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2026-07-16 01:01:36 (1 week ago)

Trump’s intelligence chief nominee won’t say Biden won 2020 election

US President Trump’s nominee for top intel official, Jay Clayton, evaded directly stating that Biden won 2020 election

The Guardian - World News

2026-07-16 01:01:23 (1 week ago)

Brazil condemns US move to impose 25% tariffs next week

Trade office cites investigation of Brazilian trade practices while Marco Rubio says Lula’s policies ‘bad for Americans and bad for Brazilians’

Brazil has condemned the US decision to impose 25% tariffs on certain Brazilian products, after the Trump administration found a range of what it deemed unfair trade practices by the South American country.

“The Brazilian government repudiates the decision announced today by the United States government regarding the imposition of 25 percent tariffs on Brazilian products,” the office of President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva said in a statement on X, denying it had engaged in unfair trade practices.

Gazeta do Povo - Mundo

2026-07-16 01:01:00 (1 week ago)

Marco Rubio acusa Lula de colocar “ego” acima de acordo sobre tarifaço

Marco Rubio afirmou que o novo tarifaço contra o Brasil é o "preço" pela falta de boa-fé do governo Lula nas negociações com os EUA.

The Guardian - World News

2026-07-16 01:00:16 (1 week ago)

‘It’s like home’: Brixton market traders fight to stop site being sold to big business

Campaign hopes to buy site for community, fearing it could go same route of corporate gentrification as Camden and Old Spitalfields

Traders at Brixton market say they are in a battle of “people over profit” after submitting a last-minute plan to stop the site being bought by a private equity firm which they fear could price out longstanding independent businesses.

Those behind the Buy Back Brixton campaign said they are through to the second stage of a bidding process, competing against multinational companies to buy Brixton Village and Market Row for community ownership.

Globo News - Mundo

2026-07-16 01:00:16 (1 week ago)

Estoques de armas em baixa: Trump pressiona fabricantes a aumentar produção de armamentos

O presidente dos EUA, Donald Trump, na Cúpula de Defesa e Inovação da Pensilvânia, na Escola de Guerra do Exército dos Estados Unidos, em Carlisle, Pensilvânia, EUA, em 15 de julho de 2026. Reuters/Kylie Cooper O presidente norte-americano, Donald Trump, pressionou nesta quarta-feira (15) os principais executivos do setor de defesa para que acelerem a produção de armas e ampliem a capacidade de fabricação. ✅ Siga o canal de notícias internacionais do g1 no WhatsApp O pedido ocorre em meio às guerras na Ucrânia e no Oriente Médio, que estão esgotando os estoques dos EUA e expondo gargalos na base industrial do país. Ao discursar na Cúpula de Defesa e Inovação organizada pelo senador da Pensilvânia Dave McCormick, Trump incentivou os fabricantes de armas: "Temos a melhor qualidade do mundo, mas precisamos de um pouco mais de agilidade". A participação de Trump ressaltou o foco mais amplo do governo na produção de defesa, já que conflitos prolongados consumiram grandes quantidades de mísseis, interceptadores e outras armas, ao mesmo tempo em que destacaram os limites da cadeia de suprimentos e da capacidade de produção militar dos EUA. Contexto: Os Estados Unidos têm fornecido grandes quantidades de armas a aliados, ao mesmo tempo em que utilizam munições em suas próprias operações militares, o que gera preocupações quanto aos estoques de armas-chave de defesa aérea e de precisão, além de aumentar a pressão sobre os fornecedores para que aumentem a produção. O evento, realizado na Escola Superior de Guerra do Exército dos EUA, na Pensilvânia, reuniu líderes militares, empresas contratadas pela defesa, investidores e executivos do setor de tecnologia para discutir o fortalecimento da base industrial dos EUA e a aceleração da entrega de sistemas avançados de armamento. Para Trump, a expansão da indústria de defesa tornou-se parte de uma estratégia econômica mais ampla para revitalizar a capacidade industrial dos EUA, com o Pentágono sendo cada vez mais visto como um catalisador para investimentos em fábricas, manufatura avançada e cadeias de abastecimento nacionais. Na manhã de quarta-feira (15), o Departamento de Defesa lançou o Fundo de Financiamento da Segurança Nacional, permitindo que autoridades ofereçam apoio financeiro e crédito a empresas que possam suprir lacunas no abastecimento de minerais críticos, vitais para a segurança nacional. No final de junho, Trump se reuniu com fabricantes de munições na Casa Branca para instar o setor a agir mais rapidamente. Montanha no Irã vira alvo dos EUA; entenda

The Guardian - World News

2026-07-16 01:00:15 (1 week ago)

Revealed: Bucharest tourists hiring rentals that could collapse in an earthquake

Exclusive: More than 200 illegal holiday properties found in buildings at the highest level of seismic risk

Tourists in the Romanian capital, Bucharest, are staying in illegal accommodation listed on Airbnb and Booking.com in buildings considered so seismically vulnerable they could collapse in the event of a major earthquake, according to exclusive data shared with the Guardian.

Analysis of data collected by Re:Rise, a Romanian organisation working on seismic risk reduction, identified at least 207 illegal tourist rental properties advertised across the two platforms in Bucharest at the end of May, with a combined capacity to host more than 1,000 visitors each night.

The Guardian - World News

2026-07-16 01:00:15 (1 week ago)

Thursday news quiz: Meta losing face, sugar in space and a bear in the wrong place

Test yourself on topical news trivia, pop culture and general knowledge every Thursday. How will you fare?

And so after nearly 70bn matches – or so it seems – the Fifa World Cup has reached the sharp end. But regular readers will know that they face the sharp end of the challenge of the Thursday news quiz every Thursday. Fifteen questions await on topical news, general knowledge and pop culture. Plus collective nouns for some reason. There are no prizes, but let us know how you got on in the comments. Allons-y!

The Thursday news quiz, No 256

The Guardian - World News

2026-07-16 01:00:14 (1 week ago)

Defence is the one public budget we dare not question – will Andy Burnham break this cycle? | Andy Beckett

Any boost for the military will be paid for by cuts elsewhere. Britain’s new PM should be careful he is not being sold a pup

For many British voters, politicians and journalists, public spending has had a bad name since the late 1970s, when Margaret Thatcher’s government began its long campaign to tame the supposedly bloated state. From this perspective, the public sector wastes money, commissions unnecessary or out-of-date projects and generates endless jargon and reasons for its own existence, while delivering strikingly fewer social or economic benefits.

Constant public and private lobbying for more funds from every minister, this argument continues, has helped make the job of prime minister impossible, and raised taxes and government debt to intolerable levels. Therefore the state requires a fundamental rethink – which means its sense of entitlement needs to shrink.

South China Morning Post - World News

2026-07-16 01:00:06 (1 week ago)

China’s imports from Africa surge after Beijing expands zero-tariff policy

Africa’s exports to China have surged since Beijing expanded its zero-tariff policy across the continent in May, as customs data showed signs of emerging trade links in a range of new sectors alongside traditional categories such as critical minerals. China’s imports from Africa soared by 21.1 per cent and 40.2 per cent year on year in May and June, respectively – outpacing the overall growth in Chinese imports over the same period, customs data showed. The increase was partly driven by China’s...

Al Jazeera - Top Stories

2026-07-16 00:57:34 (1 week ago)

UK proposes voluntary overnight social media curfew for older teens

Latest government measure aimed at curbing digital harm comes after under-16 social media ban announced last month.

Al Jazeera - Top Stories

2026-07-16 00:54:10 (1 week ago)

Argentina’s Falklands banner sparks controversy at World Cup

Argentina players held up a banner declaring ‘Las Malvinas son Argentinas’ after beating England.

New York Times - World News

2026-07-16 00:52:57 (1 week ago)

Will Iran Be a Forever War?

President Trump may have fallen into the same trap that his predecessors did in Iraq and Afghanistan. Our chief diplomatic correspondent explains why.