
The Guardian - 23 hours 36 min ago
Washington and Tehran step up war of words over Donald Trump's threat to intervene in response to unrest Iranian authorities have arrested key members of the protest movement that has rocked the country over the last two weeks, the national police chief said, as Washington and Tehran threaten each other over the prospect of US intervention in the Islamic republic. "Last night, significant arrests were made of the main elements in the riots, who, God willing, will be punished after going...

The Independent - 23 hours 44 min ago
Prediction markets let people wager on anything from a basketball game to the outcome of a presidential election and recently, the downfall of former Venezuelan President Nicol s Maduro...

The Independent - 23 hours 53 min ago
Within hours of Donald Trump's announcement that Venezuela's president had been captured, social media was flooded with AI-generated media. Bryony Gooch reports...

The Guardian - 23 hours 55 min ago
Michael Steele argues law firms, universities and media capitulated with startling speed and voters want accountability The biggest surprise of Donald Trump 's first year back in office is how quickly America's institutions capitulated to "the bully", said Michael Steele , a former chair of the Republican National Committee (RNC) turned arch critic. But with the midterm elections for Congress looming, Steele predicts a resounding Democratic victory amid a hunger among voters to hold...