Katy Perry will front the opening US World Cup game, while Alanis Morissette and Michael Buble will open Canada’s games. Published On 5 Jun 20265 Jun 2026 Shakira and Burna Boy will perform in Mexico City for the first of three opening ceremonies at the World Cup. The music stars will perform Dai Dai, the … Read more
WELLINGTON, New Zealand (AP) — More than 100,000 live cockroaches illegal to keep in Australia were confiscated from a single breeder in the country’s largest-ever seizure of exotic invertebrates, officials said Friday. The haul of Madagascar hissing cockroaches and dubia cockroaches, worth 200,000 Australian dollars ($142,000), was seized in May from a commercial breeder in … Read more
Ivory Coast defeats France 2-1 in friendly ahead of the 2026 World Cup, as Manchester United’s Amad Diallo seals win. Published On 4 Jun 20264 Jun 2026 France has brushed aside concerns over their World Cup readiness after suffering a surprise 2-1 defeat by Ivory Coast in a tournament warm-up match, insisting the setback will … Read more
Senior Iranian officials leveled up criticism over Israel swelling a military campaign in Lebanon this week, as parallel discussions to end violence in the region press on. A top military commander, Brig. Gen. Esmail Qaani, warned Israel must “withdraw to the positions it held before the start of the 40-day war” in early March, when … Read more
While it might be true that the cases are progressing, families of the missing argue they are moving at a snail’s pace. Since early December, Fault Lines has spent time with families who are pushing for accountability and pleading with the government to learn what happened to their loved ones. In some cases, they have … Read more
The far-right finance minister says the new houses will ‘strengthen our hold on the land’. Published On 4 Jun 20264 Jun 2026 Far-right Israeli Finance Minister Bezalel Smotrich has announced a major expansion of illegal settlements in the occupied West Bank, as he pushes to annex more of the Palestinian territory. Smotrich said on Wednesday … Read more
ABSTRACT: The rapid development of artificial intelligence has produced two barely controlled AI races, one between around a handful of companies, and the other between two superpowers. Neither race is in any meaningful sense regulated, so that the only constraints are financial and physical. The U.S. government has resisted state initiatives and punted responsibility to … Read more
NewsFeed US President Donald Trump says he wants to keep talks on the conflict in Lebanon separate from negotiations over the war between the US and Iran. Trump has been pressing Israel to halt its attacks on Lebanon, but the bombardment in the south has continued, undermining a potential deal with Iran which insists the … Read more
A deadly Ebola outbreak in the DRC is spreading across borders, with no approved vaccine or treatment for this strain. A fast-growing Ebola outbreak in the Democratic Republic of the Congo has crossed borders, raising alarms far beyond Central Africa. This time, the virus is a strain with no approved vaccine or treatment. As cases … Read more
We see war now as we see everything else – through a screen. Genocide, displacement and mass violence are livestreamed to our phones, tucked between cat videos and advertisements for products designed to distract us. We don’t choose to be spectators, we become them almost unconsciously – scrolling, watching and moving on. In the age … Read more