The Conservative People's Party of Estonia (EKRE) reelected Martin Helme as party chair on Saturday, reaffirming his leadership of the right-wing opposition party.

Parempoolsed chair Lavly Perling told Saturday's party council meeting that Estonia must scale back the state's role in people's lives and cut taxes to drive growth.

The Conservative People's Party of Estonia (EKRE) reelected Martin Helme as party chair on Saturday, reaffirming his leadership of the right-wing opposition party.

Parempoolsed chair Lavly Perling told Saturday's party council meeting that Estonia must scale back the state's role in people's lives and cut taxes to drive growth.

Crowds, flags and banners filled the streets of Tallinn for the Baltic Pride march on Saturday, capping off a weeklong celebration of LGBT+ visibility, community and support.

Saturday's half marathon in Narva was called off minutes before its scheduled start after emergency services received a report of a suspicious bag along the route.

Eesti meeste jalgpallikoondis alustab täna Balti turniiri, kui kohtub Pärnu rannastaadionil poolfinaalis Fääri saartega. Postimees teeb kell 18 algavast mängust otseblogi.

Kaugküttefirma Utilitas uuendab Põhja-Tallinnas soojatrassi ja seetõttu kaevas ettevõte üles mullu sügisel avatud Putukaväila pargi. Linnajuhtide sõnul ilmnes soojatrassi uuendamise vajadus siis, kui polnud enam võimalik paigaldada torustik samal ajal pargi ehitamisega.

The city's governor urges residents to remain indoors for the first time since the beginning of the war.

Teenager Mirra Andreeva fulfils her huge potential with a first Grand Slam title as Polish qualifier Maja Chwalinska is denied a fairytale French Open victory.

Jack Clark tells BBC's Newsnight AI could get to the point where it develops without human input.

The US president said on Friday he expects to meet the leaders of top AI companies next week.

U.S. President Donald Trump’s push to rebrand the Pentagon as the Department of War won a victory late on Thursday when Republicans on a key committee voted to make the change permanent. The House Armed Services Committee narrowly voted along party lines to codify the renaming of the Department of Defense, which Trump kicked off last fall, during marathon deliberations on its annual defense policy bill. The surprising show of total unity from defense hawks injects another contentious partisan issue into the must-pass defense bill as Republican leaders aim to muscle the $1 trillion bill through the House later this month amid the war against Iran. In one of its final votes, the Armed Services Committee approved an amendment from Rep. Ronny Jackson (R-Texas), a hard-line Trump ally, to formally adopt the name change. Trump signed an executive order last September authorizing the use of the Department of War in place of the Department of Defense. The move to revert to a title the bureaucracy last held in the 1940s reflects a tougher military that fights and decisively wins wars, according to the president and Pentagon chief Pete Hegseth. Jackson similarly argued that permanently changing the name to the War Department “reflects the determination and resolve” of the military. “Restoring the name Department of War sends an unmistakable signal to the world,” Jackson said. “Deterrence only works when adversaries believe America is willing to fight and win to secure its interests.” While many Republicans have adopted Trump’s preferred terminology and Hegseth has taken on the title secretary of war, the Pentagon’s legal name remains the Department of Defense until Congress signs off to make the change permanent. The proposal must also pass muster in the Senate, but it is likely to face resistance there because of the need for Democratic votes to advance legislation. Top House Armed Services Democrat Adam Smith of Washington mocked the proposal as “one of the dumbest things that has been done by this administration.” “It’s semantic nonsense at a time when we have a lot of substantive arguments,” Smith said. Opponents of the move have also argued it would waste money. The Congressional Budget Office estimated that a full renaming could cost as much as $125 million. Hegseth expressed gratitude to Jackson following the vote, writing in a social media post early Friday: “The Department of War will officially be restored soon.” The broader National Defense Authorization Act, which now carries the renaming provision, cleared the Armed Services Committee in a bipartisan 44-12 vote. But a dozen Democrats opposed the bill, marking the panel’s most partisan vote on the legislation in years. Those Democrats largely opposed the Pentagon bill over its $1 trillion price tag, which they dubbed excessive and wasteful, and a lack of meaningful guardrails related to the nearly 100-day war with Iran. Voting to adopt Trump’s Department of War rebrand, while not necessarily decisive, was for Democratic opponents yet another act of political fealty by Republicans. “It’s performative bullshit,” said Rep. Pat Ryan (D-N.Y.), one of the dozen Democrats who opposed the bill over Iran and the massive defense budget. “I think ending on that performative note summed up the whole situation.”

Ukraine launched a drone attack near St. Petersburg overnight, hitting the area again just before the last day of Russian President Vladimir Putin’s flagship economic forum in the city. The attacks come hours after Putin said there was no point in meeting Ukrainian leader Volodymyr Zelenskyy, who had sent him a letter calling for peace talks. Zelenskyy wrote online Saturday that Ukrainian drones hit “the enemy navy’s arsenals and a base in Kronstadt” in the St. Petersburg region and an oil depot in the southern Krasnodar region. “It is time to end this war. But Russia’s ruler wants to keep fighting,” Zelenskyy said in his post on X. Russia’s Defense Ministry said its air defenses shot down 376 Ukrainian drones, the Associated Press reported on Saturday. The drone strikes came just ahead of the closing of the St. Petersburg International Economic Forum, an event the Kremlin uses to showcase Russia’s economy and attract foreign investment. It is often dubbed Putin’s Davos. Earlier in the week, Ukrainian drones hit the outskirts of St. Petersburg just as the forum was getting under way. Ukraine’s Foreign Minister Andrii Sybiha said on Saturday that “things will only get worse for Russia” as Ukraine demonstrates its ability to strike deep into Russian territory. “By refusing President Zelenskyy’s offer for direct peace talks, Putin lost his chance to get out of his failed war,” Sybiha wrote on X. On Sunday, Zelenskyy is expected to meet the leaders of France, Germany and the U.K. in London to discuss support for Ukraine and a way forward for peace talks.

Eighth-ranked Mirra Andreeva ended the run of 114th-ranked Polish qualifier Maja Chwalinska in 6-3, 6-2 win in final.

Activists disrupt German military exhibit over arms sales to Israel.

Pontiff to make marginalised a focus of first papal visit since 2011 including meeting with migrants in the CanariesPope Leo has urged political leaders to seek unity, rather than divide their populations for political gain, and said they must fight for peace, in the opening speech of his tour in Spain.The pope has made the marginalised a focus of his visit – his first tour of an EU country, apart from Italy – including meeting homeless people in Madrid and migrants in the Canary Islands. The pope, who has clashed with the US president, Donald Trump, over his immigration policies and war with Iran, said his visit was aimed at setting an example of respecting “every human being”. Continue reading...

Oil tankers may be stuck behind strait of Hormuz, but holding the Iata AGM in Brazil defies warnings of impending shortagesNothing says jet fuel crisis, as one prospective attender put it, like flying everyone to Rio de Janeiro. Aviation leaders will converge in Brazil this weekend for the Iata AGM, the annual global airline summit, with the industry still, for the most part, looking resolutely skyward.The oil tankers may still be stuck behind the strait of Hormuz as the conflict between the US, Israel and Iran flickers on, but for now, airlines continue to defy dire warnings of impending shortages which had stoked fears of a summer of chaos for European holidaymakers. Continue reading...

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