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With thousands dying and streets melting, air conditioning remains taboo in some countries Two weeks of extreme heat have brought Europe to a scorched halt, with public services closed and vital infrastructure literally melting in record-breaking temperatures. Meanwhile, European leaders are telling their citizens to shut off the AC. Europe’s most severe heatwave in decades has broken temperature records across the continent, with France ex

The Gallup survey pointed to widening partisan and generational divides behind the decline Americans are reporting the lowest level of national pride in more than two decades, according to a Gallup poll released on Monday. The survey comes just days before the US marks the 250th anniversary of independence. Only 58% of US adults said they are ‘extremely’ or ‘very’ proud to be American, the lowest figure since Gallup began

The archbishop of San Francisco will also write an apology letter to each survivor under the proposed settlement The Catholic Archdiocese of San Francisco has agreed in principle to pay $395 million to settle more than 500 child sex abuse lawsuits, marking yet another hefty payout by the US Catholic Church over widespread molestation claims in recent years. The proposed agreement, announced on Monday, is tied to the archdiocese’s Chapter 11

The decision comes ahead of the 2026 midterm elections, which will determine whether Republicans retain control of Congress The US Supreme Court on Monday narrowly rejected a challenge backed by President Donald Trump seeking to tighten mail-in ballot deadlines ahead of this year’s midterm elections. In a 5-4 ruling, the court upheld a Mississippi law allowing ballots postmarked by election day to be counted if they arrive within five days.

A third of under-35s are back home – not from laziness, but because housing, debt, and shaky jobs have priced independence out A record 25.2 million young American adults (about 33%) under 35 have returned to the family nest as the cost of living has become prohibitive. There is a stereotype of Americans living at home with their parents as freeloaders, living in the basement and spending their ample free time playing video games. That is fa

The Grayzone editor-in-chief says Israeli strikes aim to undermine the fragile US-Iran ceasefire by opening a new front Israel will continue trying to escalate the conflict in Lebanon after failing to “break Iran’s deterrence,” Max Blumenthal, editor-in-chief of The Grayzone, has said. Israeli officials have criticized the memorandum of understanding signed by Washington and Tehran on June 17, arguing that it does not serve the

At least three people were injured in what the authorities described as an intentional attack An explosive device packed with shrapnel seriously injured Ukrainian-born businessman Vadim Ermolaev and two members of his family at the entrance to a residential building in Monaco on Monday evening, according to local media reports. The explosion occurred shortly before 9:00 PM on Rue Reverend Pere Louis Frolla, a street in the principality near the F

The country will not be able to reach its military buildup goals through voluntary recruitment, Thomas Rowekamp told AFP Germany could reinstate the draft as early as July 2027 because the volunteer-based system is not sufficient to meet its military buildup plans, senior lawmaker Thomas Rowekamp told AFP. Following the escalation of the Ukraine conflict in 2022, Germany has pursued a major recruitment drive, aiming to increase military personnel

There are indeed some reasons for men to suspect women in power of being men – just maybe not the ones you think In a recent piece for RT, “Why weird men try to put penises on powerful women,” my dear and insightful colleague Rachel Marsden addresses the current tendency of men to trash women who make it to the top, and focuses on the examples of Michelle Obama and Brigitte Macron. These two individuals have indeed been cons

The Kallas scandal shows West Jerusalem is waking up to a harsher reality: Europe’s old moral restraint is disappearing Relations between Israel and the EU are in a major crisis following Israeli Foreign Minister Gideon Saar’s announcement of cutting contact with EU High Representative for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy Kaja Kallas. This move was prompted by reports that during a visit to Mexico, Kallas compared Israel’s policy t

The British monarch is now described rather as a protector of the “multi-faith nation,” according to a new royal report Buckingham Palace has dropped “Defender of the Faith” from King Charles’ official job description, swapping the 500-year-old title for a vaguer pledge to safeguard religion across Britain’s “multi-faith nation,” according to the UK’s annual royal finance report. The Sovereign Grant repor

Former Bangladeshi Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina has announced plans to end her two-year exile in India Former Bangladeshi Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina has vowed to return this year to her homeland from India, where she is in self-imposed exile, two years after her ouster in a popular uprising. Hasina’s statement comes a week after her Awami League party marked its 77th Founding Day on June 23. However, scores of Awami League activists wer

Thousands remain displaced as rescue teams work through collapsed buildings in Caracas, a local reporter told RT Rescue teams in Venezuela are racing against time to find survivors trapped under rubble following twin earthquakes that struck the country last week, although hopes of more rescues are fading, a local reporter told RT. Two back-to-back shocks of magnitude 7.2 and 7.5 less than a minute apart killed at least 1,450 people, while nearly

A series of attacks targeting alleged motorcycle thieves, who were taped to lamp posts, has sparked debate in the Latin American country A series of vigilante attacks targeting alleged motorcycle thieves in the Mexican city of Lagos de Moreno has sparked a national debate about criminal justice. The nighttime activities by the unidentified perpetrator or perpetrators, nicknamed the “Batman of Lagos de Moreno” on social media, were app

Three suspects have been detained by police in the city of Stade At least six people have been killed in a shooting in the northern German city of Stade, the police have said. “Shots were fired near a youth welfare center in the city center,” a police official told Germany’s dpa news agency.  Four women and two men are among the victims, Kathrin Schuol, a spokeswoman for the local police department told a press co

The Taliban administration claimed 36 civilians were killed and 163 others wounded in the operation Pakistan carried out retaliatory airstrikes along its border with Afghanistan on Sunday night, following a terror attack on a paramilitary camp in Pakistan. Pakistani officials said Monday that the air and land strikes by Pakistani forces had killed 29 militants. Afghanistan, however, alleged that those killed were civilians, including women and ch

The US is breaching the interim peace deal with Iran by allowing Israeli forces to maintain their occupation of the neighboring country, Mohammad Marandi says Israel’s military presence in southern Lebanon reflects its broader territorial ambitions and shows that the US is failing to uphold its commitments under the interim peace deal with Iran, Tehran-based Professor Seyed Mohammad Marandi told RT. Iran and the US reached a tentative agree

The EU’s latest moves targeting Ukrainian male refugees show Kiev’s position is worse than advertised, Sonja van den Ende has told RT Western media and politicians are misleading the public by hyping Kiev’s attacks on Russia while ignoring the devastating losses suffered by Ukrainian forces, independent Dutch journalist Sonja van den Ende has told RT.   In an interview on Sunday, van den Ende argued that while headlines are dominated

Warsaw is inclined to drop a trillion-euro demand in exchange for annual payments to dying WWII survivors, Suddeutsche Zeitung has reported Poland has scaled back its long-standing reparations campaign against Germany and is now seeking annual payments of around €2,333 ($2,660) for each living victim of Nazi persecution instead of the €1.3 trillion it once demanded, Suddeutsche Zeitung reported on Sunday. The dispute traces back to the

Temperatures rose above 40C in parts of the country, officials said French health officials recorded around 1,000 excess deaths in less than a week as the country was hit by its most severe heatwave in more than two decades. Temperatures rose above 40C in many parts of France, with Tuesday marking the hottest day nationwide since 2003. Around 1,000 additional deaths have been recorded since June 24, the National Public Health Agency said on Sunda