BBC: The skies were as blue as the famous waters of Lake Tahoe when Gloria Brigantino and her friends decided to anchor and get a rum cocktail. It was starting to feel chilly, and winds were picking up. On shore, a band was playing, and people were swimming – children running around in their swimsuits […]
(Reuters) WASHINGTON/DOHA/ISTANBUL, June 24 – U.S. President Donald Trump said on Tuesday a ceasefire between Israel and Iran was now in place and asked both countries not to violate it, only hours after Iran launched waves of missiles, which Israel’s ambulance service said killed four people. “THE CEASEFIRE IS NOW IN EFFECT. PLEASE DO NOT […]
(Reuters) BANGKOK, June 24 – Thailand’s military has closed border crossings into Cambodia to almost all travellers, including tourists and traders, citing security concerns as tensions between the two Southeast Asian neighbours remain escalated over a simmering border dispute. The deterioration in ties was sparked by brief armed clashes in a border area that left one Cambodian […]
(Reuters) BOSTON, June 23 – A federal judge on Monday blocked President Donald Trump‘s administration from implementing his plan to bar foreign nationals from entering the United States to study at Harvard University. U.S. District Judge Allison Burroughs in Boston issued an injunction, opens new tab barring Trump’s administration from carrying out its latest bid to curtail Harvard’s […]
(Reuters) WASHINGTON/DOHA/ISTANBUL, June 24 – U.S. President Donald Trump announced on Monday a complete ceasefire between Israel and Iran, potentially ending the 12-day war that saw millions flee Tehran and prompted fears of further escalation in the war-torn region. But there was no confirmation from Israel and the Israeli military said it had detected missiles […]
BBC: The US Supreme Court has cleared the way for President Donald Trump’s administration to resume deportations of migrants to countries other than their homeland. By 6-3, the justices reversed a lower court order requiring the government to give migrants a “meaningful opportunity” to tell officials what risks they might face being deported to a […]
BBC: At least seven people have been killed and several injured in an overnight Russian missile and drone attack in the Kyiv region, the interior minister has said. In a post on social media, Ihor Klymenko said residential areas, hospitals and sports infrastructure had been hit. At least six of those who died were in […]
(Reuters) ISTANBUL/WASHINGTON/JERUSALEM, June 23 – Iran and Israel traded air and missile strikes as the world braced on Monday for Tehran’s response to the U.S. attack on its nuclear sites and U.S. President Donald Trump raised the idea of regime change in the Islamic republic. Iran vowed to defend itself on Sunday, a day after […]
BBC: “I drive an electric vehicle because I am poor,” says Lu Yunfeng, a private hire driver, who is at a charging station on the outskirts of Guangzhou in the south of China. Standing nearby, Sun Jingguo agrees. “The cost of driving a petrol car is too expensive. I save money driving an electric vehicle,” […]
BBC: At least 22 people have been killed and 63 others wounded in a suicide bomb attack at a church in Damascus, Syria’s health ministry has said. A man opened fire with a weapon at the Greek Orthodox Church of the Prophet Elias in the Dweila neighbourhood during a service on Sunday evening before detonating […]