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• Utang nasional Amerika Serikat telah mencapai $38.967.833.861.543 per 1 Mei 2026, didorong oleh pengeluaran berkelanjutan oleh Gedung Putih dan Kongres. • Utang tersebut berada di jalur untuk berlipat ganda selama tiga dekade mendatang di tengah tekanan fiskal dan pengeluaran pemerintah yang terus berlanjut. • Tren ini mencerminkan tantangan makroekonomi yang kritis karena pembayar pajak Amerika menghadapi kewajiban yang meningkat terkait dengan keberlanjutan fiskal jangka panjang negara tersebut.

The Academy of Motion Pictures Arts and Sciences juga telah menulis ulang peraturan tentang kelayakan film internasional The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences mengumumkan sejumlah perubahan besar untuk Oscars pada hari Jumat, termasuk kebijakan baru yang memungkinkan beberapa nominasi untuk satu aktor dalam satu kategori, serta melarang penghargaan akting dan penulisan untuk karya yang dihasilkan oleh AI. Menurut undang-undang baru yang ditetapkan oleh dewan gubernur grup tersebut, hanya penampilan yang “terbukti secara nyata dilakukan” oleh manusia dengan persetujuan mereka yang akan memenuhi syarat untuk Oscar akting, sementara hanya skenario karya manusia yang dapat diajukan untuk penghargaan penulisan apa pun. Lanjutkan membaca...

Israeli foreign ministry mengecam ‘tindakan memalukan’ setelah rekaman menunjukkan seorang pria mendorong seorang wanita ke tanah dan menendangnya Sebuah video serangan terhadap biarawati Katolik French dan peneliti arkeologi di Jerusalem telah menimbulkan kemuakan luas dan dikecam sebagai “tindakan memalukan” oleh Israeli foreign ministry. Dalam video tersebut, seorang pria berlari dari belakang biarawati itu saat ia berjalan di jalan dan mendorongnya dengan paksa, sehingga korban hampir membenturkan kepalanya ke blok batu. Setelah menjauh beberapa langkah, penyerang, yang tampak sebagai Jewish, kembali menendang biarawati itu saat ia tergeletak di tanah dan baru berhenti ketika seorang pejalan kaki melerai. Continue reading...

Kelompok lintas partai mengatakan penutupan unit kemanusiaan akan merusak pemantauan pelanggaran hukum dan ekspor senjata. Para Anggota Parlemen telah menyatakan kekhawatiran atas penutupan unit hukum kemanusiaan internasional Foreign Office, memperingatkan bahwa hal tersebut “akan merusak kemampuan Inggris untuk mengantisipasi, menilai, dan menanggapi pelanggaran serius hukum internasional di berbagai konteks”. Berita mengenai penutupan tersebut, yang diungkapkan oleh Guardian, disampaikan kepada Keir Starmer dalam sesi tanya jawab perdana menteri minggu ini oleh Anggota Parlemen independen untuk Dewsbury dan Batley, Iqbal Mohamed. Starmer mengatakan pekerjaan tersebut akan dilakukan oleh tim lain sebagai bagian dari restrukturisasi. Lanjutkan membaca...

• Electoral Commission meninjau apakah pemimpin Reform UK seharusnya melaporkan pemberian miliarder tersebut sebelum masuk parlemen • Analisis: Upaya Farage untuk mendahului pemberitaan justru menimbulkan lebih banyak pertanyaan • Farage dilaporkan ke lembaga pengawas standar terkait hadiah £5 juta yang tidak diungkapkan

• Eksklusif: Surat dikirim kepada pemerintah mengenai kasus wanita Inuit yang bayinya diambil setelah tes yang kini dilarang • Perserikatan Bangsa-Bangsa telah memperingatkan Denmark bahwa perlakuan terhadap seorang ibu Greenlandic yang bayinya yang baru lahir diambil oleh otoritas Denmark sebagai hasil dari tes kompetensi pola asuh yang kontroversial “mungkin merupakan diskriminasi etnis” • Putri Keira Alexandra Kronvold, Zammi, diambil darinya saat ia berusia dua jam dan ditempatkan di panti asuhan pada November 2024 setelah Kronvold menjalani apa yang disebut tes psikometrik FKU (kompetensi orang tua). Pada saat itu, ia diberitahu bahwa tes tersebut bertujuan untuk melihat apakah ia “cukup beradab”.

• Denise Ann Williams, 62, terakhir kali memberi kabar pada 15 April • Pencarian masih berlanjut terhadap seorang wanita Australia berusia 62 tahun yang dilaporkan hilang pada hari Selasa saat mendaki di sebuah taman nasional Kanada. • Denise Ann Williams terakhir kali memberi kabar pada 15 April, ketika dia memberi tahu keluarga bahwa dia sedang bepergian ke Chéticamp, sebuah desa nelayan di pesisir barat pulau Cape Breton di Nova Scotia.

Presiden AS mengatakan ia justru menominasikan ahli radiologi dan kontributor Fox News Dr Nicole Saphier untuk jabatan tersebut Sign up for the Breaking News US email to get newsletter alerts in your inbox Donald Trump pada hari Kamis menarik nominasinya untuk menjadi Surgeon General AS, Casey Means, dan menggantikannya. Presiden AS menyatakan bahwa Means akan terus berjuang untuk gerakan yang disebut Make America Healthy Again (Maha) yang dipelopori oleh sekretaris kesehatan Robert F Kennedy Jr. Ia menyatakan hal ini tetap dilakukan meski ada penentangan dari Bill Cassidy, senator Republik AS dari Louisiana, terhadap nominasi Means. Lanjutkan membaca...

• Electoral Commission sedang menyelidiki klaim bahwa uang yang diberikan kepada MP berasal dari pengusaha US yang kini terpidana wire fraud • UK politics live – latest updates • Labour telah mendesak Robert Jenrick untuk menyerahkan hampir £40.000 yang didonasikan ke kampanyenya sebagai pemimpin Conservative pada tahun 2024 menyusul tuduhan bahwa jumlah tersebut berasal dari donor asing yang tidak sah dan kini terbukti melakukan penipuan

• Senator AS mengadakan panel dengan para ilmuwan terkemuka Tiongkok dan memperingatkan risiko bagi masyarakat kecuali jika teknologi baru tersebut diregulasi • Senator AS Bernie Sanders menyampaikan pentingnya kerja sama internasional dalam meregulasi AI pada diskusi panel hari Rabu di Capitol Hill bersama dua ilmuwan terkemuka Tiongkok • Di saat perusahaan rintisan dan raksasa teknologi, terutama di Silicon Valley dan Beijing, berlomba untuk memajukan dan meningkatkan skala kecerdasan buatan mereka, Sanders menjadi salah satu skeptis AI yang mengadvokasi perlunya perlindungan

• Seorang tersangka didakwa pada hari Senin atas upaya pembunuhan Presiden Trump setelah menerobos jamuan makan White House Correspondents' Association dengan membawa berbagai senjata pada April 2026. • Insiden ini telah memperkuat perselisihan partisan terkait retorika politik dan kekerasan, dengan kedua belah pihak saling menyalahkan bahasa yang digunakan masing-masing dalam berkontribusi terhadap eskalasi tersebut. • Dugaan percobaan pembunuhan ini telah mengejutkan Washington dan memicu perbandingan dengan kekerasan politik bersejarah, yang mendorong diskusi mengenai keamanan dan iklim politik saat ini.

Alleged shooter, identified as Cole Tomas Allen, faces potential life sentence. Plus: the Americans renouncing their citizenshipGood morning.The suspect accused of trying to storm the White House correspondents’ dinner was charged on Monday with three federal crimes, including attempting to assassinate the president – a charge that carries a potential sentence of up to life in prison.What was his motive? Investigators have yet to release one. However, to establish the charge of attempted assassination, the affidavit quotes from a part of a manifesto Allen allegedly sent to family members that states: “I am no longer willing to permit a pedophile, rapist, and traitor to coat my hands with his crimes.”Was lax security to blame? While many have praised the actions of law enforcement officers in swiftly stopping the attack, Allen’s alleged manifesto mocked an “insane” lack of security at the Washington dinner.What is the Trump administration saying about the attack? Several officials, including the president, have seized on the incident to advance their case for the completion of Trump’s $40m White House ballroom project, with the justice department pressuring a preservation group to drop a lawsuit seeking to halt the construction.Will there be an Oval Office meeting? Sources told the Guardian that Charles will pose for the cameras at the start of his centerpiece bilateral meeting on Tuesday, but that British officials have pushed for the Oval Office meeting to be held off camera, for fear of a repeat of the scenes when Trump berated the Ukrainian president, Volodymyr Zelenskyy, in front of the world’s press.What challenges does the king face with this visit? Relations between the UK and the US are already tense following Trump’s public criticism of Britain’s refusal to back military action against Iran, but Charles is also meeting Trump under the shadow of Jeffrey Epstein. Charles’s brother Andrew Mountbatten-Windsor was arrested on suspicion of misconduct in public office over his connection with Epstein. Continue reading...

Positions ‘terminated, effective immediately’, says email to scientists sent on president’s behalf, in move labelled ‘dangerous attack’ on US innovationThe Trump administration has fired members of an independent board that oversees the National Science Foundation (NSF).Members of the National Science Board received an email on Friday sent from the Presidential Personnel Office “on behalf of President Donald J Trump” stating that their position was “terminated, effective immediately”. Continue reading...

• The Taliban government announced restrictions on international health NGOs operating in Afghanistan on Monday, citing concerns over 'political interference' and threatening revocation of licenses for non-compliant organizations. • Medical organizations warned that the restrictions would devastate maternal and pediatric health services, particularly in rural areas where international agencies provide 70 percent of healthcare capacity. • The U.S. State Department condemned the move as undermining humanitarian efforts and expressed concern for vulnerable populations, with officials exploring alternative delivery mechanisms for critical medical assistance.

• Environmental Working Group study finds 20% of Americans used systems with elevated nitrate levels from 2021-2023 data. • Nitrate poses health risks including cancer and developmental issues in contaminated supplies. • Affects millions nationwide, urging stricter regulations and testing.

Exclusive: Some donations to 2024 Tory leadership campaign allegedly originated from US businessman in breach of electoral rulesPolice are assessing evidence about donations to Robert Jenrick’s campaign to become Conservative leader in 2024 after a referral from the elections watchdog, the Guardian can reveal.The information was passed on by the Electoral Commission, which the Guardian understands has been investigating allegations that almost £40,000 of donations to Jenrick’s leadership campaign before he defected to Reform UK, were from a foreign source in breach of electoral rules. Continue reading...

James Sherwin-Smith will be up for election after securing more than 250 nominations to run alongside existing directorsNationwide building society could have a customer on its board for the first time in nearly a quarter of a century after one of its longtime members secured enough support for a spot on the lender’s annual ballot.James Sherwin-Smith will be up for board elections at Nationwide’s annual general meeting (AGM) in July, having gathered more than the 250 peer nominations necessary to run alongside existing directors. Continue reading...

Woman’s body found in Iwate prefecture last week, soon after a police officer was injured in bear attack nearbyRested but famished bears emerging from hibernation in Japan are already coming into contact with humans, with the pace of sightings outstripping that seen in 2025, a record year for bear attacks.According to media reports, the animals have been spotted with surprising frequency in urban areas in the country’s north-east, with authorities urging caution among people planning to spend the coming Golden Week public holidays in the countryside. Continue reading...

Widely dispersed wind farms and solar panels are harder to target than fossil fuel power stations, Michael Shanks saysRenewable energy will boost the UK’s national security and make the country more resilient against potential aggression or sabotage, the government’s energy minister has said.Michael Shanks said widely dispersed wind farms and solar panels were much harder to target than large-scale fossil fuel power stations. They are also not vulnerable to supply shocks, such as the current oil crisis caused by the US-Israel war on Iran and the soaring gas prices that followed Russia’s invasion of Ukraine in 2022. Continue reading...

Questions raised about political violence, security and gun control after brazen attack at event attended by top officialsWhite House press dinner shooting aftermath – latest updatesA stunned Washington faced searching questions about political violence and gun control on Sunday after shots were fired at a prestigious media gala attended by Donald Trump and senior White House officials.A man targeted a Secret Service agent at a security checkpoint in the Washington Hilton hotel the previous night before being tackled and arrested. Trump and Melania Trump were rushed out of the annual White House Correspondents’ Association (WHCA) dinner as guests dived for cover under tables. Continue reading...

• The International Criminal Court announced Friday the issuance of an arrest warrant for General Ahmed Hassan al-Madibbo, a prominent Sudan Armed Forces commander, citing evidence of war crimes including extrajudicial killings and enforced displacement in Darfur since April 2023. • ICC prosecutors presented evidence of at least 127 documented extrajudicial executions of civilians and systematic attacks on refugee camps housing over 2 million displaced persons, with al-Madibbo alleged to have direct command responsibility. • Sudan's military government rejected the warrant and accused the ICC of bias toward the Rapid Support Forces militia; the announcement intensified international pressure on Khartoum to cooperate with the court's investigations.

Lori Chavez-DeRemer resigned amid allegations of an affair and steering grants to politically connected figuresThe secretary of the Department of Labor, Lori Chavez-DeRemer, resigned this week after several controversies surrounding her brief tenure at the helm of the agency. But labor officials say even though her troubled reign is over, the US labor authority remains in a state of “constant turbulence”.Chavez-DeRemer was under investigation over claims she had an affair with a subordinate and allegedly misused travel funds, and that her aides allegedly steered grants to politically connected figures. Her husband was banned from the agency’s headquarters over allegations of sexual assault by at least two staffers. Continue reading...

• A multiyear international campaign is underway to repair damage to childhood immunization efforts caused by the COVID-19 pandemic. • The initiative focuses on restoring vaccination rates that declined during the pandemic period across multiple countries. • Public health experts view this effort as critical to preventing resurgence of vaccine-preventable diseases in vulnerable pediatric populations.

Abbas Araghchi to visit Pakistan, Oman and Russia to see if talks can be reopened, with both sides still in stalemateMiddle East crisis – live updatesThe Iranian foreign minister, Abbas Araghchi, is planning a tour of Pakistan, Russia and Oman in an effort to see if there is a basis to reopen peace talks that can end with a permanent US-Israeli commitment to cease its attacks on Iran, now one of Tehran’s key demands.Araghchi is also likely to discuss a potential permanent new arrangement on governing the strait of Hormuz with Oman, which oversees the south of the strait. Continue reading...

• Power Solutions International reduced its debt-to-equity ratio from 2,140% to 54.6% over five years, signaling substantial improvement in financial health. • The company achieved 64.5% earnings growth last year, outpacing the electrical industry average of 21.4%. • Despite recent share price volatility, the company's financial restructuring and strong earnings demonstrate improved operational performance.

Exclusive: Officials warn department will lose access to database of 26,000 verified cases by cutting fundingThe Foreign Office unit tracking potential breaches of international law by Israel in Gaza and more recently Lebanon has been closed because of cuts within the department, the Guardian can reveal.The decision to shut the international humanitarian law cell follows a review by Olly Robbins, the permanent secretary at the Foreign Office dismissed last week by the prime minister over the Peter Mandelson scandal. Continue reading...

Criminal investigation under way after carcasses found across Abruzzo, Lazio and Molise national park within a weekThe carcasses of 18 wolves have been found in an Italian national park within the space of a week in an apparent series of poisonings described by conservationists as the most serious crimes against wildlife in Italy in a decade.Authorities of the national park of Abruzzo, Lazio and Molise said eight wolves were found dead in recent days in three different areas of the vast park, adding to the 10 carcasses discovered last week. Three dead foxes and a buzzard were also found. Continue reading...