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Security forces patrol Yahukimo region Papua Indonesia where American pilot Nicholas Gosselin was killed

American Pilot Shot Dead in Papua as TPNPB Sends ‘Message’ to Washington and Jakarta

Nicholas Gosselin, an American pilot, was shot dead by TPNPB rebels in Yahukimo, Papua on Thursday as the separatists burned his aircraft. The group called it a message to the US and

July 3, 2026

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People await public caning in Banda Aceh under Indonesia Aceh Islamic Criminal Code enforcement

Indonesia Publicly Canes Couple Over TikTok Kiss, Drawing International Condemnation

In a public park in Indonesia's Aceh province, a 22-year-old man and a 25-year-old woman received 21 lashes of a rattan cane for a TikTok video of a kiss, drawing immediate international condemnation. Amnesty International called the punishment torture and

July 3, 2026

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NASA technicians remove protective cover from Swift Observatory solar array at Cape Canaveral in 2004

A Rocket Problem Grounds NASA’s Third Attempt to Rescue the Swift Telescope

For the third time in less than a week NASA's mission to rescue the Swift space

Illinois Senate President Don Harmon at the Illinois State Capitol

Illinois Senate President Took $50,000 From Illegal Online Casino Operator. He Plans to Give It to Charity.

Don Harmon, the Illinois Senate President who has positioned himself as a skeptic of online gambling

Illustration of a synthetic biological cell similar to SpudCell developed at University of Minnesota

Researchers Build the First Synthetic Cell That Grows, Divides and Evolves

A University of Minnesota team has published a preprint describing SpudCell, a synthetic cell built from nonliving chemical components that can grow, divide, and show natural selection. The findings have not been

July 3, 2026

News·Science

Artist's conception of the view from the surface of super-Earth exoplanet GJ 3378b or Gliese 3378b

A Potentially Habitable World 25 Light-Years Away Is Now Half as Massive as Scientists Thought

New measurements from McDonald Observatory halve the mass of GJ 3378b a habitable-zone super-Earth 25 light-years away making it more likely rocky than gas-wrapped. The planet sits at the cosmic shoreline where

July 3, 2026

Astronomy·News·Science

The United States Supreme Court building in Washington DC

Supreme Court Shuts Courts Out of TPS Cases, Clearing Path to Deport 356,000 Haitians and Syrians

The Supreme Court ruled 6-3 in Mullin v. Doe that federal courts cannot review TPS terminations, stripping away the last legal shield for 350,000 Haitians and 6,000 Syrians and setting the stage

July 3, 2026

Government and Politics·News

US military personnel conducting earthquake relief operations in Venezuela in the days following the June 24, 2026 twin earthquakes that killed over 2,000 people

Venezuela Earthquake Kills 589 as Rescuers Pull Survivors From Collapsed Caracas Tower

Two powerful earthquakes struck Venezuela 39 seconds apart on June 24, leveling a 22-storey tower in Caracas, flattening neighborhoods in La Guaira, and killing at least 589 people as of Friday. USGS

July 3, 2026

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Researcher working in a laboratory in Dakar Senegal where the Andes hantavirus genome from the MV Hondius cruise ship outbreak was sequenced in May 2026

WHO Declares MV Hondius Hantavirus Outbreak Over After 3 Deaths and 33-Country Trace

Three passengers died and more than 650 contacts across 33 countries were traced after the MV Hondius brought Andes hantavirus — the only known human-to-human transmissible strain — from southern Argentina. The

July 3, 2026

Health·News

The Baiturrahman Grand Mosque in Banda Aceh, capital of Aceh province, Indonesia's only region with full Islamic criminal enforcement

Indonesia Publicly Canes Couple Over TikTok Kiss, Drawing International Condemnation

In a public park in Indonesia's Aceh province, a 22-year-old man and a 25-year-old woman received 21 lashes of a rattan cane for a TikTok video of a kiss, drawing immediate international

July 3, 2026

News·Religion

Senator Mitch McConnell at the U.S. Capitol

McConnell Received CPR at His Home on the Morning He Was Hospitalized, Dispatch Audio Shows

Scanner audio obtained by ABC News and NBC News reveals paramedics performed CPR on McConnell at his Washington home on June 14 the same morning his office disclosed only that he had

July 3, 2026

Government and Politics·Health·News

Australian parliament gambling advertising reform bill senate inquiry 2026

Australia Tables Gambling Ad Reform Bill, Politicians on Every Side Call It Too Weak

Australia's Labor government introduced sweeping gambling advertising restrictions on July 2, banning live sport ads and capping daytime television betting promotions. The bill immediately drew fire from Greens senators, Coalition MPs, and

July 3, 2026

Government and Politics·News

Artist illustration of WD 1856 b a giant planet orbiting a white dwarf star detected by the James Webb Space Telescope

Webb Detects the First Atmosphere on a Planet That Survived Its Star’s Death

The James Webb Space Telescope has detected methane and cloud particles in the atmosphere of WD 1856 b, a Jupiter-sized planet orbiting a dead star 80 light-years away, the first atmospheric measurement

July 3, 2026

Astronomy·News·Science

President Donald Trump official White House portrait

Trump Disclosed 327 Stock Trades Made Day Before His Tariff Pause Sent Markets Surging

One day before Trump's tariff pause sent the S&P 500 up 9 percent, his investment accounts made 327 stock purchases — trades that went undisclosed for 14 months. The revelation in his

July 3, 2026

Business·Government and Politics·News

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American Pilot Shot Dead in Papua as TPNPB Sends ‘Message’ to Washington and Jakarta

Indonesia Publicly Canes Couple Over TikTok Kiss, Drawing International Condemnation

A Rocket Problem Grounds NASA’s Third Attempt to Rescue the Swift Telescope

Illinois Senate President Took $50,000 From Illegal Online Casino Operator. He Plans to Give It to Charity.

Researchers Build the First Synthetic Cell That Grows, Divides and Evolves

A Potentially Habitable World 25 Light-Years Away Is Now Half as Massive as Scientists Thought

Supreme Court Shuts Courts Out of TPS Cases, Clearing Path to Deport 356,000 Haitians and Syrians

Venezuela Earthquake Kills 589 as Rescuers Pull Survivors From Collapsed Caracas Tower

WHO Declares MV Hondius Hantavirus Outbreak Over After 3 Deaths and 33-Country Trace

Indonesia Publicly Canes Couple Over TikTok Kiss, Drawing International Condemnation

McConnell Received CPR at His Home on the Morning He Was Hospitalized, Dispatch Audio Shows

Australia Tables Gambling Ad Reform Bill, Politicians on Every Side Call It Too Weak

Webb Detects the First Atmosphere on a Planet That Survived Its Star’s Death

Trump Disclosed 327 Stock Trades Made Day Before His Tariff Pause Sent Markets Surging

Radical Islam is being appreciated by Indian authorities too

Bangladesh; India’s Biggest Ally or China’s Dragon Nest?

Ahmadis in Bangladesh face fresh threat of persecution

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