Browsing: World News

Aljazeera says at least 49 people have been killed and more than 300 injured after a massive fire swept through a container depot in southeastern Bangladesh, according to senior officials.

TRT World says Australia’s federal court has ordered Google to pay more than $500,000 in damages to a politician after finding he had been defamed by a comedian’s videos hosted on YouTube.

Eight days after the mass shooting at a elementary school – that left 19 kids and two teachers dead, America has experienced another shooting.

The Guardian says services for Amerie Jo Garza and Maite Rodriguez held on Tuesday, with 19 more planned for coming weeks

France24 says Shanghai eased a range of Covid-19 restrictions on Wednesday in a step towards returning to normal after a two-month lockdown that confined residents of the megacity to their homes and battered China’s economy.

VOA says Joe Biden said Tuesday he decided to provide Ukraine with “more advanced rocket systems and munitions” as part of U.S. efforts to help the Ukrainian fight against a Russian invasion now in its fourth month.

The Daily Express says THE EVACUATION of more than 318,000 homes in the Okinawa region of Japan has been ordered over flooding fears, with the vast majority being told to leave Naha City, according to a weather monitor.

The Daily Express says VENICE’S mayor has reacted with rage to graffiti on one of the city’s churches. Recently two US tourists were spotted swimming naked in a Venice canal.

The Independent says Israeli prime minister Naftali Bennett has defended the decision to hold an annual march which celebrates his country’s takeover of east Jerusalem, after this year’s proceedings were marked by violence and anti-Palestinian racism.

The Guardian says the European Union has agreed to an embargo on most Russian oil imports after late-night talks at a summit in Brussels.