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Starmer ally Darren Jones backs Burnham to be next UK PM
LONDON, June 24 — Darren Jones, an ally of outgoing Prime Minister Keir Starmer, endorsed Andy Burnham to take over on Wednesday after saying he had been reassured by the […]
Blackouts hit northern France already sweltering in record European heatwave
PARIS, June 24 — Authorities in northern France were scrambling on Wednesday to restore electricity to thousands of homes hit by power cuts amid a blistering heatwave that has scorched […]
Japan pacifists heckle PM Takaichi at Okinawa WWII shrine
TOKYO, June 24 — Japanese Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi was heckled at a World War II memorial event by protesters angry about Tokyo’s further shift away from its decades-long pacifist […]
Very long arm: Beijing defends unity law that lets it target ‘separatism’ outside China
BEIJING, June 24 — China has a right to target people outside of its borders who contravene its new law on ethnic unity, a senior official said on Wednesday, adding […]
H5N1 bird flu reaches second Australian state; PNG bans poultry imports
SYDNEY, June 24 — Australian authorities ramped up surveillance and testing after a second state reported a case of the highly pathogenic H5N1 bird flu, while neighbouring Papua New Guinea […]
Sydney shark attack survivor conscious, utters first words after Coogee Beach mauling
SYDNEY, June 24 — An Australian woman mauled by a shark at a popular Sydney beach briefly emerged from an induced coma and said “I love you” to family, according […]
US intelligence: Mythos AI found classified systems flaws ‘in hours’
WASHINGTON, June 24 — Anthropic’s Mythos model identified vulnerabilities in highly sensitive US government computer systems during a testing exercise, the Associated Press reported on Tuesday. Anthropic teamed up with […]
US congress votes to stop Iran war the White House claims is already over
WASHINGTON, June 24 — The US Senate passed a largely symbolic resolution Tuesday calling for an end to President Donald Trump’s war with Iran, delivering a fresh rebuke to the […]
AC sales skyrocket in France and Italy as ‘unprecedented’ 41C heatwave cooks Europe
PARIS, June 24 — Europe braced Wednesday for another day of an unprecedented heatwave that has smashed records in many countries and sent air conditioner sales zooming in a continent […]
Marco Rubio: US rejects Iranian tolls and fees in Strait of Hormuz
TEHRAN, June 24 — US Secretary of State Marco Rubio said Tuesday that Washington would not accept Iranian tolls or fees on the Strait of Hormuz, as disputes over the […]