Author: Liam Porter

Johnson dismisses efforts to check Trump’s military power against IranHouse speaker Mike Johnson dismissed efforts by lawmakers to advance a measure to check Trump’s use of military force against Iran, after Tehran said it carried out a missile attack on the al-Udeid US airbase in Qatar.When asked whether he would allow the House of Representatives to vote on a bipartisan resolution, Johnson told reporters: “I don’t think this is an appropriate time for war powers resolution, and I don’t think it’s necessary.”Republican representative Thomas Massie and Democratic representative Ro Khanna introduced their resolution days before Trump ordered US strikes against…

AI Could Be Harnessed to Cut More Emissions Than It CreatesPower-hungry AI and associated data centers could make the grid cleaner, eventually cutting more climate-change-causing emissions than they produceBy Sara Schonhardt & E&E News John M Lund Photography Inc/Getty ImagesCLIMATEWIRE | Artificial intelligence could cut global climate pollution by up to 5.4 billion metric tons a year over the next decade if it’s harnessed in ways that would improve transportation, energy and food production.Those reductions would outweigh even the expected increase in global energy consumption and emissions that would be created by running power-hungry data centers associated with AI, according…

Any Iranian move to close the strait of Hormuz waterway would be an act of monumental self-harm, said David Lammy, the UK foreign secretary, as he continued to refuse to endorse the Israeli and American strikes on Iran, or lay out the UK view of their lawfulness.Lammy said there was no need for the British government to say if the strikes were legal since the UK was not involved in the action and had not been asked by the US to take part, or to allow the US to use the UK’s Diego Garcia base in the Indian Ocean to…

With barely 48 hours elapsed since the US launched strikes against Iran, the swift resumption of near-normal service circumnavigating the war zone underlines that few crises, short of the global pandemic, have stopped airlines and their passengers flying for long.British Airways had been planning to restart flights to the Middle East cities of Doha and Dubai again, after cancelling departures from Heathrow at the weekend. However, on Monday evening Qatar closed its airspace again as Iran launched a missile attack on US bases in the country.Nevertheless, the hiatus so far has been significant, given the airports involved are critical Gulf…

A Tesla Inc. robotaxi on Oltorf Street in Austin, Texas, on June 22, 2025.Tim Goessman | Bloomberg | Getty ImagesTesla’s Model Y robotaxi finally hit the road this weekend, sending shares of the electric vehicle maker up 8% on Monday.The EV giant debuted autonomous rides in Austin, Texas, on Sunday, opening the service to a limited number of riders by invitation only.Those invited included longtime Tesla fans, promoters and shareholders, many of whom generate income from posting Tesla- and Musk-related social media content on platforms including X and YouTube.CEO Elon Musk said in a post on his social network X…

Danny FullbrookCulture reporterClaudio Giovannini/EPA-EFE/ShutterstockThe painting will be returned to the exhibition when it is restoredA 18th-century oil painting has allegedly been damaged after a museum visitor tripped while taking a selfie.Florence’s Uffizi Gallery said a tourist fell backwards while trying to “make a meme in front” of a portrait of Ferdinando de’ Medici, Grand Prince of Tuscany, by Anton Domenico Gabbiani.The museum explained the damage could be repaired quickly but director Simone Verde warned restrictions on visitor behaviour could be imposed in the future.He said in a statement: “The problem of visitors coming to museums to make memes or take…

Etro took a quieter route this season, presenting its men’s collection without fanfare in a showroom display. Shown on mannequins and designed by the in-house team, the collection stayed within familiar territory, riffing on the brand’s paisley prints without pushing for reinvention.The motifs were drawn from an archival pochette, and reimagined across fluid silk shirts, lightweight knitted blousons, and the brand’s signature pajama sets, complete with matching kimono robes, for a touch of worldly nonchalance.Ornamental prints were woven into a more grounded menswear lexicon, a deliberate move that balanced Etro’s signature decorative penchant with pragmatism. Soft-tailored suits, relaxed silhouettes, and…

Aggressively marketed vapes threaten to undo progress made on smoking control, according to the World Health Organization.Officials, speaking at the World Conference on Tobacco Control in Dublin, said efforts were stalling when it came to helping tobacco users to quit, campaigning in the media on the dangers, and imposing higher taxes on tobacco products. Young people were particularly vulnerable, it added.Countries should consider extending the graphic health warnings already required on cigarette packets to vapes or e-cigarettes, heated tobacco products and nicotine pouches, the WHO said.In many countries, tobacco products had become more affordable in the past decade, the report…

Chelsea manager Enzo Maresca says it is “impossible” to organise normal training sessions amid a “code red” severe heat warning in Philadelphia at the Club World Cup. The Blues players trained at Subaru Park, the home of local Major League soccer side Philadelphia Union, in 37C heat.The 45 percent humidity means it feels more like 45C, according to accuweather.com and temperatures on Monday were predicted to to reach over 100C Fahrenheit (37.78C) for the first time in 13 years.”This morning’s session has been very, very, very short,” said Maresca, adding that “otherwise you don’t save energy for the game”. “It’s…

Intelligence operations years in the making were behind Israel’s targeting of key military positions and leaders in Iran this month, according to the Israeli press. The strikes that took out much of Iran’s key defensive infrastructure and killed military commanders are credited to an Israeli intelligence service that is claimed to have infiltrated much of Iran’s security apparatus. People gather near damaged vehicles in the aftermath of Israeli strikes, in Tehran, Iran, on June 13, 2025 [Majid Asgaripour/West Asia News Agency] Inside Iran, scores of people have reportedly been arrested and accused of spying for Mossad, Israel’s intelligence agency, providing…