Month: June 2026

Israel and Hezbollah agree to renew ceasefire after flareup of violenceIsrael and Hezbollah agree to renew ceasefire after flareup of violence

US-Iran meeting in Switzerland over implementation of deal cancelled amid clashes in southern Lebanon Middle East crisis – live updates Israel and Hezbollah agreed to renew a fragile ceasefire in Lebanon on Friday after 24 hours of intense violence that posed an early challenge to the new agreement between the ...

I’m a critical care doctor. I’ve never seen the US harm its children this deliberately | Robert B ShpinerI’m a critical care doctor. I’ve never seen the US harm its children this deliberately | Robert B Shpiner

At every stage of childhood, the Trump administration is withdrawing a protection. It is also dismantling the tools that would measure the harm A newborn’s first hours in a US hospital used to carry a quiet set of guarantees. A vitamin K injection against catastrophic bleeding. A hepatitis B vaccination. ...

‘It’s a scam’: Americans express unease over SpaceX’s influence on retirement savings‘It’s a scam’: Americans express unease over SpaceX’s influence on retirement savings

Guardian readers in the US share concerns about how the SpaceX IPO and AI boom affect their retirement accounts Elon Musk became the world’s first trillionaire last week after SpaceX debuted on the stock market with a valuation of $1.77tn. Millions of Americans could soon become indirect investors in SpaceX ...

JD Vance, once an ‘angry atheist’, is America’s most powerful Catholic. How will he wield his faith?JD Vance, once an ‘angry atheist’, is America’s most powerful Catholic. How will he wield his faith?

In his new memoir, the vice-president covers his conversion and politics – at a time when hardline Catholicism is ascendant in the US When JD Vance became Roman Catholic, he wondered what his dead grandmother would think. His grandmother Mamaw did not have anything against them, but growing up in ...