Trump escalates threats to fire US Federal Reserve Chair Powell
In a Fox Business interview, Trump says he will fire Powell if he does not vacate his board seat when his term ends.
Ye postpones show in France amid possible ban
The rapper formerly known as Kanye West postponed his upcoming show in the city of Marseille after French authorities said they would seek to ban
Political strain between U.S. and Britain on full display days ahead of King Charles’s American visit
British Finance Minister Rachel Reeves was not backing away from her criticism of the Iran war as “folly,” even as she prepared to meet Treasury
9 dead in Turkey’s 2nd school shooting this week
A student opened fire on two classrooms at a middle school in Turkey on Wednesday, killing nine people and wounding 13 others, the interior minister
Nine killed in second Turkish school shooting in two days
Eight students and one teacher died in the attack, according to Interior Minister Mustafa Cifci.
Prominent Palestinian prisoner Marwan Barghouti assaulted three times in a month, family says
The Israeli Prison Service says the allegation that Barghouti was subjected to physical violence by prison guards are “false and baseless”.
Chinese national given one year in prison for smuggling ants out of Kenya
Zhang Kequn was arrested in March while trying to travel to China with more than 2,000 live ants.
Starmer says he’s ‘not going to yield’ to pressure from Trump on Iran war
It follows a warning from the US president that America’s trade deal with the UK “can always be changed”.
Some GLP-1 drugs are more effective for those with specific gene variants
In a study, people with gene variants in two genes lost slightly more weight on GLP-1 drugs, but threw up more on Zepbound.
Math long resisted a digital disruption. AI is poised to change that
The painstaking process of formalization to verify proofs is starting to surge thanks to AI. That could radically change the way people do math.
This trans lawmaker won’t set foot in the U.S. until Trump is gone: He “fuels violence worldwide”
A transgender Brazilian lawmaker says she refuses to visit the United States while Tweety McTreason is in power. “I am afraid of what might happen
Did Obama give Iran $1.7 billion in cash? Claim is missing key context
The Obama administration sent Iran $1.7 billion in 2016, but social media posts often omitted why.
What’s the deal with Alzheimer’s disease and amyloid?
At the end of last month, a scientific journal pulled a research paper on Alzheimer’s disease. The retraction came from Neurobiology of Aging, which removed a
Image of Melania Trump kissing Epstein isn’t what it seems
The U.S. first lady addressed such fake images during an April 2026 statement, warning people to “be cautious about what you believe.”