India calls Trump’s tariff threat over Russian oil ‘unjustified’
The US president threatened to "substantially" raise tariffs against India over its purchase of oil from Russia.
Trump threatens India with ‘substantial’ tariff hike for buying Russian oil
The US president says India doesn't care "how many people in Ukraine are being killed" - but India calls the tariff threat "unjustified".
Palestinians distraught over relatives missing at deadly Gaza aid sites
Many families face agonising wait to find out why loved ones never returned from distribution hubs run by notorious GHF.
Brazil Supreme Court orders house arrest of former President Bolsonaro
Justice Alexandre de Moraes says Bolsonaro violated pre-trial precautionary measures imposed by the court.
Netanyahu fires attorney general as domestic pressure over Gaza heats up – The Washington Post
- Netanyahu fires attorney general as domestic pressure over Gaza heats up The Washington Post
- Israel’s government votes to dismiss country’s attorney general CNN
- Netanyahu moves to fire attorney general prosecuting him for corruption Axios
- Israeli government votes to dismiss attorney general, escalating standoff with judiciary NBC News
- Israel court halts gov’t firing of attorney general investigating Netanyahu Al Jazeera
Speaker Mike Johnson visits occupied West Bank to support Israeli settlers
Palestinian foreign ministry condemns Republican visit for ‘undermining efforts to stop the war and cycle of violence’
Mike Johnson became the highest ranked US official to visit the occupied West Bank on Monday, the Republican House speaker drawing measures of praise and condemnation for his trip in support of Israeli settlements amid a worsening starvation crisis in Gaza.
The excursion followed Johnson’s arrival in Israel on Sunday on an unannounced visit with other Republican lawmakers, and his meeting with Israeli defense minister Israel Katz and foreign minister Gideon Saar.
Continue reading...Demands for justice on fifth anniversary of deadly Beirut port blast
Hundreds gathered in Beirut to mark five years since the deadly port explosion that killed over 218 people.
The Global Impact of the Latest U.S. Tariffs – NPR
- The Global Impact of the Latest U.S. Tariffs NPR
- After a Lag, Consumers Begin to Feel the Pinch of Tariffs The New York Times
- Donald Trump thinks he’s winning on trade, but America will lose The Economist
- Fact Sheet: President Donald J. Trump Amends Duties to Address the Flow of Illicit Drugs Across our Northern Border The White House (.gov)
- Transcript: U.S. Trade Representative Jamieson Greer on "Face the Nation with Margaret Brennan," Aug. 3, 2025 CBS News
British couple held in Iran moved to separate prisons heightening welfare concerns
Lindsay and Craig Foreman were detained seven months ago on espionage charges while on global motorbike trip
A British couple detained in Iran for seven months on espionage charges have been moved to separate prisons in and near Tehran, heightening fears for their welfare, their son said on Monday.
Lindsay and Craig Foreman, both 52 and who previously split their time between south-east England and Spain, were seized in Kerman, in central Iran, in early January while on a round-the-world motorbike trip.
Continue reading...US House Speaker Mike Johnson visits Israeli West Bank settlement
Johnson becomes the highest-ranking US official to visit an illegal settlement in the occupied Palestinian territory.
Putin’s ‘daughter’ resurfaces online: ‘He destroyed my life’ – The Times
- Putin’s ‘daughter’ resurfaces online: ‘He destroyed my life’ The Times
- Putin's 'secret daughter' laments father who killed 'millions' and 'destroyed' her life as she pivots to support Ukraine New York Post
- Who is Luiza Rozova? Putin's 'illegitimate' daughter breaks silence Newsweek
- Who is Putin's secret daughter? Meet Elizaveta Krivonogikh who reportedly accused Russian President of de Times of India
- Elizaveta Krivonogikh: Vladimir Putin's "Secret" Daughter Speaks About "Man Who Killed Millions" NDTV
Seems Like The President Who Brags About How Smart He Is Cannot Do Arithmetic – HuffPost
Danish zoo asks for unwanted pets to feed its predators
Aalborg Zoo says the unique scheme is aimed at mimicking what its predators would eat in the wild.
Danish zoo asks for unwanted pets to feed its predators
Aalborg Zoo says the unique scheme is aimed at mimicking what its predators would eat in the wild.
Aalborg Zoo asks for unwanted pets to feed its predators – BBC
More Gazans die seeking aid and from hunger; burial shrouds in short supply – Reuters
- More Gazans die seeking aid and from hunger; burial shrouds in short supply Reuters
- In Gaza, more Palestinians are killed while waiting for food aid NPR
- 5 die of malnutrition in Gaza in past 24 hours, health officials say ABC News
- Bruce Pearl Facing Serious Backlash For 'Divisive' Barack Obama Claim Yahoo Sports
- Mike Huckabee on Israel reporting: The media deserves our contempt Fox News
Commuters flee New Jersey train after fire breaks out
Passengers fled a smoke-filled carriage after a fire broke out beneath a train at Newport Station in Jersey City, US.
Why have relations between Trump and Modi nosedived so quickly?
The United States slaps 25 percent tariffs on a nation long viewed as an ally.
Search intensifies for British woman missing from Greek beach
Coastguard and police continue to scour land and sea for Michele Bourda, who was last seen on a sunbed
A mammoth search-and-rescue operation for a British woman last seen lounging on a sunbed in Greece has intensified days after her “mysterious” disappearance.
The Hellenic coastguard, backed by a flotilla of pleasure craft and fishing boats, has fanned across the waters off Ofrynio beach near the northern town of Kavala, where Michele Bourda, 59, went missing on 1 August.
Continue reading...Canada wildfires prompt severe air quality alerts across country and US
More than 700 active wildfires burning across Canada and about two-thirds are currently out-of-control
Billowing smoke from hundreds of out-of-control wildfires – most of which are in the Canadian Prairies – have caused severe air quality alerts across Canada and the United States.
Detroit, Michigan, and the Canadian cities of Montreal and Toronto, recorded some of the worst air quality in the world on Monday, according to a ranking by IQAir, a Swiss air quality technology company.
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