The Politics Behind Taiwan’s Soft Power
“Taiwan Travelogue” and its Booker Prize win highlight the nuances – and controversies – of contemporary culture in Taiwan.
Day: June 2, 2026
Californians vote in fiercely contested gubernatorial and congressional primaries
Californians have their final chance to vote Tuesday in a fiercely contested gubernatorial primary ahead of Democratic Governor Gavin Newsom’s mandate coming to an end at the end of the year. The state’s open-primary system, which allows the two best-…
Google fixes actively exploited Android vulnerability (CVE-2025-48595)
Google has announced the June 2026 Android security updates, which fix a bucketload of vulnerabilities, including a high-severity vulnerability (CVE-2025-48595) in the Android Framework that “may be under limited, targeted exploitation.” Ab…
“Apocalypse”: Kyiv Residents Describe Russian Attack That Killed 18
Civilians are also caught up in the horror, with at least 18 people killed and more than 100 wounded in the latest Russian strikes.
WHO says suspected Ebola cases drop to 116 after hundreds ruled out
The figure marks a dramatic drop from 906 late last week.
Secret wine stash, hidden by suspected Nazi sympathisers, unveiled after decades under castle floor
The family fled across the border at the end of the Second World War, leaving the cache behind
‘We’ve moved at least 10 times’: Meet the parents trying to save their children from screen time
A growing movement advocates for kids to grow up without screens and believes social media poses a grave threat to their well-being. Parents tell Rhian Lubin how they’ve moved out of state to get their kids into screen-free schools, are installing land…
EU overhauling migration policy for more deportations and detention centers abroad
The European Union has moved forward with a vast overhaul of its migration policy, aiming to ramp up deportations and ink controversial deals to build detention centers abroad, in what rights groups compare to the Trump administration’s aggressive immi…
Polish far right calls for blocking Ukraine’s EU bid over military unit name controversy
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‘Outright theft’: legal experts decry $1.8bn Trump anti-weaponization fund
Critics from both sides and legal scholars say ‘slush fund’ is scheme that will help January 6 riotersA legal and political firestorm is growing over the $1.776bn “anti-weaponization” fund Donald Trump’s justice department has launched to pay alleged v…