The humanitarian relief system, decimated by cuts, faces a grave challenge as the Middle East war causes soaring costs for food, fuel and fertilizer.
A French Soccer Star Faces Off Against a Surging Foe: The Far Right
Kylian Mbappé, the captain of France’s national team, set off a storm a month before the World Cup by suggesting that the National Rally party was a threat to France.
Introducing Stateside with Kai and Carter: Stacey Abrams on why gutting US Voting Rights Act is ‘evil’ – podcast
The US supreme court demolished the 1965 Voting Rights Act when it ruled in Louisiana v Callais in April that states can’t consider race in redistricting. Southern states from Tennessee to Alabama have rushed to erase majority Black districts, sparking…
Hundreds of children affected by UK’s halting of refugee family reunion, says Red Cross
Charity estimates up to 1,360 children could remain separated from families for every month the suspension continuesHundreds of children every month face being separated from their families since the UK suspended refugee family reunion last September, …
When ransomware hits, confidence doesn’t restore endpoints
Ransomware, supply chain vulnerabilities, insider threats, compliance failures, and software disruptions remain major concerns for security leaders, according to The Ransomware Reality: Zero Days to Recover report by Absolute Security. How CISOs curren…
Ukraine-Russia war latest: Moscow says it destroyed more than 3,000 Kyiv drones as it faces biggest attack of the year
Russian forces in the past week have downed 3,124 drones, with more than 1,000 drones destroyed yesterday alone
A New Order for the Gulf – Foreign Affairs
A New Order for the Gulf Foreign AffairsThe Iran War Is Crippling One of the World’s Wealthiest Nations The New York TimesGulf states fear irreversible fallout from the Iran crisis The EconomistHow severe has the econom…
Ukraine’s Fire Point Reveals Architecture for Freya – a Low-Cost Ballistic Missile Defence Interceptor Built from S-300 Heritage
Ukrainian defence company Fire Point published the full system concept for Project Freya on May 14, according to Militarnyi and Ukrainska Pravda. Freya is a pan-European air and missile defence system designed to intercept ballistic missiles – including Russia’s Iskander-M – at what Fire Point says would be a fraction of the cost of existing … Read more
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Xi Jinping prepares to welcome Vladimir Putin to China, four days after hosting Donald Trump
China’s deep relationship with Russia remains a continuing cause for concern in the west, particularly since Moscow launched its invasion of UkraineXi Jinping and Vladimir Putin exchanged “congratulatory letters” on Sunday ahead of the Russian presiden…
‘Everest Man’ and ‘Mountain Queen’ break own records scaling world’s tallest peak
Kami Rita Sherpa and Lakpa Sherpa summited Everest for the 32nd and 11th time, respectively.