Rubio meets Modi during India visit with energy high on agenda
The secretary of state wants to sell US energy to Delhi to make up for shortfalls caused by the Iran war.
Rubio meets Modi during India visit with energy high on agenda
The secretary of state wants to sell US energy to Delhi to make up for shortfalls caused by the Iran war.
Senegal’s president sacks PM and former ally after months-long feud
Bassirou Diomaye Faye also dissolved the government, creating uncertainty amid a debt crisis in the country.
Senegal’s president sacks PM and former ally after months-long feud
Bassirou Diomaye Faye also dissolved the government, creating uncertainty amid a debt crisis in the country.
‘Canada is handing people over to ICE’: refugees rejected at border face US detention
As Canada tightens asylum rules, refugees reuniting with family say they were turned over to ICE and jailed for months after failed border claims
As each day in US detention passes, Markens Appolon can feel the life he had dreamed of slipping away.
The 25-year-old fled Haiti to escape the rampant gang violence that upended his university studies in economics, and planned to join family in Montreal.
Continue reading...A hardline general wanted by Interpol emerges as a key player in Iran war – CNN
- A hardline general wanted by Interpol emerges as a key player in Iran war CNN
- Who Runs Iran Now? A Hard-Line Military Band of Brothers. The New York Times
- This hard-line Iranian general is a major player in talks with US over war AP News
- Interpol-wanted Iranian war strategist: Who is General Ahmad Vahidi? Euronews
- A Shadow Conflict Is Growing Inside Iran’s Armed Forces الحرة
Bodies of divers who died in Maldives scuba accident returned to Italy – CBS News
- Bodies of divers who died in Maldives scuba accident returned to Italy CBS News
- ‘If something goes wrong, you can’t simply surface’: Maldives tragedy shines light on dangers of cave diving The Guardian
- Five cave divers slipped beneath the waves in the Maldives. Why didn’t they resurface? CNN
- After 6 Dead in a Maldives Scuba Tragedy, the Safety Lessons We Need to Take Away Outside Magazine
- Maldives cave divers died after ‘taking wrong turn’ Yahoo
Senegal’s President Faye sacks PM Sonko and dissolves government – Al Jazeera
- Senegal’s President Faye sacks PM Sonko and dissolves government Al Jazeera
- Senegal president sacks PM Sonko, dissolves government after months of friction Reuters
- Senegal’s president fires prime minister after months of tensions AP News
- Senegal President Faye sacks prime minister Sonko after months or tensions BBC
- Senegal President Prime Minister Dayton Daily News
Three months in, is Trump losing the war against Iran? – The Times of Israel
- Three months in, is Trump losing the war against Iran? The Times of Israel
- Three months in, is Trump losing the Iran war? Reuters
- An ever-expanding catastrophe over Iran is not inevitable. Trump can and must be stopped | Simon Tisdall The Guardian
- The Key Sticking Points for a US-Iran Peace Deal Bloomberg.com
- Donald Trump’s risky military options to break Iran deadlock Financial Times
UK needs ‘national consensus’ over rejoining EU, David Miliband says
Ex-foreign secretary urges reset at ‘higher dosage’ after officials revealed to have pitched single market for goods
Britain needs a “national consensus” about rejoining the European Union, David Miliband has said, in response to revelations that the UK government pitched the creation of a single market for goods with the EU to the bloc.
The former foreign secretary, who is now president of the International Rescue Committee, said he thought the UK needed a reset of its relations with the EU at “a much higher dosage” than the government was planning.
Continue reading...Chile’s MAGA-inspired border control – NPR
The remains of 4 Italian divers killed in a Maldives cave dive have been repatriated – AP News
- The remains of 4 Italian divers killed in a Maldives cave dive have been repatriated AP News
- Dead Maldives divers were just minutes away from reaching surface as tragic new details emerge New York Post
- After 6 Dead in a Maldives Scuba Tragedy, the Safety Lessons We Need to Take Away Outside Magazine
- Divers killed in Maldives cave may have taken wrong tunnel, recovery firm CEO says: "No way out" CBS News
- Five cave divers slipped beneath the waves in the Maldives. Why didn’t they resurface? CNN
Pope Leo decries ‘dizzying’ profits earned by companies that pollute – Reuters
- Pope Leo decries 'dizzying' profits earned by companies that pollute Reuters
- Pope decries ‘unscrupulous’ polluters at deadly, mafia-linked dumping ground The Guardian
- Pope Leo meets families of youth lost to illegal toxic waste dumping in Italy’s ‘Land of Fires’ NBC News
- Pope to visit Italy’s ‘Land of Fires,’ victims of Mafia’s toxic waste dumping EWTN News
- Pope Leo in Acerra: 'Let us take responsiblity and serve life' Vatican News
Reeves’s tax cut on children’s meals a political ‘soundbite’, say restaurateurs
Chancellor’s measure to help families save money during summer holidays ‘won’t make any difference’
Cutting tax on children’s meals is a political “soundbite” that will make little difference to families or businesses, restaurateurs have said.
This week, Rachel Reeves, the chancellor, announced a temporary reduction in VAT on the children’s menu in restaurants from 20% to 5% between June and September, in order to help families with the cost of living crisis and offer a boost to the hospitality sector.
Continue reading...Board of Peace focus on Hamas risks return to war in Gaza, critics say
US-backed board has put sole blame for stalled ceasefire on militant group despite Israel not fulfilling its obligations, analysts say
The top diplomat from the Board of Peace has blamed Hamas for the stalled ceasefire, but critics have said the US-backed board’s lack of even-handedness in implementing the truce risks a return to war.
The “high representative for Gaza”, Nickolay Mladenov, told the UN security council on Thursday that Hamas was the “principal obstacle” to the ceasefire’s continued implementation because “it refused to accept verified decommissioning, relinquish coercive control and allow a genuine civilian transition”.
Continue reading...Fact check: 28 separate false claims Trump made this week – CNN
China mine explosion: death toll leaps to 90 after gas blast
Xi Jinping urges authorities to ‘spare no effort’ in rescue operation after blast in northern Shanxi province
At least 90 people have been killed in a gas explosion at a coalmine in China’s northern Shanxi province, the country’s deadliest mining accident since at least 2009.
The gas explosion occurred late on Friday at the Liushenyu coalmine in Qinyuan county, with 247 workers on duty underground, the state news agency Xinhua reported.
Continue reading...DR Congo players told to isolate before World Cup
The Democratic Republic of Congo's World Cup squad must isolate for 21 days before they can enter the US because of the Ebola outbreak.
Gaza flotilla activists allege abuse by Israeli forces while detained
The detainees say they were slapped, hit, humiliated and even subjected to sexual violence, but Israel's prison service says the allegations are false.
Fraudster trying to sell fake ancient statues to Sotheby’s foiled over bogus invoices
Paperwork supplied by Andrew Crowley, 46, found to be made using printing methods 25 years too modern
A fraudster who tried to sell fake ancient statues to Sotheby’s was foiled when his bogus accompanying paperwork was found to be written with printing methods that were 25 years too modern, a court has heard.
Andrew Crowley, 46, asked the auctioneers to value three Cycladic figures and one Anatolian stargazer statuette that he had inherited from his grandfather, Southwark crown court in London was told on Friday.
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