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Starmer warned his EU love-in is bugging farmers as red tape cuts allowing them to feed livestock eco-friendly insects and human food waste are held up while Labour woos Brussels
The Conservative Environment Network has warned that Sir Keir Starmer’s push for closer alignment with the European Union is harming British farming by delaying planned cuts to red tape. Proposals that would let farmers feed livestock with insects and human food waste — measures intended to reduce costs and free up farmland — have been…
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USMNT World Cup player ratings: high marks for McKennie and Tillman, but Pulisic and Dest fall short
The Guardian has published player ratings for the United States men’s national team following their disappointing exit from the World Cup, assessing how each member of the squad performed across the tournament. While the campaign ended in frustration, the piece argues there were genuine positives, particularly from a younger core of players who enhanced their…
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Inside Trump’s unprecedented battle plan to expand Second Amendment rights through Justice Department
The US Justice Department’s Civil Rights Division has filed lawsuits against California and Virginia over their gun laws, in what officials describe as an unprecedented effort to expand and enforce Second Amendment rights. Assistant Attorney General Harmeet Dhillon told Fox News Digital that the department has launched more than a dozen legal challenges to firearm…
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US urges donors to abandon UNRWA funding as UN defends agency’s mission
The United Nations has defended its call for countries to keep funding the UN Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees (UNRWA), after the United States urged donors to abandon the agency and redirect money to a US-led alternative. At UNRWA’s annual pledging conference in early July 2026, US Ambassador Jeff Bartos claimed the agency…
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Assassin’s Creed Black Flag Resynced review
Eurogamer has published its review of Assassin’s Creed Black Flag Resynced, Ubisoft’s remake of the 2013 pirate-themed original, rebuilt from the ground up on the latest Anvil Engine by Ubisoft Singapore. The reviewer’s central verdict is one of inconsistency: for every improvement the remake introduces, a corresponding flaw seems to lurk just beneath it, leaving…
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‘Freakonomics’ Creator Stephen Dubner Is Launching a Talk Show With Guests at His New York City Home: ‘People Are Much Hungrier for Substance Than the Conventional Wisdom Says’
Stephen Dubner, the journalist and bestselling author behind the Freakonomics franchise, is launching a self-financed television-style talk show called “Better in Person”, with new episodes appearing every Tuesday from 14 July on the Freakonomics Radio Network YouTube channel. The show marks a notable step for Dubner, who is moving in front of the camera and…
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Summer holiday bookings bounce back amid fragile Middle East ceasefire, Jet2 says
The package holiday operator Jet2 has reported a strong rebound in summer holiday bookings following the fragile ceasefire in the Middle East, sending its London-listed shares up by around 10% in early trading on Wednesday. The company, which flies about 20 million passengers a year, said many customers had held off booking while they waited…
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Women and university graduates in Australia most at risk of losing jobs to AI, report finds
A first-of-its-kind Australian government report has found that women and university graduates are the workers most exposed to having their jobs displaced by artificial intelligence, while those in manual and vocationally trained roles are least at risk. The report, drawing on data from Jobs and Skills Australia, warns that occupations such as telemarketers, accountants, advertising…
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Booyakasha! Sacha Baron Cohen has completed a new Ali G movie
Sacha Baron Cohen is reported to have completed a new film featuring his spoof interviewer Ali G, marking the character’s return to cinemas 24 years after Ali G Indahouse. According to a report by The InSneider, filming has wrapped, with locations including Oxfordshire — where Baron Cohen was spotted in character last summer — and…
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Brits travelling to European airports face five-hour queues due to new border controls which could bring terminals to a ‘complete standstill’, aviation chiefs warn
British holidaymakers have been warned they could face queues of up to five hours at European airport border controls this summer, with aviation chiefs cautioning that terminals risk grinding to a “complete standstill”. The disruption is being blamed on the EU’s new Entry-Exit System (EES), which requires non-EU visitors to provide biometric data, and industry…