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Watch this huge bear stick a ‘perfect’ landing while diving into rushing Alaska river
A brown bear feeding on salmon in Alaska takes an ungainly leap into the Brooks River in an Instagram video posted by the U.S. Department of the Interior. The bear ...
$2M bail set for man charged in ambush of Chicago officer
Bail has been set at $2 million for a man who prosecutors say shot a Chicago police officer multiple times as the officer stepped off an elevator while responding to ...
MWP MEETS MGI: Pageants fans divided over possible collab
Arnold Vegafria (right) and Nawat Itsaragrisil (Instagram) Could this photo be another sign of changes in the local pageant scene? Just recently, Miss World Philippines National Director Arnold Vegafria shared a photo of his meeting with Miss Grand
Women's Hockey World Cup: India, England Play Out 1-1 Draw
India and England drew 1-1 in their Women's Hockey World Cup Pool B encounter on Sunday. ...
Sri Lanka fuel crisis: Govt declares week-long holiday for schools from tomorrow
Sri Lankan schools will remain shut for a week as the country faces a severe fuel crisis. The Education Ministry on Sunday declared that all government
Zelenskyy denies Russia has seized last Luhansk stronghold
KYIV, Ukraine (AP) — Ukrainian President Volodymr Zelenskyy denied Sunday that Russian forces have fully seized the last Ukrainian stronghold in Luhansk province. The city of “Lysychansk is still being fought for,” he told a news conference with Australia’s
India bars Pulitzer-winning Kashmiri photojournalist from flying to France
Sanna Irshad Mattoo says she was stopped by immigration officials at Delhi airport despite holding valid visa Indian authorities have blocked a Pulitzer prize-winning Kashmiri photojournalist from taking a flight to Paris where she was to take part in a book
Australian PM visits sites of alleged Russian atrocities in Ukraine
Anthony Albanese is latest western leader to have gone to Ukraine, visiting Bucha, Hostomel and Irpin Russia-Ukraine war: live updates Australia’s prime minister, Anthony Albanese, has visited the sites of some of the most infamous atrocities of Russia’s war
Akron police to release body-cam video in fatal shooting of Jayland Walker
Officials brace for fresh protests after 25-year-old Black man was killed running from officers during a traffic stop Authorities in Akron, Ohio, were bracing for new protests as a deadline approached Sunday for the release of police body-camera video in the
‘Misunderstanding of market dynamics’: Bezos lashes out at Biden over call for lowering gas prices | Mint
Amazon.com Inc. founder Jeff Bezos criticized a tweet from US President Joe Biden calling for oil executives to reduce gasoline prices. Bezos was responding to Biden’s criticism of companies running gas stations and setting prices for consumers. “This is
Palestinian teen shot by Israeli forces dies
They include Al Jazeera journalist Shireen Abu Akleh, who according to
Russia claims capture of pivotal city in eastern Ukraine
KYIV, Ukraine — Russia claimed control Sunday of the last major Ukrainian-held city in one of two eastern provinces that have been the focus of Moscow’s grinding war. Story continues below This advertisement has not loaded yet, but your article continues
German health minister in move to boost use of COVID treatment Paxlovid
FRANKFURT — Germany’s health minister said on Sunday he will push for more prescriptions of Pfizer’s oral COVID-19 antiviral treatment Paxlovid by family doctors to reduce severe cases of the disease. Story continues below This advertisement has not loaded
Chinese attack on Taiwan not imminent: US
A Chinese attack on Taiwan is not imminent, the top US general says, but the US is watching "very closely". ...
With no fuel and no cash, Sri Lanka keeps schools closed
COLOMBO, Sri Lanka (AP) — Cash-strapped Sri Lanka on Sunday extended school closures for one week because there isn't enough fuel for teachers and parents to get children to classrooms, and the energy minister appealed to the country'...
Sri Lanka: Less than Day's Fuel Left, Public Transport Grinds to a Halt as Economic ...
Petrol and diesel
10-year-old forced to travel for abortion after being denied in Ohio sparks widespread outrage
Bans in some states have no exceptions for rape or abuse
Ukraine: Cardiff photojournalist shares photos of war
A Cardiff-based photojournalist has shared some of the photos she has taken while covering the war in Ukraine. Jess Daly spent three weeks around the city of Dnipro in June, where she was embedded with the Hospitallers Medical Battalion. She said: "I was
Liz Cheney says not prosecuting Trump would lead to ‘graver’ threat
‘I think it’s a much
Thousands wounded in unrest in Uzbekistan's Nukus - Uzbek news website
ALMATY (Reuters) - Thousands of people have been hospitalised after unrest in the capital of Uzbekistan's autonomous Karakalpakstan province, Uzbek news website Daryo.uz cited a local official as saying on Sunday. Read full story ...
Glacier collapses in Italian Alps, at least 6 reported dead
ROME (Reuters) - Parts of a mountain glacier collapsed in the Italian Alps on Sunday amid record high temperatures, local authorities said, with local media reporting that at least six people had been killed. Read full story ...
Australia will ban Russian gold imports, give Ukraine more armoured vehicles - PM
KYIV (Reuters) - Australia will provide 34 additional armoured vehicles to Ukraine and prohibit Russian gold imports, Australian Prime Minister Anthony Albanese said in Kyiv on Sunday. Read full story ...
Three Tunisian judges' unions suspend strike started a month ago - statement
(Reuters) - Three Tunisian judges' unions have decided to suspend a four-week-long strike started in protest at Tunisian President Kais Saied's dismissal of 57 judges on June 1, they said on Sunday. Read full story ...
Xinhua Asia-Pacific news summary at 1600 GMT, July 3
COLOMBO -- Sri Lanka needs to pay 587 million U.S. dollars for planned fuel imports until mid-August, said Minister of Power and Energy Kanchana Wijesekera on Sunday. Sri Lanka has to make these payments to several foreign oil
Interview: Passion and expertise key to successful FINA Worlds, says organizer
BUDAPEST, July 3 (Xinhua) -- Passion and expertise are the two key ingredients without which the 19th FINA World Championships could not have been organized in Budapest, and surely not under just four months, David Szanto, COO of the organizing committee, told
Diplomats say ban on girls’ education one of the main reasons Taliban are still international outcasts
Gathering of Afghan clerics and elders ends with call for international recognition, but silence on country’s ban on secondary education for girls Classes for girls were set to restart in March until a last-minute reversal apparently on the orders of
Alpine glacier chunk detaches, killing at least 5 hikers
ROME (AP) — A large chunk of Alpine glacier broke loose Sunday afternoon and slid down a mountainside in Italy, sending ice, snow and rock slamming into hikers on a popular trail on the peak killing at least five and injuring eight, authorities said. Italian
Zelensky Cheers Israeli Supreme Court Ruling Lifting Cap on Ukrainian Refugees
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky talks during an interview with Reuters in Kyiv, Ukraine, March 1, 2022. REUTERS/Umit Bektas Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky welcomed a decision Sunday by Israel’s Supreme Court that rejected a government
Italian glacier collapses, killing at least five hikers
ROME — A large chunk of Alpine glacier broke loose Sunday afternoon and slid down a mountainside in Italy, sending ice, snow and rock slamming into hikers on a popular trail on the peak killing at least five and injuring eight, authorities said. Story
Silver Fuels The BRICS Currency Rocket, Mass Revaluation Coming
With the US dollar’s reserve
