The UK has blocked Twitch streamer Hasan Piker and political commentator Cenk Uygur from entering the country, preventing planned appearances at SXSW London and Oxford University this June. Home Secretary Shabana Mahmood denied them entry and the Home Office said the bans were issued “on the grounds that their presence

A BBC report published Saturday found that in 2020 Buckingham Palace received 30,000 emails showing that Andrew had shared protected government information while serving as a trade envoy. The emails, taken from a personal business contact, were handed to the Lord Chamberlain, the royal household's most senior

The California Assembly passed the Protect Our Games Act by a bipartisan vote of 43-16. With the bill having passed in California’s legislative branch, it will move to the State Senate for a committee debate in June. The Stop Killing Games movement’s YouTube page described the bill as

Ghana’s parliament has approved a bill that criminalises the promotion of LGBTQ+ activities and identifying as lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender or queer, carrying prison sentences of three to 10 years. The human sexual rights and family values bill is expected to be signed by President John Dramani Mahama. Community

Abelardo de la Espriella, a far-right lawyer, won the first round of Colombia’s presidential election and will face senator Iván Cepeda in a runoff on 21 June. With 100% of ballots counted, Espriella secured 43.7% (just over 10.3m votes) to Cepeda’s 40.9% (about 9.6m

Simon Romero took a road trip from Caracas to Cumaná in Venezuela. The journey shows the multiple military checkpoints the regime has along the coast. They are a constant reminder of the state’s presence. Venezuela, Caracas to Cumaná venezuela, caracas, cumaná, road trip, simon romero, military checkpoints, regime, coast,

Last week, the US government announced $2 billion in investments in quantum computing companies, allocating $100 million each to a range of startups in exchange for equity. Those could be make-or-break investments for many companies that are likely years away from a product that could see widespread use. The largest

Before 9/11 the big focus for protest was globalisation: Seattle in November 1999, then MayDay 2K in London. I went down to Whitehall more from curiosity than conviction. The mood was almost horticultural — hippies planting herbs and daisies, guerilla gardeners ripping up turf — and the crowd stretched up Whitehall

Colombians are casting ballots in the first round of the presidential election, choosing between candidates with sharply different visions for peace. The vote is seen as a referendum on outgoing President Gustavo Petro’s policies and comes 10 years after Colombia signed a historic peace pact with guerrillas of the

This week the California State Assembly passed the "Protect Our Games Act" (AB 1921), moving the measure toward the California Senate. The bill won on a 43 to 16 vote and, if approved by the Senate, would apply to games released or resold after January 1, 2027. Under

Martyn, 44, an IT nerd and solutions architect from Sheffield who had previously voted Labour, met Alan, 62, a semi-retired construction worker from Cleethorpes who had long voted Conservative, for dinner at Casa Nostra. Martyn said he will now look at who stands a better chance between the Lib Dems

The California State Assembly has passed the Protect Our Games Act (AB 1921), Assembly Member Chris Ward said in a video posted on Stop Killing Games' YouTube channel; the floor vote was 43 to 16. The bill would require companies to provide 60 days' notice before ending support

Some states have already started imposing a registration fee on clean vehicles to offset reduced gas tax receipts. At some point, when a significant proportion of the country’s vehicles are EVs or PHEVs, an alternative road-funding method that does not rely on the gas tax will certainly be in

The United States designated Brazil’s two largest criminal gangs, the First Capital Command (PCC) and the Red Command, as foreign terrorist organisations, an announcement made by Marco Rubio. Luiz Inácio da Silva said he was "very saddened" and protested that "We do not accept being treated

Mexico’s senate has passed a constitutional amendment to make "foreign interference" grounds to annul election results. The bill, presented by President Claudia Sheinbaum, defines foreign interference as "illicit financing, propaganda, the systematic dissemination of misinformation, digital manipulation, and the intervention of foreign governments or agencies."

Mateo Pérez Rueda, a 24‑year‑old photojournalist who funded his work for the independent magazine El Confidente by doing delivery shifts and selling fruit salads, travelled to Briceño in Antioquia on 4 May to report on the long‑running conflict. He stopped responding the next day; after three days

New York officials rolled out details of the city's new pied-à-terre tax, which will affect an estimated 10,000 properties and has put Ken Griffin at the center of the debate after Mayor Zohran Mamdani called him out by name. Griffin, who lives full-time in Miami, owns three

Chief political analyst Nate Cohn looks at President Trump’s sinking approval ratings. He examines how they compare with polling from other recent presidencies. The analysis places the current ratings in the context of recent presidential polling. United States donald trump, approval ratings, nate cohn, presidential polling, poll comparisons, recent

There used to be a simple script for success: "Go to school, go to college, get a degree, make money." Now student debt has skyrocketed, jobs are hard to find, and students worry that A.I. could upend entire careers. "I don’t think there’s a

The White House Communications Agency assigns each member of the first family a Secret Service code name drawn from an agency-approved list. Those names are meant for internal use, but they often become public through filings, leaks, or agents being overheard, and advances in technology have made them less secret

Reid Hoffman said the Justice Department's reported probe of a nonprofit he backs is "absurdly false" and accused President Donald Trump of retaliation. He wrote on X that he will "not bend the knee." The remarks followed reports that the DOJ opened a criminal

Government data show the Trump administration has quietly slowed scientific research funding for Harvard and other universities that have been targets of a White House pressure campaign. The National Science Foundation flagged grant proposals that had been recommended for funding for additional scrutiny, leaving researchers largely in the dark; records

Graham Platner, the Democratic candidate in Maine’s Senate race, says he understands the plight of his state’s working class because he is working class. Platner, who works as an oyster farmer, talks regularly about getting by on $60,000 a year while living in a modest two-story house

President Trump’s new counterterrorism strategy focuses on "violent left-wing extremists," as well as narcoterrorists and Islamic terror groups. It identifies those groups as the primary targets of the strategy. White House correspondent Zolan Kanno-Youngs explains what it means. United States trump, counterterrorism strategy, left-wing extremists, narcoterrorists, islamic

Jane Hume, the Liberal party’s deputy leader, said the South Australian election sent a clear message: the public are “looking for a change” and are “rightly aggrieved”. She noted One Nation had turned some of its polling into seats and warned the Coalition will need a stronger policy platform