Browsing: World News

Euronews says Europe remains at the “epicentre” of a global monkeypox outbreak, the World Health Organization’s European regional office said on Wednesday.

Arab News says Iran said on Wednesday it intended to conduct a test launch of its new solid-fueled rocket, despite a series of catastrophic failures and growing evidence that Israel may be sabotaging Tehran’s aerospace program.

TRT World says the US Federal Reserve has raised its benchmark interest rate by 75 basis points, marking its biggest rate hike in 28 years.

The Metro says a suspected Russian spy has been arrested at Gatwick Airport as he was about to leave the UK, according to reports.

The Guardian says New York’s highest court has rejected Donald Trump’s last-ditch effort to avoid testifying in the state attorney general’s civil investigation into his business practices, clearing the way for his deposition next month.

Sky News says A second man has been arrested following the disappearance of British journalist Dom Phillips in the Amazon rainforest.

Euronews says France’s highest court has heard an appeal by the city of Grenoble over a nationwide swimming pool ban on the “burkini” swimsuit.

Aljazeera says Moscow has banned dozens of British journalists, media representatives, and defence figures from entering the country, the Russian foreign ministry said.

Arab News says the White House and Saudi officials ended weeks of speculation by confirming that President Joe Biden will visit Saudi Arabia on July 15 and 16 at the invitation of King Salman.

TRT World says former US president Donald Trump has decried the congressional probe into the riot by his supporters last year at the US Capitol as a “mockery of justice.”

The Metro says Vladimir Putin’s health is in the spotlight once again after footage showed the 69-year-old’s legs buckling as he gives a speech.

The Independent says the House select committee investigating the assault on the US Capitol on 6 January 2021 held the second of its televised hearings yesterday.

The Independent says Calfornia’s Furnace Creek is set to hit record temperatures this year at 118F or 47C as large parts of southwestern America suffer through sweltering heat, affecting over 60 million people.

The Guardian says The House select committee investigating the January 6 insurrection on Monday scrutinized the conspiracy theories that led a group of Donald Trump’s supporters to attack the US Capitol and produced damning testimony for the former US president.

Sky News says the bodies of a British journalist and his colleague – who have been missing in the Amazon rainforest for more than a week – have not been found, it has been claimed, despite earlier reports.

Euronews says At least five people are now known to have died in the severe floods that have hit central Turkey.

Aljazeera says At least 50 people have died in an attack by armed men on a village in northern Burkina Faso, a government spokesman said.

The Australian newspaper that ran the story about Rebel Wilson’s new relationship with a woman, has apologised and removed the gossip column.

Daily Express says VLADIMIR PUTIN’S separatists have vowed to execute two captured British fighters facing the death sentence in Donetsk People’s Republic (DPR).

The Independent says the select committee investigating the assault on the US Capitol on 6 January 2021 will reconvene today for another hearing.

France24 says an early heat wave is expected to hit France this week, the state forecaster Meteo France said on Sunday, with temperatures reaching up to 38 Celsius (100 Fahrenheit) in the south.

Arab News says Iran is “dangerously close” to completing its nuclear weapons program, and will be able to produce an atomic bomb unless the West gets tough on Tehran, Israel’s PM warned.

TRT World says authorities in India’s Uttar Pradesh state have demolished homes of several Muslim families allegedly for role in massive protests last week triggered by derogatory remarks.

Aljazeera says A bipartisan group of United States senators, including enough Republicans to overcome the chamber’s “filibuster” rule, has announced an agreement on a framework for potential gun safety legislation.

The Sun says RUSSIAN-backed thugs holding two British fighters captured in Ukraine forced them to call The Sun begging for their lives before their kangaroo court trial, we can now reveal.