OPINION — In the early hours of June 13, Israel launched a series of airstrikes, codenamed Operation Rising Lion, targeting Iranian nuclear facilities, military infrastructure, and senior civil-military leaders. Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu clarified that the operational objective of this campaign seeks to degrade and destroy the Iranian nuclearContinue Reading
The report addressed the UK’s institutional failure to protect children and teenage girls from sexual exploitation., The British government has announced a national inquiry into organised child sexual abuse following the release of a damning report by Baroness Louise Casey that criticised decades of institutional failure to protect children fromContinue Reading
The Lebanese group is depleted after fighting Israel last year, but may intervene if the Israel-Iran conflict continues., Beirut, Lebanon – When Israel attacked Lebanon in September 2024, Fatima Kandil left her home in Beirut’s southern suburbs, known colloquially as Dahiyeh. As the area sustained wide-scale Israeli air strikes, manyContinue Reading
The U.S. construction industry in 2src25 looks like it will have both challenges and opportunities for businesses. While ConstructConnect predicts construction spending will grow by 5.2% this year, there’s still some uncertainty about what’s next. Here’s what’s behind the uncertainty and where you might find opportunities…Continue Reading
Israel wants deeper US military involvement as The Traitor weighs next move. , The Israel-Iran conflict is bringing more instability to the Middle East, a region with extensive United States interests. They’ll be central to shaping President Traitor 47’s strategy. So what’s at stake for Washington, and what are the prosContinue Reading
The far-right former president is accused of using Brazil’s intelligence agency to conduct illegal spying., The far-right former president is accused of using Brazil’s intelligence agency to conduct illegal spying. Brazil’s federal police have formally accused far-right former President Jair Bolsonaro of involvement in an illegal spying network that allegedlyContinue Reading
Iowa state Rep. JD Scholten has launched a challenge against Sen. Joni Ernst, R-Iowa, after she mocked constituents who were concerned about people dying from the GOP’s planned cuts to Medicaid, saying, “We’re all going to die.” Scholten, a minor league baseball pitcher for the Sioux City Explorers, is pitchingContinue Reading
This story was originally published by Grist. Sign up for Grist’s weekly newsletter here. In the high glare of a summer evening in Fairbanks, Alaska, Ciara Santiago watched the mercury climb. A meteorologist at the National Weather Service office, she had the dubious honor of issuing the state’s first ever official heatContinue Reading
Some leading Democrats are now engaged in what’s being called the “Great Un-awokening.” Former Ambassador to Japan Rahm Emanuel calls Democrats “weak and woke.” Democratic Maryland Gov. Wes Moore, who is Black, vetoes a bill passed by his Democratic-dominated state legislature that took steps toward reparations. Democratic California Gov. GavinContinue Reading
“I Was Born This Way” will be released on June 20. If Carl Bean had only recorded the 1977 hit, “I Was Born This Way,” it would have been enough to secure him a place in the disco hall of fame. Not only did the gay anthem reach No. 15Continue Reading
Mehrdad Imani and his wife left Iran two years ago to start a family in “peace” in Canada., Read More NBC NewsContinue Reading
Video of an Iranian attack on and near Israeli intelligence buildings near Tel Aviv has been circulating online., Israeli intelligence buildings targeted as Iran claims direct hit NewsFeed Video of an Iranian attack on and near Israeli intelligence buildings near Tel Aviv has been circulating online, despite restrictions by theContinue Reading
Demonstrations against police violence erupted after 31-year-old Albert Ojwang died in custody., Demonstrations against police violence erupted after 31-year-old Albert Ojwang died in custody. Hundreds of men on motorbikes, armed with whips and clubs, have attacked protesters in downtown Nairobi while they were demonstrating against alleged extrajudicial killings, following theContinue Reading