With its new pact with North Korea, Russia raises the stakes with the West over Ukraine on June 24, 2024Behind the smiles, the balloons and the red-carpet pageantry of President Vladimir Putin’s visit to North Korea last week, a strong signal came through: In the spiraling confrontation with the U.S. and its allies over Ukraine, the Russian leader is willing to challenge Western interests like never before. The pact that he signed with North […]
Over 1,000 pilgrims died during this year’s Hajj pilgrimage on June 24, 2024More than 1,000 people died during this year´s Hajj pilgrimage in Saudi Arabia as the faithful faced extreme high temperatures at Islamic holy sites in the desert kingdom, officials said Sunday. More than half of the fatalities were people from Egypt, according to two officials in Cairo, where authorities said they had revoked the license […]
South Africa’s new government brings Black and white together on June 23, 2024In a country where racial segregation was once brutally enforced, South Africa’s new coalition government has brought a Black president and a white opposition leader together in an image of unity. Yet the power-sharing agreement sealed a week ago between President Cyril Ramaphosa’s African National Congress party and the Democratic Alliance, one of South Africa’s […]
UN envoy defends failure to include Afghan women in upcoming meeting with the Taliban on June 23, 2024The United Nations’ top official in Afghanistan defended the failure to include Afghan women in the upcoming first meeting between the Taliban and envoys from 22 countries, insisting that demands for women´s rights are certain to be raised. U.N. special envoy Roza Otunbayeva was pummeled with questions Friday from journalists about criticism from human rights […]
A year ago, Yevgeny Prigozhin challenged the Kremlin with a mutiny on June 23, 2024On a lazy summer weekend a year ago, Russia was jolted by the stunning news of an armed uprising. The swaggering chief of a Kremlin-sponsored mercenary army seized a military headquarters in the south and began marching toward Moscow to oust the Defense Ministry´s leaders, accusing them of starving his force of ammunition in Ukraine. […]
How does heat kill? on June 22, 2024As temperatures and humidity soar outside, what’s happening inside the human body can become a life-or-death battle decided by just a few degrees. The critical danger point outdoors for illness and death from relentless heat is several degrees lower than experts once thought, say researchers who put people in hot boxes to see what happens […]
How Biden and Trump are taking very different approaches to preparing for next week’s debate on June 22, 2024President Joe Biden begins an intense period of private preparations Friday at Camp David for what may be the most consequential presidential debate in decades. The 81-year-old Democrat’s team is aware that he cannot afford an underwhelming performance when he faces Republican rival Donald Trump for 90 minutes on live television Thursday night. Biden’s team […]
Trump proposes green cards for foreign grads of US colleges on June 22, 2024Former President Donald Trump said in an interview posted Thursday he wants to give automatic green cards to foreign students who graduate from U.S. colleges, a sharp departure from the anti-immigrant rhetoric he typically uses on the campaign trail. Trump was asked about plans for companies to be able to import the “best and brightest” […]
Lexi Thompson shoots 68 to take 1st-round lead at the Women’s PGA Championship on June 22, 2024Lexi Thompson knew some form of the question was coming after shooting a 4-under 68 and taking the first-round lead Thursday in the KPMG Women’s PGA Championship. Would a major title change her plans about retiring from playing full-time on the LPGA Tour? “I´m just taking it one day at a time. I made my […]
UK fans wonder if Taylor Swift will say ‘So long, London’ after Eras Tour on June 22, 2024Taylor Swift fans enjoy parsing the singer-songwriter´s lyrics for references to her romantic life and insights into her state of her mind. But the pop superstar´s fans in the U.K. didn´t have to listen closely to her latest album, “The Tortured Poets Department,” to get the sense that Swift had soured on the country´s capital […]