The Guardian

US schools are struggling to keep the yellow bus running amid shortages and cuts

Districts are reducing routes and exploring new ways to get students to class as transportation costs climbEducation officials across the United States are increasingly facing a fundamental challenge: how do they ensure that school students can actually get to their classrooms?The bright yellow school bus might be a visual icon of US education famous around the world, but in reality it is becoming harder for districts to steer. Continue reading...

general  Jul 29, 2026

NY Times World

Wildfires Slow in France and Spain, but Worse May Be Ahead

Firefighters have contained vast fires in both countries, but winds are high and temperatures rising. Spain’s prime minister said the next 12 hours would be “decisive.”

general  Jul 29, 2026

BBC World

French DJ ​and electropop ‌musician Kavinsky dies aged 50

He had a hit with Nightfall, which featured on the Drive soundtrack and at the Paris 2024 Olympics.

general  Jul 29, 2026

WSJ World News

Irish Economy Returns to Growth, Boosting Eurozone Hopes

Ireland’s GDP was 3.9% higher than in the first quarter of the year, recovering some ground after its economy contracted.

general  Jul 29, 2026

The Guardian

Fauci to face Republican questions over Covid pandemic origins – US politics live

Veteran medical adviser likely to face questions over disputed ‘lab leak’ theory in investigation seen by scientists as ‘vilification and harassment’ of 85-year-oldSign up for US Breaking News emailHello and welcome to the US politics live blog.Senators are expected to question Anthony Fauci, the former veteran director of the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases (Niaid), about whether the Covid-19 virus began as a “lab leak” in a high-profile hearing later today. Continue readi

general  Jul 29, 2026

The Guardian

US blocks Iranian missile barrage as pause in fighting falters | First Thing

US military says it intercepted all Iranian missiles, as fighting threatens to resume. Plus, how Armenians seek to breathe more easily by heading undergroundGood morning. The US military has claimed it knocked down an Iranian missile barrage and worked with Saudi forces to strike sites in Iraq that Tehran-backed militias have used to launch attacks in recent days. In what Washington cast ⁠as “an attempted surprise ⁠attack” by Tehran, Iran had launched multiple ballistic missiles at US forces in

general  Jul 29, 2026

NY Times World

Fires Slow in France and Spain, but Worse May Be Ahead

Officials said they had contained the spread of vast fires in both countries, but warned that rising temperatures and high winds meant the situation was still fluid.

general  Jul 29, 2026

The Guardian

Greggs sales jump as iced matcha lattes and chicken rolls become heatwave hits

Rise to £1.1bn in first six months of year for bakery chain largely down to opening of new storesIced matcha lattes and a bigger range of salads and chicken rolls helped Greggs to boost its sales during the string of summer heatwaves, as the bakery chain continues to expand across the UK.Total sales at Britain’s biggest fast food business rose to £1.1bn for the first six months of the year, 7.2% higher than the same period a year earlier. Continue reading...

general  Jul 29, 2026

WSJ World News

Oil Surges as Fresh Middle East Strikes Threaten Fragile Diplomacy

Oil prices climbed more than 3% as a fresh round of fighting across the Middle East undermined diplomatic efforts to end a five-month-old conflict that has roiled energy markets.

general  Jul 29, 2026

NY Times World

Iran War Live Updates: U.S. and Saudi Arabia Target Iranian Proxies

The U.S. and Saudi Arabia said they had carried out joint airstrikes on Iranian proxies in Iraq. The Iranian military said it had targeted American military assets in Jordan.

general  Jul 29, 2026

BBC World

Russia charges Telegram founder Durov with facilitating terrorism

The FSB claims the messenger app, created by Pavel Durov, has failed to remove accounts and channels used for recruitment by Ukraine's secret service.

general  Jul 29, 2026

WSJ World News

Democratic Socialists’ Rise Rattles Mainstream Democrats

Plus, we cover what to watch for at today’s Fed meeting and why Europe’s wildfires are so intense this year.

general  Jul 29, 2026

The Guardian

‘The shaking was terrifying’: stories of survival and loss emerge after Japan earthquake

Rescuers pulling people from the wreckage in southern Japan in a haunting repeat of disaster that struck 10 years ago‘Race against time’: Japan earthquake death toll rises as rescue teams search for missing“There was a voice coming from the collapsed house, and I could see a hand,” Tomohide Nagata, a volunteer firefighter, told the Kumamoto Nichinichi Shimbun. “One of our senior members crawled in and pulled him out. He was bleeding from the head, but I’m so glad he survived.”Nagata had heard a

general  Jul 29, 2026

BBC World

Trump's new spy chief confirmed by US Senate

Jay Clayton's confirmation comes after the US president's original choice was rejected by lawmakers due to lack of relevant experience

general  Jul 29, 2026

BBC World

'Delulu', 'Clock it': 'Cockroach' protest brings Gen Z slang to India's parliament

From "delulu" to "FOMO", Gen Z slang has made an unlikely journey from Instagram to parliament.

general  Jul 29, 2026

NY Times World

Summer of Heat, Fires and Storms Is a Reckoning for Europe on Climate

The continent is experiencing some of its biggest fires and highest temperatures ever. Residents are fleeing, leaders are struggling to respond and “it will get worse,” one climate expert said.

general  Jul 29, 2026

NY Times World

The Cuban Throwing Parties to Fight for Political Change

David González has suddenly become the host of Havana’s hottest parties amid its energy crisis. Can he turn them into a movement?

general  Jul 29, 2026

The Guardian

Why US military prosecutes alleged rapes of women in UK as ‘sexual assaults’

Experts say lower-severity charges for American service personnel are deepening traumatic impact on survivorsAmerican service personnel accused of rape on British soil are being charged with lesser offences by their military courts, a discrepancy that experts say is deepening the traumatic impact on survivors long after verdicts are passed.There are more than 12,000 personnel stationed in US military bases across the UK, most of them in England. Although UK law enforcement has primary jurisdicti

general  Jul 29, 2026

The Guardian

Anthony Fauci to face grilling from Senate Republicans on Covid pandemic

Hearing is part of a longtime Republican investigation into pandemic’s origins, led by Senator Rand PaulAnthony Fauci, the former veteran director of the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases (Niaid) who served as a key adviser to Donald Trump and Joe Biden on the Covid-19 pandemic, is due to testify on Wednesday at a high-profile US Senate hearing.Senators are expected to question Fauci about whether the Covid-19 virus began as a “lab leak”, a claim virologists have argued is un

general  Jul 29, 2026

NY Times World

A Movie Night in Cuba’s Blackout

Amid the energy crisis caused by the Trump administration’s oil blockade of Cuba, our correspondent Jack Nicas visits a children’s movie night in a Havana neighborhood made possible by one family’s modified generator.

general  Jul 29, 2026