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Californians have their final chance to vote Tuesday in a fiercely contested gubernatorial primary ahead of Democratic Governor Gavin Newsom’s mandate coming to an end at the end of the year. The state's open-primary system, which allows the two best-performing candidates to advance regardless of party, has raised fears among Democrats that a split vote will pave the way for a Republican victory.

[Sponsored] Lockheed Martin’s ACES platform delivers a shared virtual battlespace that strengthens readiness, interoperability, and faster decision-making through advanced, integrated modeling and simulation capabilities designed for evolving global threats.

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The alliance intends to organize what the Italian admiral called a secure authority so "everything will be linked from the Baltic up to the Black Sea"
By Maya Gebeily and Steven Scheer BEIRUT/JERUSALEM, June 2 (Reuters) - Israel kept up strikes on southern Lebanon on Tuesday, pressing its campaign against Hezbollah a day after U.S. President Donald Trump asked Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu not to attack Beirut, averting further escalation in the three-month-old war. Following Trump's intervention, Lebanon's government said Israel would refrain from carrying out threatened strikes on the Hezbollah-controlled southern suburbs of Beir
By Jana Choukeir DUBAI, June 2 (Reuters) - Iran is reviewing a proposed agreement with the United States to halt the war between the two countries, Iran's Mehr news reported on Tuesday, after U.S. President Donald Trump said talks to reach a deal were continuing. More than three months after the U.S. and Israel launched strikes against Iran, the conflict has hardened into a stalemate while largely indirect talks to negotiate an interim deal have proved inconclusive, leaving the Strait of Hormuz
By Alexander Cornwell TEL AVIV, June 2 (Reuters) - Benjamin Netanyahu is under criticism at home after U.S. President Donald Trump declared Israel would halt plans to attack Iran ally Hezbollah in Beirut, highlighting pressure the Israeli leader faces ahead of an election polls show him losing. Trump said on Monday that Israel and Hezbollah had agreed to halt attacks on one another, hours after Netanyahu ordered new strikes on Beirut's southern suburbs, prompting a warning from Iran that Israel

Wetter weather expected to bring surge of slugs out of hiding, just as strawberries experience bumper early crop Entomologists in England are expecting a surge in slugs coming out of hiding to munch the nation’s strawberry plants after weeks of sun followed by wetter weather has caused a bumper crop. The Royal Horticultural Society is bracing for a surge in inquiries from its 625,000 members, who write in with their garden gripes. Workers at the RHS have also noticed a spate of slugs in the cha

If South Korea and Japan sign a military logistics support agreement, their ties with the US would deepen as they act in concert to deter China and North Korea, analysts said. However, they noted that several “hurdles” must be cleared before the deal could be sealed, including domestic opposition in South Korea to expanding security ties with Japan due to concerns it could sour relations with China, as well as unease stemming from Tokyo’s wartime history. During the Shangri-La Dialogue in...
Future wars with Iran are likely to be longer in duration, while Israel's defense sales record breaks its record again, reaching USD 19 billion.
Prof. John Mearsheimer : A number of European leaders have basically said we should fight to the last Ukrainian, which I find morally sickening. The Ukrainians are going to lose this war. They should have quit a long time ago for their own good. Ukraine is in a demographic death spiral, and we're encouraging them to throw bodies into the meat grinder when they're going to lose anyway. The British, French, and German leaders are really enthusiastic about continuing the war, but that's because

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John Bolton on Trump & Iran War: I think he's desperate for a deal.

Russia has signed a military cooperation agreement with the Taliban, further strengthening ties with Afghanistan's ruling group and reinforcing its position as the only country to officially recognise the Taliban government.
John Bolton: Iran believes it can outlast Trump — that it has more patience than he does because he's so desperate to get the price of oil down.

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Rossiya icebreaker is expected to be the most powerful in the world, more than doubling the capacity of existing icebreakers

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Moscow has said it is stepping up its strikes on military targets in Ukraine in retaliation for what it said was a devastating Ukrainian drone strike.

The cause and manner of death have not yet been determined
Polish opposition politician Krzysztof Bosak (Konfederacja) is demanding Ukraine's EU accession be blocked and Polish Starlink funding halted after Zelensky named a Ukrainian special forces unit after UPA fighters — the militia responsible for the Volhynia massacre of tens of thousands of Polish civilians in 1943-45. Bosak called it a deliberate insult while Poland continues financing Ukraine's war effort. Separately, Poland is backing EU-level discussions to restrict temporary protection ben
Former Obama adviser Ben Rhodes, in a new interview, confirms the US was prepared to go to war for the Baltic states in 2014, but not for Ukraine. "We were worried they were going to do a little green men play in the Baltic states. We would have sent troops. That was the message of the speech." On Crimea, he says the White House was caught completely off guard: "The briefing is: the Russians had taken Crimea. It's happened. We did not have advanced warning." On Ukraine never being Obama's re

The deadly attacks raise concerns about the reported agreement on the cessation of hostilities.

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Andrey Marochko said the Ukrainian army lost over 107,000 soldiers and mercenaries in battles on all the fronts in spring

Al-Aqsa imam warns against Israeli bill to ban Muslim call to prayer Mera Aladam on Tue, 06/02/2026 - 08:16 Sheikh Ekrima Sabri says Israel has 'no right' to pass such a bill as an occupying power A Muslim man prays outside the Al-Aqsa Mosque compound during Friday noon prayers in the Old City of Jerusalem, 10 April 2026 (Ahmad Gharabli/AFP) Off The imam of Al-Aqsa Mosque has warned against an Israeli bill that would legalise restrictions on the Muslim call to pray

An Iranian military official says "war is inevitable" because Tehran won't surrender. Also, reports of strikes between Israel and Hezbollah continue after President Donald Trump said "shooting will stop." DW has more.
Kenyan President William Ruto defended a US-backed Ebola quarantine facility at a military base after two people were killed during protests.

The vessel is resting at a depth of 91 meters off the coast of Matsuwa Island in the central Kurils

An Iraqi man has been accused of plotting at least 18 terror attacks across Europe, according to charges filed by the US Department of Justice (DOJ).
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Attacks on desalination plants and other water infrastructure by US and Israel have further added to the water woes.

Japanese SoftBank’s group announced 45 billion euros of investment in France by 2031 and the opening of three data centres. Data centre operators are choosing the country because it has space to expand and ample electricity thanks to its nuclear plants.

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A recent attack in Jerusalem highlights a worrying trend intensified by wartime nationalism.

Israel has portrayed the capture of a Crusader-era fortress as a turning point in its offensive against Hezbollah, but the operation has also sparked fears of a new quagmire in south Lebanon. Israeli authorities praised the symbolism of the capture of Beaufort, perched atop a rocky outcrop, as they announced its capture in an assault documented by military drones. Almost 44 years to the day earlier, Israeli forces had seized the same commanding position overlooking a valley, later turning it int

The wide-ranging geopolitical rivalry between Beijing and Washington could soon expand into biotechnology, raising the prospect of fresh tensions even as American pharmaceutical firms have turned to China’s fast-growing industry for new drug candidates. Biotech in the world’s second-largest economy has long been viewed as a predominantly low-cost manufacturing base with opportunities arising from its vast domestic market. But years of sustained investment, cost advantages and faster development.

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Last night in Sumy, the Russians destroyed the home of a fallen soldier with a drone strike, leaving his wife and daughter homeless.