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A dog saved Houssein Hamze from a bomb. When war returned, he stayed to care for Lebanon’s animals
A Lebanese animal shelter operator stayed behind during recent conflict to care for abandoned pets and livestock, risking airstrikes to distribute food and water across villages.
South Carolina Republicans line up to run in special primary to replace late Sen. Lindsey Graham
At least 10 Republican candidates filed to replace late Sen. Lindsey Graham in a special primary on Aug. 11, including his sister Darline Graham, who was appointed to temporarily fill his Senate seat.
Senate expected to confirm Jay Clayton as next intelligence director
The Senate is expected to confirm Jay Clayton on Tuesday as director of national intelligence, replacing interim leadership following Tulsi Gabbard’s resignation.
Wisconsin voters begin casting ballots at the polls in chaotic Democratic governor’s race
Wisconsin Democrats begin early voting in a chaotic five-person primary for governor, with concerns about party fragmentation ahead of the November general election.
Wu Chi-wai: Hong Kong activist allowed to stay in UK after deportation threat
Wu Chi-wai, a former Hong Kong opposition leader, was initially detained at Heathrow Airport but has been granted a six-month stay in the UK after his entry was approved by Border Force.
France orders 4,000 more evacuated as heat threatens fragile hold on vast wildfire
France evacuated nearly 4,000 people from Atlantic coast tourist sites as a massive wildfire west of Bordeaux threatened to spread again with rising temperatures.
Twin earthquakes strike Peru killing at least five
Two earthquakes with magnitudes of 5.1 and 3.7 struck Peru’s Junin region, killing at least five people and leaving approximately 300 people displaced.
Lebanese food influencer sentenced to life for drug smuggling
Lebanese food influencer with millions of TikTok followers has been sentenced to life imprisonment for his involvement in an international drug smuggling operation that concealed hashish in cake packaging.
‘Sacred unity’: Iran’s supreme leader calls for calm amid political divides
Iran’s Supreme Leader Mojtaba Khamenei has called for national unity and an end to political divisions as fighting with the US intensifies, while officials attempt to present a consolidated front on the disputed memorandum of understanding.
Lebanon’s President Joseph Aoun meets Rubio ahead of Trump talks
Lebanon’s President Joseph Aoun is in Washington for high-level talks with US officials, seeking American support for implementing a US-brokered agreement aimed at ending Israeli-Hezbollah conflict and securing Israeli troop withdrawal.
Syria’s Al-Sharaa reshuffles security and intelligence leadership
Syria’s President Ahmed al-Sharaa has reshuffled top security and intelligence officials, consolidating oversight of the country’s security apparatus under Interior Minister Anas Khattab as part of broader structural reforms.
US and Iran exchange strikes after two US soldiers killed in Jordan
The US launched air strikes against Iran on Saturday night targeting military facilities, after two American troops were killed in Jordan. Iran responded with drone attacks on US bases in Kuwait.
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New ‘No 10 North’ plan will rebalance power in Britain, Burnham promises
To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser.This video can not be playedKate WhannelPolitical reporter29 June 2026, 14:17 BSTUpdated 1 hour agoA new Downing Street team based in Manchester and labelled 'No 10 North' will "oversee the biggest...
Henry Zeffman: Andy Burnham offers a blueprint for his premiership
Getty ImagesHenry ZeffmanChief political correspondent1 hour agoAndy Burnham tried and failed to become prime minister twice before. He is now three weeks away from moving into Downing Street.It was Burnham's decade away from Westminster as the mayor of Greater...
White working-class children failed by education system, says inquiry
Getty ImagesVanessa Clarke, Education reporter and Kate McGough, Education reporter29 June 2026, 01:21 BSTUpdated 3 hours agoOnce-in-a-generation reforms are needed to fix an education system that "is not serving the interests of white working-class children", an...
Burnham to give mayors more power in 10-year plan to transform economy
EPASean Seddon5 hours agoAndy Burnham will give a major policy speech later, his first since launching a bid to become prime minister, in which he will announce plans for a "No 10 North".Speaking in Manchester, Burnham will set out a commitment for a "10-year mission"...
Chris Mason: Burnham starts to sketch out his vision as potential prime minister
EPAChris MasonPolitical editor28 June 2026Andy Burnham will give what his team has called "his first major leadership speech" later and will promise to "lift Britain back up to where it should be". In an address at the People's History Museum in Manchester, the new MP...
Senior Labour figures say party is united behind Andy Burnham
Jennifer McKiernanPolitical reporter28 June 2026, 12:04 BSTUpdated 2 hours agoThe Labour Party is united behind Andy Burnham as its next leader, two senior party figures have told the BBC.The party set out a timeline for a leadership contest following Prime Minister...
Ex-minister not ruling out leadership bid yet
Elizabeth Glinka, West Midlands political editor and Elliot Ball, West Midlands28 June 2026, 07:05 BSTUpdated 49 minutes agoFormer defence minister Al Carns has said a major economics speech due to be given by Andy Burnham will help him decide whether to challenge the...
Lib Dems face call for inquiry into deselection of election candidate
David CampanalePhil KempPolitical correspondent8 hours agoThe Liberal Democrats are facing a call for an independent investigation into the deselection of one of their candidates before the last election.The party has admitted it unlawfully discriminated against...
Mahmood announces new refugee sponsorship route into UK
LightRocket/Getty ImagesSean Seddon and Ewan Somerville27 June 2026, 00:43 BSTUpdated 58 minutes agoThe Home Office has vowed to introduce new "capped safe and legal" routes for refugees to come to the UK from later this year.The department said it would allow...
Mahmood restricts minister’s access to documents as Home Office row escalates
Getty ImagesJoshua Nevett and Kate Whannel, Political reporters and Chris Mason, Political editor25 June 2026Updated 2 hours agoHome Secretary Shabana Mahmood is restricting one of her minister's access to government documents, in an escalation of a row over a...
Home Office plan to use more military bases to house asylum seekers
PA MediaJoshua NevettPolitical reporter25 June 2026Updated 8 minutes agoThe Home Office is attempting to use three more military sites to house thousands of asylum seekers, as the government seeks to move people out of hotels.Three Ministry of Defence (MoD) sites in...
Chris Mason: The anatomy of the prime minister’s downfall
EPAChris MasonPolitical editor7 hours agoFor month after month, week after week, sometimes day after day, we have chronicled the unravelling of Sir Keir Starmer's government.Nonetheless, it still prompted a sharp intake of breath on Monday morning to be standing in...
Starmer and home secretary in row over minister’s future
Getty ImagesChris Mason, Political editor and Joshua Nevett, Political reporter13 minutes agoA row has broken out between Home Secretary Shabana Mahmood and Prime Minister Sir Keir Starmer over the future of the Immigration Minister Mike Tapp.Tapp had written for the...
Burnham could be leader in weeks under Labour timetable
EPA/ ShutterstockKate WhannelPolitical reporter25 June 2026, 16:55 BSTUpdated 2 hours agoLabour's ruling body has set out the timetable for electing a new party leader which could see Sir Keir Starmer's replacement installed as early as 17 July.The schedule means Andy...
Reeves backs Burnham to become next prime minister
To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser.This video can not be playedRachel Clun and Peter Ruddick, Business reporters3 hours agoChancellor Rachel Reeves has backed Andy Burnham to be the next prime minister, despite reports he could demote her...
Trump describes Burnham as ‘the mayor of a town’ and ‘extremely liberal’
Donald Trump has given his first public reaction to the prospect of the former Mayor of Greater Manchester Andy Burnham becoming prime minister.Campaigning during the Makerfield by-election, Burnham said the UK needed to avoid what he called the "polarised, poisonous...
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With EU backing, QuantumDiamonds aims to speed up chip manufacturing
The race to produce more chips is on, and Europe is in. ASML, the Dutch company that has a near-monopoly on manufacturing the machines used for chipmaking, may soon no longer be an isolated success story. Like its U.S. counterpart, the European Chips Act aims to...
Autonomous drone delivery startup Manna plots major US expansion
Manna Aero, the Ireland-based autonomous drone delivery startup, has been a smaller player in the United States. Founder and CEO Bobby Healy told TechCrunch that’s about to change. The startup, fueled by the $50 million in venture capital it raised in April, said...
SpaceXAI releases Grok 4.5, which Elon describes as an ‘Opus-class model’
SpaceXAI has released its latest model, Grok 4.5 — the first since the company went public several weeks ago. In a blog post published Wednesday, SpaceXAI characterized its new release as a workhorse that can tackle all of the typical tasks that the AI industry has...
‘Slow-cial’ app Roost forces you to slow down to the speed of a carrier pigeon
Somewhere above the Great Plains, a virtual woodpecker is on its way to Alaska to deliver a message to my anonymous pen pal. At the same time, a zebra finch named Tucker soars into Manhattan to send a friend my shabby doodle of the Cool S. These messages take hours or...
OpenAI launches GPT-Live, a full-duplex voice upgrade that lets ChatGPT talk more like a person
OpenAI on Wednesday launched GPT-Live, a pair of new voice models that fundamentally redesign how people talk to ChatGPT — replacing the company's existing Advanced Voice Mode with an architecture that can listen and speak simultaneously, much like an actual human...
Crypto VC firm Paradigm raises $1.2B to invest in ‘technical frontier’ startups
Crypto VC firm Paradigm has raised $1.2 billion — its third venture fund and fourth overall — with the aim of investing in the “technical frontier,” the firm’s founder Matt Huang announced Wednesday. For Paradigm, the technical frontier will stretch beyond its...
Prime Intellect raises $130M Series A to help enterprises build their own AI agents
Prime Intellect, a startup that provides computing power and specialized software tools that help companies build AI agents, has raised a $130 million Series A at a $1 billion valuation. The massive round was led by Radical Ventures, with participation from Nvidia...
Another massive data breach exposed millions of driver’s license numbers
U.S. insurance provider AssuranceAmerica has confirmed a data breach affecting the personal information and driver’s license numbers of 6.9 million people, making it the largest known spill of Americans’ driver’s license information this year. Founded in 1998,...
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The secret to a better grid? Electric vehicles.
A coalition of utilities and energy companies is launching a pilot program in Massachusetts to test vehicle-to-grid technology, which allows electric vehicles to send power back to the grid during peak demand periods.
What can the Galápagos Islands’ animals teach us about the threats of El Niño?
The Galápagos Islands face extreme heat from El Niño conditions expected to intensify through next year, threatening endemic species already adapted to cyclical temperature swings.
Education In The News
Report: Struggling Fla. High Schoolers Take CLT to Graduate
Florida high schoolers struggling with traditional college entrance exams are using the CLT as an alternative pathway to graduation, with educators debating whether the test adequately prepares students.
A Green Mountain College Resurrection?
Tommie Zito seeks to purchase the shuttered Green Mountain College campus in Vermont to launch Z University, a Bible-focused institution. The deal is expected to close by October 1, with classes projected to begin in fall 2027.
Three arrested in fraud investigation at University of Greater Manchester
Three people arrested in fraud investigation at University of Greater Manchester over allegations involving more than £1m in fraudulent activity, money laundering, and bribery.
In private call, Education Dept. tried, but failed, to reassure disability advocates
The Education Department plans to transfer special education oversight to the Department of Health and Human Services, prompting disability advocates to express concerns about potential impacts on federal protections and implementation.
No internet, no screen time? FCC weighs cutting subsidy that lowers school internet bills
The Federal Communications Commission is reviewing the E-Rate program, which subsidizes internet access for schools and libraries. Educators warn that eliminating or reducing funding could force districts to cut services and staff to cover monthly connectivity costs.
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Accidents and injuries can happen unexpectedly, turning lives upside down in an instant. In such challenging times, understanding personal injury law becomes crucial for individuals seeking justice and fair compensation for their losses. California, known for its vast...
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