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Trump administration puts religious freedom at heart of US health policy

Source: The Guardian - World · Published: 2026-06-30T15:01:29+00:00

Critics say the new focus could reshape LGBTQ+ healthcare, abortion access and vaccine policyThe Trump administration is moving religious freedom to the forefront of its health policies, a move that will likely affect reproductive health, LGBTQ+ healthcare, and vaccine policy.“They are very much putting religious freedom front and center,” said Dorit Reiss, a professor at UC Law San Francisco. But “it tends to privilege a conservative form of Christianity and, for example, protect discrimination against LGBTQ people.” Continue reading...

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‘He isn’t political’: the Ukrainian-born oligarch targeted by a Monaco bomber

Source: The Guardian - World · Published: 2026-06-30T15:00:14+00:00

Questions remain as to why somebody would want to kill Vadym Iermolaiev, who has a personal fortune of $225mMonaco in shock after parcel bomb injures Ukrainian-born business leaderNobody paid much attention to the man with the backpack, as he approached the entrance to a beige-coloured Monaco apartment building. It was 9pm, Monday evening. The street – rue Révérend-Père-Louis-Frolla – is located in a quiet hillside part of the wealthy principality, close to the border with France.The man left his bag on the front steps. Soon afterwards, the Ukrainian-born oligarch Vadym Iermolaiev emerged, tog

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What’s the catch? Menus across Australia to show seafood’s country of origin

Source: The Guardian - World · Published: 2026-06-30T15:00:11+00:00

From 1 July, restaurants need to tell customers whether their fish and seafood was caught in Australia or overseasGet our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcastFrom 1 July, diners across the country will see a small but notable change on menus.The federal government has made it mandatory for hospitality venues to designate a seafood product’s country of origin: “A” for Australian, “I” for imported and “M” for mixed. Continue reading...

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Like being ‘stabbed in the back’: abuse survivors left without trials after Christian Brothers’ unprecedented legal tactic

Source: The Guardian - World · Published: 2026-06-30T15:00:11+00:00

Order wants to set up its own scheme outside of court to pay survivors, who have been told they will not get what they are owed in fullGet our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcastAn abuse survivor feels as if he has been stabbed with a “sharp, long, bladed knife to the back” after his trial was aborted at the 11th hour due to an unprecedented legal tactic by the Christian Brothers.Last week, the Christian Brothers sought a permanent halt to hundreds of cases lodged by survivors of abuse at its schools and orphanages, arguing it was about to go broke and could not afford to meet

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Supreme Court rejects Trump bid to restrict birth-right citizenship

Source: The Hindu Business Line – Markets · Published: 2026-06-30T14:59:14+00:00

The 6-3 ruling marked the second time this year that the court has invalidated a major Trump initiative, ‌following its February decision to strike down his sweeping global tariffs

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Анульовані ліцензії, вілла в Хорватії та офшори в дев'яти країнах, - ЗМІ про Андрія Матюху

Source: UNIAN (General) · Published: 2026-06-30T14:58:00+00:00

"Стоп Корупції" детально вивчили публічні реєстри, судові ухвали та фінансову звітність компаній, пов'язаних із Матюхою, та з'ясували, що ховається за публічним іміджем "короля азартних ігор".

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Shetland councillors back plans to build tunnels to link some of largest islands

Source: The Guardian - World · Published: 2026-06-30T14:53:00+00:00

Financing options to be investigated for first two subsea projects that would link Mainland with Yell and Unst Councillors on Shetland have backed plans to build up to four tunnels to link some of the largest and most populated islands, after years of isolation and decline.The council voted on Tuesday to investigate financing options for the first two subsea tunnels, which would link Shetland’s Mainland with the two large northerly islands of Yell and Unst. Continue reading...

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Defence secretary says UK still committed to raise defence spending to 3.5% of GDP by 2035 – UK politics live

Source: The Guardian - World · Published: 2026-06-30T14:49:42+00:00

Keir Starmer earlier unveiled a £15bn plan but said defence spending cannot be ‘bottomless pit’ and MoD has to ‘spend better’Keir Starmer is speaking now.They are at Malloy Aeronautics, a firm that designs heavy-lift drones, and Starmer says this morning they showed him one of the heaviest drones he had ever seen.Last year, I made the decision in the national interest to reprioritise aid spending towards defence and achieve the biggest uplift in defence spending since the end of the cold war.That was the right choice because the world has changed. National security is economic security. Contin

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Andy Burnham says he will end culture of briefing against female ministers

Source: The Guardian - World · Published: 2026-06-30T14:45:58+00:00

PM hopeful tells meeting of women’s parliamentary Labour party that any staff who undermine female members of his team will be sackedUK politics live – latest updatesAndy Burnham has said he will to end the culture of briefing against female ministers, promising Labour MPs he will sack any staff who undermine women in his team.Speaking at the meeting of the women’s parliamentary Labour party in Westminster, Burnham also strongly criticised descriptions of him as “the first female Labour PM” in the Spectator. Continue reading...

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Ucrania ataca un estratégico centro de comunicaciones en Moscú

Source: El País - Internacional · Published: 2026-06-30T14:45:24+00:00

El Ministerio de Defensa ruso asegura haber derribado 419 drones desde la noche del lunes, cuyos fragmentos han causado tres muertos, entre ellos un bebé de seis meses

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India Inc. in flux: AI coding costs triple developer salaries

Source: The Hindu Business Line – Markets · Published: 2026-06-30T14:44:52+00:00

Without clear visibility into token usage across development tasks, organisations risk budget overruns and reduced ability to track cost-to-value outcomes

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Україна в IMO прирівняла танкери "тіньового флоту" РФ до військових об'єктів, - FT

Source: UNIAN (General) · Published: 2026-06-30T14:43:10+00:00

Поки Україна тисне на Росію вогневим шляхом (зокрема, атакуючи порти "Кавказ" та "Туапсе"), європейські союзники та Велика Британія посилюють юридичний зашморг.

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Україна прирівняла танкери "тіньового флоту" РФ до військових об'єктів, - FT

Source: UNIAN (General) · Published: 2026-06-30T14:43:00+00:00

Поки Україна тисне на Росію вогневим шляхом (зокрема, атакуючи порти "Кавказ" та "Туапсе"), європейські союзники та Велика Британія посилюють юридичний зашморг.

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Rochdale grooming gang ringleader cannot be deported, victims told

Source: The Guardian - World · Published: 2026-06-30T14:42:18+00:00

Provisions in Immigration Act prevent Shabir Ahmed, due to be released, being sent to PakistanThe ringleader of the notorious Rochdale grooming gang is due to be released from prison this week and cannot be deported from the country, his victims have been told.Shabir Ahmed, 73, known to his victims as “Daddy”, was convicted of multiple counts of rape and sexual offences against girls in 2012. Continue reading...

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US supreme court upholds birthright citizenship in blow to Trump agenda

Source: The Guardian - World · Published: 2026-06-30T14:38:18+00:00

Court rules against Trump administration on policy that people born in the United States are citizensSign up for the Breaking News US email to get newsletter alerts in your inboxThe US supreme court has upheld birthright citizenship, which provides nearly all people born in the country with citizenship, ruling against a central piece of Donald Trump’s anti-immigrant agenda.The president had issued an executive order on the first day of his second term that sought to undo birthright citizenship. The order would override the US constitution, which it cannot do, though his administration has argu

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Nigel Farage received £270,000 from gold marketer he promotes

Source: The Guardian - World · Published: 2026-06-30T14:37:19+00:00

Reform UK leader’s Direct Bullion payment is double his fee from 2025UK politics live – latest updatesNigel Farage received £270,000 from a gold marketer for which he is a brand ambassador, his single biggest payment as an MP.The Reform leader has been criticised in the past over his £400,000-a-year second job promoting the idea for Direct Bullion that people should buy physical gold and put it in their pension pots. Continue reading...

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