The Guardian
Sadiq Khan said procurement rules had been broken but allows police another 12 months to operate pilot in LondonThe Metropolitan police has been granted a 12-month extension to a pilot project with the spy tech firm Palantir while the force carries out a procurement process.The development comes weeks after the mayor of London, Sadiq Khan, blocked a £50m deal between the Met and the US company to automate intelligence analysis in criminal investigations. Continue reading...
BBC World
The Nobel Peace Prize nominee has spent years demanding answers about the missing in Balochistan province.
BBC World
The rare school shooting that left three students killed and 20 others injured has shocked the country.
The Guardian
Home affairs minister Tony Burke says return permit ‘has to be issued’ following advice from agencies and lawyers An Australian woman linked to the Islamic State group has been given authorisation to return to Australia, after the government was advised it could no longer enforce a criminal exclusion order.The home affairs minister, Tony Burke, said the woman would face an unprecedented level of security monitoring once she arrives in the country, including constant monitoring and requirements
WSJ World News
The regime is using its agreement with Washington to protect its most powerful terror proxy.
ESPN
J.B. Bickerstaff, coach of the Pistons and president of the National Basketball Coaches Association, calls the structure of new Trail Blazers coach Micah Nori's contract a "slap in the face to our value."
ESPN
Canada lost home advantage as World Cup co-hosts after a 2-1 defeat against Switzerland denied Jesse Marsch's team top spot in Group B.
BBC Sport
While Cristiano Ronaldo and Lionel Messi appear to be in a personal battle to rewrite the World Cup record books, there is one landmark that appears beyond them.
MarketWatch
Shares of Qualcomm soared on Wednesday after the company announced new revenue targets and a partership with Meta Platforms.
MarketWatch
The once-high-flying AI chip maker’s stock has now dropped more than 50% from its all-time intraday high hit six weeks ago.
Bloomberg Markets
Asian consumers will be facing higher grocery bills for months thanks to costly packaging stemming from the Iran war, which created severe shortages of plastics needed to get food from farms to market.
Bloomberg Markets
US share futures gained after Micron Technology Inc.’s upbeat outlook reignited confidence in the artificial-intelligence trade, helping fuel a late rally on Wall Street.
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Bloomberg Markets
Oil was steady following a run of losses that’s erased most of the wartime price gains, with fears of a supply crunch subsiding as more ships transit the Strait of Hormuz after early progress on a peace deal.
Yahoo Finance
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The Guardian
Experts say law not enough to stop children accessing harmful content online and more ‘convincing strategy is required’More than 80% of under-16s in Australia said they were still using social media three months after legislation banning them from it came into force, research shows.Australia is the first country to ban social media for children. Since December 2025, under-16s have been prohibited from having accounts with many social media platforms including TikTok, X, Facebook, Instagram, YouT