The US had their hands on their heads. Weston McKennie’s face betrayed a look of total disbelief. Mauricio Pochettino waved his hands towards the sky, incredulous. Folarin Balogun had been sent off after a seemingly innocent collision with Bosnia and Herzegovina’s Tarik Muharemović that saw the US striker land a ...
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‘It is comforting to be haunted’: how attitudes to abortion have changed through the ages‘It is comforting to be haunted’: how attitudes to abortion have changed through the ages
The abortion debate – the language of life, choice and rights – severs women, and their pain, from history. I don’t want to forget my abortion and I don’t want to forget theirs The physical fact of my abortion caught me off guard. I had been so accustomed to defending ...
People smuggler convicted in France now seeking asylum in UK, BBC discoversPeople smuggler convicted in France now seeking asylum in UK, BBC discovers
Once described as “the godfather” of French migrant camps, he has been working in a Leicestershire village. ...
Watch: People smuggler tracked down and confronted by BBCWatch: People smuggler tracked down and confronted by BBC
A convicted people smuggler is living in Leicestershire and seeking asylum while working illegally, the BBC can reveal. ...
At least 13 killed in large-scale Russian missile and drone strikes on KyivAt least 13 killed in large-scale Russian missile and drone strikes on Kyiv
Russia launched its biggest strikes on the city in weeks with children among the “significant number” of casualties, Ukrainian officials say. ...
A storm, overpriced food and a sad ferris wheel: inside Trump’s dreadful state fairA storm, overpriced food and a sad ferris wheel: inside Trump’s dreadful state fair
Attendance at the Great American State Fair is sparse and the heat is extreme, but at least you can pay $25 for a pretzel This was originally published in This Week in Trumpland. Sign up to receive it in your inbox every Wednesday I have been to some disappointing fairs ...
Win for Zyn nicotine pouchesWin for Zyn nicotine pouches
US regulators allowed Philip Morris to advertise its Zyn oral nicotine pouches as less harmful than cigarettes. The decision is a marketing win for the tobacco giant, which like other manufacturers is investing in smoke-free products. Tobacco replacements, such as nicotine pouches or vapes, are vastly less deadly than smoking ...
Anthropic rolls back China tracking codeAnthropic rolls back China tracking code
Anthropic is rolling back spyware-like code it implemented to track whether users are affiliated with Chinese AI labs. A cybersecurity newsletter reported that the Claude Code feature covertly tracked and transmitted information based on a user’s timezone and potential connection to Chinese tech companies accused of illicitly training their own ...
Global chaos isn’t spreading, report saysGlobal chaos isn’t spreading, report says
Global chaos isn’t spreading, but is highly localized, a new report argued. The impression in foreign policy circles, a former US ambassador to NATO wrote, is that “the erosion of the international rules-based order is a uniform, global trend.” But the reality, according to the Atlas of Impunity report, is ...
Renewed oil flows give US leverageRenewed oil flows give US leverage
The recent surge in commercial shipping through the Strait of Hormuz could give the US additional leverage in talks with Iran, analysts said. More than 10 million barrels of oil are flowing through the waterway daily, a US official told Bloomberg, adding that the jump underscores Tehran’s limited ability to ...