Sat 27 June 2026: French authorities banned alcohol consumption in public spaces in Paris on Friday and imposed restrictions on takeaway alcohol sales as an exceptional heat wave continues to overwhelm hospitals and emergency services across the country. Paris Police Prefect Patrice Faure announced that drinking alcohol in public places would be prohibited from noon […]
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Fri 26 June 2026: King Charles has become the first British monarch to reveal his tax bill, with newly published figures showing he paid £12.9 million ($17 million) in tax during the 2024-25 financial year. According to the BBC, the level of tax paid by Charles places him among the top 100 UK taxpayers. The […]
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Fri 26 June 2026: A spike in potent synthetic drugs comes as manufacturers respond to geopolitical changes and look to increase profits. The global drug trade is flourishing, with a surge of new synthetic drugs, as well as cocaine and methamphetamine, as traffickers exploit global instability to push into new markets, the United Nations has […]
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Fri 26 June 2026: A US federal judge has ordered the Justice Department to either release additional unredacted files related to late sex offender Jeffrey Epstein or explain why the information must remain hidden, media reports said on Thursday. US District Judge Emmet Sullivan on Thursday gave the government until July 2 to comply with […]
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Fri 26 June 2026: The death toll from the back-to-back earthquakes has risen to about 235, Health Minister Carlos Alvarado says, and at least 4,300 people were injured in the back-to-back earthquakes. As Venezuelans continue to tally the human toll of the earthquakes, experts have warned that the economic fallout of the disaster could also […]
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Wed 24 June 2026: Scientists say they have confirmed that a crater in the Australian outback is the world’s oldest known asteroid impact site, dating back to around 3 billion years, though the claim remains contested by some researchers. A team led by scientists at Curtin University used advanced dating techniques to determine the age […]
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Thu 25 June 2026: Russia said Wednesday that nuclear weapons are the “only” protection preventing the world from sliding into a global war, as the last nuclear arms control treaty between Moscow and Washington expired without a replacement. Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov made the remarks at a foreign policy forum in Moscow, warning that the […]
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Thu 25 June 2026: Back-to-back powerful earthquakes have struck Venezuela, collapsing buildings in the capital, Caracas, and leaving residents shaken. The US Geological Survey (USGS) said the first magnitude 7.2 earthquake had its epicentre west of the community of Moron, located along the country’s Caribbean coast, about 168 km (104 miles) west of Caracas. The […]
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Wed 24 June 2026: Bitcoin fell around 5% on Wednesday, slipping below the $60,000 threshold as selling pressure deepened across cryptocurrency markets amid a broader pullback in risk assets. The largest cryptocurrency was trading at $59,460 at 1740GMT, after hovering near $60,000 during the Iran war. Live market data also showed Bitcoin near $59,374, down […]
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Wed 24 June 2026: It tends to start with a violent assault. Then video documentation of the incident quickly circulates online, priming people to see not just an individual crime but a broader story about perceived dangerous outsiders. So it was on June 8, 2026, when an assailant badly injured a man in an evening […]
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