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Canada endorses embattled marine park’s plan to relocate 30 beluga whales

Canada and Marineland have reached a tentative deal to relocate 30 beluga whales, a move that would end whale captivity in Canada. The federal fisheries ministry said all of Marineland’s belugas would be shipped to either Spain or one of four locations in the US. Marineland, which effectively closed

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US Army trains to hide command posts in digital noise

Future warfare’s speed and chaos are pushing the US Army to rethink its field command posts. Those posts emit a high volume of transmissions that advanced adversaries can detect and target, and recent strikes in Ukraine on Russian command centers — which killed more than a dozen generals — have underscored

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UK: Russia's glide-bomb mishaps point to crew fatigue and poor training

The UK defense ministry says repeated friendly-fire incidents with Russian glide munitions reveal flaws in Moscow's airstrike campaign. An intelligence update cites open-source group Astra, which has posted footage of destruction on Russian soil and occupied Ukrainian territory. Astra reported that the Russian air force dropped at least

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One-ton cocaine bust reveals secret US-Mexico tunnel

Federal prosecutors have charged four suspects with trafficking more than one ton of cocaine for the Jalisco New Generation cartel, alleging they used a fake San Diego retail store as a front for a tunnel to Tijuana. The defendants include two Mexican nationals and two Americans, aged 18 to 32.

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Rescuers describe finding Matt Brown’s body in Okanogan River

Chay Wilkerson Moore said he quickly gathered a small team to search the Okanogan River for Matt Brown, including Brown’s girlfriend, Jaime, and his brother Noah Brown. They used whatever boats they could find — two kayaks from Walmart and a narrow fishing boat — and Moore said he felt too

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Ukraine’s Daily Moment of Silence

Every day at 9 a.m., Ukrainians observe a minute of silence to honor people killed during the Russia-Ukraine war. Our reporter, Maria Varenikova, who has covered the hostilities since 2014, takes us to her hometown to experience this moment. The brief pause serves as a regular act of remembrance

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Four more men freed from flooded Laos cave in hazardous rescue mission

Four more miners who were trapped in a flooded cave in Laos for 10 days have been freed by divers, but two people are still missing as rescuers continue to crawl through narrow, deluged tunnels and sharp rocks to find them. The first of the party of seven men was

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Typhoon Jangmi churns toward southern Japan

From late May into early June 2026, a broad, slow-spinning storm moved north-northwest over the Philippine Sea toward southern Japan. The VIIRS instrument on the Suomi NPP satellite captured a nighttime image at about 16:40 Universal Time on May 30 (1:40 a.m. Japan Standard Time on May

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Aukus to build undersea drones to protect cables as Marles warns seabed is a battlefield

The US, UK and Australia announced a new Aukus project to develop underwater drone technology intended to protect undersea cables, and revealed Australia will buy three secondhand Virginia-class submarines from the US under Aukus, instead of a mix of old and new, in a move to "simplify supply chain

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Typhoon Jangmi threatens Japan as Europe swelters

Typhoon Jangmi is forecast to track near Okinawa, Japan, on Monday before moving towards the south-east of the country. It formed within the monsoonal gyre over the Philippine Sea. A monsoonal gyre is a large, slow-rotating weather system that spawns typhoons through smaller vortices formed within it; this flow can

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Mexico City police teargas teachers’ protest 10 days before World Cup

Riot police fired teargas at teachers who were marching toward Mexico City’s historic Zócalo plaza, just days before the square is expected to host the 2026 World Cup "Fan Fest". The incident was the second time police clashed with teachers in the past week, and more conflict

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Life in some of the world’s most densely populated cities

The UN's World Urbanization Prospects highlights a long shift to city living: in 1950 about 20% of people lived in cities, a share that has risen to 45% today, and the number of megacities climbed from eight in 1975 to 33 in 2025. Population totals do not always

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Mozambique says five citizens killed in ‘xenophobic attacks’ in South Africa

Mozambique said five of its citizens were killed in “xenophobic attacks” in South Africa at the weekend, the first deaths officially linked to protests against illegal immigration sweeping the country. About 800 Mozambican nationals were caught up in violence that broke out in the southern coastal city of Mossel Bay

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A bear hunt in Perućica, Europe’s oldest forest

“I know this bear. He knows me. We’ve met several times.” Dejan Elez, a law graduate turned ranger and mountain guide, points to a wooden post at the start of the trail into Perućica, its surface scored by large claws. He tells a story of a hunter who came

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Second postmortem ordered after death of Congolese man in Dublin

Irish authorities have agreed to a second postmortem on Yves Sakila, 35, who died after being restrained by shop security guards on a Dublin street on 15 May. A forensic pathologist from England is to conduct an independent postmortem this week. An Garda Síochána is investigating. Sakila, an alleged shoplifter,

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Poland plans remote control access to home solar systems

Poland’s Ministry of Energy has published a draft regulation that could significantly expand the powers of grid operators over residential solar installations. Under the proposal, operators would gain the ability to monitor and remotely manage photovoltaic (PV) systems ranging from 0.8 kW to 50 kW. The rules are

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Run-down town is launchpad for Russia's Oreshnik missile

Russian Oreshnik ballistic missiles have been fired at Ukraine from a restricted zone in the barren steppe of southeastern Russia. The most recent attack came on Sunday during a massive barrage that killed four people and injured many more, according to Ukrainian media. The powerful, roughly $40 million missile caused

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Dormitory fire at Kenyan girls’ school kills at least 16 students

A fire ripped through a dormitory at Utumishi girls academy in Gilgil, Nakuru county, about 76 miles north-west of Nairobi, breaking out just after midnight. At least 16 students were killed and the education minister, Julius Migos Ogamba, said 79 others were injured; 71 of them have already been discharged

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Putin’s Army of Drones

After four years of war in Ukraine, Moscow has adopted a pragmatic approach to military innovation that prizes what works, what scales and what delivers battlefield results. It is building A.I.-enabled command and control and appears to be deploying fully autonomous weapons without the ethical constraints that guide

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Russian Drone Hits Romanian Apartment Building, Officials Say

Romanian authorities said a Russian attack drone hit an apartment building in the port city of Galati on Friday, injuring two people. Officials described it as the first known instance of a Russian drone causing damage and injuries in a major urban area on NATO territory. The drone struck the

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Trump’s Iran Approach Sows Confusion

Three months after President Trump launched war on Iran, his seemingly haphazard approach is bewildering allies at home and abroad as he veers between diplomatic dealing, military strikes and increasingly far-fetched ideas. It is possible that Mr. Trump is near a breakthrough in the form of what both sides call

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Ex-Prince Andrew seen publicly near new home after arrest

Former Prince Andrew was photographed at Sandringham Estate in Norfolk on Saturday, his first public appearance since his February arrest. He walked his dogs alongside a bodyguard and is now residing at Sandringham after being forced to move out of Royal Lodge last month. He was arrested on Feb. 19

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Strike on Sudan hospital kills 64 and wounds 89, WHO says

A strike on a healthcare facility in Sudan killed 64 people and wounded 89, the World Health Organization said. The UN humanitarian office in Sudan said it was 'appalled by the attack on a hospital in East Darfur yesterday, reportedly killing dozens, including children, and injuring more'. Sudanese

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At least 14 people killed in fire at South Korean car parts factory

A fire at a car parts factory in Daejeon killed 14 people and injured almost 60. Firefighters said all of the missing are now accounted for after a search of the wreckage, and video of the blaze appeared to show people jumping from the first floor to escape. Nam Deuk-woo,

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China prepared for a global energy crisis for years. It is paying off.

Xi Jinping has been preparing for a crisis like this for years. China must secure its energy supply “in its own hands”, its president was reported to have said during a visit to one of its vast oilfields in 2021. The US-Israel war on Iran plunged the Middle East into