Two Sudanese asylum seekers are challenging a key element of Labour’s plans to strip refugees of basic rights, rejecting the home secretary’s accusation that they are “asylum shoppers”. Shabana Mahmood has announced plans to halve refugees’ leave to remain in the UK from five years to 30 months, while refugees will have to wait 20…
Israel issues forced displacement orders for 12 villages in southern Lebanon. Published On 6 May 20266 May 2026 Israeli air attacks on southern and eastern Lebanon have killed at least six people and wounded three others, Lebanon’s state-run National News Agency reported, in violation of the ceasefire brokered by the United States last month. At…
NASA’s Juno spacecraft captured this view of Thebe, the second largest of Jupiter’s inner moons, during a close pass on May 1, 2026. The spacecraft’s Stellar Reference Unit (SRU) captured this image from a distance of approximately 3,100 miles (5,000 kilometers) at a resolution of about 1.9 miles (3 kilometers) per pixel. Thebe resides at…
Generative AI is making it easier than ever to create more work than teams can actually finish. Generative AI has done something strange to the economics of knowledge work: it has dramatically lowered the cost of generating ideas.
The Kardashian-Jenners bizarrely decided to coordinate their 2026 Met Gala looks in a weird way. Except for Kris Jenner, the daughters all wore variations on a breastplate theme. Even crazier, they all wore different designers, so they were literally going to different designers and asking for the same or similar things. Kylie wore Schiaparelli, which…
Commerce chief Howard Lutnick to face Epstein grilling in closed-door interview today Hello and welcome to the US politics live blog. Commerce secretary Howard Lutnick will become the latest of Donald Trump’s cabinet to be questioned over ties to the late sex offender Jeffrey Epstein when he sits for a closed-door transcribed interview with the…
Kingdom announces sharp rise in budget shortfall amid the effective closure of the Strait of Hormuz. Published On 6 May 20266 May 2026 Saudi Arabia has posted a sharp rise in its budget deficit amid declining oil revenues due to the effective closure of the Strait of Hormuz. The kingdom’s budget shortfall widened to 125.7…
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After 42 years of slavery, Josiah Henson escaped to Canada, where he wrote a memoir, founded a school and led others to freedom. But his home long bore the name “Uncle Tom,” to the offense of many.
HIGH SCHOOL BOYS VOLLEYBALL PLAYOFFS TUESDAY’S RESULTS QUARTERFINALS DIVISION 1Mira Costa d. Tesoro, 25-18, 25-19, 25-23Huntington Beach d. Corona del Mar, 3-0Loyola d. Newport Harbor, 25-16, 25-17, 25-22Redondo Union d. Santa Margarita, 3-2 DIVISION 2 Orange Lutheran d. Fountain Valley, 25-20, 25-14, 25-16St. Margaret’s d. San Clemente, 3-0Camarillo d. Yorba Linda, 3-1Edison d. Arcadia, 3-1…
