Morocco votes in parliamentary elections amid cost-of-living and unemployment concerns
Moroccans are voting in parliamentary elections on Wednesday, with polling stations opening across the country as parties compete for control of the House of Representatives. The election is taking place against a backdrop of concern over prices, unemployment and inequality. Nearly 16 million registered voters are eligible to choose 395 members of parliament.Polling stations are scheduled to open at 8am local time and close at 7pm, with preliminary results expected later in the night. Turnout among younger voters is being closely watched, after officials said only about 4% of those registered are aged 18 to 24. The vote is also... [Continue Reading]
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Day News Recap: Ukraine hit by fresh Russian strikes as UN tensions, Houthi escalation and AI calls dominate
Russia launched overnight missile and drone strikes across several regions of Ukraine, killing at least three people and damaging industrial and energy infrastructure, in the latest attack on the country’s power and production network. 🔗In Russia, preliminary results showed Vladimir Putin’s United Russia winning a record supermajority in the State Duma, while separate reports said Russian voters abroad backed the liberal New People party by a wide margin and Moscow is quietly modernising bomb shelters in the capital and St Petersburg. 🔗 🔗 🔗At the United Nations in New York, Donald Trump used his General Assembly speech to threaten Iran... [Continue Reading]
Major US outlets boycott pooled Trump coverage amid White House media ban and new video stream
The White House has launched a round-the-clock YouTube video stream while the dispute over access to President Donald Trump's events continues to widen. The move comes after CNN, MS NOW and Politico were barred from White House reporting, prompting a broader boycott by major television networks and a lawsuit from the excluded outlets. The row has now shifted from a press access dispute into a wider fight over who controls the public presentation of the presidency.According to the information provided, the new White House stream is not a conventional television network but a 24-hour online feed carrying speeches, administration announcements,... [Continue Reading]
Noontime News Recap: Ukraine hit by overnight strikes as regional tensions and rights disputes deepen
Russian missile and drone strikes overnight hit several regions of Ukraine, killing at least three people and damaging industrial and energy infrastructure, in the latest attack on the country’s power and production network. 🔗In the Middle East, the G7 called on Yemen’s Houthi movement to stop attacks on Saudi Arabia and civilian shipping after a renewed escalation that included a strike on Riyadh, while Iran and Pakistan held talks in Tehran as regional diplomacy continued amid rising US tensions. 🔗 🔗Australia faced two separate security and policy disputes, with officials investigating how F 35 fighter jet parts bound for the... [Continue Reading]
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Breakfast News Recap: UN gathers as wars, sanctions and Asia markets dominate a crowded global briefing
The United Nations General Assembly has opened in New York with nearly 130 heads of state and government due to speak, as the annual gathering begins against a backdrop of war, diplomatic strain and a push for new global rules on artificial intelligence. 🔗UN Secretary General Antonio Guterres said the world is getting worse as conflicts multiply and the Security Council remains paralysed, warning that divisions among major powers are weakening the international response to crises. 🔗 Twenty two world leaders have also called for urgent AI guardrails, while twenty countries and the European Union backed stronger global oversight and... [Continue Reading]
The Proving Ground, When “Decent” Reporting Meets High-Tech Warfare
For two decades I have watched wars unfold not only on battlefields, but on screens. Today’s incident over Kuwait, involving the downing of a U.S. F-15 Strike Eagle, is not just another headline in the Iran conflict. It may be a signal that something larger is unfolding behind the noise. Iranian state outlets rapidly circulated imagery of an ejected pilot. Washington responded cautiously. But beneath the spectacle lies a deeper question, whose technology was truly being tested? The Gulf as a live-fire laboratory For years, China has refined export-ready variants of its air defense systems, particularly the HQ-9 family and... [Continue Reading]

