UN Secretary-General António Guterres urged world leaders Friday to ensure artificial intelligence isn’t controlled by just a few powerful nations and corporations. With a key global summit approaching, the pressure to act is mounting fast.
Russia barred opposition politician Boris Nadezhdin from parliamentary elections while remanding blogger Ilya Remeslo in custody. The twin moves signal a sharp escalation in the Kremlin’s campaign to silence anti-war voices.
Trump has revived claims that the 2020 election was stolen, accusing China of a massive data breach in a primetime address. Intelligence officials say the newly released documents offer no proof of foreign interference.
The Sport & Rights Alliance says FIFA’s pledge to host the ‘most inclusive’ World Cup in history collapsed under the weight of Trump-era visa restrictions. A full report documenting the failures is due in September.
Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth has ordered testosterone screening for all US military personnel aged 30 and older, calling the Pentagon the “High-T Department of War.” The announcement raises as many questions as it answers.
The sudden removal of Ukraine’s Defence Minister Rustem Umerov has blindsided EU officials in Brussels, disrupting carefully built working relationships at a critical moment. The dismissal raises fresh questions about continuity in EU-Ukraine defence cooperation.
The UN verification mission warned the Security Council that armed groups continue to threaten civilians in rural Colombia as president-elect Gustavo Petro prepares to take office on August 7. Colombia’s hard-won peace remains real but uneven, officials said.
The UN reports a sharp rise in West Bank school closures while AI diagnostic tools expand in hospitals and Indigenous land rights score a landmark win in Canada. Three stories from a world still wrestling with its most persistent inequalities.
The UN is urging world leaders not to abandon the Sustainable Development Goals despite alarming data showing fewer than 17 percent of targets are on track. With 2030 approaching fast, the organization says the SDGs remain humanity’s best bet for bridging a world of stark inequalities.
Iran has turned the Strait of Hormuz into its most powerful bargaining chip since the US-Israel strikes killed the Supreme Leader in February. But with Trump’s invasion threats ringing hollow and a provisional council in Tehran consolidating power, breaking the oldest cycle in Middle East diplomacy won’t come easy.
