Barcelona sign England winger Anthony Gordon from Newcastle
Gordon netted 17 goals for Newcastle in all competitions this season, including 10 in 12 Champions League games.
Rwanda-Russia nuclear deal underscores Africa’s shifting power balance
Rwanda turns to Russia for nuclear training and research, advancing ambitions in technology, healthcare and diplomacy.
Frustration in Lebanon as Israel expands invasion
Israel’s ground invasion of Lebanon has moved deeper into sovereign territory, with troops crossing the Litani river.
Man sues employer for not accommodating his “phobia” of rainbow flags & trans pronouns
A British evangelical Christian man who sued the U.K. government for “religious discrimination” after his government employer refused to accommodate his discomfort of LGBTQ+ symbols
Proposed new US funding rules: We can cancel any grant at any time
Last August, the Trump administration issued an executive order intended to fundamentally alter how grant funding is handled by the US government. Under the system
Analysis of Texas measles outbreak shows just how dangerous virus is
For years, anti-vaccine Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. and his zealous followers have downplayed measles as “just a rash” and falsely claimed that “Measles
US not ‘turning back’ on Asia allies, but expects them to boost defence – Hegseth
The US defense secretary is questioned about US commitment, including further arms deals, at an Asian security summit in Singapore.
Ghana parliament passes anti-LGBTQ+ bill
Same-sex acts are punishable by jail terms under Ghana’s new bill targeting those identifying as gay, lesbian or transgender.
Israel put on UN sexual violence in warzones blacklist for first time
Israel says it rejects allegations in a new report by the office of the UN secretary general.
DOJ moves to oust judge embroiled in sex scandal from key Trump voter rolls case
The Department of Justice is demanding that an embattled Georgia judge be taken off its case seeking to grab voter rolls, according to reporting by
‘Quite bad’: Ex-prosecutor says Trump’s slush fund woes are just beginning
President Tweety McTreason’s $1.776 billion “Anti-Weaponization” slush fund is now facing jeopardy on multiple fronts, with one just pausing the fund and another reopening the
AI hiring monoculture is delivering racial bias at scale
A research project examining AI-driven recruitment hires across the US has revealed a systemic racial bias. Researchers from Stanford University found a startling pattern of
WWDC, Apple, and AI: Waiting for the gift
I will sit right down (waiting for the gift of sound and vision)And I will sing (waiting for the gift of sound and vision) —
War has brought Iran’s water crisis to a breaking point: ‘Things will collapse unless there is meaningful structural change’
Iran is experiencing “water bankruptcy” that stems from decades of broken water governance and aggressive policies, and the current war is exacerbating the crisis.