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Moscow mayor calls a deadly bomb attack on a restaurant a 'terrorist act'

Moscow mayor Sergei Sobyanin called on Sunday a bomb attack on a restaurant in the capital the day before a “brutal terrorist act,” but did not say who was responsible.

Out Here

A phrase you’ll sometimes come across when talking with homeless people is out here. As in: “I’ve been out here for 10 years.” Or: “She’s one of the toughest people out here.” As a phrase, as an idea, it has a sort of magic, because it gives a location to what looks like nowhere. It gives a name to a space that—seen from within the parameters of regular life—looks like unnameable no-space. For most people, it’s out there: formless, menacing, devoid of comfort. But if it’s where you live, it’s out here.

Let Them Eat Gold

Taxpayers are now financing President Trump’s love of anything gilded.

How Mamdani's dangerous rhetoric is reshaping New York City

Tisch was careful to note that detectives were still working to determine motive, and that mental illness may have been a factor. Well, yes, I don’t think anyone who commits a crime like this is exactly mentally stable — though, of course, he should still be held responsible for his actions like anyone else. Yes, nobody yet knows with certainty what was in the attacker’s head when he lunged at a stranger leaving a synagogue on the holiest day of Jewish mourning. What we do know is the atmosphere into which that attack landed — and that atmosphere did not appear from nowhere.

A brewing conflict within anti-Houthi coalition risks another Yemen war

As the Houthis continue on the path to war against Saudi Arabia and the United States, an entirely different conflict brewing among the anti-Houthi alliance in Yemen threatens to derail the U.S. position in the region.

‘Climate change kills’: Pedro Sánchez speaks plain truth to Spain’s deniers

PM has long history of speaking out on realities of global heating but political opponents remain unmoved

Evacuations ordered in Washington state as wildfire spreads through Spokane

Gov. Bob Ferguson (D-WA) declared a state of emergency on Saturday as “unusually high temperatures and high winds” exacerbated record-setting wildfires and prompted evacuations throughout Spokane County and surrounding areas.

State Department issues warning to Americans in the Middle East

The State Department released a security alert Saturday morning advising Americans in the Middle East to “exercise caution and heightened vigilance” amid reports the United States might launch escalatory strikes at Iranian energy infrastructure over the weekend.

US General says naval arsenal too sparse to defend Israel: Report

A top U.S. general reportedly warned his superiors this week that Washington lacks sufficient military power to protect the United States’ allies in the Middle East.

Herzog tells Mamdani Palestinian peace requires tolerating Israel

Israeli President Isaac Herzog warned against New York City Mayor Zohran Mamdani’s outspoken opposition to the Jewish state, arguing that such positioning is antithetical to creating peace in the Middle East.

D4vd hearing details high hopes and brutal end of girl at heart of murder case

Texts reveal that singer and Celeste Rivas Hernandez had been in touch stretching back to when she was 11 years old

An ex-U.S. Labor Secretary and a Gen Z historian talk politics, protest and capitalism

To recognize the country’s 250th year, CNBC Make It got notable voices in politics, finance and relationships across age ranges to sit down and spark conversation about what it means to achieve happiness and success in this country today. Robert Reich, 80, a former Secretary of Labor during Bill Clinton's administration, spoke with Kahlil Greene, 26, a history newsletter writer and content creator.