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Jun 8, 2026 - World

President posts screenshot on Truth Social attacking Californian election, after walking out of NBC interview after refusing to substantiate his claims of election riggingSign up for the Breaking News US emailFurther to my earlier post about the lawsuit filed against Trump’s UFC event at the White House, my colleague Joseph Gedeon notes in his report that, adding to the conflict of interest allegations, Trump’s financial disclosures show he purchased up to $50,000 worth of stock in TKO Group Holdings, the UFC’s parent company, in March.“This is fundamentally a private, commercial, corrupt use of our most sacred national monuments for private gain,” Brendan Ballou, a lawyer for the plaintiffs, told the Associated Press. Continue reading...

Jun 8, 2026 - World

Recent elections in Gilgit Baltistan - and the protest note India had to issue for them - lay bare concerning but oft-ignored realities.

Jun 8, 2026 - World

OpenAI's new security feature deliberately disables some of ChatGPT's most powerful capabilities to protect sensitive data from emerging AI attacks

Jun 8, 2026 - World

A few buildings collapsed and key infrastructure sustained quake damage in the city of General Santos, and tsunami damage was reported in at least one coastal village.

Jun 8, 2026 - World

US president says ‘final peace negotiations’ under way, with reports that the IDF has also halted strikes on IranIsrael strikes Iran despite Trump plea as Middle East crisis threatens to escalateIranian media is reporting that there were no immediate casualties following apparent Israeli strikes on the Karun petrochemical plant in Mahshahr, a city in Iran’s southwestern Khuzestan province.According to the Fars news agency, Iran’s Revolutionary Guards said they responded to what they described as an American-Israeli strike on the Iranian petrochemical site by launching a missile attack on a similar plant in the northern Israeli city of Haifa. Continue reading...