Pentagon purge removes 24 generals as Hegseth targets Black and female officers
Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth has fired or forced retirement of 24 senior military leaders since February 2025, with about 60% being Black or female officers, …
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Daily Brief
Tonight’s briefing.
Evening Brief · 8 stories from the last 24 hours.
Saturday, May 2, Evening Brief: a boxing mega-fight, a NATO scramble, and a dinosaur skull heading home frame the last 24 hours. In Tokyo, two undefeated super-bantamweight champions finally share a ring. Naoya Inoue edged Junto Nakatani by split decision to unify the belts before 55,000 at the Dome, keeping both men’s 32-0 records intact yet settling…
World
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NATO scrambles for details after Trump orders 5,000-troop pullout from Germany
Yara CEO warns Iran war could trigger fertilizer-driven food shortages in Africa
Jailed Iranian Nobel laureate hospitalized in critical condition
Canada joins European summit in Armenia as Carney seeks new allies beyond U.S.
Business
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Technology
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Science
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Zimbabwean biologist wins Whitley award for community-led lion conflict reduction
Scientists reveal male mayflies use vertical dance to identify females in swarms
Stuttgart museum agrees to return 113-million-year-old Irritator dinosaur skull to Brazil
Pollution and biology are not behind falling global fertility, economists argue
Health
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Racism-linked stress tied to higher childbirth mortality risk for Black women, study finds
Specialist care after first miscarriage could prevent 10,000 UK pregnancy losses yearly
Psychologist’s NHS sterilisation win highlights unequal access for women
