AMERICA
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New map highlights which US rivers should be priorities for protection
Three-quarters of rivers could lose their biodiversity due to climate change, conservationists say
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ICE raids leave US citizens carrying their birth certificates: ‘We are from America’
The aggressive immigration operation of President Donald Trump’s second term has ensnared increasing numbers of Americans. Some of those caught in its dragnet tell Rhian Lubin how the experience has changed their lives forever
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A National Guard member deployed to Washington, DC, is arrested on firearms charge
A member of the Oklahoma National Guard has been arrested for carrying an unauthorized firearm in Washington, D.C. Spec
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AOC and Bernie Sanders introduce bill to ban Flock cameras
Privacy concerns with the surveillance technology have prompted calls from people across the country to remove icense plate readers from their streets
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Gem hunter finds potential $1 million diamond while livestreaming on TikTok
The Navy reservist’s livestream on TikTok showed the six‑carat stone, the largest found at Crater of Diamonds State Park this year
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Miranda Lambert returns with country-disco album 'Crisco,' a set of songs that have 'a lot of joy'
Miranda Lambert has entered her disco era with her new album, “Crisco,” set to release Friday
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Vance tells Americans not to ‘gripe about all the little things’ as prices soar
Vance tells Sean Hannity that Democratic ‘arsonists’ will reverse Trump’s successes even as he admits his own administration needs more time
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K-pop giants Stray Kids join BTS in boycotting the 2027 Grammy Awards
Stray Kids become the second major act to withdraw from the Grammys over the new best Asian Pop award.
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Trump’s Crazy AI Rebrand Was a Loyalty Test for Tech Execs—and It Worked
For years these billionaires gushed obsessively about AI. But they meekly went along when Trump cancelled the term.
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What is happening with diesel – and should we be worried?
Donald Trump has threatened to ban US diesel exports of diesel – here’s what that could mean
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Is Nigel Farage too negative to win the next election? - Chris Burn
"I haven't come here to be the prophet of doom," Nigel Farage insisted to a crowd of Reform supporters in Doncaster yesterday as he claimed he was merely being "utterly realistic about the way things are" and told them their city is "pretty broken".
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Germany's Merz hails NATO unity on Russia and rejects AfD claims
German Chancellor Friedrich Merz on Thursday called for unity in backing Ukraine against Russia – within NATO, Europe and his own country where the far-right and Moscow-friendly AfD is on the rise.
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Calls grow for US death penalty halt after ‘torturous’ botched execution of Christa Pike
Pike alive but in critical condition as experts call ordeal that unfolded in Tennessee Wednesday ‘unimaginably barbaric’
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Takeaways from Trump’s latest TIME interview on DC makeover, Iran and affordability
Trump-in-denial grows defensive and curses at a reporter when confronted with straight-forward questions about his second term
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Trump moves 9,000 troops to Middle East after threatening to hit Iran - latest
The US president said the war will end ‘one way or another’
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Spain and China are cosying up - to the anger of many in the EU
Amid global tumult, the two countries alliance is not the only unlikely pairing.
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America.gov is filled with stock art of people not in America
At least six of the images were taken outside of the US, one analysis found
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Pete Hegseth’s War Daddy-sermon about killing and Jesus was truly eye-opening
An energized, wide-eyed Hegseth claimed the entire free press is committing treason before suggesting that more Christian chaplains in the military might help them build killing drones and achieve more ‘lethality’, writes Holly Baxter
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Pete Hegseth’s War Daddy-sermon about killing and Jesus was truly eye-opening
An energized, wide-eyed Hegseth claimed the entire free press is committing treason before suggesting that more Christian chaplains in the military might help them build killing drones and achieve more ‘lethality’, writes Holly Baxter
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Takeaways from Trump’s latest TIME interview on DC makeover, Iran and affordability
Trump-in-denial grows defensive and curses at a reporter when confronted with straight-forward questions about his second term
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Outrage spreads over Hegseth plan for Religious Affairs office at the Pentagon
Religious freedom advocates fear Hegseth’s ‘disgusting, immoral, unethical and unconstitutional’ move will open the door to Christian nationalist influence
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Trump takes his taxpayer funded ads to the airwaves of hated rivals CNN and MS NOW
The Trump administration has shelled out upwards of $2.87 million on the controversial ads
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Invitation to 'get ready to sizzle and giggle' at Burlesque Bonanza charity event in Harrogate
A glamorous Burlesque Bonanza event for charity is to be held in Harrogate this week with the calling card of “bonkers but make it sexy”.
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Musk returns to Trump administration to co-lead Pentagon war study
Musk, who in 2024 threw his support behind Trump and helped his return to the White House, served as head of the Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE), where he spearheaded sweeping job cuts across the US federal government.
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Bari Weiss will not have a role at CNN — for now: report
The Paramount-Warner Bros. Discovery merger will bring together two very different newsroom cultures with CNN and CBS News
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Cancer charity celebrates 'genuinely life-changing' £15k boost after public vote
The new garden therapy room will provide counselling and complementary therapies for people unable to use upstairs facilities.
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After an outfield collision left him paralyzed, every gain in rehab is a big win for A's Ryan Lasko
Ryan Lasko was a promising outfielder in the Athletics organization on a path he hoped would one day make him a major leaguer, having established himself in Double-A ball
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Trump's AI rebrand causes 'unprecedented' demand for Slovenian website names
The president wants AI to be called super intelligence - or SI - the same initials used by Slovenian domains.
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Christa Pike: What is pentobarbital and why did Biden ban the lethal injection drug?
Christa Pike, 50, remained alive and loudly snoring after the attempted lethal injection
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The Real Threat to the Midterms Is Regular Americans Thinking Violence Is the Answer
Robert A. Pape, a leading authority on political violence, wants Americans to understand that the threat is coming not from the fringes, but from the mainstream.
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I’m an American and was pulled over by ICE. Now I carry my birth certificate
The aggressive immigration operation of President Donald Trump’s second term has ensnared increasing numbers of Americans. Some of those caught in its dragnet tell Rhian Lubin how the experience has changed their lives forever
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Only Netanyahu gains from the FlyDubai hijacking attempt
The FlyDubai hijacking attempt serves only one man’s interests - Israel’s Prime Minister seeking re-election, World affairs editor Sam Kiley explains
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Trump claims Xi won’t invade Taiwan as US sees China’s war plans delayed
China's military readiness has been hampered by Xi's sweeping anti-corruption purge
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Patrick Radden Keefe's 'London Falling' is a finalist for the nonfiction Baillie Gifford prize
Patrick Radden Keefe's “London Falling” is among six finalists for Britain's leading nonfiction book prize
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Elon Musk, ‘beardos’ and Fort Trump? Inside Hegseth’s ‘State of the Force’ address
Addressing junior personnel at Quantico, Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth unveiled six major initiatives to overhaul military standards
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US-led coalition ends anti-Islamic State mission in Iraq amid heightened regional tensions and security fears
The US-led force has been operating in Iraq for 12 years to dismantle ISIS networks which had threatened to takeover the region and plunge it into instability. A US-led coalition deployed in Iraq more than a decade ago to fight jihadists...
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Nazi Germany was much further from building a nuclear reactor than Heisenberg claimed
Germans needed twice as much uranium as they possessed to build fully functional reactor
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Putin shows no sign of stopping the war as Russia doubles down on Ukraine
A foreign policy speech by the Russian president will be keenly watched, but all signs point to the full-scale invasion continuing.
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Trump breaks silence on taxpayer-funded ‘campaign ads’ as even Republicans balk
Trump says he will ‘gladly pay the money’ to run the ads himself if it’s ‘wrong’ to use millions of taxpayer dollars
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Pete Hegseth just spiraled into religious fervor while shouting about killer bots
An energized, wide-eyed Hegseth claimed the entire free press is committing treason before suggesting that more Christian chaplains in the military might help them build killing drones and achieve more ‘lethality’, writes Holly Baxter
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Pete Hegseth just spiraled into religious fervor while shouting about killer bots
An energized, wide-eyed Hegseth claimed the entire free press is committing treason before suggesting that more Christian chaplains in the military might help them build killing drones and achieve more ‘lethality’, writes Holly Baxter
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There Are Plenty of Reasons to Be Concerned About Bioweapons Development—Even Without AI
In her new book on biological warfare, Annie Jacobsen didn’t even discuss AI because scientists can already warp Mother Nature to create extinction-level events.
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Seth Meyers on Trump canceling $1bn in federal funds: ‘Is he adding a waterslide to the reflecting pool?’
Late-night hosts weighed in on Trump’s relationship with tech leaders and the White House’s new AI-powered site
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Crews filming in Scotland told to hire locals as industry booms
While the country’s screen sector is growing, only a fraction of production staff are Scottish themselves
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Texas Senate candidate turns on Trump and blames him for faltering campaign
Ken Paxton heard on leaked audio complaining that president’s two-day summit in Dallas earlier this month harmed his campaign: ‘Yeah, not good’
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Trump team scrambles to fix AI chatbot after it rejected his favorite conspiracies
President Donald Trump’s new ‘super intelligent’ query prompt corrected after stating that Democrat Joe Biden won the 2020 election six years ago, breaking with the loser’s long-running fraud claims
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Black Twitter Is Thriving—on Threads
From outrage over Nolan Wells’ death to analysis of HBO Max’s “Lanterns,” Threads has transformed into a vital artery of the Black social media ecosystem.
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Daily Show shreds Trump over his taxpayer funded ads
Both Democrats and Republicans have criticized the ads, which have aired on multiple networks in recent days
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The ‘Cornell 7’ and the problem with how to raise our boys
There are no easy solutions here, writes Holly Baxter, but let's start with why we hold the bar so low for boys — and so impossibly high for girls ?
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Trump tells Americans they have no choice but to trust ‘super intelligence’
With tech leaders smiling and nodding beside him, Donald Trump stands athwart a wave of populist anti-AI sentiment yelling ‘calm down,’ writes John Bowden