Tag: World
North Korea sending trash balloons again as tension grows with South Korea
Kim Jong-un's sister threatened that South Korea would be 'picking up waste paper without rest' if anti-North Korean activists don't stop sending leaflets across the border.
World juniors sex assault case: Trial date could be determined in August
The case of Dillon Dube, Carter Hart, Michael McLeod, Cal Foote and Alex Formenton is due back on Aug. 13 to potentially set a date for trial.
WeWork CEO will step down as company emerges from bankruptcy
David Tolley joined WeWork in February 2023, initially as a board member and then as CEO, leading the company through a tumultuous period.
Finland’s jets join mission in Romania for 1st NATO deployment
Finland's accession, ending seven decades of military non-alignment, roughly doubled the length of the border the North Atlantic Treaty Organization shares with Russia.
Malawi’s VP among 10 killed in plane crash, president says
Malawi’s vice president, Saulos Chilima, was among 10 people killed when a small military plane crashed in a mountainous region in the north of the country, the president said
U.N. Security Council adopts 1st resolution that endorses Gaza ceasefire plan
The U.S.-sponsored resolution welcomes a ceasefire proposal announced by President Joe Biden that the United States says Israel has accepted, and pushes Hamas to follow suit.
Missing mother found dead, swallowed whole by 5-metre python in Indonesia
Farida, a 45-year-old mother of four, was reported missing and found dead a day later inside a reticulated python.
Iran announces presidential candidates to replace leader killed in crash
Iran’s Guardian Council unveiled six presidential candidates to replace Ebrahim Raisi, who died in a helicopter crash. Five of those running are hardliners.
France’s Macron calls snap election after far-right gains in EU polls
Far-right parties rattled the traditional powers in the European Union with major gains in parliamentary seats, dealing an especially humiliating defeat to the French president.
At least 274 Palestinians killed in Israeli raid that freed 4 hostages, officials say
At least 274 Palestinians, including dozens of children, were killed in the Israeli raid that freed four hostages held by Hamas, Gaza's Health Ministry said Sunday.
Israel’s only centrist minister resigns from Netanyahu government
Minister Benny Gantz's departure means that Netanyahu will lose the backing of a centrist bloc that has helped broaden support for the government in Israel and abroad.
Nobel Peace Prize winner pleads for Putin arrest: ‘Biggest child kidnapper’
Nobel laureate Oleksandra Matviichuk is urging the international community to prosecute Russian President Vladimir Putin who she calls the “biggest child kidnapper in the world.”
Olympic rings mounted to Eiffel Tower, marking 50 days until Paris games
The Olympic rings were mounted to the iconic Parisian landmark on Friday to mark 50 days until the sports world gathers in the French capital for the quadrennial sports festival.
U.S. re-installs Gaza aid pier, says deliveries to resume in ‘coming days’
The causeway was rebuilt nearly two weeks after heavy storms damaged it and abruptly halted what had already been a troubled delivery route.
Putin says no current threat would warrant use of nuclear arms
Russian President Vladimir Putin said use of nuclear weapons is only possible in “exceptional cases” and that he does not believe “such a case has arisen.”