2026 Vienna, Georgia, shooting
Two people are killed and at least 35 are injured in a mass shooting during a homecoming block party in Vienna, Georgia, United States.
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2026 Yemen offensives
The Houthis launches missiles against the airports of Najran and Jizan, in Saudi Arabia, causing material damages and wounding three people.
Proposed acquisition of Warner Bros. Discovery by Paramount Skydance
The merger between American media conglomerates Paramount Skydance and Warner Bros. Discovery into Skydance takes effect.
Pentagon stops using Anthropic AI tools after blacklisting company, BBC told
It labelled Anthropic a "supply chain risk" in February after the firm refused to remove safety guardrails from its tools.
The United States Coast Guard suspends the search for the Latitude Air Ambulance Gulfstream G100 aircraft that went missing yesterday with six passengers on board after finding a debris field in the ocean south of Nantucket, Massachussetts
The United States Coast Guard suspends the search for the Latitude Air Ambulance Gulfstream G100 aircraft that went missing yesterday with six passengers on board after finding a debris field in the ocean south of Nantucket, Massachussetts. All six passengers, including four Canadian pilots and crew and two Bermudian p
Crossword editor’s desk: why the Independent’s puzzle should live on
An easy win for the newspaper, plus a puzzle with a hidden mathematical theme The Independent has an excellent puzzle made by excellent setters. Since 2016, it has, of course, been online-only. We used to link to gems from its cryptics on a weekly basis. Then something changed: the interface. The puzzle player had no l
2034 FIFA World Cup
It is reported that Saudi Arabia has cancelled plans for the proposed NEOM Stadium in The Line, Neom, for the upcoming 2034 FIFA World Cup in the country.
The U.S. Federal Bureau of Investigation arrests a 34-year-old Chinese American woman at Los Angeles International Airport in California for allegedly acting as an unregistered Chinese agent and surveilling Taiwanese president Lai Ching-te's son and family in the United States
The U.S. Federal Bureau of Investigation arrests a 34-year-old Chinese American woman at Los Angeles International Airport in California for allegedly acting as an unregistered Chinese agent and surveilling Taiwanese president Lai Ching-te's son and family in the United States.
2026 Quebec general election
Voters in Quebec, Canada, elect members to the National Assembly.
Amazon wins global rights to stream Emmys in six-year deal
The gala is leaving traditional US broadcast networks for live worldwide streaming.
Trump chooses top spy boss to run new AI taskforce
The US president said his national intelligence chief will lead the group as worries over AI grow.
A lab worker in Russia's Irkutsk Anti-Plague Institute in Shelekhov, Irkutsk Oblast, Siberia, dies from a pneumonic plague caused by Yersinia pestis, with nearly 200 workers in quarantine
A lab worker in Russia's Irkutsk Anti-Plague Institute in Shelekhov, Irkutsk Oblast, Siberia, dies from a pneumonic plague caused by Yersinia pestis, with nearly 200 workers in quarantine.
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