Browsing: World News

France24 says the Biden administration on Thursday sued Texas, seeking to block enforcement of a new law almost entirely banning abortion in the state.

Aljazeera says Philippine President Duterte’s daughter has declared that she will not run for the presidency in May 2022 but many remain sceptical.

Yahoo says former President Barack Obama is the latest high-profile figure to appear in an ad supporting Democratic Gov. Gavin Newsom and urging Californians to vote “no” in next Tuesday’s California recall election.

CBS says Republicans on the House Oversight and Reform Committee are investigating “possible undue White House influence” around the upcoming sale of Hunter Biden’s artwork

The Metro says more Americans think the September 11 terrorist attacks in the US changed the nation for the worse, as the 20th anniversary of the tragic day approaches.

VOA says law enforcement concerned by the prospect of violence at a rally are planning to reinstall protective fencing that surrounded the U.S. Capitol after the January 6 insurrection.

TRT World says a swath of the Florida panhandle has been placed under a tropical storm warning after Tropical Storm Mindy made landfall.

France24 says foreign countries greeted the makeup of the new government in Afghanistan with caution and dismay after the Taliban appointed hardline veteran figures to top positions.

The Independent says Greg Abbott has defended new abortion laws in Texas by saying victims of rape and incest will have “at least six weeks” to terminate their pregnancy.

The Seattle Times says King County has agreed to pay $3.5 million to settle the lawsuit of a 45-year-old woman who claims that when she was a teenage runaway 28 years ago, sheriff’s deputies left her at a Federal Way massage parlor where she was forced into prostitution.