.

NYTIMES

⚔️ Earth could be hit by 600,000 mile-wide 'bird wing' solar eruption TOMORROW, astronomers warn

Scientists warn that a 'bird wing' solar eruption could strike Earth tomorrow, causing the Northern Lights to be visible over parts of the UK.

DAILYMAIL

🤖 Diddy's star lawyer reveals intimate Cassie texts and nicknames from when they dated: Live trial updates

Sean 'Diddy' Combs' defense will cross-examine his ex-girlfriend and main accuser Cassie Ventura as he faces trial for sex-trafficking and racketeering in New York.

DAILYMAIL

🎬 James Bond actor who was in THREE 007 movies - Living Daylights, Goldeneye, Tomorrow Never Dies - is dead at 89

Joe Don Baker died at the age of 89 on May 7, his family confirmed. The actor played two different roles in three separate James Bond films playing both a good and a bad guy.

DAILYMAIL

⚽ Knicks star Josh Hart's wife slams Celtics rival for grabbing his manhood in tense playoff showdown

Early in the second half at TD Garden on Wednesday night, TNT Sports cameras captured Brown appearing to cup Hart's private parts while trying to get around a pick.

DAILYMAIL

🌐 Oil prices fall as Trump says US is 'getting close' to Iran nuclear deal

The price of Brent crude, the global benchmark, was trading at $64.6 per barrel by mid-afternoon, while West Texas Intermediate Crude stood at $61.7 per barrel.

DAILYMAIL

🔥 Entire family of five killed in horror crash while traveling on Mother's Day

A family of five from Texas - a husband, wife and their three daughters - were tragically killed in a horrific head-on collision while traveling for Mother's Day on Interstate 45 in Houston.

DAILYMAIL

🇺🇸 Thousands of popular ice creams recalled over foreign material that could CHOKE customers

Nearly 18,000 ice cream tubs sold nationwide are being recalled over fears they could choke customers to death.

DAILYMAIL

🌩️ The nepo-baby lawyer who could get Diddy off the hook... as her famous father's clients are revealed

Teny Geragos, 34, first took the legal world by a storm with her unorthodox methods of defending Diddy's innocence on TikTok and primetime TV.

DAILYMAIL

📰 Fresh humiliation for America's wokest DA as liberal hometown newspaper op-ed calls her anti-white racist

Hennepin County Attorney Mary Moriarty, a Minnesota prosecutor dubbed America's 'wokest DA' has been eviscerated by her state's flagship paper over her soft-on-crime policies.

DAILYMAIL

🤖 Can a New Public Safety Plan Lift Adrienne Adams’s Campaign for Mayor?

Ms. Adams, the City Council speaker, is releasing a crime plan that creates hiring and retention incentives for police officers while also investing in diversion programs.

NYTIMES

⚽ Stephen A. Smith’s Relentless, Preposterous, Probably Inevitable Road to Political Clout

America’s best-known sports-talker is hosting boldface Democrats and MAGA luminaries and teasing a 2028 run. But what he really wants is Joe Rogan-like influence, and things of that nature.

NYTIMES

🇨🇳 China allows visa-free entry for 5 Latin American nations to boost ties

China will allow visa-free entry for nationals of five Latin American countries for one year to boost closer connections with the region

ABC

👔 What judges have said about birthright citizenship and nationwide injunctions

Federal courts have uniformly blocked President Donald Trump's order seeking to end birthright citizenship for children born in the United States to someone in the country illegally.

PBS

🏛️ Britain says it's talking with some countries to set up migrant return hubs

Britain's prime minister says his government is talking with several countries to host rejected asylum seekers as they wait to be deported

ABC

🔥 Could EU tariffs against Russia bring a ceasefire for Ukraine?

As Vladimir Putin rejects Volodymyr Zelenskyy&#039;s proposal for a face-to-face meeting, the EU is readying penalties.

ALJAZEERA

👮 American basketball player arrested in Indonesia for alleged drug smuggling

Indonesian police say an American basketball player for the Indonesian league was arrested for allegedly attempting to smuggle illegal drugs to the country

ABC

🔥 How not to fight populism: a lesson from Romania

The real culprits for the rise of the right are the complacent parties who have ruled since the 1989 revolution

FT

⚔️ Dave Portnoy taunts Timothee Chalamet after sitting next to Hollywood star in Knicks vs Celtics

The Celtics kept their season alive on Wednesday night, and Barstool founder Dave Portnoy was in good spirits as he taunted Knicks superfan Timothee Chalamet afterwards.

DAILYMAIL

⚔️ 'Kate knows how Victoria and David feel': Insiders tell RICHARD EDEN shocking reason behind Princess of Wales' surprise gesture in Beckham family feud

The Princess of Wales wearing a Victoria Beckham suit to present the Queen Elizabeth II design award last week was a show of support for more than just British designers in general.

DAILYMAIL

🇺🇸 South Africa says Trump's aid cuts stripped more than 8,000 health workers from its HIV program

The Trump administration&rsquo;s dismantling of USAID has put more than 8,000 health workers in South Africa&rsquo;s national HIV program out of work

ABC

🌧️ Ukraine's Zelenskyy says he is sending a delegation to Istanbul for peace talks with Russia

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy says he will send a team headed by his defense minister to Istanbul for peace talks with a Russian delegation

ABC

💬 NFL team rips Jordon Hudson after turning down Bill Belichick for head coach job in 2024

An NFL team has ripped Jordon Hudson after it turned down Bill Belichick to be its head coach in 2024 during its regular-season schedule release video posted to social media Wednesday.

DAILYMAIL

🌐 What have US President Donald Trump’s tariff policies achieved?

Trump&#039;s policies have roiled global markets and left businesses stumped on how to plan for the foreseeable future.

ALJAZEERA

🏛️ 4 things to know about the Supreme Court arguments on birthright citizenship

In Thursday's arguments, the justices will be weighing whether judges have the authority to issue what are called nationwide, or universal, injunctions.

PBS

🇺🇸 India and Pakistan trade accusations of nuclear weapons mismanagement

Islamabad hits back after Indian defence minister says Pakistan&#039;s nuclear arsenal should be under UN surveillance.

ALJAZEERA

🤖 US crypto group Coinbase targeted by hackers

Company said demands were made for $20mn to prevent public disclosure of stolen customer data

FT

🇺🇸 Carnival Cruise Line SLAMMED by mourning woman who was refused a refund for her 'forced' cancelled vacation

A heartbroken Monique McChristian, 25, from Roseville, California, scathed to DailyMail.com: 'Now I am here without my baby, no vacation and almost three thousand dollars lost.'

DAILYMAIL

🌐 Daily Cartoon: Thursday, May 15th

“This book is banned, but the internet is fair game.”

NEWYORKER

🔥 MSNBC Poaches Politico Editor Sudeep Reddy for New Washington Bureau

The cable channel, which is set to be spun off from NBC, is starting its first stand-alone D.C. office with Sudeep Reddy at the helm. It also plans to hire 100 new journalists.

NYTIMES

👔 Wife sobs after spotting comical flaw in $640 pink Trump watch that husband bought for her

Tim Petit thought one of Donald Trump's watches would be the perfect gift for his wife, Melanie, after hearing an ad for the president's GetTrumpWatches.com.

DAILYMAIL

🔥 Celestron SkyMaster Pro ED 15x70 binocular review

These massive stargazing binoculars are hefty in both size and price, but is it worth splurging on the Extra Dispersion glass?

LIVESCIENCE

⚔️ Ultra-fit man, 32, on the brink of death after taking popular medication - experts warn more gym-goers could be affected

A bodybuilder was left fighting for his life after years of abusing a drug, with experts warning that more people could be at risk.

DAILYMAIL

🇮🇳 Indianapolis Colts forced to delete schedule release video after poking fun at Tyreek Hill's shocking arrest

As is tradition on schedule release day, the Colts joined every other NFL team in devising a creative video to unveil their slate of fixtures for 2025. But their effort quickly sparked outrage on social media.

DAILYMAIL

👔 Trump Visits U.S. Air Base in Qatar Amid Plan to Accept Plane Donation

The president addressed troops at Al Udeid Air Base in Qatar, a hub for U.S. air operations across a vast region from Northeast Africa to Central and South Asia.

NYTIMES

🤖 Diddy rape lawsuit unflatteringly compares rapper's penis to popular candy bar: Trial live updates

Sean 'Diddy' Combs' defense will cross-examine his ex-girlfriend and main accuser Cassie Ventura as he faces trial for sex-trafficking and racketeering in New York.

DAILYMAIL

👔 Can President Trump legally accept a $400m plane for free?

US president&#039;s plane acceptance may breach emoluments clause as lawsuits face procedural hurdles, say experts.

ALJAZEERA

🔥 Eagle-eyed NBA fans spot Celtics star Jaylen Brown grabbing Knicks' Josh Hart in very intimate area

The player in question eventually had the last laugh as his team ran out comfortable 127-102 winners to reduce their deficit in the playoff series to 3-2.

DAILYMAIL

🇨🇳 Walmart says higher prices from tariffs coming as soon as this month

The world's largest retailer says it won't be able to absorb all the costs from higher tariffs on imported goods, particularly from China. Already in April, shoppers began tightening their budgets as retail spending did not grow much compared to March.

NPR

👔 WATCH LIVE: VA Secretary Collins testifies on 2026 White House budget request

President Donald Trump&rsquo;s 2026 budget request so far includes a 4 percent increase for Department of Veterans Affairs programs.

PBS

🏛️ 45% more people rejected at German border after checks were stepped up, minister says

German Interior Minister Alexander Dobrindt says that the number of people turned back at the country&rsquo;s borders increased by 45% in the new government&rsquo;s first week in office after it stepped up police checks at its frontiers

ABC

📰 Can Ukraine and Russia find peace in Turkey?

<a href='https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/sky-news-daily/id951048357' target='_blank'>👉 Listen to Sky News Daily on your podcast app 👈</a>

SKY

👔 Trump: Nothing's going to happen until Putin and I get together

Answering a BBC question, the US president says progress on peace is unlikely until he meets his Russian counterpart.

BBC

👔 Which Trump Policies Have Been Blocked by the Courts?

President Trump’s effort to restrict birthright citizenship is one of many aggressive policies that judges have blocked with sweeping orders.

NYTIMES

⚔️ British Consumers Are Skeptical of American Meat. Can They Change?

The countries’ trade agreement is just a first step, U.S. officials say. But consumers in the U.K. are wary of American food production.

NYTIMES

👔 Trump says US close to nuclear deal with Iran, but key gaps remain

On a regional visit to Gulf countries, the US president signals progress on nuclear talks with Tehran.

ALJAZEERA

🤖 Sheikh Tahnoon’s IHC nears deal for stake in Caring’s Ivy hospitality empire

Talks between Abu Dhabi royal’s holding company and ‘King of Mayfair’ could lead to a deal worth over £1bn

FT

⚔️ Israel intensifies Gaza war during Trump visit

As Donald Trump tours the Middle East without visiting Israel, Israeli forces intensified their bombardment of Gaza.

ALJAZEERA

✊ Watch: Moment Ben & Jerry's co-founder interrupts RFK Jr speech

The co-founder of Ben & Jerry's, Ben Cohen, was part of a protest in the US Senate.

BBC

🔥 We Live in Fearful Times. Our Safety Comes Through Preparing Together.

“Now is the time to be bold and audacious,” says community safety organizer Che Johnson-Long.

TRUTHOUT

🤖 Bombshell claim Diddy was caught 'dry humping' a Kardashian at the Met Gala resurfaces amid his trial

A bombshell claim Sean 'Diddy' Combs was caught 'dry humping' a Kardashian at a past Met Gala has resurfaced amid the disgraced rapper's sex trafficking trial.

DAILYMAIL

🤖 Cannes premiere of film profiling slain Gaza journalist Fatma Hassouna

A Palestinian photojournalist was killed after she learned a film about her would be shown at the Cannes Film Festival.

ALJAZEERA

🏛️ Pope Leo XIV fans joke nervously as VIP guest who'll attend historic inauguration mass is revealed

Despite being America's highest ranking Catholic in government, pope fans are slightly nervous about his return to the Vatican.

DAILYMAIL

⚔️ Politics & Diplomacy: Exclusive Interview with Malaysia’s Anwar Ibrahim

101 East exclusive: Malaysia&#039;s PM Anwar Ibrahim talks ASEAN, transnational crime, 1MDB, Najib and finding Jho Low.

ALJAZEERA

🔥 Trump’s Gulf tour based on “economics rather than politics”

Trump&#039;s focus on his tour of the Middle East is on economics.

ALJAZEERA

🔥 Overdose Deaths Plummeted in 2024. Will Trump’s Cuts Slow the Momentum?

The progress comes as the Trump administration is proposing to cut funding for many programs believed to have contributed to the improvement.

NYTIMES

👨‍⚕️ One woman's fight to remove barriers for aspiring doctors with disabilities

After her dreams of becoming a doctor were denied, one California woman is working to make the profession more accessible to those with disabilities.

NPR

🏛️ Is This Supreme Court Case About Birthright Citizenship? Yes and No.

A case focused on birthright citizenship could come later, but the bulk of the argument is expected to concern whether a single judge can freeze a policy nationwide.

NYTIMES

👔 Trump begins final leg of Gulf visit with arrival in Abu Dhabi

US President Donald Trump has arrived in the United Arab Emirates for the third and final stop of his Gulf tour.

ALJAZEERA

🤖 Judge rules that Drag Show containing ‘Lewd Se**al Acts’ can take place in close proximity to children’s park

A U.S. District Judge has issued a preliminary injunction permitting a sexually explicit drag show to take place in view of children at a June 7 pride festival in Naples, Florida, according to Liberty Counsel, a non-profit legal group. The decision has sparked controversy, as it overturns the Naples City Council&#8217;s efforts to protect minors [&#8230;]

ENDTIMES

⚔️ Trump’s trade war risks US capital flight, warns hedge fund Elliott

Tariff policies could cause ‘enormous’ damage, $73bn firm says in letter to investors

FT

🌧️ Trump hints he could still go to Turkey for Russia-Ukraine peace talks that Putin is skipping

President Donald Trump kept the door open to showing up to the Russia-Ukraine negotiations that are expected to happen in Turkey on Thursday. 

DAILYMAIL

🇺🇸 Trump's traveling trunk show is backfiring

At least on the issue of putting the USA up for sale, we’re all united against Trump

SALON

🔥 Researchers Wanted to Understand Concerns With Batteries in Moss Landing, California. Their Funding Just Got Yanked

The Trump administration has canceled outright or is trying to cancel billions of dollars in federal grants for research about energy and the environment. Dustin Mulvaney, an environmental studies professor at San Jose State University, has the unfortunate distinction of being part of two federal grants canceled in the last month that deal with the [&#8230;]

ICN

👔 Trump thanks 'incredibly brave' soldier who saved his life during Butler assassination attempt

President Donald Trump offered a love letter to American troops when he spoke at the biggest American base in the Middle East and offered his personal thanks to a soldier.

DAILYMAIL

🇮🇱 Hamas confirms direct peace talks with US - as it calls on Trump to 'pressure' Israel

A senior Hamas official has confirmed the militant group is in direct talks with the United States over peace in Gaza, adding that it believes Donald Trump can help broker a deal.

SKY

🏦 Revealed: Stunning message Tiger Woods gave Donald Trump in shock White House visit last week

Woods hadn't been seen for weeks until a surprise picture of the 15-time Major winner with Senator Jim Banks surfaced on social media last week.

DAILYMAIL

🕵️ Mystery of glamorous realtor's death takes another turn as secret of handsome stranger is unraveled

Ashlee Long, 28, was shot dead on April 5 while visiting Dallas for work. Her family don't know what she was doing with William Kistler, seen with her in the street moments before she was killed.

DAILYMAIL

🌧️ Donald Trump says he knows why Putin skipped Ukraine peace talks as he gives final ultimatum: Live updates

President Donald Trump warned that Iran must come to an agreement on nuclear weapons... or else.

DAILYMAIL

⛔ Syrian Business Owners Are Energized by U.S. Promise to Lift Sanctions

Since the overthrow of the dictator Bashar al-Assad, business owners have been waiting for Washington to ease sanctions and pave the way for an economic renewal.

NYTIMES

🔥 Walmart confirms worst fears about tariffs

Walmart has confirmed Trump's tariffs will have enormous effects for its shoppers.

DAILYMAIL

🇷🇺 Russia calls Zelensky a 'pathetic loser clown' as he arrives in Turkey and criticises Putin for sending 'dummy' peace talk delegation

Zelensky had slammed Moscow for sending a 'dummy' delegation to Turkey as he questioned whether 'they are capable of making any decisions themselves'.

DAILYMAIL

⚡ TikTok beauty influencer gunned down during live stream in Mexico

&#160; In a heartbreaking incident in Zapopan, Mexico, 23-year-old beauty influencer Valeria Marquez was fatally shot during a TikTok livestream from her beauty salon. The tragedy unfolded as Marquez, known to her over 100,000 Instagram followers, was engaging with her audience. A small parcel containing a stuffed piglet was delivered to her door, which she [&#8230;]

ENDTIMES

⚔️ North Macedonia’s path toward full EU membership stalled by impasse with Bulgaria

European Council President Ant&oacute;nio Costa has called on North Macedonia to change its constitution to include the Bulgarian minority as a way for the country to continue its path toward full European Union membership

ABC

⚔️ Walmart Warns About Ability to ‘Absorb’ Tariff Costs to Keep Prices Down

The retailer reported sales growth, especially in its e-commerce division, but also cautioned about economic uncertainty in the quarters ahead.

NYTIMES

🇺🇸 Why my tan was the only sign I had a little-known deadly condition that affects thousands

Every time Billie Worsey nips up the stairs to fetch something she utters a silent 'thank you'. Until recently, she was unable do to this alone, needing her husband to carry her.

DAILYMAIL

⚔️ Regulator warns that much of the U.S. at heightened risk for summer power outages

A large swath of the United States is facing a heightened risk of blackouts this summer, a perennial danger as electricity use soars and extreme weather tests the nation’s aging power grid, according to the regulatory authority that monitors the electricity system. The seasonal electricity forecast warns that regional power grids extending from the Upper [&#8230;]

ENDTIMES

🎵 Chris Brown arrested in Manchester over bottle attack on music producer at London nightclub

Chris Brown has been arrested in Manchester over a bottle attack at a London nightclub.

DAILYMAIL

⚔️ That 'tourist' in the forest might be a Russian spy, Latvia warns

They might look like lost tourists who are unkempt and overloaded with gear

ABC

💻 US AI laws risk becoming more ‘European’ than Europe’s

An intense battle may now erupt over who has the right to regulate — or deregulate — technology

FT

👔 Trump riles up U.S. troops in Qatar with VERY suggestive statement about running for a third term

President Donald Trump again teased running for a third term during a speech to U.S. servicemembers at the country's largest base in the Middle East.

DAILYMAIL

🤖 Baptist Preacher claims there is no “Biblical Basis’ for abstaining from premarital Sex

(OPINION) Megachurch Baptist preacher, Dr. Delman Coates, referenced “problematic translations” of the Bible as he argued against the teaching that sex before or outside of marriage is a sin. In a sermon series that aimed to “clarify what has been distorted and misunderstood by the church for millennia,” Coates fully supported consensual premarital sex. The preacher, whose [&#8230;]

ENDTIMES

🔥 Trump touts 'freedom zone' plan for Gaza in Qatar as ceasefire talks stall

President Trump is visiting Qatar and the U.A.E. after inking big weapons and tech deals in Saudi Arabia. So far, his trip hasn't seemed to push forward chances for a ceasefire in Gaza.

NPR

🔥 Trump touts 'freedom zone' plan for Gaza as ceasefire talks stall in Qatar

President Trump is visiting Qatar and the U.A.E. after inking big weapons and tech deals in Saudi Arabia. So far, his trip hasn't seemed to push forward chances for a ceasefire in Gaza.

NPR

🤖 Family of drowned Bayesian yacht chef has 'serious concerns about failures'

The family of a chef killed in the sinking of the Bayesian superyacht in Italy last year have said they have "serious concerns about a series of failures".

SKY

🇮🇱 Somehow, the Abraham Accords Are Alive and Well

Despite Israel’s escalations in the region, its peace deals are still surviving—and potentially expanding.

FP

💨 Tycoon Mike Lynch’s yacht toppled by ‘extreme wind’, UK investigators say

Interim report into sinking of superyacht that killed 7 off Sicily said the vessel was &#039;vulnerable&#039; to strong winds.

ALJAZEERA

🏥 Lightning kills 2 cops in Oriental Mindoro, Philippines

Two rookie policemen died when they were struck by lightning inside a police camp in Naujan town of Oriental Mindoro on Wednesday night, May 14. The incident was only discovered more than an hour after the incident when a policeman passed by the area and noticed the two cops on the ground of the parking lot for motorcycles of the Regional Mobile Forces Battalion in Barangay Pinagsabangan. A report from the Police Regional Office 4B stated that the two policemen may have been parking their motorcycles when they were struck by the lightning, possibly around 10:30 p.m. when the series of lightning were observed. The patrolling cop immediately sought assistance from fellow policemen to bring the two to the hospital. They, however, were declared dead.

SOTT

🤖 Terrifying look inside America's Cancer Alley where tumors are exploding and animals are mutating

We spoke to scared residents and upon our reporter's return, she suffered breathing difficulties doctors said could have been brought on by exposure to toxic chemicals.

DAILYMAIL

🤖 Hollywood bombshell is seen in steamy clinch with new lesbian lover after ditching co-star husband

The actress was seen passionately kissing her girlfriend in Los Angeles for the first time since their lesbian love affair was revealed.

DAILYMAIL

⚔️ Rwanda's army and its rebel group ally killed dozens, abducted thousands, Congo says

Congolese authorities have accused Rwanda&rsquo;s army and the M23 rebel group it backs of killing dozens and kidnapping thousands in the war-torn country&rsquo;s east

ABC

🔥 World's most famous champagne company in crisis after hiking prices and slashing jobs

The world's most famous champagne brand is in crisis after a devastating slump in sales. 

DAILYMAIL

💼 Terrorists Continue to Pay for Check Marks on X, Report Says

Elon Musk’s social media company has continued to accept payments for subscriptions from entities barred from doing business in the U.S., a nonprofit found.

NYTIMES

🏦 Over 60 per cent of the Arab world still outside the banking system

Between 2016 and 2024, the number of Egyptians with a bank account – which experts say is essential for financial inclusion - tripled, from 17.1 million to over 51 million.

UN

🛢️ Libya’s fragile peace tested again as new clashes roil Tripoli

A fragile calm has settled over Tripoli after a sudden surge of violence this week left parts of the city in ruins, claimed civilian lives, and heightened concerns about the stability of Libya’s already fragile political and security situation.

UN

🤖 ‘The world is failing its health checkup,’ says WHO

In just two years, between 2019 and 2021, life expectancy worldwide fell by 1.8 years – the largest fall in recent history according to the World Health Organization (WHO), in the shadow of the COVID-19 pandemic.

UN

🌐 Sudden escalation of trade tensions sends shockwaves through global economy

Amid escalating trade tensions and growing policy uncertainties, the global economy stands at a fragile turning point, according to a new report on Thursday from the UN Department of Economic and Social Affairs (UN DESA).

UN

👔 UN needed ‘more than ever before’ says Germany’s candidate to head General Assembly

The former Foreign Minister of Germany outlined her vision for the role of UN General Assembly President, pledging to make the world body more effective, inclusive and focused on results.&nbsp;

UN

⚔️ ‘We are still waiting for our loved ones’: Families of the abducted speak out

Two families – one still waiting for answers 75 years after a father was taken during the Korean War, the other pleading for a son’s return from captivity in Gaza – shared their testimonies before the UN Security Council on Thursday.

UN

🇺🇸 Gaza: New displacement orders force thousands to flee as famine looms

Intensified hostilities continue in the Gaza Strip, bringing further death, displacement and destruction as the weeks-long aid blockade grinds on, the UN humanitarian affairs office (OCHA) said on Thursday.&nbsp;

UN

🤖 Holidaymaker shares 'genius' hack to turn on hotel lights without your key card - and people are shocked at how easy it is

Lifestyle blogger Nia Braidford has shared a practical solution to switching on the lights in a hotel room without the need for a specific card, a hack social media users have hailed 'genius.'

DAILYMAIL

🤖 Dairy Queen introduces two new menu items that latch onto the latest fast food trend

Dairy Queen added two new menu items to compete with other restaurant chains in a growing food trend.

DAILYMAIL

🔥 Pakistan FM: US didn’t force the ceasefire with India

Pakistan&#039;s Ishaq Dar denies US pressure in the ceasefire with India, says Pakistan chose peace, but will it hold?

ALJAZEERA

⚔️ Walmart warns US-China tariff deal will not avert price rises

World’s biggest retailer reports increase in first-quarter sales in face of Trump’s trade war

FT

⚔️ Donald Trump leaves Qatar with chilling final warning for Iran on nuclear deal: Live updates

President Donald Trump warned that Iran must come to an agreement on nuclear weapons... or else.

DAILYMAIL

👔 Bond Traders Enter the U.S. Budget Fight

Concerns about the deficit-stretching potential of President Trump’s tax plan is spooking some investors, even as Republicans argue over its particulars.

NYTIMES

⚔️ Warning issued to anyone sending text message which is branded the most hated

Scientists have named the text message reply which is branded the most hated. And the controversial single-letter reply is commonly used by dads everywhere.

DAILYMAIL

🤖 What’s at stake in US Supreme Court birthright citizenship case?

Ruling could transform US policy on birthright citizenship, or limit federal judge&#039;s ability to curtail Trump.

ALJAZEERA

👮 An American basketball player arrested in Indonesia for alleged drug smuggling

Indonesian police say an American basketball player for the Indonesian league was arrested for allegedly attempting to smuggle illegal drugs to the country

ABC

✊ Several dozen people in Mali hold a rare protest against the army after massacre allegations

Dozens of women and children in a village in central Mali have demonstrated following allegations that the army killed more than 20 people

ABC

🔥 Scandalized ex-MLB star Trevor Bauer slams decision to reinstate Pete Rose and begs for another chance himself

After being out of Major League Baseball for four seasons, controversial pitcher Trevor Bauer is hoping that the league's change of heart on Pete Rose will lead to a future for him in the majors.

DAILYMAIL

⛽ Cops send message to Patrick Mahomes' dad over Las Vegas trip

Mahomes Sr has been arrested multiple times for driving while intoxicated, and as part of his plea agreement from the most recent incident, he has to ask permission every time he wishes to leave Texas.

DAILYMAIL

🇮🇳 India says its troops killed 31 Maoist rebels in weeks-long battle

The 21-day army operation was part of India&#039;s offensive against the last remaining groups of the Naxalite rebellion.

ALJAZEERA

📰 Daily Weather Update from FOX Weather: Midwest faces tornado threat as Eastern Pacific hurricane season begins

Top weather news for Thursday, May 15, 2025: Severe storms will pack threats of strong tornadoes and destructive winds in Chicago, Milwaukee and other major Midwest cities this afternoon and evening. Meanwhile, today marks the start of the Eastern Pacific hurricane season, and Texas continues to bake under a record-breaking heat dome.

FOXWEATHER

🔥 A ‘Big, Beautiful Bill’

We look at Trump’s agenda in Congress.

NYTIMES

👔 Trump pays tribute to U.S. troops with special thanks to soldier who helped during Butler assassination attempt

President Donald Trump offered a love letter to American troops when he spoke at the biggest American base in the Middle East and offered his personal thanks to a soldier.

DAILYMAIL

🌧️ Russian delegation appears ‘decorative’, says Ukraine’s Zelenskyy

Ukraine’s president has described the delegation sent by Russia for talks in Turkiye as “decorative”.

ALJAZEERA

🔥 5 time traveler urban legends that refuse to die

Is it possible that people from the future have traveled back to the past, or even the present ? ...

UM

🤖 Spain will limit access to Madrid's airport for nontravelers because of homeless encampment problem

Spain&rsquo;s airport authority will begin limiting access to Madrid&rsquo;s airport during some parts of the day as a preventive measure to stop more homeless people from sleeping in terminals

ABC

🤖 I hate my embarrassing name - everyone always gets it wrong and it's hell

A woman took to Reddit to explain the 'hell' of having a name that no one can pronounce - but people online were divided.

DAILYMAIL

🇺🇸 The Long Shadow of Syria’s Chemical Weapons

USAID funding cuts cast doubt on eliminating the country’s stockpile.

FP

🔥 NASA diagnoses fracture in a 'huge cosmic bone' using X-ray observatory

A combination of X-ray from NASA's Chandra observatory and radio data indicates that a galactic "fracture" was likely caused by a special neutron star called a pulsar.

LIVESCIENCE

🔥 Garmin Vivoactive 6 review: Light, sleek and beginner-friendly

The first Garmin watch with guided walking workouts.

LIVESCIENCE

🤖 Perimenopause symptoms can be a drag. Here's when to seek treatment

From headaches and fatigue to hair loss and sleep troubles, the symptoms marking the transition to menopause can overlap with other conditions. Here's what to know and how to get help.

NPR

📸 What happened to Valeria Marquez, Mexican influencer shot live on TikTok?

A 23-year-old Mexican influencer, Valeria Marquez, was fatally shot while livestreaming on Tuesday.

ALJAZEERA

👔 Trump to meet South African president amid deteriorating relations

The visit comes as relations between the U.S. and South Africa are at their lowest since the end of apartheid. Trump has repeatedly claimed that "terrible things are happening" in South Africa.

NPR

🏛️ Birthright citizenship heads to court. And, more roadblocks to Trump's 'big' bill

The Supreme Court will hear historic arguments over birthright citizenship today. And, House Republicans are working to advance Trump's "big beautiful bill," but there is division over policies.

NPR

⚕️ RFK Jr. stands by deep cuts to health budget during contentious hearings

Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. is standing firm on the sweeping cuts to the Department of Health and Human Services, cuts he says were suggested by Elon Musk and his DOGE team.

NPR

👔 NYT columnist Thomas Friedman sees 'creative possibilities' from Trump's Mideast trip

<em>New York Times </em>columnist Thomas Friedman says President Trump "made a very good move" in meeting with Syria's interim president and announcing he would lift sanctions on Israel's neighbor.

NPR

👔 Pres. Trump visits main U.S. military base in Middle East

President Donald Trump has visited the main U.S. military base in the Middle East as he uses his four-day visit to Gulf states to reject the &ldquo;interventionism&rdquo; of America&rsquo;s past in the region

ABC

👨‍⚖️ A New Test of Federal Judges’ Power, and Overdose Deaths Plummet

Plus, the campy singing contest the whole world watches.

NYTIMES

🔥 I lost three stone in seven months on Mounjaro - but this secret side-effect is what REALLY changed my life

When I started taking weight loss jabs last year, I was delighted to be finally losing weight, but a second dramatic effect was utterly unexpected.

DAILYMAIL

⚔️ Trump's latest pitch for Gaza: 'Make it a freedom zone'

President Donald Trump's latest pitch for Gaza is to turn the war-torn Palestinian territory into a 'freedom zone.'

DAILYMAIL

⚔️ Latvia warns that 'lost tourists' in the forest might be Russian spies

They might look like lost tourists who are unkempt and overloaded with gear

ABC

🆘 ‘They’ll be back’: White Afrikaners leave South Africa to be refugees in US

Trump administration welcomes first batch of white Afrikaners while US cuts off refugee programmes to other countries.

ALJAZEERA

🔥 What Meghan Markle and Nicola Peltz have in common: All similarities between Duchess and Brooklyn Beckham's wife as couples hold 'Beckxit' summit amid family feuds

Meghan Markle and Nicola Peltz would have had plenty in common to discuss when they recently had dinner in the so-called 'Beckxit' summit in Montecito, California.

DAILYMAIL

🔥 Russia grabs a bit more of Ukraine as it heads into peace talks

On eve of Istanbul talks, Moscow ignored a call for a 30-day ceasefire and showed signs of preparing for new offensives.

ALJAZEERA

⚔️ Expert issues warning over deadly risk of three popular spices - millions could be at risk

Three popular household spices used in everything from cakes to curries may reduce the effectiveness of life-saving drugs, a pharmaceutical expert has warned.

DAILYMAIL

🌩️ Chicago, Milwaukee among cities threatened by storms packing strong tornadoes, hurricane-force wind gusts

A weeklong severe weather threat continues on Thursday as millions of people in major Midwest cities like Chicago and Milwaukee brace for powerful storms that could pack very large hail, hurricane-force wind gusts and strong tornadoes.

FOXWEATHER

🌩️ Minneapolis under Tornado Watch as Chicago, Milwaukee brace for dangerous severe storms later Thursday

A weeklong severe weather threat continues on Thursday as millions of people in major Midwest cities like Chicago and Milwaukee brace for powerful storms that could pack very large hail, hurricane-force wind gusts and strong tornadoes.

FOXWEATHER

🌩️ Tornado-warned storms roll through Minneapolis as Chicago, Milwaukee brace for dangerous severe storms

A weeklong severe weather threat continues on Thursday as millions of people in major Midwest cities like Chicago and Milwaukee brace for powerful storms that could pack very large hail, hurricane-force wind gusts and strong tornadoes.

FOXWEATHER

🌩️ Significant tornado damage reported in Wisconsin as severe threat targets Chicago

A weeklong severe weather threat continues on Thursday as millions of people in major Midwest cities like Chicago and Milwaukee brace for powerful storms that could pack very large hail, hurricane-force wind gusts and strong tornadoes.

FOXWEATHER

🌩️ Significant tornado damage reported in Wisconsin as severe storms roll through Chicago

Significant damage was reported by first responders around Juneau and Mayville, Wisconsin, as a line of tornado-warned storms raced through on Thursday evening.

FOXWEATHER

🌩️ Significant tornado damage reported in Wisconsin as severe storms roll through Minneapolis, Chicago

Significant damage was reported by first responders around Juneau and Mayville, Wisconsin, as a line of tornado-warned storms raced through on Thursday evening.

FOXWEATHER

🌧️ Trump says he could still go to Turkey for Russia-Ukraine peace talks that Putin is skipping

President Donald Trump kept the door open to showing up to the Russia-Ukraine negotiations that are expected to happen in Turkey on Thursday. 

DAILYMAIL

👔 Trump lashes out at Apple over plan to ship US iPhones from India

President says he has ‘a little problem’ with tech group’s CEO Tim Cook over effort to avoid tariffs on China

FT

🤖 Jill Biden shut down conversations on Joe's mental decline and became 'one of the most powerful first ladies in history' running the White House behind the scenes, new book claims

In a jaw-dropping new expose, Original Sin lifts the lid on what insiders claim is the White House's deepest secret - Jill Biden's iron grip on power and the lengths she went to protect her husband.

DAILYMAIL

⚔️ Top pollster Mark Mellman warns DNC drama is quickly becoming the Democrats' brand

"Showing off internal battles, be they ideological, personal, or otherwise, doesn't do anything to help the party"

SALON

🥳 Democratic Party consultant Mark Mellman: "The Democrats definitely have a branding problem"

"Showing off internal battles, be they ideological, personal, or otherwise, doesn't do anything to help the party"

SALON

🥳 Democratic Party consultant Mark Mellman: &#8220;The Democrats definitely have a branding problem&#8221;

"Showing off internal battles, be they ideological, personal, or otherwise, doesn't do anything to help the party"

SALON

🗳️ Romania braces for heated presidential vote after controversial annulment

Al Jazeera interviews the two candidates who will battle it out on Sunday after a controversial annulment.

ALJAZEERA

🔥 Magna Carta 'copy' bought for £20 is found to be an ORIGINAL worth £16MILLION

More than 700 years after the iconic document was originally drafted, new analysis has found the handwriting and sizing of Harvard's $27.50 auction snap up are consistent with authentic records.

DAILYMAIL

⚔️ Warning over seemingly innocent emojis - here's what they really mean

From the smiley face to the red heart, everyone has a favourite emoji. But an expert warns that a particular type of emoji can carry very loaded and often sinister meanings.

DAILYMAIL

🤖 Meghan Markle's latest As Ever post includes a detail that proves she's broken with time-honoured marriage tradition

Montecito-based Meghan's latest post came on the same day it was revealed that she and Prince Harry are 'secretly supporting' Brooklyn Beckham and wife Nicola Peltz amid their alleged 'family feud'.

DAILYMAIL

💨 Extreme wind blamed for sinking of superyacht off Sicily last year, British probe says

British investigators say the superyacht of British tech magnate Mike Lynch, which capsized last August off the coast of Sicily at the cost of seven lives, was knocked over by &ldquo;extreme wind&rdquo; and could not recover

ABC

❗ Japan starts emergency inspections on nearly 200 military training planes after crash

Officials say Japan&rsquo;s air force has begun emergency safety inspections on all of its nearly 200 military training aircraft after one of them crashed minutes after takeoff

ABC

🤖 TikTok beauty influencer shot dead during livestream in Mexico

A Mexican social media influencer was shot dead during a TikTok livestream, authorities said.

SKY

🤖 TikTok beauty influencer shot dead during livestream

A Mexican social media influencer was shot dead during a TikTok livestream, authorities said.

SKY

🔥 Quantum computing: What is quantum error correction (QEC) and why is it so important?

Quantum computers can one day be vastly more powerful than the most powerful supercomputers on the planet — but only if scientists find ways to fix the extremely high error rate in qubits.

LIVESCIENCE

❄️ The all-female free divers of Jeju island have a 'superpower' in their genes

The all-female Korean Haenyeo divers show genetic adaptations to cold water diving involving their blood pressure and cold tolerance. "It's like a superpower," says one of the researchers.

NPR

🔥 Prader-Willi syndrome: A rare disease that causes insatiable hunger

Prader-Willi syndrome is a rare genetic disease that causes poor feeding in infancy but later triggers insatiable hunger.

LIVESCIENCE

🎥 “Overcompensating” Is a New Kind of Coming-Out Comedy

Benito Skinner’s Prime Video series about a closeted jock starts off as a satire of toxic masculinity—and lands somewhere surprisingly sweet.

NEWYORKER

🔥 Pitch to Cronenberg: Consider the Body Horror of Zara Fit Models

At five inches tall—and six inches tall when she’s propped up and wearing a hat—Arlene is a Zara XL. And sure, if you go strictly by her taxonomy, she is a sea slug.

NEWYORKER

🗳️ The Grand Spectacle of Pope Week

Robert Francis Prevost’s election to the papacy has captivated audiences at the Vatican and online alike. How did the Pope become a pop-cultural symbol?

NEWYORKER

🔥 Dolly Parton’s Quietly Inspiring Defense of Marriage

The death of Parton’s husband, in March, called rare attention to a steadfast union that the fame-friendly country star had kept private for decades.

NEWYORKER

🌧️ Justice David Souter Was the Antithesis of the Present

His jurisprudence has been overshadowed by that of his showier colleagues but was a model of principled restraint.

NEWYORKER

🔥 The Mini Crossword: Thursday, May 15, 2025

Lunar seismic event: nine letters.

NEWYORKER

🔥 Kanye Gave Twitter an Exclusive Hit Single

Spotify and YouTube barred the song, which salutes Hitler, from their platforms. It found its audience, anyway.

NEWYORKER

🤖 Revealed: How much cruise ship captains REALLY earn

From route planning to cargo handling and dining with passengers, cruise ship captains have a pretty hefty load of responsibilities. But how much do they earn?

DAILYMAIL

🔥 Mobile McDonald's is brought in especially for Big Mac-loving Trump during Middle East tour

A White House official confirmed that a mobile McDonald's food truck was in Riyadh as Trump kicked off his landmark tour of the Middle East.

DAILYMAIL

🇵🇸 Nakba commemorated, and yet repeated (redux)

May 15 marks Nakba Day when millions of Palestinians commemorate the ethnic cleansing of Palestine in 1948.

ALJAZEERA

🤖 Nakba, the ethnic cleansing of Palestinians in 1948

On May 15, Palestinians mark the Nakba. What began in 1948 remains the world’s longest unresolved refugee crisis.

ALJAZEERA

🎖️ Germany backs Trump goal for Nato to spend 5% of GDP on defence

Foreign minister signals Berlin will commit to 3.5% in ‘hard’ military spending and 1.5% for infrastructure by 2032

FT

🏛️ UK becomes fastest-growing G7 economy after strong first quarter

The British economy grew at its fastest rate in a year during the first quarter of 2025, in a welcome boost to the Labour government, which has made lifting the country&rsquo;s growth its number one priority

ABC

🗳️ "Still angry": Voters say they won't forget that the North Carolina GOP tried to trash their ballots

The GOP spent months trying to toss out thousands of votes for Democratic Supreme Court Justice Allison Riggs

SALON

🇺🇸 Pope's inauguration: From the Fisherman's Ring to who's going, here's all you need to know

Tens of thousands are expected to gather at St Peter's Square at the Vatican on Sunday for Pope Leo XIV's inauguration mass.

SKY

🔥 Could gravity be evidence that we are living in a computer simulation ?

Some scientists believe that gravity could be a sign that the world around us is not quite what it seems. Melvin M. Vopson: We have long taken it for ...

UM

🤖 Dozens are killed in overnight airstrikes on southern Gaza city, hospital says

It was the second night of heavy bombing, after airstrikes Wednesday on northern and southern Gaza killed dozens of people, including almost two dozen children.

NPR

🇬🇧 Prince William opens up about 'the very worst pain any child or parent will ever endure' as he attends private dinner for charity connected to Princess Diana

Speaking at a private dinner for charity Child Bereavement UK's 30-year anniversary, Prince William said grief is 'the very worst pain a child or parent will ever endure'.

DAILYMAIL

🇮🇱 ‘One long Nakba’: Palestinians mark 77 years since mass expulsion by Israel

On anniversary of the Nakba, Palestinians draw parallels with their current struggles in Gaza and occupied West Bank.

ALJAZEERA

🤖 British man is found guilty of stalking US influencer he followed to Bali with rope in suitcase after bombarding her with 'creepy' messages and kidnap threats

'Delusional' stalker Rob Keating faces jail after being found guilty of threatening to kidnap American travel influencer Alexandra Saper, then travelling to her home in Bali with rope in his case.

DAILYMAIL

⚔️ Sinister warning issued to anyone who wears AirPods at work

On the Netflix show 'You', a character manages to follow someone by tracking their Apple AirPods. Now, an expert warns that this creepy scenario could be real for thousands of employees.

DAILYMAIL

🇫🇷 Gérard Depardieu Verdict Is Seen as Turning Point for #MeToo in France

French courts may finally be taking years of complaints about sexual violence seriously, advocates and experts say.

NYTIMES

⛔ Trump’s Promise to Lift Sanctions on Syria Gives Business Owners Hope

Since the overthrow of the dictator Bashar al-Assad, business owners have been waiting for Washington to ease sanctions and pave the way for an economic renewal.

NYTIMES

🏛️ Locals Oppose ‘Insane’ Plan to Sell 500,000 Acres of Public Lands for Housing in Nevada and Utah

For years, Nevada’s congressional delegation and leading Las Vegas officials have been pushing Congress to pass the Southern Nevada Economic Development and Conservation Act, which would allow tens of thousands of acres of public lands currently managed by the federal government to be sold at auction to cities and developers looking for space to expand.&#160; [&#8230;]

ICN

🔥 The Forecast for 2027? Total A.I. Domination.

Losing your job may be the best-case scenario.

NYTIMES

⚔️ Top Priority for Pope Leo: Warn the World of the A.I. Threat

While it is far too early to say how he will use his platform to address such issues, his focus shows he is a church leader who grasps the gravity of this modern concern.

NYTIMES

💱 U.S. Ranchers Can Sell Britons More Beef. Will They Buy It?

The countries’ trade agreement is just a first step, U.S. officials say. But British consumers are still skeptical of American food production.

NYTIMES

👨‍⚖️ What the Changes in Apple’s App Store Mean for iPhone Users

A federal judge created a path for app makers like Spotify and Patreon to avoid paying Apple hefty commissions. Is this a win for consumers? It’s complicated.

NYTIMES

👔 Can Trump Really End Birthright Citizenship?

For more than a century, there was broad consensus that the 14th Amendment established birthright citizenship for children born in the United States. But President Trump has challenged that precedent. Abbie VanSickle, a reporter covering the Supreme Court for The New York Times, explains.

NYTIMES

⚔️ A Trade War Winner? The Booming Business of Returned Products.

As retailers slow down orders for foreign goods because of tariffs, companies that recirculate overstocked or returned items may help fill the gap.

NYTIMES

🤖 Meghan Markle's response when asked about meeting Kate Middleton for the first time

Meghan Markle and Kate Middleton's relationship is back in the spotlight this week with the publication of a book detailing the apparent bridesmaid dress clash.

DAILYMAIL

🏛️ In Birthright Citizenship Case, Supreme Court Examines the Power of District Judges

The Supreme Court will hear arguments on whether federal judges can block Trump administration policy across the country.

NYTIMES

🥳 EarlyBirds Dance Club Is for Women Who Party ’Til the Break of 10 p.m.

EarlyBirds, a roving dance party that ends as most nightclubs are opening, caters to women who have things to do in the morning — and need dancing more than ever.

NYTIMES

🏛️ US Supreme Court hears arguments on Trump's order to end birthright citizenship

The hearing will give a sense of how the justices are thinking about a case that could have a profound impact on Trump's powers.

BBC

🥳 EarlyBirds Club Dance Party Is Designed for Women With Things to Do In the Morning

EarlyBirds, a roving dance party that ends as most nightclubs are opening, caters to women who have things to do in the morning — and need dancing more than ever.

NYTIMES

🌀 The Weather Service Had a Plan to Reinvent Itself. Did DOGE Stop It?

The U.S. forecasting agency was working on streamlining itself for the modern era. Days away from hurricane season, it’s now struggling to keep offices open.

NYTIMES

🌀 How DOGE Cuts to National Weather Staff Could Affect Future Forecasts

The U.S. forecasting agency was working on streamlining itself for the modern era. Days away from hurricane season, it’s now struggling to keep offices open.

NYTIMES

🏦 What Is ‘Debanking’? How the Right to a Bank Account Became Political.

There is a degree of political agreement over so-called debanking, but no easy answers to the hot topic in Washington.

NYTIMES

👔 Netanyahu downgraded to spectator on Trump’s Middle East tour

US president bypasses Israel as he eyes Gulf billions, meets Syrian leader and pursues détente with Iran

FT

🤖 A Texas abortion ban sponsor aims to clarify when doctors can do the procedure

Since abortion became almost entirely illegal in Texas in 2021, the state has seen a significant rise in the number of women who die in pregnancy or after giving birth. A new bill aims to change that.

NPR

🌋 Marine life's latest hotspot could be an underwater volcano primed to erupt by Oregon

A researcher monitoring Axial Seamount, 300 miles off the coast of Oregon, says the eruption is expected to happen before the year is over.

NPR

🤖 Newly published stories show a different side of Ian Fleming and Graham Greene

The latest issue of "The Strand Magazine" contains rare stories by the iconic midcentury writers Ian Fleming and Graham Greene.

NPR

👔 Under attack, public media makes its case to Congress and the courts

Nearly 200 officials from public radio stations across the country are descending on Capitol Hill to seek to convince lawmakers to maintain funding for public broadcasting despite President Trump's campaign against it.

NPR

🏛️ Majority of Americans oppose ending birthright citizenship, NPR/Ipsos poll finds

As the Supreme Court takes up birthright citizenship, a new poll finds that less than a third of Americans want it to end. But other parts of the White House's immigration crackdown are more popular.

NPR

🏛️ A once-fringe theory on birthright citizenship comes to the Supreme Court

The Trump administration seeks to challenge the constitutional provision that guarantees automatic citizenship to babies born in the U.S. But the arguments are likely to focus on a different question.

NPR

🔥 Wyoming Begins Exploring Voluntary Water Conservation Programs

In Cheyenne, Wyoming, one of the northernmost cities receiving Colorado River water, the state engineer and attorney general’s offices met with legislators on the select water committee last week to discuss ongoing Colorado River negotiations. Their message was clear: Wyoming must adapt to a future in which the river has an inadequate supply of water [&#8230;]

ICN

🌋 Marine life's latest hotspot could be an underwater volcano primed to erupt off Oregon

A researcher monitoring Axial Seamount, 300 miles off the coast of Oregon, says the eruption is expected to happen before the year is over.

NPR

🔥 Trump says he doesn’t want to make ‘nuclear dust’ in Iran

Donald Trump says he thinks the US is close to doing a nuclear deal with Iran.

ALJAZEERA

⚖️ Lawyers Spar Over Whether Pennsylvania Agency Has Authority to Issue Carbon Allowances to Power Plants

Pennsylvania’s highest court heard arguments over whether the state’s proposed membership of an interstate agreement to curb carbon emissions from power plants is invalidated by being a tax not authorized by the legislature. Lawyers for the Department of Environmental Protection told the Pennsylvania Supreme Court in oral arguments on Tuesday that the agency has the [&#8230;]

ICN

⚕️ Toxic Cleanups in San Francisco Take More Than Four Years Longer in Communities of Color

This reporting was supported by a USC Annenberg Center for Health Journalism data fellowship. Toxic site cleanups take longer in parts of San Francisco where fewer residents are white, a new data analysis from the San Francisco Public Press shows. The analysis also shows that a higher proportion of residents who are Black, Indigenous and [&#8230;]

ICN

👔 Pentagon halting gender-affirming healthcare for transgender troops, memo says

The Pentagon is halting gender-affirming healthcare for transgender troops as it moves to implement President Donald Trump's plan to kick them out of the U.S. military, according to a memo seen by Reuters on Monday. The instructions from the Defense Department barred any new hormone treatments as well as any surgical procedures for transgender troops, the memo said. "I am directing you to take the necessary steps to immediately implement this guidance," Stephen Ferrara, the acting assistant secretary of defense for health affairs, said in the memo.

SOTT

⚔️ New US ambassador, former senator and executive David Perdue, arrives in China

The new U.S. ambassador to China, former senator and business executive David Perdue, has arrived in Beijing as China and the U.S. reached a temporary break in the damaging tariff war

ABC

✊ New Zealand to debate suspensions of Maori legislators over protest haka

In November 2024, three legislators from the Te Pati Maori party performed a protest haka in parliament.

ALJAZEERA

👔 Trump trashes taboos in radical rewrite of Middle East rule book

The US president’s freewheeling trip is the latest example of his pragmatic, try-everything approach to foreign policy.

SMH

👔 Albanese’s Indonesian trade pledge tinged by Russian shadow

Behind the smiles, Anthony Albanese’s victory-lap visit to Indonesia comes as President Prabowo Subianto courts closer ties with Moscow.

SMH

👔 Indonesia’s president is a fan of one old proverb - and that was on full display for PM’s visit

Behind the smiles, Anthony Albanese’s victory-lap visit to Indonesia comes as President Prabowo Subianto courts closer ties with Moscow.

SMH

👔 Oil prices fall on Trump’s Iran deal comments

Drop comes as US president says ‘serious negotiations’ are under way with Tehran

FT

🌡️ Junk study says if men didn't eat so much red meat we'd have nicer weather

They really do want to turn men into women The men are the climate vandals who carelessly wreck the Earth. If they would just eat the tofu and drive less, the world would be a better place, eh, especially for bourgeois academic femmebots in London. This is the kind of junk research that Big Government funding feeds. Someone spent a lot of money, and nobody learnt a thing. Naturally, the Guardian lapped it right up: Car use and meat consumption drive emissions gender gap, research suggests The Guardian Cars and meat are major factors driving a gender gap in greenhouse gas emissions, new research suggests. Men emit 26% more planet-heating pollution than women from transport and food, according to a preprint study of 15,000 people in France. The gap shrinks to 18% after controlling for socioeconomic factors such as income and education. But really the 26%-more-planet-polluting-men shrinks to a third once you account for men being, you know, bigger and more likely to travel further....

SOTT

👔 Trump to hold South African president to account over 'genocide' of white farmers as the two leaders meet next week

The meeting announcement comes days after the US welcomed 59 white South Africans as refugees.

DAILYMAIL

🆘 South Africa’s Ramaphosa to meet Trump in US next week amid rising tensions

Pretoria says the visit is to &#039;reset&#039; ties with Washington, after the US welcomed dozens of white Afrikaner refugees.

ALJAZEERA

🌧️ Officials From Russia and Ukraine Are in Turkey, But Will Peace Talks Take Place?

President Vladimir V. Putin’s name was not on a list of Russian officials attending the potential talks.

NYTIMES

🔥 From 1948 to now, a Nakba that never ended

Seventy-seven years ago, my grandfather was forced from his home. Now I&#039;m reliving the same trauma in the ruins of Gaza.

ALJAZEERA

👔 Seth Meyers Thinks Trump Shouldn’t Be So Set on That Jet

“We are, as of this taping, still a democracy with a rule of law,” Meyers said. “The president shouldn’t have a flying gold-plated party palace.”

NYTIMES

🌍 Messi, Miami rally to tie San Jose Earthquakes in MLS

Inter Miami and San Jose play out an exciting six-goal draw at a sold-out PayPal Park after Messi mania hits Bay Area.

ALJAZEERA

⚔️ Can the US and China end their trade war?

The US and China have agreed to slash tariffs temporarily in a surprise breakthrough.

ALJAZEERA

🤖 More than 50 killed in overnight airstrikes on Gaza, hospital says

More than 50 people have been killed overnight in airstrikes on Gaza, a hospital in the region has said.

SKY

🤖 At least 60 killed in overnight airstrikes on Gaza, medics say

At least 60 people have been killed overnight in airstrikes on Gaza, Palestinians medics have said.

SKY

📊 I'm an interior designer and these five trends are making your house look boring and dated

Interior design expert Alessandra, who runs the Virtual Edit interior design studio between Essex and London with her friend Emily, revealed five trends that are making your home look dated

DAILYMAIL

🔥 Guest house in Japan under fire for asking Israeli guests about war crimes

Israeli envoy protests Kyoto guest house over policy of asking guests to declare they have never committed war crimes.

ALJAZEERA

⚔️ Randle, Timberwolves eliminate Warriors in Game 5 of NBA playoffs

Led by Julius Randle, Minnesota beat Golden State and progressed to Western Conference finals for second straight year.

ALJAZEERA

🇮🇱 Israel kills dozens in Gaza as Palestinians mark 77 years since the Nakba

New attacks kill at least 82 in Gaza as Israeli far right urges occupied West Bank assault on Nakba anniversary.

ALJAZEERA

🇮🇱 Israel kills over 100 in Gaza as Palestinians mark 77 years since the Nakba

New attacks kill at least 103 in Gaza as Israeli far right urges occupied West Bank assault on Nakba anniversary.

ALJAZEERA

✊ Co-founder of Ben & Jerry’s ice cream kicked out of Senate for Gaza protest

Ben Cohen, Ben &amp; Jerry&#039;s ice cream cofounder, was kicked out of the Senate for protesting US support for Israel in Gaza.

ALJAZEERA

🌀 Eastern Pacific hurricane season starting on a quiet note. What can that tell us about the Atlantic season?

The Eastern Pacific hurricane season officially started Thursday, but forecast models show no sign of tropical cyclone formation in the near future.

FOXWEATHER

⚔️ Why a $10,000 Deduction Is Blocking the G.O.P.’s $3.8 Trillion Tax Bill

House Republicans, mostly from New York, have gone to war with party leadership over their push to raise or abolish the $10,000 cap on the so-called SALT deduction.

NYTIMES

🤖 The Story of Sexual Abuse, Bribery and Suicide That Shocked a Small Town

An F.B.I. investigation homed in on two powerful men in suburban New York. Behind it were allegations by a woman who said her brother had abused and controlled her for 45 years.

NYTIMES