POLITICS * Freed from Cambodia's scam compounds, trafficking victims face a new crisis - (NPR) * Colombians to vote in presidential run-off pitting leftist against hardliner - (Al Jazeera English) * US Vice President JD Vance arrives in Switzerland to launch talks with Iran on its nuclear program - (Associated Press) * Newsom declares
POLITICS * Administration Is Engaging in Backdoor Student Debt Cancellation - (Crfb.org) * How China’s Navy Is Tightening the Noose on Taiwan - (The Wall Street Journal) * As Juneteenth is celebrated across the US, Obama’s presidential center opens in Chicago - (Associated Press) * Bedford train crash: What we we know so far
POLITICS * U.S.-Iran talks postponed as Vance cancels trip and Israel intensifies strikes in southern Lebanon - (NBC News) * Lebanon says Israeli strikes kill 18 as Israel says four soldiers killed by Hezbollah - (BBC News) * Democrat Hannah Pingree and MAGA ally Bobby Charles will face off for Maine governor - (Politico)
POLITICS * Hegseth lashes out at NATO allies and announces a review of U.S. forces in Europe - (NBC News) * Ukraine hits Moscow oil refinery, disrupting commercial flights in major drone attack - (Associated Press) * Georgia GOP drops redistricting plan that would hurt Black representation - (The Washington Post) * Inside the Race to
POLITICS * Kennedy orders American exposed to hantavirus to stay quarantined against her will, WSJ reports - (Yahoo Entertainment) * Australian right-wing leader Pauline Hanson says multiculturalism has failed - (Yahoo Entertainment) * D.C. Mayor Primary Election 2026 Live Results - (NBC News) * US Attorney for Minnesota charges 15 anti-ICE protesters, alleging ties
POLITICS * Live Updates: Iran says deal with U.S. requires Israeli forces to leave Lebanon - (CBS News) * Voting officials fear DHS may actually be a threat to elections this year - (NPR) * Eight people killed in US Air Force B-52 bomber crash: What we know - (Al Jazeera English) TECHNOLOGY * After
POLITICS * U.S.-Iran deal updates: Israel says no Lebanon withdrawal, Iran says funds expected before final talks - (CBS News) * At G-7, allies plan for a world less reliant on the U.S. - (The Washington Post) * Russia strikes leave historic Kyiv cathedral in flames - (DW (English)) * Starmer says Britain
POLITICS * Swiss vote against proposal to cap population at 10 million by cutting migration, projections say - (BBC News) * UK seizes Russian shadow fleet vessel in Channel - (POLITICO.eu) * ‘A global rupture’: Carney calls for Canada-EU unity before G7 summit - (Al Jazeera English) * Protesters tear down Albanian development site fences,
POLITICS * John Healey wanted UK to join global investment bank to raise defence funds - (BBC News) * Switzerland is voting on whether to cap its population at 10 million. Here's what to know - (CNBC) * Pope Leo XIV's flight home from Spain was grounded so the king came
POLITICS * Spy law on track to lapse after House rejects extension - (Politico) * Firefighters on scene at Pentagon during ‘hazardous materials incident’ - (Al Jazeera English) * Britain’s defence minister Healey quits over defence spending - (Al Jazeera English) * How Karmelo Anthony’s Stabbing Case Became A Racial Flashpoint In Texas - (Forbes) * Three
POLITICS * Prosecutors Scoff At Tiffany Haddish's Claim Delayed DUI Case Hurt Her Career - (TMZ) * The man accused of killing a top Minnesota Democratic lawmaker and her husband is due to change plea - (Associated Press) * Did China's Xi visit North Korea because an emboldened Kim Jong Un
POLITICS * Multiple shooters kill 12 people and wound 9 in a late-night attack in South Africa - (Associated Press) * U.K. leaders call for calm as protests break out after Belfast street stabbing - (NPR) * The Democratic establishment begrudgingly moves to embrace Graham Platner - (Politico) * Xi Cements Sway Over North Korea
