
The Guardian - 35 min 5 sec ago
Exclusive: Ex-minister to call for wealth tax, and Andy Burnham to demand focus on housing and education Next month's spending review must be an "economic reset" based on a bold wealth tax and higher public investment, the former cabinet minister Louise Haigh is to argue, as Keir Starmer faces renewed pressure from within Labour to change course. Haigh's comments come as Andy Burnham called for Labour to "re-establish itself unequivocally once again as the party of working-class...

The Guardian - 35 min 5 sec ago
Time and time again over the past four months, reality has failed to match Trump's rhetoric "Tariffs are easy," Donald Trump claimed in March. For his administration, and the world, they have proven anything but. Now an obscure New York court has blocked his signature trade policy, setting up a battle that looks sure to end up in the supreme court. The plan was simple. For decades, Trump has made the case for tariffs . Now, in his second term, he would dramatically hike them on the world;...

The Guardian - 1 hour 35 min ago
Almost 25 years after an experiment was ditched to caution rather than arrest those carrying small amounts of the drug, a rethink is on the cards but the British government remains cautious The last time London dabbled in decriminalising cannabis, it brought one part of the capital to a brief but giddy high. In 2001, an enterprising Scotland Yard borough commander empowered his officers in Lambeth to caution rather than arrest those carrying small amounts of the drug for personal use freeing them...

BBC - 2 hours 15 min ago
Master bee-keepers are called to the scene after a truck containing 70,000 pounds of active honey bee hives flipped over.

The Independent - 2 hours 25 min ago
After glamorizing tobacco for decades, France is preparing for its most sweeping smoking ban yet...

New York Times - 2 hours 34 min ago
Supporters of Slawomir Mentzen, a far-right candidate in the first round of the presidential election, in Warsaw on May 10.

Financial Times - 2 hours 35 min ago
Prospective scholars think twice about Trump's America and consider applying to universities elsewhere...

Financial Times - 2 hours 35 min ago
Modern armies must adopt and deploy the latest warfighting technology...

Financial Times - 2 hours 35 min ago
After high-profile pitch stand-offs, players can finally wear shorts...

The Independent - 2 hours 39 min ago
Program serves tens of thousands of low-income people a year across 120 campuses...

The Independent - 2 hours 57 min ago
Trump's executive order regarding the firings far exceeds the President's supervisory powers under the Constitution,' ruled the 9th Circuit Court of Appeals...

BBC - 5 hours 17 min ago
The Colombian pop star says she is "devastated", after also cancelling her previous show in Boston.

Sky News - 7 hours 13 min ago
Donald Trump said he plans to double tariffs on steel imports from next week, deepening his trade war which has hit global markets.

NBC News - 7 hours 31 min ago
As China signals a shift away from U.S. pop culture, there are signs it's embracing South Korea's booming K-pop industry after years of unofficially banning it. NBC News' Janis Mackey Frayer explains how the music could also be a bargaining chip in global politics.

Sky News - 8 hours 35 min ago
The last working hospital in northern Gaza is no longer functional according to the World Health Organisation (WHO) - a day after staff reported Israeli troops had surrounded the site.

NPR - 8 hours 43 min ago
The extreme sport of ultrarunning is known for seemingly impossible feats. But Stephanie Case's recent performance six months after giving birth is making waves far beyond the running community.

The Raw Story - 9 hours 26 min ago
President Donald Trump may not be a devotee of history in the classical sense, but he does seem obsessed with emulating one of France's flashiest monarchs , according to a new report. Historian David Harrison wrote in Slate that Trump's love of all things gilded puts him on par with King Louis XIV, better known as " The Sun King ." He was referring to the gold embellishments that Trump has filled the the White House with decorations he is so proud of he frequently brags about them...

The Raw Story - 10 hours 16 min ago
A physical altercation between Elon Musk and Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent precipitated the Tesla founder's quick ouster from the Trump administration, according to a report. The incident was previously reported as a "screaming match" between the two men, but the physical aspect has since been confirmed by The White House. The U.K.'s Daily Mail interviewed former Trump adviser Steve Bannon about the DOGE-related scuffle. "'Scott Bessent called [Musk] out and said, 'You...

The Economist - 12 hours 51 min ago
The world this week...

Sky News - 13 hours 35 min ago
Boxing's new global governing body is introducing sex testing from July - but has already informed Imane Khelif she won't be eligible to compete as a female fighter at an event in the Netherlands next week.

New York Times - 13 hours 39 min ago
President Emmanuel Macron of France, speaking in Singapore on Friday.

The Atlantic - 14 hours 2 min ago
One is an ideologue, the other a rabble-rouser. Both are pushing their country to places once unthinkable.

The Raw Story - 14 hours 6 min ago
CNN's Pamela Brown did her best to wrest back control from White House aide Stephen Miller Friday as he steamrolled her wide-ranging interview. "Am I going to sit here today and engage in radical hypotheticals?" Miller asked when talking about the executive powers of the president. "This administration has religiously complied with even the most unlawful court orders, but it completely upends the constitutional system to have a single judge in Boston assert the same powers of the...

CNBC - 14 hours 55 min ago
Macron's speech comes amid a regional tour that has also taken him to Vietnam and Indonesia.