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Director sentenced to more than two years for defrauding Netflix out of $11m

Fonte: The Guardian - World · Pubblicato: 2026-06-30T01:25:16+00:00

Carl Rinsch requested $11m for never-finished sci-fi series but diverted money to personal account, prosecutors saidHollywood writer-director Carl Rinsch was sentenced Monday to two-and-a-half years in prison after being convicted of defrauding Netflix out of $11m for a never-finished sci-fi series. Supporters including Keanu Reeves had asked the court to show him leniency.Rinsch, best known for the 2013 samurai fantasy film 47 Ronin, was convicted in December of federal wire fraud and other charges. According to prosecutors and trial testimony, he told Netflix he needed $11m to finish a show

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Cairo Takeaway secures court win over pro-Israel activist who claimed he was ‘completely vindicated’ after settlement

Fonte: The Guardian - World · Pubblicato: 2026-06-30T01:23:35+00:00

Federal court judge rules Ofir Birenbaum breached parts of settlement with Middle Eastern restaurant reached after incident when working with Daily TelegraphFollow our Australia news live blog for latest updatesGet our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcastA pro-Israel activist breached parts of a legal settlement with Sydney restaurant Cairo Takeaway, a court has ruled, after he claimed to have been “completely vindicated” following the settlement.Justice Robert Bromwich handed down his decision in the federal court on Tuesday, in the latest chapter of a long-running feud with Of

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US, India trade deal in ‘final steps’: Sergio Gor

Fonte: The Hindu Business Line – Markets · Pubblicato: 2026-06-30T01:23:00+00:00

"We are in the final steps on this deal. Most of this deal is complete. There's a few items that remain on both sides. It's in the last 1 per cent of that deal," US Ambassador to India Sergio Gor said on Tuesday.

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Australia politics live: Duniam says Liberal party has bigger problems than branding; fuel excise to rise tomorrow

Fonte: The Guardian - World · Pubblicato: 2026-06-30T01:14:26+00:00

Melissa McIntosh doubles down on suggestion party might need a ‘rebrand’ to win back voters. Follow today’s news liveGet our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcastChalmers defends house price forecastsThe government has been facing some heat over the cooling house market around Australia with falling auction clearance rates, and forecasts that house prices in Sydney and Melbourne could fall more than $100,000.Auction clearance rates in Brisbane came up on the weekend, if you compare the preliminary numbers from the week before. They also came up in Adelaide. They came up nationall

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Both Republican Dan Sullivans can compete in Alaska primary, court rules

Fonte: The Guardian - World · Pubblicato: 2026-06-30T00:54:22+00:00

Challenger Dan Sullivan had been booted from ballot, but supreme court ruled he can compete against senator of same nameA man with the same name and party affiliation as Senator Dan Sullivan, a Republican, is qualified to run for the seat and ordered election officials to place him on Alaska’s primary ballot in August, the state supreme court ruled Monday.The ruling came hours after arguments on Monday and just days after state court Judge Thomas Matthews found the division of elections had “abused its discretion” in booting the challenger Sullivan from the ballot. The supreme court, in a brie

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Peru’s Keiko Fujimori wins presidential election, in latest victory for Latin American right

Fonte: The Guardian - World · Pubblicato: 2026-06-30T00:18:15+00:00

The 51-year-old daughter of late president Alberto Fujimori secured the top office after authorities spent weeks reviewing contested ballotsPeru’s conservative president-elect Keiko Fujimori has vowed to restore “order and hope” after defeating left-wing candidate Roberto Sanchez, in the latest victory for a resurgent Latin American right.Fujimori won the 7 June presidential runoff by the slimmest of margins, outpolling Sanchez by fewer than 50,000 votes out of the more than 18 million ballots cast, the final results showed. Continue reading...

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What do we know about the shooting in Stade, Germany?

Fonte: BBC News - World · Pubblicato: 2026-06-30T00:17:27+00:00

The BBC's Jessica Parker reports from the scene of the shooting that killed six people in northern Germany.

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Trump nominates Keith Sonderling to permanent role of labor secretary

Fonte: The Guardian - World · Pubblicato: 2026-06-30T00:13:29+00:00

Sonderling is filling in as acting secretary after Lori Chavez-DeRemer announced she was leaving in AprilDonald Trump announced he is nominating Keith Sonderling to serve as US secretary of labor, a role he is currently filling as acting secretary after Lori Chavez-DeRemer’s announced her departure in April.“It is my Great Honor to announce that I am nominating Keith E. Sonderling, the outstanding Acting United States Secretary of Labor, to be permanent,” Trump wrote on Truth Social. “Keith previously served as Deputy Secretary and Chief Operating Officer and, during my First Term, worked at t

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Australian police close in on ‘Scorpio’, mystery author of threatening letters to high-profile people

Fonte: The Guardian - World · Pubblicato: 2026-06-30T00:12:23+00:00

Federal and NSW police say more than 100 letters sent to MPs and community leaders since 2015Follow our Australia news live blog for latest updatesGet our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcastPolice are appealing for help in tracking down the mystery author of more than 100 letters, some threatening, sent to high-profile community figures.The Australian federal police and New South Wales police have released excerpts of anonymous letters sent by someone who goes by “Scorpio” and “Bullit”. Continue reading...

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‘Humanity is a privilege’: Umar Khalid on his six years in an Indian jail without trial

Fonte: The Guardian - World · Pubblicato: 2026-06-30T00:00:32+00:00

Exclusive: Activist tells of his life as one of India’s most prominent political prisoners and his opposition to the government of Narendra ModiPrison is hardest at sunset. As the thousands of prisoners incarcerated in Delhi’s most infamous jail are cast out of their cells and forced into the dank yard until darkness falls, prisoner number 626714 feels the punishing dread begin to rise.Yet the inmate – better known as Umar Khalid – was recently moved to discover that another political prisoner, exiled at a camp thousands of miles from India, wrote of the very same feeling more than 150 years a

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Anxiety turns to joy as Brazil qualifies for the Final 16

Fonte: Al Jazeera - World · Pubblicato: 2026-06-29T23:56:18+00:00

Brazil fans at a fan fest on Rio de Janeiro celebrated after their team overturned Japan’s early lead and won 2-1.

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Delusione Germania, eliminata ai sedicesimi: il Paraguay vince ai rigori

Fonte: Repubblica Homepage · Pubblicato: 2026-06-29T23:51:17+00:00

Tempi regolamentari e supplementari finiti 1-1 per le reti di Enciso e Havertz. Dal dischetto si va a oltranza, decisivo l’errore di Tah. Canale non sbaglia nel momento della verità

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Australia politics live: Geoffrey Watson criticises ‘silly’ call to pause Victorian big build projects over corruption

Fonte: The Guardian - World · Pubblicato: 2026-06-29T23:44:00+00:00

McIntosh doubles down on call for Liberal ‘rebrand’. Follow today’s news liveGet our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcastChalmers defends house price forecastsThe government has been facing some heat over the cooling house market around Australia with falling auction clearance rates, and forecasts that house prices in Sydney and Melbourne could fall more than $100,000.Auction clearance rates in Brisbane came up on the weekend, if you compare the preliminary numbers from the week before. They also came up in Adelaide. They came up nationally in aggregate, as I understand it. But

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6 Dead in Rare Shooting in Germany Over Custody of Girl, Police Say

Fonte: New York Times - World · Pubblicato: 2026-06-29T23:24:16+00:00

The authorities said a 45-year-old man opened fire at a youth facility after a quarrel about the custody of his baby daughter. The dead were all facility employees.

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Venezuelans newly deported from US missing after hotel collapse

Fonte: The Guardian - World · Pubblicato: 2026-06-29T23:10:15+00:00

More than 100 people removed on ICE flight were being held in hotel in La Guaira when earthquakes struckMore than 100 people just deported from the United States were being held in a hotel when earthquakes struck Venezuela, setting off a scramble to find survivors and bodies buried in the rubble, according to survivors.A deportation flight from Miami arrived in Venezuela hours before Wednesday’s earthquakes. Onboard were 146 Venezuelans, including 19 women and seven children, according to ICE Flight Monitor, an initiative of Human Rights First, which tracks deportation flights. They were trans

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Transparency, standards and a new commissioner – but does the maternity review go far enough?

Fonte: The Guardian - World · Pubblicato: 2026-06-29T23:01:31+00:00

Amos review sets out recommendations for government, but falls short on systemic racism and traumatic birthsEngland to get powerful maternity commissioner after ‘shocking’ failingsThe findings of Lady Amos’ review into maternity and neonatal services across England, which state the system is ultimately no longer fit for purpose, are unsurprising. The systemic failures and inadequacies of these services have been uncovered in several reports already, including Donna Ockenden’s review of the “toxic” Nottingham NHS trust published last week.But what this report does offer are a set of recommendat

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Crypto firms operating in UK to be subject to sweeping new rules

Fonte: The Guardian - World · Pubblicato: 2026-06-29T23:01:31+00:00

City regulator will require booming industry to prove its resilience to risk from October next yearCrypto firms operating in the UK will be forced to prove they can weather market shocks and hold capital against risky assets as part of sweeping new rules announced by the Financial Conduct Authority (FCA).The regulations will increase supervision of the crypto industry, which has so far has faced minimal oversight despite a boom in popularity linked to social media influencers and a legitimisation drive under the US president, Donald Trump. Continue reading...

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England to get powerful maternity commissioner after ‘shocking’ failings

Fonte: The Guardian - World · Pubblicato: 2026-06-29T23:01:31+00:00

Health secretary announces move after Amos review finds childbirth and neonatal care in need of ‘urgent reform’Analysis: Transparency, standards and a new commissioner – but does maternity review go far enough?A powerful maternity commissioner will be appointed to push through an urgent transformation of childbirth care in England after a major review concluded that it had multiple failings.Ministers have bowed to growing pressure by agreeing to recruit the UK’s first commissioner for maternity and neonatal care. Whoever takes on the role will pursue hospitals over persistent failures in care,

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Au terme d’une séance de tirs au but épique, le Maroc se qualifie pour les 8es de finale de la Coupe du monde de football 2026

Fonte: Le Monde - International · Pubblicato: 2026-06-29T23:00:07+00:00

Menés jusqu’au temps additionnel de la seconde période, les joueurs de Mohamed Ouahbi ont égalisé grâce à une tête d’Issa Diop avant de s’imposer grâce à un arrêt décisif de leur gardien Yassine Bounou lors d’une séance de tirs au but marquée par cinq tentatives manquées.

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Bruxelles a Pechino: riequilibrare l’export

Fonte: Repubblica Homepage · Pubblicato: 2026-06-29T23:00:00+00:00

Il commissario Ue Sefcovic vede l’omologo Wentao. Lanciato un monitoraggio sui flussi commerciali. Garanzie sulle terre rare

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Cruciani: “Mi piacciono i mostri. Voglio discutere di idee estreme”

Fonte: Repubblica Homepage · Pubblicato: 2026-06-29T23:00:00+00:00

Il giornalista domenica ha intervistato Salvini e poi Vannacci: “Il generale unisce carisma militare e resistenza da maratoneta. Lui è il nuovo, io l’ho già votato”

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