Colombia’s Presidential Race Heads to Runoff as Far-Right Outsider Defies Polling Colombia’s presidential election is heading to a runoff on 21 June after far-right outsider Abelardo de la Espriella outperformed pre-election surveys to secure a place in the second round…
Six in Ten Children Still Accessing Banned Platforms as Australia Prepares Enforcement Action Australia’s landmark ban on social media use for children under the age of 16 is facing its first serious test, with the government preparing enforcement action against…
Rubio Expresses Cautious Optimism Over Potential Iran Nuclear Deal US Secretary of State Marco Rubio has voiced measured hope that Washington and Tehran can reach a new nuclear agreement, telling reporters “hopefully we can pull it off” as diplomatic efforts…
Ukraine Has Become the World’s Leading Laboratory for Unmanned Warfare The war in Ukraine has produced one of the most significant transformations in modern military doctrine: the rise of the drone as a decisive weapon of war. Driven by necessity…
Iran’s Supreme Leader orders enriched uranium to remain in country, deepening diplomatic impasse as Republican leaders pull War Powers vote Iran’s Supreme Leader Ayatollah Mojtaba Khamenei has issued a directive that the country’s near-weapons-grade uranium must not be transferred abroad,…
M&S Chief Warns Labour’s Supermarket Price Cap Would Be ‘Completely Preposterous’ Stuart Machin, chief executive of Marks & Spencer, has delivered a blunt rebuke to Chancellor Rachel Reeves over her rumoured plan to freeze prices on essential food items, warning…
Israeli Air Strikes Hit Southern Lebanon Within Hours of Ceasefire Extension Israeli air strikes have caused destruction and casualties across southern Lebanon, less than 24 hours after both countries agreed to extend an existing ceasefire by a further 45 days,…
Trump Dismisses Cost-of-Living Concerns Amid Iran War Price Pressures President Donald Trump has declared that household affordability is not a consideration in his approach to the Iran conflict, even as the war drives up prices and squeezes American consumers’ finances.…
Google Identifies First AI-Developed Zero-Day Exploit, Warning of Escalating Cyber Threat Google’s Threat Intelligence Group (GTIG) has disclosed what it describes as the first confirmed instance of a threat actor deploying a zero-day exploit developed using artificial intelligence, raising serious…
Europe Dismisses Putin’s Choice of Mediator as War Grinds On European leaders on Monday rejected Vladimir Putin’s proposal to use former German chancellor Gerhard Schröder as a mediator in peace negotiations, as a fragile US-brokered ceasefire between Russia and Ukraine…