Abdul El-Sayed wins the Democratic nomination for US Senate in Michigan, the Associated Press projects.
The drink menu at Abdul El-Sayed’s watch party in Detroit, Michigan.
A US government map of Africa mislabeled every country during a State Department presentation at a global conference in Brazil this week, causing a stir among attendees who took screenshots and posted them online. www.reuters.com/world/africa...
US government map of Africa mislabels every country at global conference
A U.S. government map of Africa mislabeled every country during a State Department presentation at a global conference taking place in Brazil this week, causing a stir among attendees who took screen...
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Chile captures fugitive convicted of singer Victor Jara's murder under Pinochet www.bbc.com/news/article...
Victor Jara: Chile captures fugitive convicted of singer's murder under Pinochet
Nelson Haase was one of those convicted over the kidnap and murder of folk singer Victor Jara after Chile's military coup in 1973.
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The Brandenburg Gate was lit up in rainbow colors following yesterday's attack on the sidelines of Berlin's Christopher Street Day Pride event.
Berlin's annual Pride event has been canceled after a police incident involving several injured people. "We believe that a vehicle entered the Tiergarten park and hit several people and injured them," police posted on social media. www.dw.com/en/berlin-cs...
Berlin pride event canceled after vehicle drives into crowd
Police launched a manhunt after a vehicle struck several people in Berlin's Tiergarten near hours after the event near the Pride celebrations, known locally as Christopher Street Day (CSD).
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“Chile: … Peter Thiel met w/ economist José Piñera, the architect of the country's private pension system. In Santiago, they discussed "the Chilean miracle & world trends," Piñera tweeted.” via @benjalvarez1.bsky.social, 4/27/26 … (Chile recently joined the Thiel-ally-led “Pax Silica” scheme.) 1/
Michelle Bachelet at the UN now: "The key task for the next Secretary-General will be to defend, preserve and improve the organization, including through continued reforms in order to ensure that the UN delivers ever more and better."
"Benjamin Netanyahu is not welcome in New York City, nor is any other war criminal at large," Mayor Mamdani says in a new video statement. "While we cannot end the genocide on our own, we can decide whether our silence will become another weapon," he adds.
US Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth confirms new estimate cost for the Iran war: $37.5 billion.
Our colleague Alican Uludağ has been arrested again in Turkey. He is facing new allegations in a separate investigation, while an ongoing case against him continues.
President Trump presented Spain with the 2026 World Cup trophy and then remained on stage as FIFA President Gianni Infantino tried to usher him away from the team.
"Israeli ministers announce plans for new illegal settlements in Gaza and West Bank. Defence minister seeks three 'Nahal' outposts in Gaza as top commander says Israel now controls 65% of the strip, violating Trump ceasefire deal." www.theguardian.com/world/2026/j...
Israeli ministers announce plans for new illegal settlements in Gaza and West Bank
Defence minister seeks three ‘Nahal’ outposts in Gaza as top commander says Israel now controls 65% of the strip, violating Trump ceasefire deal
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The European Broadcasting Union (EBU) opposes Department of Homeland Security decision to restrict visas for foreign correspondents in the United States www.ebu.ch/news/2026/07...
EBU opposes Department of Homeland Security decision to restrict visas for foreign correspondents in the United States
In September of last year, the European Broadcasting Union (EBU), together with more than 100 international news, media and journalism organisations, called on the United States Government to withdraw...
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The CPJ "strongly condemns" the Trump administration’s decision to impose new visa restrictions on international correspondents, abandoning a policy enabling foreign journalists to report from the US without fear that their visa status could be weaponized against them. cpj.org/2026/07/cpj-...
CPJ condemns Trump Administration rule restricting international correspondents access to the United States - Committee to Protect Journalists
Washington, D.C., July 16, 2026—The Committee to Protect Journalists strongly condemns the Trump administration’s decision to impose new visa restrictions on international correspondents, abandoning a...
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A Venezuelan man has become the 22nd person to die in ICE custody this year. 45-year-old Jesús Manuel Arenas-Silva was found "unresponsive" while being transferred between detention facilities in Georgia. www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026...
Venezuelan man becomes 22nd person to die in ICE custody this year
Jesús Manuel Arenas-Silva, 45, found ‘unresponsive’ while being transferred between detention facilities in Georgia
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"International justice is not a threat to sovereignty. Impunity is a threat to humanity," Kerry Kennedy writes on Washington's push to isolate the International Criminal Court. "The U.S should be strengthening the international system of justice, not working to destroy it."
The White House Correspondents' Association has expressed support for the New York Times reporters who were subpoenaed by the Trump administration after their reporting on security concerns with the new Qatari-donated Air Force One.
ICE detained a former Chilean secret police agent linked to murder and crimes against humanity — then quietly released him, @nsarchive.bsky.social reports. His name: Armando Fernández Larios. nsarchive.gwu.edu/briefing-boo...
“Worst of the Worst”: ICE and the Case of Chilean Intelligence Operative Armando Fernandez Larios
Washington D.C., July 10, 2026 - On October 27, 2025, U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) agents quietly detained Armando Fernandez Larios, a former Chilean secret police operative living i...
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Palm Beach International Airport in West Palm Beach, Florida, was officially renamed President Donald J. Trump International Airport at a cost of $5.5 million. news.sky.com/story/florid...
Florida airport renamed President Donald J Trump International Airport
Airport officials said the rebranding would continue over "several weeks", while the three-letter airport code will change in August.
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"Chile suffered under a brutal dictatorship. Many people died. Others were forced into exile or subjected to torture,” the new UN Assistant Secretary-General for Human Rights Claudia Fuentes Julio said as she takes on her new role. "We owe it to those victims to keep working for them."
Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan gave German Chancellor Friedrich Merz and other leaders an unusual gift at a NATO summit in Ankara, presenting them with pistols and a box of live ammunition. www.yahoo.com/news/politic...
Erdoğan gives Merz and other NATO leaders pistols as gifts
Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan gave German Chancellor Friedrich Merz and other leaders an unusual gift at a NATO summit in Ankara, presenting them with pistols and a box of live ammunition. A ...
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President Trump is not flying home from Turkey on his new Qatari-gifted Air Force One. An AP analysis showed "the new jet was not equipped with at least some of the same missile detection and countermeasure systems" as the outgoing Cold War-era jets. www.notus.org/donald-trump...
Trump Isn’t Flying Home on His New Qatari-Gifted AF1
Instead, the president said it will be flying to the United Kingdom to visit U.S. troops. He will return home via “normal methods.”
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Danish reporter Rasmus Svaneborg grills NATO's Rutte over his silence when US President Trump talks about conquering Greenland and lashes out at Spain. "Does this have any effect on your self-respect when you sit next to him like that and say nothing?"
FIFA has announced an all-Argentine on-field officiating crew for the France vs Marocco 2026 World Cup quarter-final.
Más de 50 años por la defensa de los derechos humanos: Alicia Lira Matus recibe el Premio Nacional de Derechos Humanos 2026 por parte del Instituto Nacional de Derechos Humanos de Chile.
Secretary Marco Rubio is hosting his Chilean counterpart, Francisco Pérez Mackenna, at the US Department of State. During the photo opportunity, the Secretary of State took a question on FIFA's controversial red card reversal involving US striker Balogun.
UEFA slams FIFA for reversing the red card suspension for US striker Folarin Balogun: "We express our disbelief at such an unprecedented, incomprehensible and unjustifiable decision."
