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By Reuters and The Associated PressPublished On 1 Jun 20261 Jun 2026Tina Peters, a former Colorado official convicted of allowing election machine tampering, has been released from state prison following a pressure campaign by United States President Donald Trump.As Peters left state prison on Monday, Colorado’s Secretary of State Jena Griswold issued a statement expressing opposition to her release.Recommended Stories list of 3 itemsend of list“It sends a dangerous message about accountability for those who would attack elections,” Griswold wrote.“Peters’ release also will embolden the election denial movement; since the grant of clemency, she has continued to spread election falsehoods…
United States President Donald Trump will reportedly drop his $1.8bn “anti-weaponisation” fund amid congressional backlash, including from fellow Republicans.On Monday, US media indicated the fund would be paused, though the White House has yet to publicly confirm the reports.Recommended Stories list of 4 itemsend of listAxios was the first to break the news, citing an unnamed senior official. “It’s dead for now,” the official told the news outlet.The “anti-weaponisation” fund was announced last month as part of a settlement between Trump and the Internal Revenue Service (IRS), part of his executive branch.According to documents released by the Department of Justice,…
Anthony Joshua says he is standing strong “as a soldier” for the parents of two close friends killed in a car crash as the British heavyweight prepares for his return to boxing.The two-time world champion was a passenger in the car when Sina Ghami and Latif ‘Latz’ Ayodele died in Nigeria in December.In his first fight since the accident, in which Joshua sustained minor injuries, he will face the relatively unknown Albanian Kristian Prenga in Riyadh on 25 July.”You never overcome it but you gain perspective in life,” Joshua, 36, told the 5 Live Boxing podcast.”Life is humbling at times.…
When the two players met in Madrid in April, it was Osaka who won the opening set, and she started quickly once again, breaking Sabalenka in her opening service game.However, it proved to be the only moment of uncertainty on serve for the top seed, who only conceded four points on her own delivery across the remainder of the first set and finished the match with 12 aces to Osaka’s two – and an 83% win rate behind her first serve.Osaka, by contrast, invited pressure on herself, being taken to deuce after leading 40-15 in three first-set service games and…
Russia is raising the pressure on Armenia as traditional ally looks to the West.Published On 1 Jun 20261 Jun 2026Armenian Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan has rejected a call from Moscow to hold an immediate referendum on leaving the Russian-led Eurasian Economic Union (EAEU) to join the European Union.The refusal from Pashinyan came on Monday as Russian President Vladimir Putin called, ostensibly to wish him a happy birthday. The “unreasonable” demand, as the Armenian leader termed it, came amid a rapid escalation of economic and diplomatic pressure from the Kremlin as its traditional ally increasingly looks to the West.Recommended Stories list…
End of election deadlock will see PM Frederiksen continue her stewardship of response to Trump’s lust for Greenland.Published On 1 Jun 20261 Jun 2026Denmark’s Social Democratic leader, Mette Frederiksen, has announced that she has agreed to form a centre-left minority government, securing a third consecutive term as prime minister.The breakthrough, announced on Monday, ends more than two months of political deadlock following a highly fractured March general election. The incoming cabinet will take power amid an immediate foreign policy crisis with the United States over the future of Greenland.Recommended Stories list of 3 itemsend of listThe agreement to form the…
SUMMER OF HELL: The NYPD has quite a summer ahead, to hear Police Commissioner Jessica Tisch tell it. During a four-hour budget hearing this morning (and afternoon), the mayor’s top cop provided new insight into possible threats during the World Cup, hinted at the beef between the police department and the mayor’s office over the scale of celebrations in New York City and ballparked how much police overtime will cost when America’s 250th birthday festivities, the NBA Finals, a large sailing event and annual parades are taken into account. “Any one of those events on its own would be a…
Plymouth Argyle have said they “did not take lightly” their decision to significantly reduce their women’s team’s budget and tell the squad via email that their contracts were not being renewed.The Guardian reported on Sunday evening that the vast majority of the squad had received a letter, via email, which began abruptly with: “Hi all. Following our end-of-season review and planning for 2026-27, we wanted to let you know that we won’t be renewing contracts for the players included in this message.”Plymouth, who compete in the third tier of the English women’s pyramid and narrowly missed out on promotion to…
Advocacy groups have given the government 40 days to intervene to deal with the plague of gender-based violence.Published On 1 Jun 20261 Jun 2026Thousands of Kenyans have marched through central Nairobi to demand that the government declare a national crisis over rising cases of femicide and child disappearances.The march, composed mostly of women, was organised on Monday by the End Femicide movement alongside women’s rights, human rights, and child protection groups. It was one of the largest demonstrations against gender-based violence the Kenyan capital has seen in months, and brought traffic to a standstill across parts of the city’s central…
Available for over a yearToday, more than 1000 pages of documents about Peter Mandelson’s appointment as UK ambassador to the US have been published by the government. Adam, Chris and Joe get together to discuss what the files tell us about Peter Mandelson’s vetting process, his relationship with some of the government’s most senior figures and his thoughts on the Prime Minister’s leadership. Some of the files have been redacted or held back as part of the ongoing criminal investigation into allegations of misconduct in public office by Peter Mandelson. He has repeatedly let it be known that he believes…