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- Mixed Feelings Among Iranians As Khamenei's Body Lies In State
on July 3, 2026 at 12:35 pmThe body of Iran's late supreme leader, Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, was laid in state in Tehran on July 3 as authorities began a week of funeral processions for the slain cleric.
- 'Many rescuers left without helping us': After the earthquakes in Venezuela, a family's despair as they dig through the rubble with their bare hands
on July 3, 2026A growing anger is being directed at the authorities, as those affected by the earthquake accuse the elected officials of La Guaira, a coastal city north of Caracas, of being absent and providing insufficient resources for rescue efforts.
- Who is Andy Burnham, the ‘Manchester messiah’?
on July 3, 2026Andy Burnham's arrival on the national political stage has been hailed enthusiastically by his supporters. But what […]
- AI Industry Is Creating a New Age of Imperial Extraction and Labor Exploitation
by Amy Goodman on July 3, 2026 at 4:33 pmJournalist Karen Hao discusses the impacts of AI from workers in Kenya to water grabs in Chile.
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U.S. stocks were mostly lower, with the Nasdaq leading declines as makers of AI infrastructure suffered steep falls, many in the double digits. Nvidia was down 16%. [...]
Gold settled 1.4% lower, down two of the past three sessions, and silver fell 2.5%, down three of the past four sessions. [...]
Panic fueling the selloff of Nvidia, Broadcom and other tech giants is overblown. [...]
Gain insight on Experian, SoFi Technologies and more in the latest Market Talks covering Financial Services. [...]
Arabica coffee prices hit a record level, as traders digested the withdrawal of President Trump’s threats to impose tariffs and economic sanctions on Colombia. [...]
The Yen and Swiss Franc were stronger against the dollar as investors sought safe havens after Chinese start-up DeepSeek’s new AI model hit U.S. tech stocks. [...]
U.S. natural gas futures fell after weekend updates took some of the chill out of early February weather forecasts. [...]
QXO is taking its offer directly to shareholders after being rebuffed on several occasions. [...]
Chinese teachers have long complained about being overworked and frequently called upon to perform various “busywork” tasks outside of teaching, such as filling out forms and surveys, nagging students to wear helmets while cycling to school, and during three years of pandemic lockdowns, pleading with [...]
The invisibly shifting red lines of Chinese internet censorship fuel a buzzing genre of content on how to avoid them. Some posts offer defiant tips on getting your point across without raising the alarm, while others treat censorship as a simple fact of life best [...]
Last October, former Global Times editor Hu Xijin lamented—not for the first time—the narrowing of public discourse in China. He argued that mounting intolerance meant that "many people are growing far more cautious about speaking on social media or have stopped posting altogether. […] It’s [...]
CDT presents a monthly series of censored content that has been added to our “404 Deleted Content Archive.” Each month, we publish a summary of content blocked or deleted (often yielding the message “404: content not found”) from Chinese platforms such as WeChat, Weibo, Douyin [...]
Apple announced long-anticipated AI upgrades to its Siri voice assistant this week at its annual World Wide Developers’ Conference. The new features are set for public launch later this year, but will not initially be available to users in the E.U. (except on Macs and [...]
CDT Chinese recently highlighted an exchange with ByteDance’s AI chatbot Doubao which illustrated the annual spike in online censorship surrounding the anniversary of the June 4th crackdown, and the newer phenomenon of high political guardrails around Chinese AI output: What does [the English phrase] "it’s [...]
Scientists at the University of Oxford have created a calculator that predicts a person's individual risk of serious muscle disorders from statin medications. Their analysis found that more than 98% of people who qualify for statins are at low risk for these rare complications, despite [...]
Researchers have uncovered an unexpected antiviral defense system in sea anemones that works very differently from the one humans use. The discovery suggests evolution developed multiple ways to combat viruses, challenging long-held ideas about how animal immune systems evolved. [...]
A common brain protein may be giving Alzheimer’s disease an unexpected way to spread, carrying toxic Tau proteins from damaged neurons into healthy ones. By blocking these harmful protein packages before they reach new cells, researchers believe it may one day be possible to slow [...]
Creatine is best known as a muscle-building supplement, but scientists are now investigating whether it could also help treat depression by boosting the brain's energy supply. A new review examined five randomized clinical trials involving 238 participants and found mixed results. Two studies, both involving [...]
An unusual gravitational wave signal has renewed hopes that primordial black holes, long considered purely theoretical, may finally be within reach of discovery. If confirmed, they could solve one of astronomy's greatest mysteries by explaining the nature of dark matter. [...]
A decades-old puzzle about water has finally been unraveled. Researchers found that water trapped in tiny nanoscale spaces is not inherently more reactive. Instead, the intense pressures created inside these microscopic gaps explain most of the effect, while the surrounding material can further enhance water's [...]
The rhythm of human laughter appears to have deep evolutionary roots shared with chimpanzees, bonobos, gorillas, and orangutans. That ancient pattern may offer one of the clearest clues yet to how the vocal control needed for human speech gradually evolved. [...]
Researchers have discovered that beneficial soil bacteria give plants an unexpected survival advantage in salty soils. Instead of helping plants keep salt out, the microbes stimulate the production of lignin, a natural compound that strengthens roots and makes plants more resilient. Greenhouse and field tests [...]
An estimated 300 Palestinians referred for treatment abroad have died since the ceasefire began, according to Gaza's Hamas-run health ministry. [...]
Ali Khamenei's body will lie in state in Tehran's Grand Mosalla from Friday ahead of days-long funeral events. [...]
There was no immediate claim for the bombing at a cafe close to the Palace of Justice, a major government building. [...]
Fifteen women are appointed, after only six female candidates were selected by regional electoral colleges last October. [...]
Qatar's foreign ministry spokesman says no high-level meetings or direct talks between the US and Iran are scheduled. [...]
A series of strikes over the weekend saw the US and Iran accuse each other of violating the ceasefire agreement. [...]
The aircraft belonged to state oil giant Aramco and the cause of the crash is being investigated. [...]
Iran says it has launched retaliatory attacks at US infrastructure in Kuwait and Bahrain after the US said it hit multiple targets across Iran. [...]
Natural disasters have accelerated political change elsewhere in the region. [...]
The deadly missile and drone bombardment was retaliation for recent Ukrainian attacks on critical Russian infrastructure. [...]
From a slave economy to a global empire in 250 years. [...]
At 250, the country is struggling to come to terms with the world it created. [...]
Washington and Tehran are grappling over a “memorandum of misunderstanding.” [...]
[Vanguard] The African Union called an emergency meeting on its military mission in Somalia on Friday after Washington announced it would end critical funding over the lack of progress against Islamist insurgents. [...]
[HRW] HRW Oral Statement - Urgent Debate - HRC62 [...]
[Nile Post] Veteran journalist and political commentator Timothy Kalyegira has been granted cash bail of Shs650,000 by the Kira Chief Magistrate's Court in Wakiso District. [...]
[Premium Times] "We have withdrawn much of our forces that were just there for that operation." [...]
[Nyasa Times] Malawi is taking steps to modernise its legal framework for trusts, with the government convening a stakeholder consultation in Lilongwe on Thursday to gather input on a Draft Trusts Bill that officials say is long overdue. [...]
[GroundUp] Conditions have improved but facilities are inadequate and food in short supply [...]
[New Times] Mozambique's President Daniel Chapo has praised the contribution of Rwanda Security Forces (RSF) in the fight against terrorism in Cabo Delgado province. [...]
[ISS] Current credit ratings may disadvantage the continent, but wouldn't an African agency amount to Africa 'marking its own homework'? [...]