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U.S. Ambassador to Israel Mike Huckabee met with about 10 Palestinian American residents who described the impact of the violence on their lives and properties.

As the UN adopts a new world map to reflect Africa's true size, let's take a closer look at what different maps get right and wrong.

The United Nations General Assembly voted to adopt a new map that more accurately depicts Africa's size. The U.S. was the only country to vote against the map, while six other countries abstained.

Arrival marks the pair’s first visit to Ukraine and comes day after ‘substantive plans’ were discussed in Moscow The US negotiators Jared Kushner and Steve Witkoff have arrived in Kyiv for a second day of talks on how to end the war in Ukraine. Ukraine’s president, Volodymyr Zelenskyy, met Kushner and Witkoff in Sophia Square, in front of Kyiv’s historic Saint Sophia Cathedral. Zelenskyy greeted Witkoff with a hug, saying: “It’s good to see you, Steve.” Continue reading...

Steve Witkoff and Jared Kushner arrived in Kyiv on Sunday, having "discussed substantive plans for next steps" with Putin on Saturday, according to the White House.

Pick which country is bigger, then watch it morph from Mercator to Equal Earth projection to see how close you were.

Robert Jenrick says party has followed legal protocol ‘at all times’ as Met police consider launching investigation UK politics live – latest updates Nigel Farage has acknowledged the overseas donation row engulfing Reform UK “looks bad” for his party but denied it had ever taken foreign money in breach of electoral law. The Reform leader, who is battling to contain the fallout from the allegations, was asked to categorically rule out that foreign money had ever been funnelled to his party. He replied: “I can … never happened.” Continue reading...

My parents’ generation may have been on to something when they railed against gambling. If only George Santos had listened If only George Santos and Bill Simmons had my parents, they wouldn’t be facing down a hailstorm of condemnation for circumventing the basic rules and regulations of dubious “prediction markets” and online gambling. Kalshi just banned the former congressman George Santos from its service and he was forced to pay back his winnings after he was accused of the dumb person’s version of insider trading. He bet on himself to not attend the State of the Union address, then conveniently didn’t go. For his trouble, he won (and will be forced to relinquish) more than $17,000; he’ll also have to pay more than $80,000 in total fines from Kalshi and the Commodity Futures Trading Commission. Bill Simmons, the sports commentator, podcast host, and founder of The Ringer, had a different story. Continue reading...

The "exceptionally well organised" protest "caught several agencies on the hoof", the leader says.

After meeting Putin, Trump's envoys are expected to discuss a proposal to end the war in Ukraine.

The US and Iran attack tankers in Strait of Hormuz, as the two sides try to exert control over the strategic waterway.

Business secretary says masked anti-immigration protest was ‘not something we would want’ on British streets A cabinet minister has condemned the blocking of Dover roads by dozens of masked and black-clad people on Saturday. Jonathan Reynolds, the business secretary, said that although peaceful protest was an “essential part of British life”, this differed from “dressing up in costumes like this and disrupting people’s lives”. Continue reading...

HMS Queen Elizabeth left Portsmouth Naval Base at about 18:20 BST on Saturday.

The company is struggling with the impact of tariffs as well as the fallout from a major cyber attack last year.

Trump is unpopular and inflation is still high – and Democrats are looking to use that to their advantage When voters went to the polls in the 2022 midterm elections , all the ingredients were there for Joe Biden ’s allies to suffer a wipeout. The president was unpopular, inflation was high and historical trends predicted voters would take out their frustrations by ending the Democratic party ’s control of Congress. But when the ballots were tallied, the gains Republicans expected to make did not quite materialize. They had won the House of Representatives , but only by a slim margin, while Democrats had expanded their majority in the Senate and built up their strength in state legislatures. Continue reading...

Even as anti-Muslim rhetoric rises in Texas, Muslim pitmasters are winning over diners and reshaping one of the state's most iconic culinary traditions.

U.S. envoys Steve Witkoff and Jared Kushner are set to arrive in Kyiv on Sunday in their first visit to the Ukrainian capital as part of a renewed push for peace in Russia's full-scale invasion of Ukraine.

Donald Trump’s business ally and son-in-law now heading from Moscow to Kyiv to meet Zelenskyy Steve Witkoff and Jared Kushner are heading to Kyiv for the first time in their roles as Donald Trump’s peace envoys to Ukraine, after talks on Saturday in Moscow. The White House said Witkoff and Kushner had “discussed substantive plans for next steps” towards ending the war between Ukraine and Russia during their meeting on Saturday in Moscow with Vladimir Putin. Continue reading...

ICE agents arrested an average of one person every 54 seconds in July. AJLabs examines a record month for deportations.

Africa has long been represented as smaller than its real size in maps, which are largely based on an ancient projection.

Queensland capital hits 34.4C as firefighters battle fast-moving bushfire in Lockyer Valley west of Ipswich Get our breaking news email , free app or daily news podcast Residents have been put on high alert as an unseasonably hot start to spring gives way to blazes and increased fire risks in the nation’s east. Queensland fire authorities issued local fire bans for Ipswich and the Lockyer Valley on Sunday as temperatures typically seen in summer gripped the state’s south-east in early September. Continue reading...

Al Jazeera finds 17 settlement-linked companies hold 2.1 billion pounds in UK public contracts.

Sources indicate some members states will not enforce EES biometric controls after 6 September deadline What are the new EU border checks and how will they affect your holiday? Travellers to the EU could face renewed border queues as flexibility measures for the bloc’s entry-exit system officially come to an end – although numerous sources have indicated that some member states will not enforce biometric checks. Airlines last week called on the European Commission to extend discretionary powers to pause EES controls when necessary until the end of 2026, with the deadline for “flexibility” passing on 6 September. Continue reading...

Police received information nearly immediately after the killing. It took Las Vegas police 27 years to make an arrest For years, US law enforcement officials blamed their failure to solve hip-hop star Tupac Shakur ’s murder on the lack of cooperation from key witnesses, and on gang members’ “snitches get stitches” culture. But testimony in a much-delayed murder trial, which concluded this week , almost 30 years after Shakur’s death, highlighted just how much law enforcement officials knew about the shooting, and how early. Continue reading...

Behind South Africa’s chrome riches lies a shadow economy where migrants and unemployed workers face deadly conditions.

Gen. Christopher T. Donahue’s vision for fighting future wars won him powerful supporters around the world. Could they save his career?

The Justice Department told a court the government would only conduct archaeological excavation, a day after a Trump official announced the project was in motion.

A legislative setback for a manufacturing and housing proposal shows how hard it remains to build in the largest state — and why a backlash against billionaires could make it even harder.

Lawmakers say taxing the country’s thousands of OnlyFans models could collect $25 million a year.

The country is taking once-unthinkable steps to ensure its own defense.

Steve Witkoff and Jared Kushner met with President Vladimir V. Putin of Russia in Moscow on Saturday in an effort to revive peace talks.

Unlike dozens of similar strikes, no one was killed after people suspected of drug smuggling were removed from what the U.S. military described as a floating refueling station.

Russian leader promises to pause attacks on Kyiv during Steve Witkoff and Jared Kushner’s upcoming visit to Ukraine.

In interviews, sailors said they felt the strain of their extended deployment in a war zone, but were also proud to complete the mission.

The Big Apple’s cheaper sibling is raising property taxes 15% on unhappy homeowners.

Hospitals and doctor’s offices are increasingly asking patients to foot the bill ahead of medical procedures.

More than 120 people were arrested at a Memphis cantina, in one of the biggest immigration operations in Tennessee this year.

The proposed benefit, a top policy priority for Vice President JD Vance, would apply only to married couples and tap a fund intended to provide federal child care subsidies to working parents.

The president’s strategy, message and spending have left the G.O.P. in a difficult spot as lawmakers try to outrun his sagging approval ratings.

Ulrich Siegmund, 35, once sold air fresheners. Now his far-right party is the favorite to win a state election in eastern Germany on Sunday.

We are already paying a high price for the defense secretary’s purges and whims.

President Vladimir V. Putin ordered a pause in strikes on Ukraine’s capital, Kyiv, ahead of the meeting with President Trump’s envoys: his son-in-law Jared Kushner and the businessman Steve Witkoff.

As the fear of a possible mobilization becomes a fixture of daily life across Russia, many men are deciding whether to flee, hide or sit tight.

Hoping to break a 94-year losing streak, Kansas Democrats have turned to Adam Hamilton, a Methodist pastor whose mood may not match his party’s.

The state has not elected a Republican to the Senate since 2010. But Chris Pappas, the likely Democratic nominee, anticipates a tough race against a well-known opponent, John E. Sununu.

A financial filing announcing the TV and digital ad buy is the first general election spending by MAGA Inc. The group intends to boost the Republican nominee, Ken Paxton.

The White House has launched five retro computer games promoting President Donald Trump’s agenda, including a “Tetris" knockoff to “protect the border from the coming horde."

The Atlantic staff writer Josh Tyrangiel joined for a special edition of Washington Week With The Atlantic to discuss the future of AI.

Indonesia’s dangerous peat fires are surging early in the 2026 fire season as a strengthening El Niño and severe drought dry out wetlands that can burn underground for months. These slow smoldering fires are especially destructive because they release far more fine particles and several pollutants than typical tropical forest fires, while thick smoke can make them difficult for satellites to detect.

Hyundai, Ford and Stellantis are planning to introduce larger EVs with gas generators to solve range anxiety.

Decades of separation have produced two very different religious lives on either side of the Taiwan Strait. In Taipei’s crowded temples, a Chinese-born reporter witnesses what was lost.

Now that there’s rarely any mystery to who’s calling, Gen Z has adopted a range of custom phone greetings — including no greeting at all.

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Racecars, crypto, billionaires, troops, sequins and a bloody cage fight.

The fight reflects a larger American phenomenon: Churchgoers increasingly want decisions to be made at the local level, not by a national denomination.

More than 15,000 children’s squishy toys have been recalled or flagged by federal regulators because they contain water beads that can expand if swallowed.

Community members and students sued the school last year to reopen the gates, which were closed during protests against Israel’s war in Gaza.

The affected frozen fruit products, which were distributed to 19 states and to retailers like Walmart and Publix, were recalled starting in July.

A case for finding wonder in familiar things

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