Iran's Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei has indicated that he's unlikely to engage with the United States in negotiations, accusing the nation of being a "bullying" power and questioning if it upheld commitments from previous agreements. read more
Former Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte was arrested at Manila's international airport on order of the ICC in connection with a crimes against humanity case filed against him. Duterte was arrested after arriving from Hong Kong and police took him into custody on orders of the ICC, which has been investigating the mass killings that happened under the former president's deadly crackdown against illegal drugs. In Dec 2018, the country's Commission on Human Rights (CHR) estimated the number of drug-war killings could be as high as 27,000. ICC link: www.icc-cpi.int read more
After being accused of creating a frontline that mimics a "meat grinder" Russian officials have begun presenting the mothers of soldiers killed in the war with Ukraine with the gift of an actual meat grinder. read more
The Boeing Starliner astronauts, who launched on the spacecraft's Crewed Flight Test on June 5, have been living aboard the International Space Station (ISS) ever since their capsule returned to Earth without them. read more
"President Donald Trump on Tuesday ramped up a burgeoning trade war with Canada ... read more
Michelle Obama and her brother Craig Robinson will launch a video podcast in the coming days with new episodes dropping weekly, the former first lady confirmed on Monday. read more
It was an extraordinary scene at the White House South Lawn Tuesday. President Donald Trump effectively held a combination press conference and live Tesla ad ... read more
Trump has:
- Paused hiring and training of incoming controllers through a federal hiring freeze, without clear guidance on specific exemptions.
- Terminated air traffic control support staff,
- Gutted the Aviation Security Advisory Committee,
- Forced out the head of the Transportation Security Administration, and
- Most recently fired 400 Federal Aviation Administration personnel tasked with ensuring safety through radar, landing and navigational aid maintenance.
The US has informed its allies that it intends to stop planning for upcoming military exercises in Europe. According to Expressen's sources, the US planning halt does not apply to exercises already in motion for 2025. The US wants to reduce military spending in Europe and Trumpf has expressed that he wants to prioritize the Indo-Pacific region, focusing on China. read more
Agents told him his student visa was revoked. But he had a green card. Agents then said that was revoked too. read more
President Donald Trump has branded attempts to boycott Tesla as illegal amid protests in the U.S. and Europe. read more
Want to live somewhere that could make you happier? Where you live might matter more than you'd guess. WalletHub just released their annual study showing which cities have the happiest residents, and California towns are dominating the list. read more
After Musk called U.S. Sen. Mark Kelly a traitor for supporting Ukraine, Kelly said this: "Traitor? Elon, if you don't understand that defending freedom is a basic tenet of what makes America great and keeps us safe, maybe you should leave it to those of us who do." read more
Bluesky CEO Jay Graber walked onstage at an Austin tech conference wearing a shirt that looked very similar to one Mark Zuckerberg wore which declared in latin: "Either Caesar or nothing." But Graber's shirt said: "a world without Caesars" read more
The Network State cult is actively lobbying Congress to legalize new kinds of corporate-controlled cities where normal laws don't apply. Trump's 2024 campaign proposed something called "freedom cities," a lightly rebranded version of the Network State. Yet, most news outlets mentioned the idea without providing any real explanation of the concept. read more
Sanders started his speech warning that "we have an administration that is leading us to oligarchy, an administration that is leading us to an authoritarian form of society, an administration that is leading us towards kleptocracy." read more
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