Month: June 2026

My father joined the program when I was eight months old and retired 46 years later. He would be encouraging journalists at CBS to speak out The end of the 60 Minutes broadcast as we know it has sickened millions of longtime viewers, colleagues, and all of us who are ...

In many countries, dating seems to be on the decline, with many young people either dating less, or finding it harder to have meaningful relationships. In 2024, one in five of South Korea’s 52 million citizens were living alone. In the third episode of our series, reporter Haeryun Kang is ...

With food and medicine already scarce, emergency services, bakeries and water supplies are increasingly being pushed to the brink Palestinians in Gaza already grappling with limited supplies of food and medicine face new threats to their day-to-day existence: shortages of engine oil, spare parts and gas. The knock-on effects are ...

Full of handcrafted care and the rootsy soul of her country origins, this gently elated song is a reminder of what fans love about Swift … and the film series Taylor Swift does not fear a challenge. She’s broken records then broken those records; taken Grammy snubs as a sign ...

Families have been left in despair after 39 pupils and seven teachers were kidnapped from classrooms in Oyo state, a part of the country previously considered relatively peaceful Sitting on a wooden bench under the tree near her home, Aduke Balogun’s gaze is fixed on the road. Her eyes are ...

In today’s newsletter: ​Global powers​ are focused on oil markets and elections​ but those living through conflict in the Middle East feel abandoned Good morning. It’s been another week of brinkmanship via Truth Social and ceasefires broken before they’ve been announced. While US president Donald Trump claims an agreement with ...

British Retail Consortium figures show footfall rose in May, with consumer confidence improving after spending squeeze Greater numbers of consumers went shopping last month as spring sunshine brought welcome relief to retailers, which have faced a squeeze on spending since the US-Israel war on Iran. Figures from the British Retail ...

A public spending watchdog examines the property arrangements of royals including Andrew Mountbatten-Windsor. ...

Australia, the UK, and the US agreed new measures to protect undersea cables and pipelines from sabotage, including the deployment of autonomous submarine drones. Marine cables carry more than 95% of the world’s intercontinental telecommunications data and ever more electricity. Australia’s defense minister said these “arteries of modern civilization” are ...

Hezbollah rejected a ceasefire in Lebanon on Thursday shortly after it was announced, denting hopes for peace in the region. Israel pounded southern Lebanon with strikes just before the truce — which was brokered by the US following Israel-Lebanon talks a day earlier — took effect, leading to a “grimly ...