Kenya minister halts construction of US-backed Ebola quarantine centre
Aden Duale defied a High Court order to stop building work on a controversial US-funded facility.
Canada’s inflation hits 29-month high amid heightened oil prices
Petrol prices lead the surge with a 33.2 percent price increase on an annual basis.
Albania protests sparked by Jared Kushner-backed luxury resort plans snowball into anti-corruption movement – CBS News
- Albania protests sparked by Jared Kushner-backed luxury resort plans snowball into anti-corruption movement CBS News
- ‘Albania is not for sale’: Protests grow over Kushner-linked luxury development project CNBC
- Luxury Kushner Project Collides With Albanian Discontent The New York Times
- Inside Sazan: The idyllic Adriatic island eyed up by Ivanka Trump that sparked the ‘flamingo revolution’ The Independent
- ‘We want a new Albania’: protests against Jared Kushner-backed resort turn anger on government The Guardian
Lebanon Latest: Israeli attacks surge despite ceasefire efforts
Israeli attacks intensify across southern Lebanon despite ongoing diplomatic efforts.
Trump claims ‘vandals’ foiled his $14m revamp of DC’s reflecting pool. What actually happened?
Trump’s pre-Fourth of July renovation project has endured problems with algae, peeling paint and an inflating price tag
Donald Trump’s rush to repaint the Lincoln Memorial reflecting pool, a symbol of Washington DC, has hit roadblock after roadblock as the country’s 250th anniversary nears.
The public has been gripped by the ill-fated $14m attempt to renovate the reflecting pool, which the US president vowed to make “beautiful” in time for this summer’s birthday celebrations at the capital.
Continue reading...Twins marry twins in joyous Nigerian joint wedding
Brothers Taiwo and Kehinde Oguntoye speak to the BBC after getting hitched to twin sisters.
WhatsApp to be led by Indian start-up founder as Will Cathcart steps back
WhatsApp's leadership shake-up comes as Meta looks to strengthen its app's already booming presence in India.
Spanish PM’s former right-hand man jailed for 24 years for corruption
José Luis Ábalos found to have taken bribes on Covid-era public contracts in damaging blow to Pedro Sánchez
Spain’s supreme court has jailed the former transport minister José Luis Ábalos for 24 years for taking bribes on public contracts for sanitary equipment such as face masks during the Covid pandemic.
Ábalos’s aide, Koldo García, was jailed for 19 years in a trial that is one of several scandals to have enveloped the government of Pedro Sánchez over recent months.
Continue reading...EU sets stage for decoupling Moldova’s accession bid from Ukraine’s – Euronews
- EU sets stage for decoupling Moldova's accession bid from Ukraine's Euronews
- Remarks by President António Costa at the press conference following the EU–Moldova summit consilium.europa.eu
- After opening of first cluster, Ukraine and Moldova can move toward EU separately – von der Leyen Ukrinform - Ukrainian National News Agency
- Moldova's EU accession and Transnistria settlement are 'parallel processes', minister says Yahoo News Singapore
- Leaders promise cash for reforms as part of ‘EU future’ for Moldova EUobserver
US partially lifts Iran oil sanctions amid ‘encouraging’ talks
The move, expected under the MoU, comes as Vice President JD Vance says there's a 'good foundation' for a final deal.
Why Washington’s reflecting pool has gone from ‘US blue’ to algae green
Donald Trump, who spent $14m relining the iconic pool, claims it has been vandalised by 'radical left lunatics'.
Myanmar army killed over 700 civilians in six months, UN says
The new UN report says the 702 civilian deaths over six months last year included 153 children.
Myanmar army killed over 700 civilians in six months, UN says
The new UN report says the 702 civilian deaths over six months last year included 153 children.
Football, war and solidarity: Why Gaza fans turned to Spain this World Cup
Football fans in Gaza showed overwhelming support for Spain against Saudi Arabia during Sunday's World Cup clash.
Two children found dead in car in France as heatwave hits Europe
Number of countries issue alerts with sustained and rising temperatures expected to present danger to health
Two children aged four and two have been found dead in their family’s car in south-eastern France, the local prosecutor said, as a large swathe of western Europe suffers a ferocious heatwave forecast to shatter absolute temperature records.
“The causes of death are yet to be determined, but the heat is the leading line of inquiry,” said Hélène Mourges, the prosecutor in the town of Carpentras, where the temperature was expected to exceed 39C (102.2F) on Monday afternoon.
Continue reading...At least 13 killed and dozens injured after Qatar gas explosion
The city's main liquified natural gas (LNG) processing site suffered a "technical accident" in the Ras Laffan industrial zone.
At least 13 killed and dozens injured after Qatar gas explosion
The city's main liquified natural gas (LNG) processing site suffered a "technical accident" in the Ras Laffan industrial zone.
Former US Federal Reserve Chairman Alan Greenspan dies at age 100
Greenspan presided over economic turbulence, including crises and booms, during his 18-year tenure as Fed chairman.
European leaders pay tribute to Starmer as EU-UK summit is postponed
Ursula von der Leyen, Friedrich Merz and Volodymyr Zelenskyy say British PM helped increase security
European leaders have paid tribute to Keir Starmer after he announced his resignation as the British prime minister, triggering the postponement of an upcoming EU-UK summit.
The European Council president, António Costa, said: “For sure we need to postpone it, but we are reassessing the opportunity to hold this new summit …
Continue reading...What the World Cup looks like from Gaza
Gaza's footballers train on broken pitches with no shoes. Why has FIFA's rebuilding plan gone nowhere?