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Colombian election loser threatens ‘civil disobedience’ if winner does not ditch US citizenship– abcnews.com

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BOGOTA, Colombia — A Colombian senator, who recently lost the nation’s presidential election, said Tuesday he will not recognize his opponent, Abelardo de la Espriella, as the nation’s new head of state, if he does not comply with several demands, including renouncing his U.S. citizenship.

In a statement issued Tuesday, progressive senator Iván Cepeda urged de la Espriella, the winner of June’s presidential runoff, to renounce his U.S. citizenship, arguing that holding it while being Colombia’s president could generate conflicts of interest.

The senator also said that de la Espriella should clarify whether he is an “agent” of the United States, because as a criminal defense lawyer he defended a former paramilitary leader who was an informant for the U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration.

US lifts export controls on powerful AI models, Anthropic says– www.euronews.com

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The US government has lifted restrictions on powerful AI models, such as Fable 5 and Mythos 5, according to Anthropic, the AI firm behind

The company will soon begin restoring global access to its most powerful AI models, it said on Tuesday.

Posting on X, Anthropic said: “We’ve received notice that the Department of Commerce has lifted export controls on Claude Fable 5 and Mythos 5,” adding, “We’ll begin restoring access tomorrow.”

Earlier this month, US authorities blocked access to the models on national security grounds.

Cuban official says talks with the US are at a standstill, announces UN debate on US oil embargo– abcnews.com

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HAVANA — Talks between Cuba and the U.S. are at a standstill, despite the island recently approving a series of free-market reforms, Cuban Foreign Minister Bruno Rodríguez announced Tuesday.

He noted that the newly unveiled reforms were neither mentioned nor discussed in earlier talks between the two nations.

“The recently announced (measures) are a matter of total and absolute sovereignty,” Rodriguez said. “We have neither listened to nor are we interested in the U.S. government’s opinion on them.”

But he said it was striking that they “were met with a new package of unilateral coercive measures … against Cuba.”

Putin rejects peace and pledges ‘Novorossiya’ imperium– www.washingtonexaminer.com

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President Vladimir Putin has signaled Russia’s disinterest in new peace negotiations with Ukraine. Instead, he is recharacterizing his war on Ukraine as an imperial restoration project. While he has always viewed Ukraine as a Russian limb, Putin’s rhetoric reflects his need to consolidate Russians amid a failing war effort.

Putin’s latest comments came in an interview with Kremlin propagandist Pavel Zarubin on Sunday. While Putin admitted that escalating Ukrainian strikes on Russia’s energy infrastructure were causing fuel shortages, he insisted that these problems were limited. More air defense systems were being rapidly produced to deal with this challenge, Putin said.

US envoys met with mediators in Qatar, talks with Iran up in the air– www.france24.com

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US envoys met with Qatari mediators on Tuesday in Doha to discuss negotiations with Iran, the Gulf state said, after Tehran and Washington agreed a memorandum of understanding this month to halt the Middle East war.

Iran said a team would go to Doha but contradicted US President Donald Trump‘s claim that direct talks would take place.

Qatar also said no high-level meetings or direct talks between the longtime foes were planned.

Here is what we know about the discussions.

Rescue teams in Venezuela race to save security guard trapped under building that collapsed during earthquakes– www.cbsnews.com

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Nearly a week after two back-to-back earthquakes struck northern Venezuela, international rescue teams, including from the U.S., are still working around the clock to save people trapped under the rubble — like 44-year-old security guard Hernan Gil Flores.

Gil Flores has been trapped under a partially collapsed 10-story building in La Guaira for six days.

“It is a very complex rescue,” Manny Sampang, a task force leader from the Los Angeles County Fire Department who is in Venezuela to help with rescue efforts, told CBS News. “I have multiple buildings leaning into that building that we are trying to rescue him from.”

Iran is selling oil at 20% premium as U.S. blockade removal frees up sales– www.cnbc.com

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Oil tankers and cargo vessels are anchored off the coast of Oman after being stranded for days as congestion at Port Sultan Qaboos has prevented them from docking on June 23, 2026 in Muscat, Oman.

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Iran has exported more than 40 million barrels of crude oil since the U.S. removed its naval blockade of Iranian ports, and is now selling oil at prices roughly 20% higher than before the war, parliament speaker and chief negotiator Mohammad Bagher Ghalibaf said Tuesday.

The U.S. and Iran signed a memorandum of understanding on June 17 to end nearly four months of war and reopen the Strait of Hormuz, and set ​up 60 days of negotiations to work out a permanent peace deal. The two sides briefly traded strikes over the weekend after Iran attacked two transiting vessels.

The ceasefire prompted a surge in crude shipments through the vital waterway where traffic had largely ground to a halt during the conflict, sending oil prices sharply lower.

Trump is right to threaten tariffs over European digital tax extortion– www.washingtonexaminer.com

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Often untethered to unfair foreign trade practices, President Donald Trump’s fetish for tariffs is foolish. Tariffs reduce prosperity and opportunity for the vast majority of the public in order to benefit far smaller numbers of Americans in specific industries. Still, tariffs have value when it comes to penalizing unfair economic activity by U.S. trade partners. Trump is thus right to now threaten new tariffs on the European Union and European nations over their threat to American technology companies.

In a social media post last Friday, Trump warned that European countries were discussing the “imminent” introduction of digital services taxes on U.S. technology giants. He added that any “country that imposes such a Tax will immediately be met with a 100% TARIFF on any and all Goods sent to the [U.S.].” While Trump’s 100% tariff rate is arbitrary, he is right to warn of robust action. Contrary to their claims of justified regulation, the European digital taxes in question serve a simple and wholly unjustified purpose: extorting American companies.

Major Earthquake Strikes Venezuela

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A 7.5 Earthquake has struck Venezuela, with reports of skyscrapers collapsing and thousands feared dead and missing. The official death toll is rapidly changing. At the time of this report, it had crossed 100 dead and 1,000 injured. The U.S. has pledged aid, as have multiple nations. U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio posted in X that the United States is “immediately deploying search and rescue teams, medical resources, and humanitarian assistance to Venezuela.”

Venezuela earthquake live: At least 164 dead as Caracas buildings crumble in 7.5 quake– www.mirror.co.uk
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Offers of help were made by various governments, including the United States, Argentina, Bolivia, Brazil, Chile, Ecuador, El Salvador, Mexico, Panama and Uruguay.

US Secretary of State Marco Rubio said in a post on X that the United States is “immediately deploying search and rescue teams, medical resources, and humanitarian assistance to Venezuela”.

Jeremy P Lewin, the US undersecretary of state for foreign assistance, said the State Department had mobilised a disaster assistance team and task force to organise aid in co-ordination with the interim Venezuelan government.

Ms Rodriguez said that Qatar had already sent rescuers who were expected to arrive within the next day, along with rescue personnel from Mexico and El Salvador.

El Salvador President Nayib Bukele, once diametrically opposed to Venezuela’s government, said in a post on X that he had offered aid. “We send you all our solidarity and our prayers. Stay strong, Venezuela,” Mr Bukele wrote.

A damaged building in Catia La Mar, La Guaira State(Image: AFP via Getty Images)

 

Columbian “Trump” Wins – thebethlehem.com

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The Columbian Trump, Abelardo de la Espriella, has won a close election against his leftist opponent, Senator Ivan Cepeda. The victory was by less than 1%. The election is being contested, but the U.S. has already thrown its support behind the pro-U.S. de la Espriella.

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Montreal shooter’s alleged manifesto calls for far-left communist totalitarianism, ‘revolutionary terror’– www.theblaze.com

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A police officer and a civilian are dead after a long-haired gunman opened fire in Montreal’s Côte-des-Neiges neighborhood around 11:30 a.m. ET on Monday.

Some liberal media outfits have narrowly characterized the ideology espoused within the manifesto allegedly left behind by the gunman as “incel” — involuntary celibate — in nature.

‘The essential political conditions of a society in which capitalism/liberalism, and thereby, hypergamy itself, are not part of the established order of things, have mostly already been laid out by Marx, Engels, and others.’

Oil price falls to levels not seen since before Iran war– www.bbc.co.uk

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Representatives from the two sides met in Switzerland last weekend for talks to end the war, which resulted in the US partially lifting sanctions on Iranian oil exports.

The number of vessels crossing the Strait of Hormuz has risen significantly since the MOU was signed, according to maritime intelligence firm Kpler.

Its latest data suggests 284 vessels have made the transit from 18 June, the day after the deal was signed, although that is is still well below the pre-conflict average of some 138 crossings each day.

Video. La Guaira, Venezuela’s port city, shows extensive earthquake damage after the quake– www.euronews.com

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Footage filmed from a motorcycle showed residents moving through streets lined with rubble and damaged structures, highlighting the scale of destruction in the port city north of Caracas. La Guaira is home to one of Venezuela’s most important ports and serves as the main gateway between the capital and Simón Bolívar International Airport.

The earthquakes struck on 24 June and caused severe disruption across several regions. Emergency crews continued rescue and recovery operations as authorities assessed the damage.

According to provisional figures reported by authorities and media outlets, at least 32 people were killed and more than 700 injured nationwide. The disaster prompted the government to declare emergency measures while engineers inspected key transport and commercial infrastructure along the Caribbean coast.

NATO Chief Mark Rutte Lauds President Trump’s Victory Over Iran– townhall.com

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NATO Secretary General Mark Rutte praised President Trump on Wednesday for degrading Iran’s nuclear capability, saying Tehran had been “basically getting its hands on” one. He also credited Trump personally for helping set that program back, remaining the true leader of the free world, and working to ensure Iran is unable to threaten Europe and other allies.

Rutte has been working hard to keep NATO unified since the Iran war, especially after tensions flared over Europe’s reluctance to back U.S. combat operations to open the Strait of Hormuz. Whether his praise is sincere or simply diplomatic damage control, the result is the same: even Trump’s critics have to acknowledge that the war’s bare minimum achievement was a meaningful degradation of Iran’s nuclear capacity.

Robert Jenrick says questions about £5m donation to Farage are legitimate | Reform UK– www.theguardian.com

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Robert Jenrick has said it is “legitimate” for the media to ask questions about Nigel Farage’s £5m personal donation from a cryptocurrency billionaire, just days after the Reform UK leader told an interviewer it was “none of your business”.

Jenrick, who is Reform’s shadow chancellor, said voters on the doorstep were not asking about the money given to Farage by the Thailand-based British crypto investor Christopher Harborne.

However, he acknowledged it was not unreasonable for the media to have questions about the £5m, in contrast to Farage’s claim earlier this week that it was a private matter.

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Canada readies aid as Venezuela reels from deadly earthquakes, Carney says – National– globalnews.ca

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Prime Minister Mark Carney says Canada is “preparing humanitarian assistance” for Venezuela following a pair of deadly earthquakes hit the country Wednesday evening.

In a post on X, Carney offered his “sincere condolences to the loved ones of those who were lost.”

“My thoughts are with everyone who has been injured or displaced and with the first responders working tirelessly to save lives.”

Cargo Ship Hit In Strait Of Hormuz By ‘Unknown Projectile’– trendingpoliticsnews.com

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The United Kingdom Maritime Trade Operations (UKMTO) said Thursday that a cargo vessel was struck by an “unknown projectile” near the Strait of Hormuz, the latest security incident in one of the world’s most critical shipping lanes.

According to the UKMTO, the incident occurred about 7.5 nautical miles southeast of Dahit, Oman.

“A cargo vessel has been hit on the starboard side by an unknown projectile, causing damage to the bridge,” the agency said in an advisory, adding that there were no reported casualties.

“Vessels are advised to transit with caution and report any suspicious activity to UKMTO,” the advisory added.

U.S. issues sweeping Iran oil sanctions waivers, unlocking billions in revenue for Tehran– www.cnbc.com

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The U.S. has issued a sweeping rollback of sanctions on Iranian oil, allowing dollar-denominated trade for the first time in more than four decades, as Washington and Tehran press on with fragile talks toward a permanent peace deal.

The U.S. Treasury on Monday issued a wide-ranging 60-day exemption allowing Iran to produce and sell crude oil, petrochemical and petroleum products in U.S. dollars through Aug. 21.

Under the so-called General License X, vessels and entities previously subject to U.S. sanctions are also cleared for transactions. The waiver also theoretically reopens the door to U.S. imports of Iranian crude, a trade which has effectively collapsed since the 1990s under the weight of heavy sanctions, according to the U.S. Energy Information Administration.

Child under 12 years old is euthanised in the Netherlands for the first time after law change– www.thesun.co.uk

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Child under 12 years old is euthanised in the Netherlands for the first time after law change– www.thesun.co.uk
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A CHILD under the age of 12 has been euthanised in the Netherlands for the first time.

The child’s death was disclosed in a letter to parliament by Dutch Health Minister Sophie Hermans.

The euthanasia was carried out at the end of last year, although no further details have been released.

Euthanasia for terminally ill children aged between one and 12 has been legal in the Netherlands for the past two years.

Before the change, the procedure was only permitted for newborn babies in exceptional circumstances and for children aged 12 and over.

Former Health Minister Hugo de Jonge said the law would help “a small group of terminally ill children in agony with no hope of recovery and unbearable suffering”.

Rape Crisis Org Says It’s ‘Racist’ To Notice Muslim Rape Gangs– thefederalist.com

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When Jen was 17, she was introduced to a gang of Iraqi Kurdish Muslim men who called her and other girls “white trash” and “English pig‑dogs” while they raped and trafficked them across the U.K. to rape gang ”parties.”

Jen decided to speak up in the Rape Gang Inquiry Report “so that religiously-motivated coercive abuse is properly recognized and confronted, even when doing so is politically, culturally, or socially controversial.”

In response, Rape Crisis England and Wales, a U.K. “feminist” social services organization “working to end sexual violence and abuse,” released a statement calling the report racist for pointing out that 95% of the gang members are Muslim and exploited girls because they were white.

No Vote for SAVE AMERICA, But Thune’s Senate Rushes Through a Toothless “Iran War Powers” Act to Hamstring Trump– gellerreport.com

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Thune’s Senate won’t pass or even vote on the SAVE AMERICA but this they pass in a heartbeat. They passed a resolution calling on the president to end the Iran conflict.

Thune won’t allow a vote on the SAVE AMERICA Act, but this gets fast-tracked through the Senate without hesitation.

Chinese supercomputer displaces US machines as world’s fastest– abcnews.com

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A supercomputer in China now outranks its U.S. counterparts as the world’s most powerful, marking the first time since 2017 that a Chinese computer has topped a list sometimes viewed as a measure of a nation’s technological prowess

A supercomputer in China now outranks its U.S. counterparts as the world’s most powerful, marking the first time since 2017 that a Chinese computer has topped a list sometimes viewed as a measure of a nation’s technological prowess.

The LineShine computer in Shenzhen, China, displaced top-ranked U.S. computer El Capitan in the latest version of the TOP500 ranking announced Tuesday. It was the Chinese computer’s debut on the list.