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Legal claims and practical control diverge at the Strait of Hormuz

Tehran moves to codify authority as Washington escalates rhetoric and sanctions, ship-tracking shows steep traffic declines, and regional actors explore alternate security corridors.

Published: 3 months ago

Tehran moved to codify control of the Strait of Hormuz, advancing a parliamentary plan and reiterating that only Iran can open or close the waterwa...

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Research integrity or duty of care: what Cambridge must answer now

The 41-year-old resigned amid plagiarism allegations before being found dead; police say the death is not suspicious.

Published: 3 months ago

Jason Arday, 41, Cambridge’s youngest Black professor, resigned last week amid allegations of plagiarism and misrepresented credentials that he den...

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All-clear at sea, but the toll keeps climbing inland

A powerful offshore quake near Flores set off evacuations across eastern Indonesia as aftershocks, landslides, and broken communications complicated rescue and damage assessment.

Published: 3 months ago

A 7.7‑magnitude offshore quake struck near Flores in eastern Indonesia, prompting tsunami warnings and evacuations that were later lifted; strong a...

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Trump’s sweeping claim collides with a chokepoint’s stubborn realities

The remark, delivered at a New York rally, lands amid U.S.–Iran standoff over access to the oil chokepoint that usually carries about a fifth of seaborne crude.

Published: 3 months ago

At a New York rally, US President Donald Trump said he will “pretty soon” declare the Strait of Hormuz “a territory of the United States” after def...

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Assurances at dawn, fatalities by dusk: the earthquake information gap

Granada, Indonesia’s Flores Sea, Colombia’s Chocó, and Kashmir were rattled within days, triggering emergency responses, tsunami protocols, and political mobilization across multiple governments.

Published: 3 months ago

A magnitude5 quake near Granada after 1 a.m. triggered 300 emergency calls and 85 interventions but no confirmed victims, as stronger shocks hit el...

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A settled host, unsettled rules: Eurovision’s 2027 balancing act

The contest goes to Burgas after Bulgaria’s win, with semifinals May 11 and 13 and the final May 15.

Published: 3 months ago

Organizers named Burgas on Bulgaria’s Black Sea coast as host of the 71st Eurovision Song Contest, with semifinals on May 11 and 13 and the final o...

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Europe's heat test: stopgaps now, an uncertain playbook for later

More than 135 million faced 35C-plus temperatures across the UK, France and central Europe, stressing water supplies, health services, energy systems and transport links.

Published: 3 months ago

Europe’s fifth heatwave since May pushed temperatures to 38.1C in London and above 40C in parts of France and central Europe, exposing an estimated...

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Fastest Ebola surge meets a three‑month promise to slow it

The Bundibugyo‑strain outbreak has extended into Bas‑Uele near Central African Republic and South Sudan, as WHO, Africa CDC, and Congolese teams broaden surveillance and clinical capacity.

Published: 3 months ago

The Democratic Republic of the Congo’s largest recorded Ebola outbreak has reached a sixth province, BasUele, after a fatal case linked to travel f...

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A mass release under US oversight, from an unclear center of power

131 detainees were freed as part of a new dialogue table between Delcy Rodríguez’s government and the opposition, overseen by Washington and welcomed by rights groups.

Published: 3 months ago

Venezuela’s authorities freed 131 detainees as part of measures agreed at a new dialogue table with the opposition under U.S. sponsorship and overs...

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When a credit reads like a rename at the Kennedy Center

Trustees moved to close the main building for renovations while keeping the Reach partly open, and must submit the plan to a federal judge within a week.

Published: 3 months ago

Trustees of the John F. Kennedy Center voted to proceed with a two‑year renovation shutdown and to add a facade inscription crediting President Don...

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Three executions, one day: coincidence—or a new cadence taking hold?

Tennessee, Oklahoma and Alabama enforced death sentences, the first such three-state single-day occurrence since 2010.

Published: 3 months ago

Three U.S. states — Tennessee, Oklahoma, and Alabama — carried out executions on the same day, the first three‑state single‑day tally since 2010, i...

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Blanket ban fails; can France craft child safety without overreach?

The court found the July law neither necessary nor proportionate and flagged weak privacy safeguards around age checks; Macron has called for a rapid rewrite aligned with EU rules.

Published: 3 months ago

France’s Constitutional Council struck down the core of a new ban on under‑15s using social media, deeming it an inappropriate, unnecessary and dis...

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