Syria orders women to cover up on beaches with conservative new dress code
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Day: June 11, 2025
Republicans use LA protests to push holdouts to pass Trump’s ‘Big, Beautiful Bill’
House Speaker Mike Johnson says ‘it’s those men and women, the federal law enforcement officers who deserve our support right now’
Tulsi Gabbard releases ‘unhinged’ video claiming ‘warmongers’ want a nuclear conflict they know they’ll survive
Gabbard echoes doomsday warning about ‘political elite warmongers’ while her boss fails to bring peace he promised in Ukraine
UN Pushes for 10,000 Ships To Track Ocean Changes
NICE, France, Jun 10 (IPS) – A groundbreaking initiative to revolutionize global ocean observation is being launched this week at the UN Ocean Conference side event, aiming to enlist 10,000 commercial ships to collect and transmit vital ocean and weat…
Every year, folks travel from far and wide watch this giant pencil get sharpened
More than 1,000 people gathered Saturday in a scenic Minneapolis neighborhood for an annual ritual — the sharpening of a gigantic No. 2 pencil.
UnitedHealth faces federal scrutiny into whistleblower claims
Attention comes in wake of ex-employees’ allegations that insurer paid nursing homes to reduce hospital transfers and used improper tactics to gain Medicare Advantage enrolleesUS lawmakers on both sides of the aisle are raising concerns and seeking inv…
Amazon says over 1M people now have access to Alexa+, up from “hundreds of thousands” in May, and plans to “make it even more broadly available over the summer” (Jennifer Pattison Tuohy/The Verge)
Jennifer Pattison Tuohy / The Verge:
Amazon says over 1M people now have access to Alexa+, up from “hundreds of thousands” in May, and plans to “make it even more broadly available over the summer” — And Amaz…
Commentary: If you don’t understand Nintendo Switch 2, you won’t understand the modern world
No savvy politician can get away with treating gaming as if it were a passing fad, says the Financial Times’ Stephen Bush.
Commentary: Record profits for SIA and other airlines, but aviation’s long-term outlook isn’t that rosy
Record profits by sector leaders like Singapore Airlines and Emirates have proven many analysts wrong, including NUS Business School’s Nitin Pangarkar. He weighs in on the industry’s long-term prospects and what that means for air fares.
Rand Paul defends troop withdrawal in Syria, Afghanistan: “Can the people who live there not do anything?”
Sen. Rand Paul, R-Kentucky, joins Margaret Brennan to discuss General James Mattis’ resignation and President Trump’s decision to withdraw from Syria.