‘The guy is incredible’ – Usyk v Dubois 2 predictions
BBC Sport gathers predictions from fighters and pundits for Daniel Dubois’ rematch with Oleksandr Usyk.
Syria, Israel agree to ceasefire, says US envoy
The U.S. envoy to Syria announced on Friday that the country and Israel reached a ceasefire deal. “We call upon Druze, Bedouins, and Sunnis to put down their weapons and together with other minorities build a new and united Syrian identity in peace and prosperity with its neighbors,” Tom Barrack posted on the social media…
Trump Order on International Criminal Court Likely Violates First Amendment, Judge Rules
The ruling’s scope is limited to two American activists, but it represents a striking, if tentative, blow to the president’s efforts to penalize and isolate the world’s highest criminal court.
The rise and fall of Fred Goodwin
A new play tells the story of RBS’s rapid expansion and dramatic collapse. Lionel Barber, who began his career as a reporter in Edinburgh, watched the saga from the start
‘The village will die’ – Italy looks for answers to decline in number of babies
The government wants to encourage women to have babies but Italians say they need greater help.
Brazil’s Bolsonaro ordered to wear ankle monitor ahead of trial
Authorities in Brazil, worried that the former far right president is a flight risk, are imposing new restrictions on his movements. The tough surveillance moves come as President Trump continues to voice strong support for the ex-leader who is facing charges of plotting a coup to stay in power. (Image credit: MATEUS BONOMI)
Trump says no one cares about Epstein. Why won’t his base let it go?
One of the narratives at the heart of President Trump’s political movement is this: American society is dominated by a shadowy group of elites, and those elites are deeply corrupt. Nothing represented that theory more than the case of Jeffrey Epstein. He was a man most people had never heard of initially, with a private plane and a private island. Acquainted with the world’s most powerful people: British royalty, U.S. presidents. A man who ultimately died in jail…by suicide, according to authorities… before the case against him went to trial. Epstein’s case and his death bred skepticism and conspiracy theories – especially among supporters of Donald Trump. Now, some of Trump’s most ardent supporters are attacking his Justice Department’s decision not to release all of the files related to the Epstein case. Trump says nobody cares about Epstein. But his base won’t let it go. For sponsor-free episodes of Consider This, sign up for Consider This+ via Apple Podcasts or at plus.npr.org. Email us at considerthis@npr.org. (Image credit: Davidoff Studios Photography)
Funding cuts will hit rural areas hard. One station manager explains how
NPR’s Juana Summers speaks with Tom Michael, general manager of Boise State Public Radio, about what the cuts to federal public media funding mean for his station.
Venezuela frees 10 Americans in swap for deported migrants
The Trump administration announced Friday it helped facilitate a prisoner swap, securing the release of 10 U.S. citizens held in Venezuela in exchange for the return of more than 250 Venezuelan men the U.S. had sent to be imprisoned in El Salvador. The Venezuelan men have spent months in El Salvador’s most notorious prison, known…
Indiana’s Camp Atterbury to be used to house detained migrants
Indiana’s Camp Atterbury and New Jersey’s Joint Base McGuire-Dix-Lakehurst will be temporarily used to detain immigrants lacking permanent legal status, according to a directive from Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth. Hegseth announced the decision in a Tuesday letter to Rep. Herb Conaway (D-N.J.), the House Committee on Armed Services and other members of Congress outlining that both locations…