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The deadly earthquakes in Venezuela will test the Trump administration’s disaster relief response after it dismantled USAID. Wednesday’s earthquakes, described as the “strongest in a century,” have triggered frantic search-and-rescue efforts. President Donald Trump said the US was “ready, willing, and able to help,” reflecting “a degree of diplomatic realignment” ...

International Maritime Organization says safety guarantees must be confirmed before ships can move again A United Nations agency has paused the evacuation of ships through the strait of Hormuz after the British military said a vessel was hit by a projectile off the coast of Oman following the passage of ...

(Dead Oceans)The US singer took years off after becoming ‘world-weary’ of public life – and in the meantime, her silvery balladry reshaped pop. Her return is an ornate reinvention In the press materials for Phoebe Bridgers’ return, the 31-year-old US singer talks about taking time to make her third album ...

The King becomes first monarch to publish their tax payments – with the figures putting him among the UK’s top 100 taxpayers. ...

King Charles and Queen Camilla will continue to reside in Clarence House, Buckingham Palace says. ...

It’s won all the awards and now it’s going out in a blaze of comedy. Everything that could possibly go wrong for the restaurant does … but who cares when the fusion of tragedy and laughter is this good? It may not be a gastronomic reference many midwestern gourmands would ...

Rescue efforts under way after buildings reduced to rubble in capital and along northern coast Hundreds of people are feared to have died and thousands have been injured in Venezuela’s largest earthquake in more than a century. Two earthquakes of magnitude 7.2 and 7.5 hit 39 seconds apart near the ...

A document on an embryo adoption program may be marginal – but it marks an escalation in the pursuit of fetal personhood The Trump administration quietly declared frozen embryos to be children last week. In a call for grant applications related to a nearly 20-year-old program meant to raise awareness ...

Temperatures reach 36.7C in Merryfield, Somerset, the highest temperature so far this year and the hottest June day on record. ...

Rohan’s view Activists are a little lost. The end of near zero-interest rates and the wacky dislocation of AI has scuttled the impact of tried-and-true activist plays like levered buybacks and cost-cutting campaigns. But this AI era is actually the perfect time for the right breed of activists: those with ...