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Andy Burnham is declared leader of UK's Labour Party, pledges to restore hope
Jul 17, 2026 - World 
Andy Burnham has been officially declared leader of Britain’s governing Labour Party, clearing his final hurdle to taking office as prime minister next week
ICE arrests human rights lawyer who fled Chinese crackdown
Jul 17, 2026 - World 
Arrest in Pennsylvania of Wu Shaoping, who is awaiting asylum decision, raises fears of deportation and persecutionA Chinese human rights lawyer has been arrested by US Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE), raising concerns he could be deported to China where he would face persecution.Wu Shaoping fled China at the end of 2019 amid a crackdown on human rights lawyers. He travelled to the US on a tourist visa and made an asylum claim in 2020, for which he is still awaiting a decision. Continue reading...
A Brazilian bay’s surprise shark nursery sparks conservation project
Jul 17, 2026 - World 
Scientists have discovered that a cove in Brazil's Ilha Grande bay is a nursery for pregnant blacktip sharks
Iran says it targeted U.S. base in Syria as strikes expand
Jul 17, 2026 - World 
Iran's Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps on Friday said its forces struck the al-Tanf air base in southeastern Syria, in the first attack of its kind since the start of the U.S.-Iran war.
China fumes at Trump as a new rift opens between the rival superpowers
Jul 17, 2026 - World 
China is reacting angrily to President Trump's claims that it stole information about 220 million American voters during the 2020 election, dubbing them "groundless accusations."
