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Penyelidikan menemukan bahwa Botstein – yang mengaku bukan teman Epstein – melakukan 25 kunjungan ke townhouse miliknya. Leon Botstein telah mengumumkan bahwa ia mengundurkan diri dari kepemimpinan Bard College, setelah tinjauan independen terhadap kontaknya dengan Jeffrey Epstein menemukan bahwa interaksi rutin presiden perguruan tinggi tersebut dengan terpidana pelaku kejahatan seksual itu “seharusnya dapat memperingatkan” dirinya akan kemungkinan bahwa ia dan Bard akan memfasilitasi pelecehan Epstein terhadap perempuan. Penyelidikan oleh firma hukum WilmerHale, yang ditugaskan oleh dewan wali amanat Bard awal tahun ini untuk meninjau interaksi Botstein dengan Epstein, menemukan bahwa presiden Bard tersebut – yang sebelumnya mengeklaim tidak berteman dengan Epstein – melakukan sekitar 25 kunjungan ke townhouse Epstein, kunjungan dua hari ke Little St James Island milik Epstein, serta adanya dua kunjungan oleh Epstein ke Bard. Kunjungan-kunjungan ini, WilmerHale melaporkan, melibatkan “beberapa perempuan” yang sejak saat itu telah diidentifikasi sebagai korban Epstein. Continue reading...

Presiden tampaknya menyiratkan bahwa tenggat waktu legislatif untuk menyetujui perang tidak lagi berlaku seiring perlawanan dari Democrats US politics live – latest updates Sign up for the Breaking News US newsletter email Donald Trump mengatakan dalam surat yang dikirimkan kepada para pemimpin Congress pada hari Jumat bahwa permusuhan dengan Iran telah “terminated”, menyiratkan bahwa tenggat waktu 60 hari untuk meminta persetujuan dari cabang legislatif tidak lagi berlaku. Hari Jumat menandai 60 hari sejak presiden US memberi tahu anggota Congress bahwa US dan Israel meluncurkan serangan terhadap Iran pada 28 Februari. Di bawah War Powers Act of 1973, presiden dapat mengerahkan pasukan untuk menanggapi “imminent threat” namun harus menerima persetujuan Congress dalam waktu 60 hari untuk melanjutkan operasi militer. Continue reading...

Presiden AS mengatakan tarif pada mobil dan truk akan naik menjadi 25% dan menuduh Uni Eropa melakukan ketidakpatuhan. Donald Trump menyatakan bahwa ia membatalkan sebagian dari kesepakatan tarif yang ia buat dengan para pemimpin UE di lapangan golf miliknya di Skotlandia musim panas lalu, mengkritik Brussels karena terlalu lama meratifikasi kesepakatan tersebut. Mengejutkan Brussels pada akhir hari libur bank May Day pada hari Jumat, ia mengumumkan akan menaikkan tarif pada mobil dan truk yang diimpor ke AS dari UE dari 15% menjadi 25% mulai minggu depan. Lanjutkan membaca...

Partai Labour menyebut menteri pertama SNP John Swinney ‘tidak tahu malu’ karena mengklaim keberhasilan padahal itu merupakan hasil dari kunjungan raja ke AS. Pengumuman Donald Trump bahwa ia akan menghapus tarif hukuman AS atas wiski Skotlandia telah dibayangi oleh perselisihan antara para pemimpin partai Skotlandia yang bersaing mengenai siapa yang berhak mendapatkan kredit atas keputusan tersebut. Industri wiski dan para pemimpin bisnis menyambut gembira pengumuman mendadak presiden AS di jaringan Truth Social miliknya pada hari Kamis bahwa ia akan mengakhiri tarif tersebut untuk menandai kunjungan Raja Charles dan Ratu Camilla. Lanjutkan membaca...

Langkah ini dilakukan setelah wali kota Zohran Mamdani berbicara mengenai pengembalian berlian Koh-i-noor setelah kunjungan keluarga kerajaan Inggris ke New York. Ratusan benda antik senilai $14 juta telah dikembalikan ke India oleh otoritas New York, termasuk beberapa yang terkait dengan terduga penyelundup karya seni Subhash Kapoor, dalam sebuah langkah yang kemungkinan akan meningkatkan tekanan pada pihak lain untuk melakukan tindakan serupa. Pengembalian 657 benda antik tersebut diumumkan oleh jaksa wilayah Manhattan, Alvin Bragg Jr, pada hari Selasa, dan bertepatan saat wali kota New York City, Zohran Mamdani, turut menanggapi sengketa sejarah kepemilikan berlian Koh-i-noor seberat 105,6 karat. Teruskan membaca...

• Departemen Kehakiman AS mendakwa Gubernur negara bagian Sinaloa Ruben Rocha Moya dan sembilan pejabat serta mantan pejabat Meksiko lainnya karena membantu kartel narkoba Sinaloa pada 29 April 2026. • Dakwaan tersebut menuduh adanya korupsi termasuk pencucian uang dan praktik pemerasan untuk perlindungan, yang menandai pukulan besar bagi operasi kartel. • Hal ini meningkatkan ketegangan AS-Meksiko terkait krisis fentanil dan keamanan perbatasan, dengan potensi pertarungan ekstradisi di masa depan.

Mendagri berjanji untuk ‘melakukan segala daya dalam kekuasaan saya’ demi menjaga keselamatan warga Yahudi Inggris di saat polisi menyatakan bahwa tersangka adalah warga negara Inggris kelahiran Somalia. Shabana Mahmood telah berjanji untuk “melakukan segala daya dalam kekuasaan saya” demi menjaga keselamatan warga Yahudi Inggris, seiring pernyataan polisi bahwa tersangka penikaman dua pria di Golders Green, London utara, pada hari Rabu adalah warga negara Inggris berusia 45 tahun kelahiran Somalia. Para menteri menyampaikan bahwa tambahan £25 juta akan diinvestasikan guna meningkatkan keamanan bagi komunitas Yahudi pasca dugaan serangan teroris di London utara. Baca selengkapnya...

Mantan Direktur FBI didakwa atas unggahan media sosial tahun lalu berupa kulit kerang yang disusun menjadi '86 47'

Loyalists of President Mahmoud Abbas won most races ‌in Palestinian municipal elections, election officials said on Sunday, in a vote that for the first time in nearly two decades included a city in the Gaza Strip run by rival Hamas.

Ittai Gradel died of renal cancer days after museum awarded him medal for ‘very significant contribution’The academic turned antiquities dealer who exposed the theft of hundreds of artefacts from the British Museum has died aged 61.Dr Ittai Gradel, from Denmark, alerted the British Museum and the police after he was able to buy dozens of museum artefacts on eBay over the course of several years. Continue reading...

Massachusetts woman jailed for six months after court heard she admitted to freeing bees on sheriff’s deputiesA beekeeper has been jailed for six months after she set swarms of her insects on sheriff’s deputies attempting to carry out an eviction at a friend’s house.Rebecca Woods insisted she only released her truckload of hives to allow the bees to enjoy the “lovely, flowering landscape” near the home of an elderly friend and cancer patient. Continue reading...

• The Philippines formally protested on Monday what Manila characterized as 'provocative and illegal' Chinese Coast Guard operations near Second Thomas Shoal, accusing Beijing of obstructing Philippine supply missions. • Philippine Defense Secretary stated that Chinese vessels used water cannons against Filipino boats, damaging equipment and endangering personnel conducting routine resupply operations to occupied Philippine outposts. • The U.S. Indo-Pacific Command reaffirmed commitment to freedom of navigation operations, with Pentagon officials stating they will continue sending naval assets through disputed waters to assert international law compliance.

• UN International Maritime Organization Secretary-General Arsenio Dominguez stated that the blockading of ships in the Strait of Hormuz due to the US-Iran conflict has turned international shipping and seafarers into leverage in geopolitical disputes. • The crisis highlights how vessels and crews, not involved in the conflict, are being caught up in hostilities between the United States and Iran, disrupting global trade routes. • This development underscores critical weaknesses in global shipping networks, potentially leading to supply chain disruptions, higher costs, and risks to maritime security worldwide.

• Los Angeles Dodgers star Shohei Ohtani reached a significant milestone by tying Alex Rodriguez's record of a 53-consecutive game on-base streak. • The achievement highlights Ohtani's consistent offensive performance and places him among baseball's elite hitters in terms of sustained production. • Ohtani's streak demonstrates his status as one of the premier players in Major League Baseball this season.

• American Medical Association warns that $100,000 H-1B visa application fees jeopardize physician recruitment for rural and underserved U.S. areas. • Costs deter international doctors, who fill 25% of rural positions, exacerbating provider shortages affecting 60 million Americans. • AMA urges policy reform to maintain care access amid growing demand.

Carriers will retain airport slots if they cancel services as passengers are urged to continue with travel plansPenalties on airlines that cancel UK flights because of jet fuel shortages have been eased, it has emerged, as the government issued fresh advice to reassure the public they can still fly and should stick to travel plans.Airlines who cancel flights will not lose their rights to valuable takeoff and landing slots at busy airports, which can be forfeited when flights fail to operate over a period. Continue reading...

• AcuityMD announced $80 million in new funding to advance its platform with sophisticated AI features for medical device insights. • The investment accelerates AI integration to improve market intelligence for US healthcare and medtech firms. • This capital infusion positions AcuityMD to dominate AI-powered analytics in the growing $500B+ medical device sector.

More than 200,000 have signed petitions urging the government to break contracts, amid concerns about the company’s ‘supervillain’ manifestoOver 200,000 people have called on ministers to break contracts with Palantir in an apparent groundswell of public concern about the US tech company’s role in the NHS, police, military and councils.Two petitions have attracted 229,000 signatures, one calling for the government to end all public contracts with the firm, whose software is used by Donald Trump’s ICE immigration enforcement programme and the Israeli military, and another urging the health secretary, Wes Streeting, to cancel its £330 patient data contract with the NHS. Continue reading...

Man from North Carolina arrested at Florida hotel with a handgun and about 200 rounds of ammo, authorities saySign up for the Breaking News US email to get newsletter alerts in your inboxAuthorities say a man suspected of planning a mass shooting at a large New Orleans festival was arrested at a Florida hotel with a handgun and hundreds of rounds of ammunition.The event was not named, but the New Orleans jazz and heritage festival, commonly known as JazzFest, runs from Thursday through 3 May. The gathering celebrates Louisiana’s music, food and culture, and attracted about 460,000 people last year, organizers said. Continue reading...

YouGov survey shows cross-party consensus – but that many fear abortion access could be reduced New polling has found that whatever their party political leanings, an overwhelming majority of people support the right to access an abortion – although young people, in particular, fear reproductive rights may be reduced.The YouGov polling, commissioned by MSI Reproductive Choices to mark its 50th anniversary, found nine in 10 people support the right to access an abortion. Continue reading...

30m adults hitting 150 minutes moderate activity a weekBut report shows progress not being felt equallyLevels of physical activity in England have broken new records, with more than 30 million adults now meeting the recommended 150 minutes of moderate activity a week, the latest Active Lives survey has revealed.The 10th edition of the gold standard report finds a striking rise in activity among older people with 11% growth among the over-75s in the past decade. There is also a consistent improvement among people with disabilities. But other inequalities have proven stubborn, with no change among black and asian communities in 10 years and a decline in activity among the least affluent over that period. Continue reading...

Data shows the market is at its tightest ever with rents going up in most capitals. Follow today’s news liveGet our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcastGood morning and welcome to our live news blog. I’m Martin Farrer with the top overnight stories and then it will be Nick Visser with the main action.Mark Butler told the ABC last night that the Albanese government’s sweeping changes to the national disability insurance scheme are expected to save the federal budget $35bn over four years. More coming up. Continue reading...

Gunman, identified as Shamar Elkins, fatally shot the children – including seven of his own – at two separate housesMass shooting rampage in Louisiana leaves eight children dead and others woundedSign up for the Breaking News US newsletter emailLouisiana authorities have identified eight children – aged three to 11 – who were killed Sunday during what police described as a “violent domestic incident” in Shreveport that marked the deadliest US mass shooting in more than two years.The Caddo parish coroner’s office identified the children as Jayla Elkins, 3; Shayla Elkins, 5; Kayla Pugh, 6; Layla Pugh, 7; Markaydon Pugh, 10; Sariahh Snow, 11; Khedarrion Snow, 6; and Braylon Snow, 5. Continue reading...

Prime minister details efforts to attract investment and sign trade deals with other countries in 10-minute video addressCanada’s strong economic ties to the United States were once a strength but are now a weakness that must be corrected, the country’s prime minister has warnedIn a 10-minute video address, Mark Carney spoke about his government’s efforts to strengthen the Canadian economy by attracting new investments and signing trade deals with other countries. Continue reading...

Office for Students plans new complaints system as Bridget Phillipson says academics too often are being silencedUniversities in England that fail to protect free speech could face fines of £500,000 or 2% of their income, and in some cases risk losing public funding, under a new complaints system, the government has said.The Office for Students (OfS) will run a “first-of-its-kind” scheme from the new academic year allowing university staff, external speakers, and non-student members to raise concerns about providers, the Department for Education (DfE) said. Continue reading...

Report says lack of provision is harmful to health and damaging for high streetsThe number of public toilets in England has fallen by 14% in a decade, harming public health and creating vast swathes of lavatory “deserts” and unpleasant environments, a report says.The analysis by the Royal Society for Public Health found a “significant shortfall” in provision, with 15,481 people for each public toilet in England. That contrasts sharply with Scotland, where there are 8,500 people for each toilet, and Wales, with 6,748. Continue reading...

• OpenAI unveiled GPT-5 on April 19, featuring advanced multimodal reasoning that processes text, images, and audio simultaneously with a 40% performance improvement over GPT-4, according to the company's research blog. • The model demonstrates enhanced chain-of-thought reasoning and can solve complex multi-step problems across domains including mathematics, coding, and scientific analysis with significantly higher accuracy rates. • Industry analysts project GPT-5 will accelerate enterprise AI adoption and intensify competition with Anthropic's Claude and Google's Gemini in the large language model market.