China will host over two dozen world leaders in Tianjin at the annual summit of the Shanghai Cooperation Organization (SCO) beginning today. Noteworthy attendees include Russian President Vladimir Putin, Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi, Iranian President Masoud Pezeshkian, Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan and North Korean Supreme Leader Kim Jong Un, among other heads of […]
Rescue crews are searching for survivors in Afghanistan after a 6.0 magnitude earthquake rocked the far eastern part of the country late Sunday night. At least 800 people have been confirmed dead and more than 3.000 injured, according to the Afghan Red Crescent. The quake was so strong it could be felt in parts of Pakistan, including the capital, […]
On June 30, British medical journal The Lancet published its findings on the consequences of the Trump administration’s cuts to U.S. foreign aid programs and elimination of the United States Agency for International Development (USAID). The authors projected around 14 million excess preventable deaths worldwide over a 4.5-year period as a result of those cuts. […]
The Trump administration is suspending the approval of almost every type of visitor visa for Palestinians who have a passport. The new restrictions go further than the initial pause the administration put on passports in mid-August for roughly 2 million Palestinians from Gaza. Who the new directive effects The New York Times reports the new […]
Britain has secured a $13.5 billion agreement to build at least five new warships for Norway, marking the largest warship export deal in U.K. history and Norway’s biggest defense investment to date. The contract covers Type 26 frigates, advanced anti-submarine warfare vessels designed to detect, track and neutralize enemy submarines. The ships will be constructed […]
An 11-year-old boy has died after being shot while playing a doorbell prank with other children in east Houston, according to police. The shooting happened late Saturday night near Mimbrough and Fidelity streets. Investigators said a group of kids had been running from porches after ringing doorbells when someone from one of the homes opened […]
Former New York City Mayor Rudy Giuliani suffered a fractured vertebra and other non-life-threatening injuries in a car crash in Manchester, New Hampshire, on Saturday. He was a passenger in a vehicle driven by an adviser when it was struck from behind by a 19-year-old driver, state police said. Giuliani was taken to a local […]
A plane carrying European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen was subjected to GPS jamming over Bulgaria in what European Union officials suspect was a Russian operation, a spokesperson said Monday. The aircraft landed safely at Plovdiv Airport in Bulgaria. Bulgaria’s government reported that “the satellite signal used for the aircraft’s GPS navigation was disrupted. […]
At least 53 people were shot in Chicago over the Labor Day weekend, seven of them fatally. The violence coincided with renewed threats from President Donald Trump to send federal agents and National Guard troops to the city, a move strongly opposed by Illinois leaders. What happened over the weekend? Police recorded at least 31 […]
The flotilla carrying activist Greta Thunberg was forced to turn back to Spain. The New York Post reports 35-mile-per-hour winds forced the group to turn back. “Due to unsafe weather conditions, we conducted a sea trial and then returned to port to allow the storm to pass,” a press release said. “We made this decision […]
