- U.S Passport Power Declines—From No. 1 To No. 10 In 20 Years Forbes
- The world’s most powerful passports of the 21st century CNN
- These Are the Most Peaceful Countries With the Most Powerful Passports Condé Nast Traveler
- Passport Power Doubles as Global Peace Declines Henley & Partners
- US passport, once most powerful in the world, plummets in global ranking The Hill
Why Iran is risking so much over the Strait of Hormuz
None of the choices facing Iran’s leaders offer a clear path to victory, as the conflict with the US continues.
US identifies soldier killed destroying downed Iranian drone in Iraq
Sgt Michael Emmanuel Swinton died during controlled detonation, bringing total of US personnel killed in war to 17
The US military has identified an army soldier killed recently during a “controlled detonation” of a downed Iranian drone in Iraq as Sgt Michael Emmanuel Swinton, of Fayetteville, North Carolina.
According to a press release from the US defense department on Tuesday morning, the 30-year-old Swinton was supporting overseas contingency operations in Iraq – and he was “killed in action during a controlled detonation of a downed One-Way Unmanned Aerial System” on Saturday at Erbil airbase in northern Iraq.
Continue reading...Trump’s HIV funding cuts having ‘severe and devastating’ impact around the world
The President’s Emergency Plan for Aids Relief has saved 26m lives globally, but slashing of funds and dismantling of USAID have forced clinics to shut in dozens of countries
No part of the United States’ anti-HIV programme has escaped unscathed from Donald Trump’s funding cuts, despite pledges from the administration to protect care that saved lives around the world, a new report has found.
Funding cuts to the President’s Emergency Plan for Aids Relief (Pepfar) have caused “severe and devastating” disruption globally, with thousands of staff laid off and many clinics closed, according to research being presented next week at the 26th International Aids Conference in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. It warns that changes in US policy risk reversing progress in the fight against HIV/Aids.
Continue reading...Ukraine Hits Putin’s Economy With Strikes on Giant Warehouses – Bloomberg.com
- Ukraine Hits Putin’s Economy With Strikes on Giant Warehouses Bloomberg.com
- Ukraine bombs warehouses, targeting Wildberries — Russia’s version of Amazon The Washington Post
- Ukraine war briefing: Moscow targeted as Wildberries warehouse attacks continue The Guardian
- Ukraine fires 400 drones toward Moscow as Zelenskyy grapples with protests AP News
- Three Chinese injured in drone attack on Moscow Reuters
Fourth person dies in New York City legionnaires’ disease outbreak
US health officials say source of Upper East Side cluster has probably been eliminated after 76 people fell ill
An outbreak of legionnaires’ disease in New York City has claimed a fourth life, officials have said, as they again expressed confidence the source of the exposure had been eliminated.
A statement from the city’s health department on Monday said the outbreak, which was traced to cooling towers in buildings in Manhattan’s Upper East Side, had sickened 76 people – with 53 discharged after hospital treatment, and 12 others managing their recovery at home.
Continue reading...Stand still, make eye contact: Denmark tells tourists how to behave in a wolf encounter
Government urges visitors not to approach or feed wolves as it manages safety amid growing population
Danish authorities have advised tourists to stand still, make eye contact and put up “maximum resistance” in the event of attack if they encounter a wolf while on holiday.
After a 200-year absence, wolves started returning to Denmark in 2012. There are now estimated to be 49 wolves on the Danish peninsula of Jutland.
Continue reading...US claims of Cuba’s ‘unique threat’ jar with reality of hunger and blackouts
State department’s 100-page report is latest push in Trump administration campaign to bring down government
The US government’s latest allegations that Cuba is behind “many of the most significant upheavals in recent American political history” and that its leaders pose “a unique threat to American homeland security” have come as startling revelations to those living under the six-month-long US oil blockade in Havana, where desperate people search through piles of uncollected rubbish for food, or else swelter at home in 24-hour-plus blackouts.
The unsigned 100-page report, Cuba: Capital of 21st-Century Communism, published by the US state department on Monday, blames Havana for everything from “the George Floyd riots to the rise of antifa to the explosion of pro-terrorist activism on American college campuses”.
Continue reading...Rescuers in Afghanistan search for scores missing after floods kill at least 23 – AP News
- Rescuers in Afghanistan search for scores missing after floods kill at least 23 AP News
- Rescuers search for survivors amid risk of fresh floods in Afghanistan Al Jazeera
- Flash Floods Kill at Least 23 in Afghanistan The New York Times
- Flash floods kill at least 20 in Afghanistan and leave more than 100 missing NBC News
- Afghanistan: Deadly flash floods hit Nuristan province dw.com
Watch Texas police officer pull man from burning car
Bodycam and dashcam footage shows a police officer rescue a man seconds before his car was engulfed in flames in Texas.
Dozens hurt in Bologna protests after man dies while being restrained by police
Thousands of people took to the streets demanding justice for a Moroccan-born man who died on Sunday.
India’s youth-led Cockroach movement vows to continue protest after police crackdown – AP News
- India’s youth-led Cockroach movement vows to continue protest after police crackdown AP News
- India's youth-led Cockroach movement vows to continue protest after police crackdown NPR
- ‘Won’t back down’: Indian student protesters return after police crackdown Al Jazeera
- India’s youth-led 'cockroach movement' clashes with police in New Delhi Reuters
- India police use tear gas to stop march on Parliament by Cockroach movement supporters AP News
Shock and anger after top Ghanaian politician sentenced to 20 years for illegal mining
Bernard Antwi Boasiako, known as "Chairman Wontumi", was also fined more than $10,000 (£7,450).
We received no alert, say leaders of First Nations communities razed by Canadian wildfires
Chiefs in Ontario say they were left to self-evacuate before homes burned to ground, after being told there was no imminent threat
Fast-moving wildfires have burned two First Nations communities in Canada to the ground, as members said they were left to self-evacuate without government help or emergency alerts.
Thirteen communities in Ontario province have been ordered to evacuate because of wildfires, most of them First Nations. The Ontario premier, Doug Ford, told reporters on Monday that close to 2,000 people had been evacuated so far to cities including Toronto and Niagara Falls.
Continue reading...Police officers arrested for allegedly seeking roadside bribe from Nigeria’s anti-corruption boss
They are accused of stopping Musa Aliyu at a fake roadblock and telling him to drive to a cash machine.
In less than 20 days of flying as the mighty Air Force One, the plush 747 donated by Qatar is heading back to a Texas hangar to install crucial security updates its rushed 10-month conversion missed, forcing the US leader into the older, far less luxurious Reag – Luxurylaunches
- In less than 20 days of flying as the mighty Air Force One, the plush 747 donated by Qatar is heading back to a Texas hangar to install crucial security updates its rushed 10-month conversion missed, forcing the US leader into the older, far less luxurious Reag Luxurylaunches
- Opinion | Surprise, surprise. Trump’s Qatar Force One already has issues. The Washington Post
- GOP senator blocks Schumer request to stop Trump from using taxpayer money to ‘max out’ new Air Force One The Hill
- GOP blocks Schumer's effort to ground taxpayer funding for Trump's Qatari Air Force One Fox News
- White House Says New Air Force One Will Be Out of Service for a Month for ‘Upgrades’ The New York Times
Greek-American tourists stabbed in rare attack near the Acropolis – CNN
- Greek-American tourists stabbed in rare attack near the Acropolis CNN
- Man stabs tourists near the Acropolis in Athens, Greece ABC News - Breaking News, Latest News and Videos
- Family Announces Death of Soccer Legend at 75 The Daily Beast
- 2 U.S. Tourists Stabbed in Knife Attack Near Site of Ancient Acropolis in Greece People.com
- Man Attacks Two Tourists With Knife Near Ancient Acropolis Site in Greece U.S. News & World Report
Watch: Flooded towns and evacuations as Chile hit by heavy rain
A "state of catastrophe" has been declared in Coquimbo and Huasco following the downpour.
Israel is building a miles-long earthen barrier inside Gaza, entrenching its division – AP News
‘No electricity, no water, no fuel’: Ukrainian drone strikes bring darkness to Crimea’s summer
Interviews with residents of Russian-held region point to frustration with Moscow as Ukrainian campaign to isolate it takes toll on daily life
First, the guests stopped coming. As Ukrainian drones and missiles pounded Crimea throughout the spring and into the summer, Russian tourists began cancelling their bookings at the small guesthouse Marina runs in Yevpatoria, a resort town on the peninsula’s Black Sea coast.
Then petrol became scarce, making it harder to stock the business with food and other essentials. Now, electricity and running water are cut off for much of the day, just as the summer heat sets in.
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