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Fossil fuels produce 81 percent of global energy. We look at Middle East’s role and what happens when supplies are cut.

Investigation launched after five broadcasters last month ceased presidential coverage after CNN, MS Now and Politico were barred from White House The US Department of Justice is investigating whether the decision of the White House television press pool to halt coverage of the US president, Donald Trump, last month violated antitrust law, an agency spokesperson said Saturday. A spokesperson for the department said group boycotts among business competitors might violate US law. “The Antitrust Division is simply investigating to determine whether these news organizations have violated the antitrust laws,” they said. Continue reading...

US president suggests Ukrainian president, Volodymyr Zelenskyy, has not done enough to end war Donald Trump has said Ukraine needs “a new leader”, a day after making a deal with Vladimir Putin to buy large quantities of Russian diesel. The US president suggested Volodymyr Zelenskyy has not done enough to end the war with Russia and blamed him for high diesel prices in the US. Continue reading...

Navi Pillay says the Trump administrations' sweeping penalties on the international tribunal were "unheard of".

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said Russia alone is responsible for the war in Ukraine, after President Trump said he should be replaced.

"Sunday Morning" looks back at historical events on this date.

The strike on King Khalid International Airport, the deadliest on Saudi soil in more than a decade, marked a major escalation in the war between Yemen's Iran-backed Houthis and the kingdom.

Pope Leo XIV said he would undergo surgery after doctors found a "localized nodule" in his lung.

The 71-year-old pontiff said the nodule was identified "at a very early stage".

It is the third time this week that Ukraine has targeted Russian tech giant Yandex, forcing the company to suspend its operations.

Government spokesperson says defence minister also mentioned in ‘exceptionally concerning’ threat Poland’s police said on Sunday that they had received information about a possible plot to attack the country’s prime minister, Donald Tusk, and the defence minister, Władysław Kosiniak-Kamysz. Poland has been on high alert after a series of school stabbings this week and fears of a possible Russian hybrid attack to weaken western support for Ukraine in its war against Moscow’s invasion. Continue reading...

Al Jazeera spoke to the 25-year-old man who built an AI-powered app to help India’s detained protesters get home safely.

A Houthi attack on Riyadh airport killed at least 12 people and injured more than 300.

Russian research reveals that the protein brazzein could help reduce blood sugar spikes.

Security officials hold emergency meeting after police receive information about potential attack.

As ‘one in, one out’ scheme ends, refugees still want to cross the Channel despite French police aggression and hostile welcomes The smuggler works quickly. Using a small shovel, he digs up a dinghy buried in a sand dune on a beach not far from Boulogne-sur-Mer, assembles it and affixes a motor in record time. “I never saw anyone work like this,” says Amad, from Iraq, one of a group of about 30 asylum seekers waiting to cross the Channel. “The UK government wants to stop the smugglers, but they are smart. They have plan A, plan B and plan C, so there is always a way for them to get people across this sea. For as long as asylum seekers will pay them, there is too much money involved for them to give up.” Continue reading...

Trump’s ‘big, beautiful bill’ spending cuts will be fully felt next year, but hospitals are already feeling the squeeze Maternity wards across the United States are facing a wave of closures as cuts to federal Medicaid funding take effect, experts have warned. According to analysis by the non-profit Protect Our Care, 52 maternity wards have closed since the HR1 bill was announced in July 2025 , with a further eight having announced their upcoming closure. Continue reading...

As raw milk industry experiences record growth, experts say it might contain pathogens that can sicken people As raw milk becomes increasingly popular among Americans, there have been several recent disease outbreaks tied to the product, alarming public health officials. Last week, the American Academy of Pediatrics called for a ban on sales of unpasteurized milk in the United States. Continue reading...

The American pope has no previously known health problems and is known to be physically active

Ministers reportedly seeking to halve time for Lords scrutiny of voting and donations changes amid election speculation Andy Burnham is facing questions over plans to speed up sweeping changes to Britain’s electoral system amid speculation that some of his closest advisers are pressing for an early general election. Ministers reportedly want to at least halve the time available for peers to scrutinise legislation that would make it possible to vote without photographic identification, lower the voting age to 16 and tighten restrictions on political donations. Continue reading...

Hundreds of people who came out on the streets despite the police's restrictions were detained on Sunday.

They’re the latest technological innovation no one asked for – now with added consent issues! I went to a party recently. A fancy one, filled with expensive people and interesting clothes. You might find this surprising, as I expend hundreds of words a week in this publication bemoaning human interaction, but I love parties. I like free champagne, passed appetizers and forced, go-nowhere small talk. Continue reading...

‘Even if AI supercharged the economy, its impact on the government’s finances would be muted’ Back through political history to the age of Ronald Reagan , Republicans have repeatedly promised the US public that tax cuts would pay for themselves, firing up economic growth and filling the government’s coffers. The promise never really panned out. From the Gipper’s day on, the Republicans’ tax cuts inevitably increased the budget deficit. Despite its failure, though, the promise is back, coated in a fine new layer of artificial intelligence pixie dust. It will fail again. Continue reading...

The CJP protests sweeping through the country have exposed India’s hollowed-out democracy.

Defence secretary backs Ukrainian president and says priority is to maintain western unity over Russia conflict Britain stands behind Volodymyr Zelenskyy, the defence secretary has said, after Donald Trump called for the Ukrainian president to be replaced and the US announced a controversial agreement to buy Russian diesel. Wes Streeting said Ukrainians alone should be able to decide who leads their country as he indicated Trump was facing domestic political pressure over fuel prices before next month’s midterm elections. Continue reading...

In California, home to the nation’s highest gas prices, tens of thousands of Uber and Lyft drivers are joining forces.

A bitter standoff between tech-backed developers and local county leaders helped doom a $3-billion project at the edge of the Bay Area.

The city has not completed a single office-to-housing conversion, despite hopes to meet housing demand and inject life into empty downtowns.

The recent scandals around A.I. in fiction seem less driven by questions of literary merit than by the workings of anti-woke vigilante activists.

A writer’s road trip in search of the early Renaissance master’s most resplendent works takes her to towns beyond Florence, the birthplace of the Italian Renaissance.

As workloads mount and job security ebbs, people are struggling to tame the pre-Monday dread spiral.

There are many potential pitfalls that a good plan can circumvent.

Many people in the storm’s path escaped the worst, but 4 people were killed and there was plenty of damage.

On the most traumatic night in a young woman’s life, a good man could not be found.

In Iqaluit, the only city in Canada’s Arctic, a new generation of Inuit writers and artists is turning questions of language, land and identity into books, films and even tattoos.

As the temporary closure of Most Holy Redeemer Church stretches on, congregants fear it will suffer the same fate as other shuttered houses of worship.

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