Gov. Wes Moore is ‘very concerned’ Trump will interfere in midterms
Wes Moore, governor of Maryland, speaks during the National Action Network (NAN) Convention in New York, April 9, 2026. (AP Photo/Angelina Katsanis, File)
· Steven Sloan
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Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi tours Alluri Sitarama Raju International Airport in the city of Vizag, in the southern state of Andhra Pradesh. (Photo from Narendra Modi's X post)
· KIRAN SHARMA
Ceuta crisis: 22 EU leaders gang up against Spain’s Sánchez over his migration policy
Twenty-two EU leaders — including German Chancellor Friedrich Merz and Italian Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni — on Saturday took aim at Spanish Prime Minister Pedro Sánchez’s migration policies for undermining the security of the bloc’s borders.
· Aitor Hernández-Morales
India’s Modi says he forgives students who abused him in Cockroach protests
New Delhi, India – Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi has said he forgives students who hurled expletives at him during protests last month, describing them as “misled children” who must be shown “the right path” rather than be prosecuted and punished.
· Yashraj Sharma
Special counsel quizzes PPP lawmaker over presidential residence relocation
SEOUL, Aug. 1 (Yonhap) -- The second special counsel team investigating former President Yoon Suk Yeol on Saturday questioned Rep. Yoon Han-hong of the main opposition People Power Party over allegations that he was involved in favoritism related to the relocation of the presidential residence about four years ago.
· Kim Han-joo
What happens next to Fifa president Gianni Infantino after World Cup sale controversy? | The National
Fifa president Gianni Infantino found himself on the back foot this week after the governing body's stunning proposal to sell stakes in commercial rights for the World Cup was met with swift and stiff opposition, resulting in an almost immediate withdrawal of the controversial plan.
· Ajit Vijaykumar
A progressive lumberjack has fewer than 100 days to turn Maine’s Senate seat blue. Can he do it?
Troy Jackson gained the Democratic nomination, but now he needs to consolidate support to take on Susan Collins
· Shrai Popat
‘The lead singer is unavailable’: Is Nigel Farage spending his summer in hiding?
The Reform UK leader is keeping a low profile and his approval ratings have sunk since Burnham took office. What’s the outlook for the Clacton byelection?
· Peterwalker
Laura Loomer, Lindsey Graham and the deepening Iran crisis: what’s behind Trump’s reset with Zelenskyy?
The US administration has struck a warmer tone of late as Ukraine has shown its value as an ally in the Middle East
· Roberttait
Iranian Kurdish parties in Iraq face a delicate balance amid Iran attacks
Erbil, Iraq – Iranian Kurdish opposition parties have been on high alert since the United States-Israel strikes on Iran began on February 28. Their bases in the semi-autonomous Kurdish Region of Iraq and inside Iran itself have been thrust onto the front lines of the war.
· Al Jazeera
Trump warns US faces Spain-style migrant invasion
The surge of migrants across the border from Morocco into Spain is an example of what could happen to the US if Republicans aren’t elected, US President Donald Trump has claimed. Trump has repeatedly attacked his political opponents over immigration, blaming his predecessor Joe Biden for illegal border crossings.
· RT
Sir John Curtice: The "Burnham bounce" is real but it's not massive
The consistent message of the opinion polls since the new prime minister walked into Downing Street almost a fortnight ago is that Labour is enjoying a "Burnham bounce". And this has now been confirmed by the party's convincing victory in Thursday's Greater Manchester Mayoral by-election.
· Bbcnews
Death toll in Ceuta border crisis rises to 67 as Spanish government announces plans for barrier – Europe live
Tens of thousands of people crossed from Morocco to the Spanish enclave this week
· Taz Ali
The Democrats have one last chance to halt the erosion of US democracy – and it’s less than 100 days away | Timothy Garton Ash
American democrats need a Hungarian-style landslide to overwhelm Trump’s attempts to rig November’s midterm elections
· Timothygartonash
‘Robbing Peter to pay Paul’: Urgent care clinics failing to relieve pressure on hospitals, say doctors
Dozens of multimillion-dollar urgent care clinics set up around Victoria and touted by politicians as a silver bullet for the state’s healthcare crisis are doing “absolutely nothing” to ease pressure on overstretched hospitals, while threatening the viability of GP practices, doctors warn.
· Melissa Cunningham, Henrietta Cook
Wong describes importance of First Nations ties to Pacific
Topic:Government and Politics
· Gina Rushton
Hong Kong leader to hold town hall on Sunday to gather views on twin blueprints
While leader has held public session for policy address in previous years, Tuen Mun meeting is first face-to-face exchange with residents over five-year plan
· Natalie Wong
Hong Kong leader to hold town hall on Sunday to gather views on twin blueprints
While leader has held public session for policy address in previous years, Tuen Mun meeting is first face-to-face exchange with residents over five-year plan
· Natalie Wong
Thousands rally in Kyiv for return of ex-defence minister
Thousands of people demonstrate in the Ukrainian capital, Kyiv, to demand the reinstatement of the young and tech-savvy defense minister Mykhailo Fedorov, who was sacked two weeks ago. Fedorov, 35, was appointed in January on a mandate to modernize and digitize the Ukrainian military. He was removed after months of …
· The Manila Times
Number of registered electors in Hong Kong drops for fifth year to 4.12 million
Despite overall decline, new voter registration surged 78 per cent year on year to 64,900 this year, the highest number since 2021
· Jess Ma
Number of registered electors in Hong Kong drops for fifth year to 4.12 million
Despite overall decline, new voter registration surged 78 per cent year on year to 64,900 this year, the highest number since 2021
· Jess Ma
Sheikh Abdullah meets new UK Foreign Secretary Ed Miliband | The National
Sheikh Abdullah bin Zayed, Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Foreign Affairs, has held talks with newly appointed UK Foreign Secretary Ed Miliband in London.
· The National
Spain says integrity of Schengen area 'absolutely guaranteed'
More than 48,000 migrants have now returned to Morocco from Spain's Ceuta as the Spanish government assures that the integrity of the Schengen area is 'absolutely guaranteed'.
· The Local
Congestion fees in Tel Aviv to be implemented in 2028 despite Transportation Minister opposition
Partner Group has been selected to provide the communications infrastructure for the congestion charge project in the Greater Tel Aviv metropolitan area, the company announced on Thursday. Partner also said the project’s official launch date had been postponed from 2027 to 2028.
· UDI ETZION
Manchester City player salaries: Erling Haaland leads the way by a distance in 2026/27 | The National
Manchester City will step into a new era when they start the Premier League season without the guidance of transformative manager Pep Guardiola.
· Ajit Vijaykumar
To hell and back: A political ballet for Israel’s age of war
A group of men in their seventies stand in a war scene and hold each other up. A woman without a home throws her body against the floor, again and again, because the floor is the only home she has. Two heads of the empire lean into each other with something close to pleasure. Above all of it moves a figure the creat…
· NERIA BARR
‘MPs have had their stomachs pumped’: concerns over ‘alcohol-soaked’ culture in Westminster
Alcohol is embedded in profession where long hours, loneliness and lobbying are the norm, report finds
· Deniscampbell
Michigan hospital pays $410K to settle lawsuit by physician assistant fired over transgender policy
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· Fox News
Branch stacking, fake invoices and shakedowns
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India’s Modi wants to forgive CJP protesters who hurled ‘vile abuse’ at him
The prime minister calls the insults directed at him and his late mother ‘mistakes made in youth’ that require guidance, not legal action
· Agence France-Presse
India’s Modi wants to forgive CJP protesters who hurled ‘vile abuse’ at him
The prime minister calls the insults directed at him and his late mother ‘mistakes made in youth’ that require guidance, not legal action
· Agence France-Presse
WA government prepared as bird flu cases rise nationwide
The state government says evidence of local transmission of H5 bird flu in South Australia is “concerning, but not unexpected” after a further 20 cases of the disease were recorded nationwide
· Michael Philipps
Labor MP urges party to back greyhound racing ban
A Queensland Labor MP has called on her party to take a greyhound racing ban to the next election, arguing a controversial new track in her electorate could be converted to an athletics facility in the lead-up to the Brisbane 2032 Olympics.
· Cameron Atfield
India and China revive Himalayan trade at high-altitude pass
Six years after Nathu La’s closure and the deadly Galwan border clashes, its reopening throws local traders a lifeline
· Junaid Kathju
India and China revive Himalayan trade at high-altitude pass
Six years after Nathu La’s closure and the deadly Galwan border clashes, its reopening throws local traders a lifeline
· Junaid Kathju
US subs will be ‘enduring’ in Australia, Pentagon says after Conroy confusion
Washington: Defence Industry Minister Pat Conroy’s clarification on the future of American submarines at HMAS Stirling has satisfied the Pentagon, which says their presence in Western Australia will be “enduring”.
· Michael Koziol
Britain's new Prime Minister Andy Burnham creates a new power hub in Manchester
Britain’s Prime Minister Andy Burnham arrives to hold a National Economic Council meeting at No 10 North at Heron House in Manchester, England. Friday July 24, 2026. (Christopher Furlong/Pool Photo via AP)
· Jill Lawless
SEC and Big Ten agree to support bipartisan college sports bill after tense negotiations
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· Thomas Gamba-Ellis
Labour holds Greater Manchester mayoralty after counting goes to second round
MANCHESTER — Labour’s Bev Craig won the Greater Manchester mayoral by-election Friday night and will now succeed British Prime Minister Andy Burnham in the region’s top job.
· Isabel Loubser
Trump has been losing his battle to cut interest rates
President Donald Trump listens during a cabinet meeting, Friday, July 31, 2026, at Camp David, the presidential retreat, near Thurmont, Md., Friday, July 31, 2026. (AP Photo/Jacquelyn Martin)
· Josh Boak
Taiwan’s political parties deadlocked over efforts to boost military drone capacity
Disagreements over funding and oversight threaten to undermine measures to improve the military’s capacity to wage unmanned warfare
· Lawrence Chung
Taiwan’s political parties deadlocked over efforts to boost military drone capacity
Disagreements over funding and oversight threaten to undermine measures to improve the military’s capacity to wage unmanned warfare
· Lawrence Chung
Chaos Agent: Anthony Fauci Represents A System That Needs To Be Cleansed
Authored by Brandon Smith via Alt-Market.us
· Tyler Durden
A breathalyser pregnancy test: How AI is sniffing out the next farming revolution
An electronic nose, powered by artificial intelligence, is helping Dr Bronwyn Darlington and her dairy cows, Soy and Oatley, to fit with the modern tastes in milk names, as Armadale, Flower, Pumpkin and Dixie sniff out the next revolution in global agriculture.
· Mike Foley
Trump says Rubio’s anti-ICC campaign intended to shield Netanyahu
US President Donald Trump has said that secretary of state Marco Rubio's campaign against the International Criminal Court (ICC) was intended to defend Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu.
· Middleeasteye
SEC, Big Ten add long-missing support to college sports bill
Sen. Ted Cruz, R-Texas, left, chairman of the Senate Commerce, Science and Transportation Committee, speaks with Sen. Maria Cantwell, D-Wash., right, before a hearing Wednesday, Nov. 19, 2025, on Capitol Hill in Washington. (AP Photo/Julia Demaree Nikhinson,File)
· Eddie Pells
WA set to fall short of vaccination target as free flu jabs come to end
Topic:State and Territory Government
· Keane Bourke
Trump Defends Anti-Weaponization Fund But Admits It's Effectively 'Dead'
Authored by Jack Phillips via The Epoch Times,
· Tyler Durden
Lebanese PM says latest Israeli attack 'blatant violation' of ceasefire
Lebanon’s Prime Minister, Nawaf Salam, has condemned the latest Israeli attack on southern Lebanon as “a blatant violation of the ceasefire”.
· Middleeasteye
Negeri Sembilan votes as Malaysia’s political allies lock horns again
The state election comes on the back of a bruising loss for Anwar’s PH in Johor, in another test of the strength of his coalition government
· Ushar Daniele