Oregon Shakespeare Festival 2025: Fairy tales, fascist leaders and more
What did our critic think of “Into the Woods,” “Julius Caesar” and three more shows from OSF’s 90th anniversary season?
Day: June 30, 2025
Paris put on highest heatwave alert level Tuesday: French weather agency
France’s national weather agency placed Paris and 15 other departments on its highest weather alert level for July 1 as a record heatwave grips Europe.
Pro-Palestine protesters at Wimbledon over Barclays sponsorship
Pro-Palestine activists rallied outside Wimbledon on the first day of the tennis championships in London.
US Senate holds marathon vote on Trump’s ‘big beautiful bill’
A marathon vote is underway in the Senate over Trump’s megabill, with Republicans divided over how much to cut welfare programmes to extend tax breaks. Meanwhile the UK-US trade deal has come into effect, but there’s still no news on aluminium and ste…
What’s in the latest version of Trump’s big bill moving through the Senate
At some 940-pages, the legislation is a sprawling collection of tax breaks, spending cuts and other Republican priorities, including new money for national defense and deportations.
Scorching temperatures grip Europe, putting regions on high alert
A heat dome hovered over an arc from France, Portugal and Spain to Turkey, while data from European forecasters suggested other countries were set to broil further in coming days. New highs are expected on Wednesday before rain is forecast to bring re…
Indian warship escorts British aircraft carrier
HMS Prince of Wales recently linked up with Indian warship INS Tabar in the latest phase of Operation Highmast, the Royal Navy’s flagship deployment of 2025.
The post Indian warship escorts British aircraft carrier first appeared on UK Defence Journal.
Gaza City Cafe Hit by Deadly Strike
The restaurant, a destination for Palestinians seeking a respite or internet access, was reduced to a mere shell by the blast.
Iranian Armed Forces spokesman: Ceasefire was never an option
Spokesman for the General Staff of the Iranian Armed Forces Brigadier General Abolfazl Shekarchi has said the Islamic Republic of Iran has never considered the notion of a ceasefire with Israel as an option.
Israel strikes pound Gaza, killing 60, ahead of US talks on ceasefire
Israeli strikes killed at least 60 people across Gaza on June 30 in some of the heaviest attacks in weeks as Israeli officials were due in Washington for a new ceasefire push by US President Donald Trump.