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LIVERescue efforts continue in Venezuela after deadly earthquakes kill at least 920 peopleMore than 3,300 people are injured and many have been reported missing after two powerful quakes rocked the country on Wednesday.
AFP via Getty ImagesPrime Minister Mark Carney has promised to reboot Canada’s economy, building it into the “strongest in the G7”.He has spent weeks travelling overseas in the last year seeking to drum up business interest in Canada as an investment destination.But there is no doubt the country’s economy is struggling, and from tariffs on certain industries to younger Canadians struggling to find work or buy a home, some Canadians are feeling the pain more than others.Five charts help illustrate the state of Canada’s economy – and how it’s performing compared to other wealthy nations.Economic growth in Canada this year…
Getty ImagesUS President Donald Trump speaks during an event in the Oval Office of the White House on June 22, 2026 in Washington, DC.US president Donald Trump has vowed to impose a 100% import tariff on any European country that introduces a digital services tax on American technology giants. Writing on his Truth Social platform, Trump said “Numerous European countries” had been discussing bringing in such a levy and some were close to doing so.He warned that the punitive penalties would be applied immediately and would completely “supersede” any existing bilateral trade agreements. While the post targets nations planning the…
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Michelle Helena JanssenKWN, pronounced K-One, was born and raised in Walthamstow, East London”You can fake a lot of things in this industry,” says East London R&B singer KWN.”You can fake streams, followers, likes… all of that stuff. But selling out a venue and having real people come to see you is different.”She should know. Ever since breaking out with her Worst Behaviour last year, the 26-year-old has been packing fans into concert halls worldwide.Last month, she steamed up the windows of the Sydney Opera House, with a sultry, sensual set of bedroom jams like Touch Myself, Do What I Say,…
AFP via Getty ImagesA copy of the Ten Commandments is displayed in a Texas classroomA Texas education panel has approved plans to make Bible stories mandatory for all five million public school students in the state, sparking a row about separation of church and state.The required readings, which don’t come into effect until 2030, include Bible passages about Adam and Eve and from the book of Exodus, where God speaks to Moses through a burning bush. Critics say the new reading requirements, which also include Dickens and Shakespeare, infringe on religious freedoms and lack diversity.The Republican-controlled State Board of Education…
QantasThe non-stop London to Sydney flight would enter new frontiers in aviationOn a stage at the Airbus headquarters in Toulouse, the chief executive of Australian airline Qantas declares: “The tyranny of distance has finally been conquered”.Vanessa Hudson was in the French city last week to announce the world’s first 20-plus hour flight route.The airline first flew what it named the Kangaroo route between London and Sydney in 1947. At the time, it was an odyssey spanning seven stops and four days.Those stops have been gradually reduced, with Qantas now stopping only once, in Singapore, on the way through.Using specially designed…
Ricardo GomesMadonna spoke to Graham Norton at Camden’s storied nightclub Koko, where the star gave her first UK concert in 1983Madonna has confessed to being jealous of Kylie Minogue, and hinted she’ll headline Glastonbury in a wide-ranging interview with Graham Norton.The revelations came in an almost hour-long discussion about her forthcoming album, Confessions II, which finds the pop star in her natural habitat of the dancefloor.”That’s how I started,” she told Norton. “I was a dancer. Dancing is in my DNA. It just creates community – and sometimes relationships.”The record reflects on her origins in 1980s New York, but also…
EPA-EFE/REX/ShutterstockRelations between Italy’s prime minister and President Trump have worsened considerably since 2025There is an AI-generated meme doing the rounds on social media in Italy that shows Giorgia Meloni doing all the things you might expect from someone fresh out of a tough break-up. In one fake photo she has a new haircut; in others she is imagined booking herself on a singles’ holiday, training for a marathon and creating a profile on a dating app.Of course none of the images are real, but the joke has landed because it captures the very public political fall-out between the Italian prime…
‘They are all I have’: Mother searches for missing daughtersMore than 900 people have been killed and 3,360 others injured in the Venezuela earthquakes, according to the government, as rescuers keep searching for survivors and families wait desperately for news.The injured are being treated in makeshift medical facilities after dozens of buildings in the country’s north were destroyed by the two quakes, including in the capital Caracas.A senior government official said hundreds of international rescue workers have arrived in the country, with more on the way.Two powerful earthquakes rocked Venezuela within seconds of each other on Wednesday. The second quake…