Rescuers race to find Afghan quake survivors as death toll rises
The UN cites rising earthquake toll, with rescue challenges persisting as the Taliban government appeals for help.
Cyclist Chris Froome’s crash caused life-threatening heart injury
Crash that saw Froome airlifted to hospital left four-time Tour de France champ with life-threatening injury to heart.
Putin, Kim meet in Beijing; Kremlin says Russia not plotting against US
The Russian president and the North Korean leader travel to the talks together in the same car after a formal reception.
UNIFIL says Israeli drones dropped grenades near peacekeepers in Lebanon
'This is one of the most serious attacks on UNIFIL personnel and assets' since November ceasefire, UN force says.
China’s Victory Day military parade: Who attended and what happened? – Al Jazeera
- China’s Victory Day military parade: Who attended and what happened? Al Jazeera
- China unveils latest weapons in military parade as Xi hosts Putin and Kim CNN
- China's new weaponry sends message of deterrence to broad audience Reuters
- Xi Parades Firepower to Signal That China Won’t Be Bullied Again The New York Times
- China’s Xi, flanked by Putin and Kim, shows off ‘new generation’ weapons The Washington Post
Floods kill 30 and submerge 1,400 villages in Indian state
More than 354,000 people have been affected by the worst floods since 1988, as rescue efforts continue.
‘A clear message to Trump’: BBC correspondents react to China’s military parade
The display of might comes as Beijing positions itself as a global counterweight to the United States.
Kim Jong-un Brings a Guest to Beijing: His Daughter and Potential Heir – The New York Times
- Kim Jong-un Brings a Guest to Beijing: His Daughter and Potential Heir The New York Times
- Kim Jong Un’s daughter has made her first public trip outside North Korea. Why is she in Beijing? CNN
- 'Front runner' to be North Korea's next supreme leader makes international debut in China Reuters
- Meet North Korea's Kim Ju Ae - the daughter who may succeed Kim Jong Un BBC
- North Korea: Kim Jong-un’s daughter makes international debut fuelling succession speculation The Guardian
Watch: Key moments from China’s big show of strength
The military parade was attended by world leaders including Vladimir Putin and Kim Jong Un and showcased China’s new weapons.
Indonesia embassy official’s shooting in Lima probably a ‘contract killing’, says Peru government
Interior minister says ‘they were waiting for’ official who was shot at point-blank range outside his home in killing that has shocked Peru
Peru’s government has said the fatal shooting of an Indonesian embassy official in Lima on Monday night was likely a “contract killing”.
Zetro Leonardo Purba, 40, an official at the Indonesian embassy in Peru, was shot dead outside his block of flats in Lima’s Lince neighbourhood while riding a bicycle home from work on Monday evening.
Continue reading...California bill requires families to be alerted of immigration agents on school campuses
Bill says state and community colleges must have ‘early warning systems in place’ amid Trump’s deportation push
California lawmakers have passed a bill requiring schools to alert families and teachers when immigration enforcement authorities are on campuses as the Trump administration continues its aggressive mass deportation campaign.
Under the bill, K-12 schools, state universities and community colleges must notify students, faculty and staff, “similar to early warning systems in place for other campus emergencies”, according to a statement from state senator Sasha Renée Pérez, who authored the legislation.
Continue reading...‘Peace or War’: China’s Xi hosts massive military parade with Putin and Kim – Reuters
Xi Jinping says world faces ‘peace or war’, as Putin and Kim join him for military parade
Trump criticises victory day event as China caps off week of diplomatic grandstanding seen as rebuke to the west
Xi Jinping said the world was facing a choice between peace or war as he held China’s largest-ever military parade, joined by Vladimir Putin and Kim Jong-un in a show of defiance to the west.
Putin and Kim, the authoritarian leaders of Russia and North Korea, were among dozens of world leaders who attended the parade, a massive display of military hardware and personnel, orchestrated to mark the 80th anniversary of the end of the second world war, which China calls the War of Resistance against Japanese Aggression.
Continue reading...Hosting massive military parade, China’s Xi says world faces war or peace – Reuters
- Hosting massive military parade, China's Xi says world faces war or peace Reuters
- China unveils latest weapons in military parade as Xi hosts Putin and Kim CNN
- Leaders gather in Beijing for military display – as it happened The Guardian
- Xi Parades Military Strength as Trump Accuses Him of Conspiring With Putin and Kim The New York Times
- China’s Xi, flanked by Putin and Kim, shows off ‘new generation’ weapons The Washington Post
Modi’s warm meeting with Xi shows impact of Trump’s ‘tariff tantrum’ | Narendra Modi – The Guardian
- Modi’s warm meeting with Xi shows impact of Trump’s ‘tariff tantrum’ | Narendra Modi The Guardian
- Xi, Putin and Kim: behind the choreographed image that could symbolise a shift in the global balance of power The Guardian
- Chinese, Russian, Indian Leaders Pledge Cooperation, in a Message to Trump The Wall Street Journal
- China's Xi pushes a new global order, flanked by leaders of Russia and India Reuters
- Xi Redraws Geopolitical Map With Embrace of Putin and Modi Yahoo Finance
US House panel releases 33,000 pages of Epstein files
But Republicans and Democrats alike say the files, including jail CCTV, contain little new information.
Russia-Ukraine war: List of key events, day 1,287
Here are the key events on day 1,287 of Russia’s war on Ukraine.
US House committee releases more than 33,000 pages of Jeffrey Epstein files
Files appear to contain information already in public domain as calls grow for release of all pertinent documents
The US House of Representatives oversight committee on Tuesday released thousands of pages of records related to the disgraced financier and convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein from the department of justice.
The release comes as the Trump administration has been embroiled in months of controversy over its decision not to release additional files in the case. Epstein died by suicide in 2019 while awaiting trial on sex-trafficking charges and was alleged to have abused hundreds of girls.
Continue reading...Israel’s actions in Gaza meet ‘legal definition of genocide,’ scholars’ association says – ABC News
- Israel's actions in Gaza meet 'legal definition of genocide,' scholars' association says ABC News
- Israel committing genocide in Gaza, world's leading experts say BBC
- Study disputes Gaza genocide charges, finds flawed data amid Hamas-driven narrative Fox News
- Almost 300 reported killed in Gaza in 3 days since global experts accused Israel of genocide CBS News
- Critics accused of quietly rewriting meaning of genocide to fling charges at Israel The Times of Israel
Jury clears Cardi B of assault on security guard in Los Angeles
A number of viral moments thrust the civil case into the spotlight.