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Bavi was located more than 1,705 kilometers east of Central Luzon and continued moving west-northwestward at 25 kilometers per hour.

geopolitical · geopolitical

Kiev cannot afford to lose Western support, Kirill Budanov said

geopolitical · geopolitical

Doing a little work ahead of time will help keep your gadgets from being fried in an electrical storm.

social demographic · sports

The Baltic countries have a direct interest in maintaining constant tension in the region, as this allows them to receive funds in various areas both from NATO partners and from the general EU budget, Natalia Eremina said

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V&A Dundee When Kathryn Findlay and Eisaku Ushida joined forces, a sensual kind of architecture was born – resulting in a hairy blue pod in Tokyo and a starfish beach palace in Qatar ‘The future of architecture,” pronounced Salvador Dalí on meeting Le Corbusier in 1922, “will be soft and hairy.” Fast forward over 70 years to Tokyo, and his surrealist prophecy was the stimulus for the Soft and Hairy House, one of a series of startlingly expressive dwellings designed by the talented Scottish-Japanese architectural partnership of Kathryn Findlay and Eisaku Ushida. Melding diverse design cultures – Celtic coiling and Japanese “rawness” – overlaid by an interest in the natural world, as well as fractal geometries and chaos theory, the pair contrived a uniquely sensual and surreal architecture. Completed in 1994, the Soft and Hairy House was based on a classic courtyard plan form, radically reworked for pre-millennial Tokyo, its softness accentuated by plumply rounded contours, its hairiness by a shaggy fringe of greenery embellishing the roof. A bright blue, porthole-percolated bathroom pod intruded into the courtyard like a giant fungal entity. The interior was suggestive of the glamorous dream space of a Hollywood star, with soft draperies and seductive lighting. Continue reading...

social demographic · culture

Harvesting operations have begun in 16 regions

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Shahid Rind, a spokesman for the Balochistan government, says 15 assailants killed in 'clearance operations'.

geopolitical · geopolitical

Daniel Stieler leaves Brazilian mining group amid warnings of possible political interference in boardroom process

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Also in today’s newsletter, Zelenskyy tells the FT that Trump changed his mind about Russia-Ukraine war

social demographic · sports

The Russian athlete failed to clear the third round of this year’s third Grand Slam tournament after he fell to Jan-Lennard Struff from Germany

geopolitical · geopolitical

Israel has devastated 95 percent of Gaza's farms, engineering starvation and aid dependency, experts warn.

social demographic · culture

You can clip a cover over the cameras, which could be a double-edged sword.

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social demographic · culture

Peace Now report: 2025 witnessed largest West Bank settlement expansion Titled Annus Mirabilis: Actions by the Israeli Government to Annex the West Bank, 2023–2025 , the report by Peace Now and Kerem Navot concludes that the Israeli government has advanced de facto annexation of the West Bank at an unprecedented pace, WAFA reported. The report suggests that the measures advanced by the Israeli government form a single, systematic policy geared towards deepening Israeli control over the West Bank. Instead of focusing on isolated developments such as settlement construction, outpost authorisation, or state land declarations, the report, for the first time, consolidates all government actions and demonstrates that they constitute a single policy, WAFA reported. These include structural governance changes, the transfer of civilian powers, settlement expansion, new outpost establishment, expulsion of Palestinian communities, land takeovers, significant infrastructure investment, and changes to the land regime. Key findings: *185 new outposts established *118 Palestinian shepherding communities and shepherding clusters expelled *102 new settlements established through the legalization of outposts or by granting existing neighbourhoods independent settlement status *40,064 housing units advanced in settlements *Farm outposts now effectively control more than 1.1 million dunams (1 dunam= 0.25 acres), including approximately 750,000 dunams seized since the current government took office *At least 223 kilometres of new roads opened across the West Bank *Settlers took control of at least 11,520 dunams through agricultural cultivation *25,959 dunams declared as state land

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President Volodymyr Zelenskyy has said that Ukraine should become part of NATO because its military capabilities would strengthen the Alliance's collective security.

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Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy has said that securing interceptor missiles for Patriot air defence systems would be the key issue in his discussions with Kyiv's partners at the NATO summit, stressing that the missiles can be obtained from countries other than the United States.

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The situation surrounding Ukraine can shift to a peaceful track once Kiev makes some tough decisions, Dmitry Peskov noted

social demographic · education

Chinese researchers have developed a new-generation nuclear battery that far surpasses its predecessor and marks a major step in long-life power sources, according to the team. Northwest Normal University, in collaboration with Chinese tech firm Gansu Zhulong Technology, unveiled a carbon‑14 nuclear battery and silicon carbide (SiC) transducer on Monday, saying the equipment was developed without any foreign technology or parts. The Qianjiyuan Tianshu battery is a major upgrade from the team’s...

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Special attention will be focused on fuel supplies for the Irkutsk Region, the Trans-Baikal Territory, and southern regions where agricultural work is in full swing

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Latest match highlights, reaction and previews from the FIFA World Cup 2026 in North America.

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While marine traffic in Hormuz has steadily risen, vague provisions on the strait remain contentious in peace talks.

social demographic · sports

Live coverage and text updates as Argentina play Egypt in the round of 16 knockout stage.

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The dreaded bloodsucker will be getting his fangs into the Edinburgh fringe this year – in a deeply creepy, liberty-taking show with a sisterly twist. We meet its director Who is your Dracula? Max Schreck’s toothy Nosferatu, Bela Lugosi in a tux, the lantern-jawed host of Hotel Transylvania? This notorious shapeshifter “exists for us even before we know who he is” says theatre director Yngvild Aspeli , who is bringing a puppet bloodsucker to the Edinburgh fringe this summer. “There were stories of vampires long before Bram Stoker but he gave new life to them.” After watching her deeply creepy show Dracula: Lucy’s Dream , that eerily waxen, lifesized puppet has for me become as indelible as top-hatted Gary Oldman or gorily grinning Christopher Lee. It matches Jonathan Harker’s assessment of the count in Stoker’s novel: “The general effect was one of extraordinary pallor.” I saw the show on tour in Paris several months ago and it still haunts me: I could swear this Drac disintegrated then reappeared before my eyes, such is the technical sophistication of Aspeli’s French-Norwegian company Plexus Polaire. Thanks in part to Emilie Nguyen’s spectral lighting, stunning transformations take place, with the actors and puppets frequently becoming indistinguishable. Continue reading...

social demographic · education

Fourteen of the 27 top scorers in this year’s International Baccalaureate (IB) programme from Hong Kong’s largest international school group plan to study medicine, with some students attributing their success to discipline, miso soup and using a Nokia phone with limited internet access. The English Schools Foundation’s top achievers shared their plans and study tips on Tuesday after learning their IB results the previous day. The number of ESF perfect scorers was nearly double last year’s tally...

economic · economic

The US trade deficit widened in May to the most since March 2025 as exports fell and imports rose.

military · geopolitical

US allies in the Pacific condemned what Beijing has called a "routine" intercontinental ballistic missile test, which comes as China seeks to demonstrate its growing military capabilities.

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Ukrainain prosecutors say the body of the woman suspected of the bombing that targeted businessman Vadym Yermolaiev was found near Kyiv. Police said they had detained two individuals suspected of murdering her.

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Two strikes were conducted with Geran-4 Seeker UAVs against railway locomotives at stations near Pavlograd and Sinelnikovo

military · geopolitical

US allies in the Pacific condemned what Beijing has called a "routine" intercontinental ballistic missile test, which comes as China seeks to demonstrate its growing military capabilities.

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Ukrainain prosecutors say the body of the woman suspected of the bombing that targeted businessman Vadym Yermolaiev was found near Kyiv. Police said they had detained two individuals suspected of murdering her.