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They pay 30% less for electricity. Their secret? Solar panels

Residents in the town of Escourse, France, pay 30 percent less for their electricity bills than elsewhere in the country. Their secret? Renewable energy. Since 2011, the town has invested more than €1.2 million in solar panels. Homeowners, local businesses and associations now use solar-powered energy. Home to some 800…

France 24

Keir Starmer condemns Belfast anti-immigrant violence after knife attack; says ‘those responsible will feel full force of law’

British Prime Minister Keir Starmer on Wednesday strongly condemned the anti-immigrant violence that erupted across Belfast overnight, calling the scenes "shocking and completely unacceptable" and vowing that those behind the disorder would face the "full force of the law."

The Times of India

Indian-origin billionaire announces Dh1m aid for UAE road crash victims: 6 Indians among 7 dead

Indian-origin billionaire Dr Shamsheer Vayalil has announced a Dh1 million humanitarian support package for families affected by the recent Emirates Road crash that killed seven workers and injured nine others.

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Europe faces growing threat from synthetic opioids and new drugs, report warns

Highly potent synthetic opioids are spreading through Europe's fast-changing drug market, linked to hundreds of deaths as traffickers shift to smaller ports and new smuggling methods, the European Union Drugs Agency (EUDA) has warned.

Radio France Internationale

Netanyahu to run for re-election, after Trump raises doubts

TEL ⁠AVIV — Benjamin Netanyahu will seek re-election this year, his party announced on Wednesday, after United States President Donald Trump said he ‌was not sure if the Israeli prime minister would stand again.

Bangkok Post

Two killed in rare street demonstration over women’s rights in Afghanistan

A child reported among those killed when Taliban forces fired on crowds in Herat, who were protesting over arrests of women accused of violating hijab dress code

The Guardian - UK

Japan just switched on Asia’s first osmotic power plant and it runs on seawater and sewage

Every clean energy source comes with a condition attached. Solar stops the moment the sun sets. Wind quits when the air goes still. Even hydropower leans on whatever the season decides to send down the river. The one thing the global grid genuinely lacks is a clean source that simply…

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Car bomb kills senior Russian military official near Moscow

Video appears to show Col Damir Davydov’s BMW bursting into flames and bystanders pulling him from wreckage

The Guardian - UK

Japanese manga fans urge Trump to stop using characters in his online posts

Renewed outrage at White House’s use manga and anime imagery after US president is depicted as ninja Naruto

The Guardian - UK

Anti-immigrant violence erupts across Belfast after knife attack

BELFAST — Masked men burned families out of their homes in Belfast and torched several vehicles in a wave of ‌anti-immigrant violence on Tuesday night that followed a knife attack for which a Sudanese man has been charged with attempted murder.

Bangkok Post

The vanishing of Nicolás Maduro: how the former dictator is being erased from Venezuela

Billboards are being painted over and former allies seem eager to forget the man they once glorified

The Guardian - US

A 2200-year-old Chinese four-lane highway discovered buried in the mountains, revealing a lost Qin dynasty megaproject

In northwest China’s Shaanxi province, a 13-kilometre stretch of the Qin Straight Road is forcing archaeologists to redraw parts of one of antiquity’s most ambitious transport systems. The corridor, built more than 2,200 years ago under the Qin dynasty, is often described as a “four-lane highway,” a comparison that captures…

The Times of India

FIFA World Cup fever grips Scotland: King Charles approves special bank holiday after nearly 30-year wait

Scotland has been granted a special one-off Bank Holiday to mark the men's national team's long-awaited return to the FIFA World Cup, with King Charles approving an additional public holiday on Monday, June 15.

The Times of India

Somali World Cup ref held for 11 hours by Trump’s border police receives hero’s welcome at home and vows to return

A World Cup referee from Somalia, Omar Artan, was met by a crowd of supporters and officials in Mogadishu on Wednesday after being denied entry to the United States.

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The Guardian - UK

Democrats rally round Platner in Maine as Trump reaffirms grip on GOP after primaries

Outcome of polls in four states offers mixed signals about direction of two major parties before November’s midterms

The Times of India

'They speak only for themselves': UK Sikh group distance community from social media commentators Harman Kapoor, Bobby Singh

The UK Gurdwara Alliance has issued a public clarification stating that social media commentators Harman Kapoor and Bobby Singh do not represent the Sikh community, Sikh institutions or any recognised Sikh representative body.

International Business Times UK

'Every Minute I Spent With Him, I Regret': Bill Gates Faces Fresh Epstein Questions as Investigators Examine Years of Ties

Bill Gates will address his past links to Jeffrey Epstein in a closed-door Capitol Hill session, amid renewed scrutiny from the House Oversight Committee following newly released Justice Department files.

The Times of India

In 1967, archaeologists dug up a lost Bronze Age city buried in ash but its residents vanished without a trace, leaving only silence behind

The Akrotiri evacuation remains one of archaeology’s most uncomfortable puzzles because it does not behave like a disaster site. On Santorini, where a massive volcanic eruption buried entire settlements in ash around 1600 BCE, researchers expected a Bronze Age version of Pompeii, chaos frozen mid-moment, bodies left where they fell,…

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The Independent UK

Stabbing suspect due in court after night of anti-immigrant protests in Northern Ireland

A Sudanese man faces an attempted murder charge in Belfast after a stabbing attack left a victim seriously injured

The Guardian - US

Bill Gates tells US House ‘I have never victimized anyone’ in Epstein testimony

Microsoft co-founder appears in closed-door session as part of lawmakers’ investigation into convicted sex offender

Bangkok Post

Philippines urges China to remove shoal structure, warns against island-building

Philippines urges China to remove floating ⁠platform at Scarborough Shoal, as security officials release photos showing platform with antenna and personnel

Bangkok Post

Iran attacks US bases in Jordan and Bahrain

TEHRAN - Iran attacked American bases in Jordan and Bahrain on Wednesday, warning its Gulf neighbours that they had a "responsibility" to stop the United States and Israel from using their territory to strike the Islamic republic.

France 24

Iran ‘playing us for suckers’, Trump says, US will attack them ‘very hard’

President Donald Trump on Wednesday accused Tehran of taking too long to negotiate a peace deal and warned that the US would attack Iran "very hard" if an agreement is not finalised quickly. Iran said it would reassess diplomatic engagement with Washington after days of escalating tit-for-tat strikes.

Radio France Internationale

Belfast unrest erupts after stabbing linked to Sudanese refugee

Belfast anti-immigration protesters set vehicles and buildings on fire on Tuesday night, a day after a knife attack allegedly carried out by a Sudanese refugee seriously injured a man and was captured in a graphic video that spread widely online.

The Times of India

How a 21-year-old Cuban is using solar-powered tricycles to keep Havana moving through blackouts

Cuba is in the middle of its worst energy crisis in decades. The national grid has collapsed multiple times since 2024, leaving millions of people without power for days at a stretch. As of early 2026, eight of the country's major thermal generation plants are offline, the ones still running…

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