Anti-Ukrainian attacks surge in Poland
Police have recorded a 30% rise in complaints in the first half of 2026, Rzeczpospolita has reported Police in Poland have recorded a sharp rise in hate crime complaints from…
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Astronomers make landmark discovery on next-door ‘super-Earth’
Rocky planet LHS 1140b, just 49 light-years away, shows signs of an atmosphere and could have water reserves, a Harvard-led team says Astronomers have detected an atmosphere on a rocky…
Merz warns Trump against election meddling
The German chancellor has criticized a new US State Department funding program for Europe launched ahead of September’s federal vote German Chancellor Friedrich Merz has warned the administration of US…
Trump teleprompter operator probed for alleged insider betting
Veteran White House staffer Gabriel Perez is believed to have made more than $100,000 by exploiting advance knowledge of the US president’s remarks US President Donald Trump’s veteran teleprompter operator…
China dismisses Trump’s election meddling claim
The US president has accused Beijing of stealing 220 million US voter files China has rejected US President Donald Trump’s claim that Beijing masterminded the theft of 220 million American…
China beats Musk’s Neuralink to commercial brain-chip implant
The coin-sized NEO device is designed to help patients with spinal cord injuries regain hand movement Chinese surgeons have implanted a brain-computer interface in a patient with limited hand mobility,…
China tops US in global favorability – survey
Beijing and its president, Xi Jinping, are viewed more positively than Washington for the first time in nearly 20 years of tracking public opinion, Pew Research says China and President…
SpaceX shares sink below IPO price
Stock in Elon Musk’s aerospace giant has erased its post-listing gains as investors question its valuation and China’s advances in reusable rockets SpaceX shares dipped below their initial public offering…
US lawmakers ‘disgusted’ with ex-Obama counsel’s Epstein testimony – WSJ
Kathy Ruemmler of Goldman Sachs appeared before the House Oversight Committee on Wednesday Several US lawmakers said they were “disgusted” by testimony from Kathy Ruemmler, a former Goldman Sachs chief…
Russia strikes Ukrainian drone industry and Black Sea ports – MOD
The attacks targeted military-industrial facilities in Kiev and port infrastructure in Odessa and Yuzhny, the Defense Ministry said Russia carried out precision strikes overnight on Ukrainian military-industrial and port infrastructure,…