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Iceland’s Prime Minister, Kristrún Frostadóttir, cast her vote on Saturday as the country held a referendum.

Ex-Breitbart editor has vocally supported immediate deportations for anyone who can’t prove US residency Far-right British media provocateur Milo Yiannopoulos has been deported from the US after being detained on Thursday by Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) in New Orleans in connection with what the agency said was expired authorization to be in the country and a deportation order. Yiannopoulos’s deportation to the UK occurred on Friday, said a statement on Saturday from a spokesperson for the US Department of Homeland Security (DHS), which oversees ICE. Continue reading...

Reid Wiseman, Victor Glover, Christina Koch and Jeremy Hansen receive Congressional Space Medal of Honor The Artemis II astronauts who flew around the moon in April received the US’s highest space honor on Friday. Donald Trump presented the Congressional Space Medal of Honor to the three Americans and one Canadian whose lunar flyby for the US space agency Nasa set a new distance record for humanity. Continue reading...

William Jewell running back MicahJo Barnett, a junior majoring in business administration, died Saturday, the school said.

Haakon VIII pays emotional tribute to his late father, Harald V, before outlining how he wishes to reign.

Judge Noël Wise, in a ruling Friday, delivered a victory for the student newspaper at Stanford University, which has said some international students were afraid to speak out because of the deportation threat.

Val and Carolyn Cantú reimagine Mexican cuisine at San Francisco restaurant Californios, which has earned three Michelin stars for its 12-course tasting menu.

The capital is not set to vote on a new mayor until 2028.

Ex-House intel committee chair, now running against Abdul El-Sayed, instead saw photo of Osama bin Laden’s body In a recent fundraising email, the Republican candidate for Michigan ’s open US Senate seat, former congressman Mike Rogers, appeared to mislead supporters about his past by suggesting that he had played an active role in the killing of Osama bin Laden , the leader of al-Qaida who was shot and killed in an American military raid on his compound in Pakistan in 2011. “When I served as a US army officer and an FBI special agent, I swore a sacred oath to defend the United States against all enemies, foreign and domestic,” Rogers wrote, according to a screenshot of the email shared online by Azi Paybarah, a former Washington Post reporter now with Straight Arrow News. “I dedicated my life to keeping our families safe – working in the shadows, hunting down terrorists, and standing on the frontlines of our national security.” Continue reading...

Federal Reserve Chair Kevin Warsh says the central bank may be forced to act if inflation does not cool. This comes as President Trump's war in Iran crosses the six month mark and his tariff tiff with Canada contributes to higher prices on either side of the border.

Researchers and advocates are applauding the changes that Meta agreed to make for minors on Instagram and Facebook. Cutting kids off at night and during the school day are two big changes.

The former Duchess of York is renting a six-bed house in the Home Counties, reports say.

Millions across England and Wales received a wildfire alert on their phones earlier this month, but it partly backfired.

‘My heart goes out to all the Nepalese families who are grieving loved ones,’ Cara Severino says. Follow latest updates live Smartglasses could face government regulation, says Plibersek Tanya Plibersek says the government is reviewing the import of smartglasses, dubbed by some as “pervert glasses”. I think it is really concerning when tech companies just, come up with these products and release them without thought of how they can be misused. … I don’t think it’s right to be able to walk up to someone and film an interaction without them knowing that the interactions being filmed. The attorney general has asked the privacy commissioner to look specifically at these glasses, and the attorney general will have more to say about the import of the glasses soon. I think there’s a lot of schools out there who don’t want to have frank conversations with young people, because they’re worried that parents will object to their children and young people being spoken to directly. I think we are well beyond that. We know that children, as young as 10, are seeing pornography before they’ve had their first kiss. They’re getting their sex education from pornography. We have to stop that … but we also need to be honest with young people, and talk to them about what healthy and respectful relationships look like, in an age appropriate way, from preschool, all the way through school, through Tafe and university. Well, I’m never going to say there’s enough [being done], while a single woman is killed in a year or a single child. I’m never going to say it’s enough, but no government has done more than ours. Continue reading...

Plaskett fire has swept through more than 5,900 acres in Monterey county and remains un-contained, says Cal Fire A fire in California’s Big Sur region doubled in size overnight, forcing the evacuation of nearby residents, in a coastal region where firefighters have battled another blaze for weeks. The Plaskett fire, which sparked on Tuesday, had swept through more than 5,900 acres (2,400 hectares) in Monterey county as of Friday, and remained un-contained, according to Cal Fire. Its cause is under investigation. Continue reading...

Several fishing vessels are assisting the Coastguard after reports of a boat "in distress' off Plymouth.

A news team, working for the US network NBC and a Palestinian woman were injured in an attack by masked Israeli settler

Footage shows fireworks lighting up Damascus as the Syrian capital hosts the Damascus International Fair.

Iceland's leadership has promised to honour whatever the country's people decide.

"Sunday Morning" presents its annual edition touching on all aspects of design, hosted by Jane Pauley.

As rescue efforts enter their fifth day following the Nepal flash floods, some of today's papers report on the climbing death toll.

This is the 27th time since Russia invaded Ukraine that Zaporizhzhia plant has had to rely on emergency diesel supplies.

Filip Hrgovic shatters Moses Itauma's world-title dream as the Briton appears to punch himself out in an extraordinary heavyweight world-title contest in London.

A Nepali Army spokesperson said early Saturday that helicopter operations were on hold until weather conditions improved.

A French couple - both conceived by sperm donors - wanted children. But with home DNA tests illegal, how could they be sure they were not related?

Dogs and humans may have more in common when it comes to aging than scientists realized. Researchers with the Dog Aging Project found that patterns of small molecules in dogs’ blood were linked to longer or shorter lifespans in remarkably similar ways to those seen in people. These metabolic “fingerprints” could offer clues about the biological processes that drive aging, including metabolism, inflammation, and cellular stress.

A major new analysis challenges recent claims that the universe's expansion is slowing, finding that the evidence for cosmic acceleration remains strong. The findings preserve the leading role of dark energy, while leaving scientists with the enduring mystery of what this strange cosmic force actually is.

People with chronic insomnia who used melatonin long term had a roughly 90% higher risk of developing heart failure over five years, according to a large preliminary study. The findings do not prove melatonin causes heart problems, but they raise new questions about the safety of taking the popular sleep supplement for extended periods.

Researchers have discovered a way to turn notoriously difficult-to-recycle PVC plastic into a key ingredient used in high-performance lubricants such as engine oil. The technique could give mountains of plastic waste a valuable second life while making lubricant production more sustainable.

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The San Diego Zoo Wildlife Alliance recently reintroduced the amphibians in Bluff Lake. The post Over 10,000 endangered mountain yellow-legged frogs are taking California by storm appeared first on Popular Science .

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Poop and pollen are unavoidable, but there are still ways to leave them at the door. The post How gross is wearing your shoes inside? appeared first on Popular Science .

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Caught in its own echo chamber, the industry’s playbook is failing.

The proliferation of man-made material circling the planet is raising concerns over potential collisions.

Plus, Kevin Warsh is putting a September rate hike in play, and the strongest El Niño in a generation is wreaking havoc on the global economy.

Billions in short-term loans made to affiliates were due to mature by the end of August, which could ratchet a funding squeeze on the Dodgers’ owner.

Private-placement life insurance is a customizable insurance contract that allows unlimited investments to grow tax-free.

Specific reporters from The New York Times, The Wall Street Journal and Bloomberg were not granted credentials to cover the meeting of financial leaders next week in Asheville, N.C.

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The administration will work with a private Venezuelan oil company that has close ties to the country’s government.

And why does the president loathe Canada but respect North Korea?

Renegade Nigerien soldiers attacked sites around the capital, the defense ministry said, including a key air base that hosts Russian mercenaries.

U.S. levies on machinery have undermined support for conservative candidates in the country’s presidential race.

President Donald Trump said his administration has reached an agreement with Venezuela that could give the U.S. control of a portion of the country’s vast oil reserves.

Senator Jon Ossoff, the youngest sitting senator and the only Democrat seeking re-election this year in a state President Trump won in 2024, hasn’t moderated his message in his critical race.

The Pickett fire burned nearly 7,000 acres in California wine country last year, causing millions of dollars in losses.

He was arrested at a New Orleans airport for overstaying his visa, federal authorities say.

Farm Adventures of Harmony, N.C., owned the goats, state health officials said. It was unclear how many people might have been exposed to them since late July.

Federal prosecutors planned to charge an immigration agent arrested in connection with a shooting in Minneapolis. Then the agent walked free.

A glacier unleashed a deadly flood earlier this week. For local trekking guides and climbers, the mountains were already changing.

A White House teleprompter operator who used access to President Trump's speeches to bet on what Trump would say has been ordered to pay nearly $173,000, federal regulators announced.

British far-right commentator Milo Yiannopoulos was deported to the United Kingdom after U.S. immigration authorities accused him of overstaying his visa.

New York’s Democratic socialist mayor is challenging the 200,000-member union that supported him over one-time bonuses to school aides.

Inside India’s viral political movement.

Using a metal detector, Jeff Arnett honored a request from his father, who lost his band while washing his car more than 40 years ago.

The Trump administration has deported thousands of immigrants to countries where they have no ties. Dozens were on the latest flight, to the Central African Republic.

President Zelensky said the storage of munitions in a populated area was “absolutely unacceptable.”

With a career commemorated by Guinness World Records, he started as an apprentice in 1942 and worked on a panoply of propeller-driven and jet aircraft until he retired in 2022.