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Japan earthquake: What we know so far
A 6.8 magnitude earthquake struck Japan’s Kumamoto prefecture on Tuesday, leaving 19 people missing at a shopping mall and paper factory, with significant structural damage reported across the region.
Amboseli elephant deaths: Kenya Wildlife Service launches urgent inquiry after 14 carcasses found
Kenya Wildlife Service launched an investigation after discovering 14 elephant carcasses in the Amboseli region. Tissue samples are being analyzed to determine whether disease, poisoning, or another factor caused the deaths.
Canadians spent $3.3bn less on travel to US in 2025 after Trump’s return to office
Canadians reduced spending on US travel by $3.3 billion in 2025, redirecting funds to European and Asian destinations following policy changes in the Trump administration.
Teen gets life in prison without parole for killing 4 at Georgia’s Apalachee High School
A 16-year-old who killed four people at a Georgia high school was sentenced to life in prison without parole after pleading guilty to 55 counts including murder.
Ghana mourns its tallest man Awuche – a ‘generous and popular giant’
Sulemana Abdul Samed, Ghana’s tallest man at 7ft 4in, has died at age 33 in Tamale hospital from complications related to Marfan syndrome, prompting widespread grief in his northern community.
eBay agreed to pay nearly $50 million to couple sent cockroaches, bloody pig mask
eBay agreed to pay nearly $50 million to a Massachusetts couple who reported receiving threatening deliveries including live insects and a pig mask from former employees who sought to silence their e-commerce industry newsletter.
Petro to give farewell speech amid Colombia transfer-of-power tensions
Colombian President Gustavo Petro is scheduled to deliver a farewell address on July 20 amid tensions over the disputed presidential election and disagreements with his successor over the transfer-of-power procedures.
Iran says diplomatic efforts ongoing via mediators amid fighting with US
Iran says it has received diplomatic proposals through mediators to end renewed fighting with the United States, though details remain undisclosed amid ongoing military strikes and negotiations.
Lebanon’s military starts ‘pilot zone’ takeover in south
Lebanon’s military is designated to assume security control in three southern villages under a US-mediated framework agreement, with Israeli forces expected to conduct a phased withdrawal from occupied territory.
At least 25 killed as floods and landslides hit northern India
At least 25 people have been killed across northern India following heavy monsoon rains that triggered floods and landslides in Kashmir, Nagaland, and Assam over the weekend.
Yemen’s Houthis announce ‘maritime embargo’ against Saudi Arabia
Yemen’s Houthis announced a maritime embargo against Saudi Arabia effective immediately, stating they would close the Bab al-Mandab Strait to Saudi vessels in retaliation for the kingdom’s blockade of ports and airports.
‘Now or never’: Students defy Delhi lockdown to march on India’s parliament
Thousands of students defied a lockdown in New Delhi to march toward parliament, protesting an education exam scandal and demanding reforms and the education minister’s resignation.
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Farage resigns as MP and vows to fight by-election amid finances row
PA MediaRichard WheelerPolitical reporter7 July 2026, 12:34 BSTUpdated 55 minutes agoNigel Farage says he will resign as MP for Clacton and stand in the subsequent by-election, after facing intense scrutiny over financial support he has received.The Reform UK leader...
Next PM needs to wake UK up to threat of war, ex-Nato chief warns
GettyJoshua NevettPolitical reporter5 hours agoThe country needs to be "woken up" to the threat of war, a former Nato secretary general has said, as he urged the next prime minister to look again at the level of spending on defence.Lord Robertson told MPs that...
PM intervened in row over Mexico-England kick-off time
PA MediaChris Mason, Political editor and Kate Whannel, Political reporter6 July 2026The prime minister and Foreign Office were involved in arguing for the kick-off time for England's World Cup match against Mexico not to be moved earlier - as mooted by Fifa in the...
Tributes to veteran MP and minister Sir George Howarth
UK ParliamentHaider SaleemNorth West6 July 2026Tributes have been paid to veteran MP and former Labour minister Sir George Howarth, who has died at the age of 77.Sir George represented the Merseyside constituency Knowsley and its predecessor seats in Parliament for...
Treasury sees defence as a drain not a driver for growth, says Healey
Jennifer McKiernanPolitical reporter6 July 2026The Treasury has refused to see defence spending as an engine for growth, former defence secretary John Healey has told the BBC.Healey quit his cabinet role after a battle over a long-delayed military spending plan, which...
Grooming gang leader ‘could still be deported’
GMPPaul BurnellNorth West 6 July 2026A government minister has said they were open to changing the law to deport Shabir Ahmed, the freed ringleader of a Rochdale grooming gang that targeted girls as young as 12.Ahmed, 73, who was known as 'Daddy' by his victims, was...
Why is Farage facing renewed scrutiny over his finances?
PA MediaPaul SeddonPolitical reporter6 July 2026Nigel Farage has faced renewed scrutiny over his financial affairs in recent days.Since May, the Reform UK leader has been under investigation from Parliament's standards commissioner after not declaring a £5m gift he...
Burnham provided ‘error-filled’ article about devolution, says WalesOnline
PA MediaDavid DeansWales political reporter6 July 2026A Welsh news site says Andy Burnham provided an "error-filled" article for publication spelling out his pitch to Wales.WalesOnline says the team working for the Labour MP provided a piece for publication that was...
UK fighter jets intercept Russian plane over Norwegian Sea
PA MediaJames GregoryPolitical reporter6 July 2026UK fighter jets intercepted a Russian maritime patrol aircraft after it "repeatedly approached" a carrier strike group in the Norwegian Sea, the Ministry of Defence (MoD) said.The Russian Bear-F plane passed at low...
Farage says he’s ‘done no wrongdoing’ after benefits from ally not declared
Getty ImagesRichard WheelerPolitical reporter41 minutes agoNigel Farage said he has "done no wrongdoing" after it emerged he did not declare benefits provided by an ally once convicted of fraud in the US.The Sunday Times said George Cottrell's support included...
Overseas voters moving to UK could face £100,000 donations cap for year
PA MediaRichard WheelerPolitical reporter7 hours agoOverseas voters moving to the UK would be prevented from giving more than £100,000 in political donations for a year after their arrival, under new proposals.Ministers announced the planned restriction alongside...
Police leadership needs fundamental overhaul, review finds
Getty ImagesAmy Walker7 hours agoPolice leadership is not consistently of a high enough standard and requires a fundamental overhaul, a landmark independent review has warned.The report by the Police Leadership Commission, published on Monday, found the system for...
‘Posh George’: Who is aristocrat and convicted criminal at heart of Farage controversy?
Getty ImagesGeorge Wright5 July 2026Until Saturday night, little was known about the relationship between Nigel Farage and convicted criminal George Cottrell.Now, the 32-year-old aristocrat is at the centre of the latest controversy surrounding the Reform UK leader,...
Reform denies rules broken by Farage after benefits from ally not declared
To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser.This video can not be playedNick Eardley, Political correspondent and Richard Wheeler, Political reporter5 July 2026, 02:33 BSTUpdated 1 hour agoRobert Jenrick says "no rules have been broken whatsoever"...
Farage denies rules broken after reports benefits from ally were not declared
ReutersNick EardleyPolitical correspondent5 July 2026, 02:33 BSTUpdated 55 minutes agoNigel Farage's spokesman has denied fresh allegations the Reform UK leader may have broken parliamentary rules, after reports the MP failed to declare benefits provided by an ally...
Police leadership needs ‘ethical reset’, Lord Blunkett tells BBC
To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser.This video can not be playedLaura Kuenssberg, Sunday with Laura Kuenssberg  and Jessica Rawnsley4 July 2026The police service in England and Wales is "not good enough" and its leadership needs an...
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Sen. Warren says Trump’s CFPB overhaul has cost Americans $26.5 billion
Senator Warren claims the Trump administration’s overhaul of the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau has cost Americans up to $26.5 billion, citing rolled-back rules on credit card and overdraft fees.
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Don’t want to invest in Elon Musk? Two new ETFs explicitly exclude him
In the lead up to the SpaceX IPO, there were dozens of stories about early employees and investors who stood to make millions of dollars for betting on, or working for, Elon Musk. But thanks to Musk’s work with DOGE, his public comments on X, and the infamous gesture...
Fidji Simo steps down from OpenAI’s no. 2 role
Fidji Simo, OpenAI’s No. 2 executive, is stepping down from her full-time role, the Wall Street Journal reports. In a staff note Thursday, Simo said her ongoing medical leave has proven longer and harder than expected, and that she’ll transition to a part-time...
OpenAI launches its new family of models with GPT-5.6
OpenAI unveiled its newest family of models on Thursday, introducing a set of heavyweight programs into an increasingly crowded field of AI offerings. GPT-5.6 comes in three variants: Sol (considered its workhorse), Terra (a more intermediate option), and Luna (its...
An AI agent startup just let its agent run its $100M fundraise
There’s something almost too perfect about this one, via Bloomberg. Lyzr, a three-year-old, Jersey City, New Jersey, startup that helps enterprises build AI agents, used its own AI agent to raise its own round. The system, SivaClaw, reportedly fielded questions from...
OpenAI is shutting down Atlas, but its AI browser ambitions are still growing
OpenAI is sunsetting Atlas, the AI-powered browser it launched in October with ChatGPT at its core. But it’s not giving up on the idea that AI should help people browse the web. Instead, it’s taking some of the agentic browsing features it tested in Atlas and...
Elon Musk praises Mythos/Fable, promises not to ‘cut off’ Anthropic
Should Anthropic trust Elon Musk to host its models? After users on X implied that Musk could wake up one day and simply boot the AI lab from SpaceX’s servers as a way to kneecap a rival, Musk replied with glowing praise for the AI lab. He said that such a trick was...
Can AI answer the $3 trillion question?
Three years ago, Sequoia partner David Cahn was one of the first people to do the math and put a number on on the implications of Silicon Valley’s titanic spend on AI infrastructure. In 2023, he was reacting to Nvidia’s reported annual GPU revenue of $50 billion....
Shared API keys expose AI agents at 69% of enterprises, new VentureBeat research finds
Share one API key across five AI agents, and a single compromised agent inherits the reach of all five. The attacker immediately benefits from the accumulated permissions of every workflow that the key touches. The forensic trail goes cold at the credential level...
The Ukrainian Family That Has Become An International Symbol Of Civilian Death.
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IEA chief: World should be worried about energy security if US-Iran fighting continues – The Times of Israel
IEA chief: World should be worried about energy security if US-Iran fighting continues  The Times of Israel Article Attribution | Read More at Article Source
IEA chief: World should be worried about energy security if US-Iran fighting continues – The Times of Israel
IEA chief: World should be worried about energy security if US-Iran fighting continues  The Times of Israel Article Attribution | Read More at Article Source
A Fuel Shortage Is Slowing Nuclear Energy. This New Public Company Wants to Get It Moving. – Barron’s
A Fuel Shortage Is Slowing Nuclear Energy. This New Public Company Wants to Get It Moving.  Barron's Article Attribution | Read More at Article Source
The starry night redux: Dark energy camera captures stars, nebulae, clusters, and more in a rich, van Gogh-esque scene – Phys.org
The starry night redux: Dark energy camera captures stars, nebulae, clusters, and more in a rich, van Gogh-esque scene  Phys.org Article Attribution | Read More at Article Source
The starry night redux: Dark energy camera captures stars, nebulae, clusters, and more in a rich, van Gogh-esque scene – Phys.org
The starry night redux: Dark energy camera captures stars, nebulae, clusters, and more in a rich, van Gogh-esque scene  Phys.org Article Attribution | Read More at Article Source
Energy drinks to be banned for under-16s in England from April – BBC
Energy drinks to be banned for under-16s in England from April  BBC Article Attribution | Read More at Article Source
Climate Change In The News
Access to finance ‘strengthens climate resilience’ among sub-Saharan women
A new study finds that women’s access to formal financial services strengthens household resilience to climate shocks in sub-Saharan Africa, though lasting protection requires broader efforts addressing gender inequality.
Factcheck: No, Europe’s heatwaves are not being ‘caused’ by declining air pollution
European heatwaves are driven primarily by greenhouse gas warming, not declining air pollution, despite recent media headlines suggesting otherwise, scientists clarify.
Education In The News
New College of Fla. Alumni Board Not Giving Up, Chair Says
The New College of Florida foundation voted to dissolve its alumni board, but the group’s chair contests the action’s legality and says the organization will continue operating and may pursue litigation.
U.S. Universities Approved to Set Up Greek Branch Campuses
Greece has approved seven international universities from the U.S., U.K., France, and Cyprus to establish branch campuses beginning in the 2026–27 academic year.
Third of disadvantaged white pupils in England leave primary school without being able to read properly
Research shows 33% of disadvantaged white pupils in England finish primary school unable to read fluently, hindering their secondary education access and engagement.
Ofsted drops ‘clumsy’ and ‘offensive’ guidance linking autism and extremism
Ofsted has removed guidance linking autism to extremism after campaigners and public figures criticized the training materials as offensive and discriminatory toward autistic children.
Teachers save time with AI. Their students may pay the price
A randomized trial of AI teaching assistants in real classrooms found that students whose teachers used the technology reported lower motivation and, in some cases, achieved lower test scores.
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