Browsing: World News

France24 says In the scorching heat, Felipe Elvira inspects the branches of his olive trees, planted as far as the eye can see on a dusty hillside in southern Spain.

Aljazeera says An earthquake has hit the northern Philippines, shattering windows at its epicentre and causing high-rise towers to shake more than 400km (249 miles) away in the capital Manila.

TRT World says Donald Trump has returned to Washington for the first time since leaving the White House 18 months ago, delivering a fiery speech sprinkled with strong hints he may run for president again in 2024.

VOA says The trial of U.S. basketball star Brittney Griner resumed Tuesday in a Russian courtroom.

Muslim businesses targeted in Chicago in a massive PR move to keep the Chicago Bears from moving, by Mayor Lightfoot. Chicago continues to be overwhelmed by gun violence and homicides.…

RUSSIAN protesters are risking their lives to stand up to Vladimir Putin by publicly burning a symbol associated with oppression in Ukraine.

Bangladesh on the verge of bankruptcy and needs a $4.5Bn bailout to balance the books by the International Monetary fund urgently. The Daily Start newspaper reported on Tuesday, the latest country…

The average life expectancy in Germany dropped between 2019 and 2021 according to the national statistics office, a change that it attributes to the unusually high number of deaths during the Covid-19 pandemic.

“I am deeply sorry,” Pope Francis historically said on Monday, as he issued an apology for the Catholic Church’s cooperation with Canada’s “catastrophic” policy of indigenous residential schools.

France24 says About 1,700 people had been infected with monkeypox in France, Health Minister François Braun said on Monday.

Euronews says Russia’s top diplomat said Moscow’s overarching goal in Ukraine is to remove from power its “unacceptable regime.”

Aljazeera says Japan has executed a man convicted of killing seven people in a stabbing rampage in Tokyo’s popular Akihabara electronics district in 2008.

One of California’s biggest wildfires this year exploded to over 21 square miles Sunday, forcing thousands to flee remote mountain communities.

Travellers again stuck in broken Thalys train without aircon, 86 migrants found crammed into truck in North Macedonia.

Travellers found themselves trapped on a broken Thalys train without air conditioning for hours on Sunday, resulting in three people becoming unwell. 

Hungary’s prime minister Viktor Orban has sparked outrage after attacking the ‘mixing’ of European and non-European races in a recent speech made in Băile Tușnad.

Authorities have found 86 migrants, including children, in a truck with an attached trailer in the southern part of North Macedonia.

France24 says PRESIDENT MACRON on Monday begins a three-nation tour of western African states in the first trip to Africa of his new term as he seeks to reboot France’s post-colonial relationship with the continent.

Euronews says FIERCE wildfires are sweeping through the north, south and east of Greece on Sunday, as a scorching heatwave boils the country.

Aljazeera says IRAN says its intelligence forces have arrested suspected members of an Israeli cell hours before they were allegedly planning to carry out a major “terrorist” bombing operation.

TRT World says A FIERCE California wildfire has expanded burning several thousand acres and forcing evacuations, as tens of millions of Americans sweltered through scorching heat.

Brussels – EU News: A summary of the news this week from the European Union. The Euro week so far: Draghi’s ‘Undesirable Exit’ and the EU buys heavy water bombers…

Thousands ordered to flee California wildfire near Yosemite Park prompting evacuation orders for thousands of people. A fast-moving brush fire near Yosemite National Park exploded in size Saturday into one…

Lithuania lifts blockade on Russian route to Kaliningrad.  Kaliningrad is on the Baltic Sea and uses a rail link to Russia via Lithuania for passengers and freight. Lithuania has lifted…

Boom Supersonic unveils a new Overture supersonic jet to bring back Concorde. It’s been almost 20 years since Concorde flew for the final time. But will a new Concorde survive…