Month: June 2024

Read More This article is part of The D.C. Brief, TIME’s politics newsletter. Sign up here to get stories like this sent to your inbox. For about half of this country, former President Donald Trump’s boorish behavior is reason enough to pass on signing up for another four years of his bombast in the White…

Read More California supreme court greenlights project that protesters say will add noise pollution to already dense historic park A California supreme court ruling will allow student housing at University of California, Berkeley, to be built at the historic People’s Park. The court on Thursday ruled that a new law enacted in 2023 invalidates the…

Read More Washington — The horse transformed human history – and now scientists have a clearer idea of when humans began to transform the horse. Around 4,200 years ago, one particular lineage of horse quickly became dominant across Eurasia, suggesting that’s when humans started to spread domesticated horses around the world, according to research published Thursday…

Read More Leaders rally behind Zelenskiy to make clear to Putin that, as in 1944, freedom in Europe is worth fighting for Joe Biden and Emmanuel Macron have marked the 80th anniversary of D-day with a rallying cry for support for Ukraine as Volodymyr Zelenskiy was embraced by western leaders in Normandy. The US president…

Read More Hunter Biden, the son of President Joe Biden, is on trial for three federal gun-related charges after he allegedly unlawfully obtained a firearm in October 2018. Hunter Biden, the son of President Joe Biden, is on trial for three federal gun-related charges after he allegedly unlawfully obtained a firearm in October 2018.

Read More“Products and materials intended to manufacture explosive devices” were found at the suspect’s hotel room, officials said.”Products and materials intended to manufacture explosive devices” were found at the suspect’s hotel room, officials said.

Read More Watch as Emmanuel Macron led a ceremony with world leaders marking the 80th anniversary of D-Day and the liberation of western Europe from Nazi Germany occupation on Thursday, 6 June. Watch as Emmanuel Macron led a ceremony with world leaders marking the 80th anniversary of D-Day and the liberation of western Europe from…

Read More Rex Heuermann, 60, of Massapequa Park, was arraigned in a Long Island courtroom Thursday in the July 2003 dismemberment death of Jessica Taylor and the November 1993 death of Sandra Costilla Rex Heuermann, 60, of Massapequa Park, was arraigned in a Long Island courtroom Thursday in the July 2003 dismemberment death of Jessica…

Read More“To surrender to bullies, to bow down to dictators, it’s simply unthinkable,” US President Joe Biden said.“To surrender to bullies, to bow down to dictators, it’s simply unthinkable,” US President Joe Biden said.

Read MoreThe UN-run al-Sardi school in Nuseirat refugee camp was targeted by Israeli air strikes, killing at least 40 people.The UN-run al-Sardi school in Nuseirat refugee camp was targeted by Israeli air strikes, killing at least 40 people.

Read More A BBC D-Day 80th anniversary broadcast was interrupted by an explicit remark on Wednesday, 5 June. A BBC D-Day 80th anniversary broadcast was interrupted by an explicit remark on Wednesday, 5 June.

Read More As Russia’s war grinds on, the Biden Administration is now taking on bigger risks to support Ukraine. The latest example is a White House decision to allow Ukrainian forces to use U.S.-provided weapons to strike targets inside Russia. We may also soon see NATO personnel on the ground in Ukraine to train fighters.…

Read More Democracy campaigners welcome move by Lord Sumption and Lord Collins, who cited political situation in statement Two of the last remaining British judges to sit on Hong Kong’s top court have resigned, with one citing the political situation in the former colony. Lawrence Collins and Jonathan Sumption, former UK supreme court justices, announced…

Read More It comes after a report by The Independent detailing the judges being paid £40,000 to sit on the court for up to a month at a time It comes after a report by The Independent detailing the judges being paid £40,000 to sit on the court for up to a month at a…

Read More Emergency ban on prescribing the drugs was put in place before dissolution of parliament last week The UK government has until Friday to respond to a letter from campaigners who are mounting a legal challenge against the ban on puberty blockers for young people that came into force this week. The non-profit legal…

Read More Philip Jansen announced sweeping job cuts during same financial year covered by pay and bonus package BT’s former chief executive Philip Jansen has been awarded his largest pay and bonus package, a £3.7m reward for the same year in which he announced plans to cut 55,000 jobs at the telecoms company by 2030.…

Read More The TV star has been missing since going for a hike on the island of Symi The TV star has been missing since going for a hike on the island of Symi

Read More Exclusive: Hester allegedly used term ‘token Muslim’, imitated people of Chinese descent and said a person was attractive for a black woman The Conservative party is facing questions over its decision to keep more than £15m given by its biggest ever donor, Frank Hester, after former employees made a series of fresh allegations.…

Read More SpaceX’s mega Starship rocket completed its first full test flight Thursday, returning to Earth without exploding after blasting off from Texas. It was the fourth launch of the world’s biggest and most powerful rocket, standing nearly 400 feet (121 meters) tall. The three previous flight demos ended in explosions. This time, the rocket…

Read More The model allegedly threatened to make false claims about the cosmetology business and file reports of labor violations to the US Department of Labor The model allegedly threatened to make false claims about the cosmetology business and file reports of labor violations to the US Department of Labor

Read More Xielo Maruziva went missing in River Soar on 18 February after walking along a towpath A body has been found in the search for a two-year-old boy who fell into a river over three months ago. Xielo Maruziva fell into the River Soar on 18 February while walking along a towpath in Aylestone…

Read MoreResearchers were tagging marine when the tiger shark they caught vomited a dead echidna — a spiny creature similar to a hedgehog.Researchers were tagging marine when the tiger shark they caught vomited a dead echidna — a spiny creature similar to a hedgehog.

Read More The hour-long test flight of the world’s most powerful rocket was followed by a splashdown in the Indian Ocean Starship, the mighty space rocket designed by Elon Musk’s SpaceX company, recorded its first fully successful test flight on Thursday, splashing down in the Indian Ocean minus any fiery explosion that ended previous attempts.…

Read MoreThe New York Times reported that Chikli’s ministry funded a covert online influence campaign targeting U.S. lawmakers over the war in Gaza. Chikli denied those reports. ‘/> A new report by an Israeli watchdog group ties an Israeli firm to a covert online campaign intended to sway crucial Democratic lawmakers to continue backing Israel’s…

Read More ‘Let me make it very clear, based on what the court looked at. [Harris] has never had a Michigan license’ ‘Let me make it very clear, based on what the court looked at. [Harris] has never had a Michigan license’

Read More LGBTQ+ Republicans and Democrats ripped the GOP over the email seeking to stop “godless groomers.” LGBTQ+ Republicans and Democrats ripped the GOP over the email seeking to stop “godless groomers.”

Read MoreHamas says it can’t accept an Israeli cease-fire proposal, accusing the U.S. and Israel of creating “confusion and controversy” about it.Hamas says it can’t accept an Israeli cease-fire proposal, accusing the U.S. and Israel of creating “confusion and controversy” about it.

Read More Hallie Biden described how she threw Hunter’s gun into a trash can and about his and her crack cocaine habit Testifying in Hunter Biden’s federal gun trial, Hallie Biden – the widow of Joe Biden’s oldest son, Beau – described panicking after finding a gun in his truck. “I panicked and I wanted…

Read MoreMoscow says the man was gathering military data about Russia and failed to register as a “foreign agent”.Moscow says the man was gathering military data about Russia and failed to register as a “foreign agent”.

Read More (WILMINGTON, Del.) — The widow of Hunter Biden’s brother, Beau, testified Thursday in his federal gun trial that she found his crack at her Wilmington, Delaware, house, saw him use the illicit drug and eventually starting abusing it herself. “Where did he get the drugs from?” prosecutor Leo Wise asked. [time-brightcove not-tgx=”true”] “Various…

Read More Scott Perry and Ronny Jackson installed by Mike Johnson at direction of Trump, apparently without consulting chair Two far-right Republicans have been appointed to the highly sensitive House of Representatives’ intelligence committee at the direction of Donald Trump, a move likely to antagonise the security establishment. Representatives Scott Perry of Pennsylvania and Ronny…

Read More Trump’s lead against Biden has dropped two points Trump’s lead against Biden has dropped two points

Read More The secretary general of the US-led military bloc says it’s wrong to assume Moscow could attack a member state in the near future The suggestion that Russia could attack a NATO member state in the next few years is unreasonable, the secretary general of the bloc, Jens Stoltenberg, said during a joint press…

Read More NATO is trying to shift the Ukraine conflict into Russia, and the lack of a response will be seen as a sign of weakness On May 31, US Secretary of State Antony Blinken announced the Biden administration’s decision to allow Ukraine to use Western weapons to hit targets in what Washington considers Russian…

Read More The chancellor says violent foreign-criminals including from Syria and Afghanistan could be forced to leave The German chancellor, Olaf Scholz, has told parliament he backs the deportation of violent foreign-born criminals even if they come from Syria or Afghanistan, as he signalled a more hardline stance three days before Germans vote in European…