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As The War Rages In Iran, Tensions Brew In Other Parts Of The World
North Korea's nuclear defiance, a drone strike in Romania, China's silo expansion and Kazakhstan's offer to store Tehran's uranium stockpile present themselves as multiple flashpoints.
US Sanctions Iranian Buyers Of Military Technology
The United States announced Friday that it is "dismantling a sophisticated Iranian network" used to...
Trivia Champ, Helpful Grandfather Among Washington Tank Collapse Victims
The collapse expelled a flood of caustic chemicals powerful enough to blow out building walls and overturn pickup trucks at the site.
ICE Allows Deported Mother To Return To US For Her 3-Year-Old Son's Funeral
The 3-year-old was killed by his own relative after his mother was deported from the US in January this year.
Epstein Aide Ghislaine Maxwell Should "Die In Prison": Ex-US Attorney Told Lawmakers
Maxwell was a longtime associate of Epstein, the US financier and convicted sex offender, who died by suicide in jail in 2019.
Iran War LIVE Updates: Trump's Meet With Aides Ends Without "Final Determination"
US Iran War LIVE Updates: US President Donald Trump had on Wednesday dismissed an Iranian state media report that Iran and Oman would jointly manage shipping through the Strait of Hormuz
Palace was given emails about Andrew’s trade envoy activities six years ago, report says
Emails appearing to show Mountbatten-Windsor shared confidential information were handed to Buckingham Palace in 2020, says BBCEmails handed to Buckingham Palace six years ago appear to show that Andrew Mountbatten-Windsor shared confidential information while he was a government trade envoy, it has been reported.The BBC said on Saturday that an archive of more than 30,000 emails was handed to the lord chamberlain, the most senior officer in the royal household, in 2020. Continue reading...
Why $1bn in Balkans energy contracts are going to an obscure company connected to Donald Trump
Guardian investigation shows how US presidency blurs line between policy and enrichment of American ruling family and those around itOn a graffitied Sarajevo backstreet, a path leads past an overgrown patch of garden to a white door. Beyond is the registered office of a company that is on the brink of winning contracts worth more than $1bn.AAFS Infrastructure and Energy is close to securing a concession to build and operate a pipeline across the Balkans to allow fossil gas shipped from the US to replace supplies that come from Russia. “This could be the most important infrastructure project ever in Bosnia and Herzegovina,” says one of the country’s top officials, who, like others, asks to remain anonymous to discuss sensitive negotiations. Continue reading...
US garbage incinerators are failing to eliminate ‘forever chemical’ air pollution, experts warn
The virtually indestructible Pfas waste puts largely low-income neighborhoods at risk, public health advocates sayThe nation’s garbage incinerators are largely failing to eliminate Pfas “forever chemicals” air pollution, and are putting people in largely low-income neighborhoods at risk, public health advocates and independent experts warn.The powerful waste management industry is increasingly pushing incinerators as a solution to virtually indestructible Pfas waste, and a new industry trade group report alleges Minnesota’s incinerators are reducing their forever chemical emissions by 99.6%. Other incinerator operators have made similar reduction claims. Continue reading...
Shackled, transferred, mocked: woman, 23, says she gave in to deportation after ‘humiliating’ ICE detention
Exclusive: Ana María was happy working in the US with an open asylum case. But after ICE detained her for months, she said she requested to go back to her native countryAna María had been happy living in the US. She had an asylum case going through the US immigration system and was working, becoming part of the community, living with her boyfriend and was grateful for safe harbor.But after she was arrested by Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE), she had such a horrendous experience that, in desperation, she agreed to be deported back to her native country in South America, back to danger and thousands of miles away from the life she had been building. Continue reading...
Blue Origin Rocket Explosion Is Bad News For Both Jeff Bezos And NASA
Space exploration is filled with setbacks, but the spectacular explosion of Blue Origin's New Glenn rocket on Thursday night marked a significant blow to not only the company, which was founded by billionaire Jeff Bezos, but also NASA, with the...
What To Know About Manhattanhenge, New York's Sunset Spectacle
The traditional viewing spots are along the city's broad east-west thoroughfares: 14th Street, 23rd Street, 34th Street, 42nd Street and 57th Street.
May 30, 2026