Democrat pressures Defence leadership as ‘problematic’ if they don’t support proposed military reforms
https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/americas/us-politics/kristen-gillibrand-military-sexual-assault-b1868770.html

The DOJ has said two bans in West Virginia and Arkansas affecting transgender people violate federal law
https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/americas/us-politics/trans-ban-athletes-arkansas-west-virginia-b1868519.html

Gov. Gavin Newsom wants to make sure Californians know about the cash payments and prize money he's doling out as the scheduling of a recall..
https://www.independent.co.uk/news/cash-payments-take-center-stage-in-newsoms-1st-recall-ad-gavin-newsom-sacramento-arnold-schwarzenegger-republicans-john-cox-b1868232.html

Anyone aged 18 and over can arrange a jab from Friday, health secretary says
https://www.independent.co.uk/news/health/covid-vaccine-booking-adults-age-b1868230.html

Republicans want to see an infrastructure bill that does not remove Trump’s 2017 corporate tax cuts
https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/americas/us-politics/mitch-mcconnell-joe-biden-bipartisan-deal-b1867419.html

Police say a deadly weekend mass shooting in Austin's famed entertainment district arose from a feud between two groups of Central Texas tee..
https://www.independent.co.uk/news/police-fatal-austin-mass-shooting-arose-from-a-teenage-feud-police-austin-bond-b1867470.html

Less than one in five (17%) first-time buyers said the lockdowns had enabled them to save more money for a deposit, Santander said.
https://www.independent.co.uk/money/income-cuts-and-unaffordable-homes-dashing-firsttime-buyers-dreams-report-b1866705.html

New data shows there has been more investment in UK small businesses in the opening to 2021 than at any point for a decade
https://www.independent.co.uk/business/investment-bounced-back-after-covid-freeze-figures-show-b1866706.html

Ministers ‘allowed the Delta variant ... to take hold here’ says shadow home secretary
https://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/politics/delta-variant-india-border-labour-b1865914.html

Parliament should be informed of policy updates before press and public
https://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/politics/lindsay-hoyle-covid-roadmap-update-b1865688.html

A Tokyo court is starting the trial of two Americans in Tokyo in connection with the brash escape of former Nissan star executive Carlos Gho..
https://www.independent.co.uk/news/americans-stand-trial-in-japan-accused-in-ghosns-escape-carlos-ghosn-nissan-japan-peter-taylor-tokyo-b1865214.html

Lebanon’s currency has hit a new low as the country’s economic and political crisis worsened with no apparent solutions near
https://www.independent.co.uk/news/lebanons-currency-reaches-new-low-as-crisis-deepens-lebanon-beirut-michel-aoun-inflation-prime-minister-b1865217.html

Americans Michael Taylor and his son Peter Taylor go on trial in Tokyo on Monday on suspicion they helped Nissan former Chairman Carlos Ghos..
https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/americas/explainer-who-are-americans-on-trial-in-ghosns-escape-americans-nissan-peter-taylor-japanese-tokyo-b1864900.html

Shepherd Neame boss Jonathan Neame said the Government must confirm a firm date for the axing of all restrictions if there is any delay.
https://www.independent.co.uk/business/hospitality-bosses-demand-certainty-amid-fears-of-delay-to-easing-lockdown-b1864904.html

Hong Kong pro-democracy activist Agnes Chow has been released from jail after serving more than six months for taking part in unauthorized a..
https://www.independent.co.uk/news/hong-kong-democracy-activist-agnes-chow-released-from-jail-hong-kong-carrie-lam-china-beijing-british-b1864572.html

The Yale University graduate student whose body was found on a street next to his car in February had been shot multiple times and at close ..
https://www.independent.co.uk/news/court-documents-yale-grad-student-was-shot-at-close-range-pan-alabama-new-haven-yale-massachusetts-institute-of-technology-b1864565.html

No charges will be brought as all major players are dead and 42-year-old case now closed
https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/americas/crime/tennessee-murder-probe-ex-governor-b1863844.html

Bringing her camera to a home for unwed mothers on South Korea’s Jeju island, Sun Hee Engelstoft anticipated an empowering story about young..
https://www.independent.co.uk/news/korean-adoptee-films-pain-of-motherchild-separations-south-korean-seoul-children-denmark-america-b1863860.html

At least 11 people have been killed in the collapse of a three-story dilapidated building following heavy monsoon rains in the western India..
https://www.independent.co.uk/news/3story-building-collapses-in-india-in-heavy-rain-kills-11-india-mumbai-new-delhi-b1863024.html

State investigators say the two sheriff’s deputies who shot and killed a Black man during an arrest attempt by a U.S. Marshals Service task ..
https://www.independent.co.uk/news/deputies-who-fatally-shot-man-in-minneapolis-were-undercover-minneapolis-st-paul-minnesota-council-on-americanislamic-relations-justice-department-b1863021.html

Campaigners took legal action against the Cabinet Office over the decision to pay more than £500,000 of taxpayers’ money to Public First.
https://www.independent.co.uk/business/high-court-judge-to-deliver-ruling-in-dominic-cummings-contract-bias-case-b1862238.html

Adam Goodes had seen and heard enough when he retired in 2015 as one of the most illustrious Indigenous players in the Australian Football L..
https://www.independent.co.uk/news/antiracism-icon-adam-goodes-rejects-hall-of-fame-invitation-australian-football-league-adam-brisbane-australia-hall-of-fame-b1862237.html

Sean O’Grady explains why this pork-based problem is just the latest in a string of issues that were entirely predictable when the treaty wa..
https://www.independent.co.uk/independentpremium/politics-explained/brexit-uk-eu-sausage-war-b1861785.html

Three journalists from military-ruled Myanmar who were convicted of illegal entry after they fled to Thailand have been sent to a third coun..
https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/americas/journalists-who-fled-myanmar-find-thirdcountry-refuge-myanmar-thailand-bangkok-antony-blinken-chiang-mai-b1861432.html

It is latest departure since Donald Trump’s supporters rioted
https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/americas/us-politics/capitol-police-chad-thomas-b1861431.html

Greenpeace is trying to force the government to ‘get ocean protection done’, but as destructive fishing soars, reining it in is becoming inc..
https://www.independent.co.uk/independentpremium/greenpeace-to-patrol-uk-waters-in-campaign-to-prevent-destructive-fishing-in-protected-areas-b1861226.html

Japanese automaker Toyota has reached a settlement with the family of an engineer whose suicide was ruled a job-related death due to harassm..
https://www.independent.co.uk/news/toyota-reaches-settlement-over-bullied-engineers-suicide-toyota-tokyo-japanese-complaints-twitter-b1860751.html

Richard Ayoade hosted about as lively a ceremony as possible as awards were handed out to some of the biggest shows of the year
https://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/tv/news/bafta-tv-awards-2021-michael-coel-b1860683.html

Exclusive: Morrisons admits scenes ‘appalling and shameful’ and joins Tesco, Asda and Sainsbury in dropping supplier
https://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/home-news/supermarkets-pig-farming-company-suspend-b1858531.html

Three American senators visiting Taiwan say the U.S. will give the island 750,000 doses of COVID-19 vaccines, part of President Joe Biden’s ..
https://www.independent.co.uk/news/senators-say-us-donating-vaccines-to-taiwan-amid-china-row-taiwan-tammy-duckworth-china-joe-biden-taipei-b1860406.html

Wisconsin Gov. Tony Evers is making it official, announcing his bid for a second term in the battleground state where he stands as a Democra..
https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/americas/us-politics/democratic-wisconsin-gov-evers-launches-bid-for-second-term-tony-evers-wisconsin-legislature-democratic-scott-walker-b1860404.html

Donald Trump gave a rare speech to the Republican Party of North Carolina’s annual convention on Saturday evening.
https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/americas/us-politics/trump-republican-speech-north-carolina-b1860363.html

The fundraiser has collected nearly $60,000 as of Friday evening
https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/americas/us-politics/blogger-aoc-puerto-rico-grandmother-b1860097.html

Wild claim based on Republican ‘audits’ of election results in Arizona and Georgia
https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/americas/us-politics/trump-theory-presidential-election-reinstated-b1860119.html

‘We had a very active weekend,’ Police Chief Shaun Ferguson says
https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/americas/crime/new-orleans-police-shooting-12-year-old-killed-b1857471.html

Hong Kong media say police have arrested a member of the committee that organizes an annual candlelight vigil for the victims of the militar..
https://www.independent.co.uk/news/reports-organizer-of-hong-kongs-tiananmen-vigil-arrested-hong-kong-tiananmen-square-rthk-china-beijing-b1859438.html

Mexican officials say the United States will give Mexico a million doses of the Johnson & Johnson coronavirus vaccine that will be used main..
https://www.independent.co.uk/news/mexico-to-use-us-vaccine-gift-mainly-on-border-at-resorts-andrs-manuel-lpez-obrador-mexico-mexico-city-kamala-harris-pacific-b1859441.html

Colombia is moving to reactivate its economy by easing several lockdown measures even though it is still fighting a third peak in the corona..
https://www.independent.co.uk/news/colombia-eases-lockdown-measures-despite-3rd-virus-peak-colombia-bogota-covid-pfizer-sinovac-b1859440.html

Republican George P
https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/americas/us-politics/george-p-bush-running-for-attorney-general-in-texas-ken-paxton-donald-trump-jeb-bush-republican-greg-abbott-b1858675.html

South Carolina state Sen. Mia McLeod says she is the person who can become the United States' first Black female governor
https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/americas/us-politics/sc-lawmaker-makes-history-as-1st-black-woman-to-run-for-gov-republicans-henry-mcmaster-united-states-columbia-democratic-b1858673.html

Authorities say a boat that fell apart and killed three people off the San Diego coast last month is evidence of a growing number of deaths ..
https://www.independent.co.uk/news/migrants-are-warned-of-smuggling-risks-on-california-border-san-diego-mexico-california-mexican-chinese-b1858674.html

Prosecutors in Nicaragua have formally lodged money laundering charges against journalist Cristiana Chamorro, daughter of a former president..
https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/americas/us-politics/nicaragua-files-money-laundering-charges-against-opponent-daniel-ortega-nicaragua-liberty-sandinista-b1857952.html

Australia’s largest electricity generator AGL Energy has taken Greenpeace to court alleging breaches of copyright and trademark laws in the ..
https://www.independent.co.uk/news/australian-power-generator-takes-greenpeace-to-court-greenpeace-canberra-australian-federal-court-b1857955.html

China’s government says its chief trade envoy has talked with Treasury Secretary Janet Yelle, but it gave no indication when negotiations on..
https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/americas/us-politics/china-says-trade-envoy-talks-with-us-treasury-secretary-janet-yellen-joe-biden-liu-he-china-beijing-b1857946.html

Dallas police say panicked shoppers rushed out of Dallas mall on Memorial Day after a man banged a skateboard on the ground in the food cour..
https://www.independent.co.uk/news/man-banging-skateboard-at-dallas-mall-sends-shoppers-fleeing-dallas-police-b1857265.html

Williams defeated Irina-Camelia Begu while defending champion Iga Swiatek saw off best friend Kaja Juvan.
https://www.independent.co.uk/sport/serena-williams-iga-swiatek-french-open-rafael-nadal-bianca-andreescu-b1857229.html

An Australian court has rejected a challenge to the federal government’s draconian power to prevent most citizens from leaving the country s..
https://www.independent.co.uk/news/australian-court-upholds-ban-on-most-international-travel-australian-canberra-federal-court-melbourne-libertarian-b1857268.html

Move to oust long-serving prime minister would unite right-wing, centrist and leftist parties
https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/middle-east/israel-netanyahu-new-government-b1856714.html

HBO Max has broken in the middle of the Mare of Easttown finale.
https://www.independent.co.uk/life-style/gadgets-and-tech/hbo-max-down-mare-of-easttown-b1856783.html

Copa America is without a host country after South American soccer body CONMEBOL ruled Argentina out as organizer of the tournament
https://www.independent.co.uk/news/copa-america-has-no-host-argentina-dropped-due-to-covid-conmebol-copa-america-argentina-covid-sao-paulo-b1856786.html