Tag: World
Wombat snatcher breaks silence, blasts ‘hypocrisy’ of Australian government
Sam Jones' apology was overshadowed when she pointed the finger at the Australian government, claiming it spends millions on animal culling each year.
Person of interest in missing Dominican Republic tourist case set free by judge
'It is with deep sadness and heavy, heavy heart, we are coming to the terms with the fact that our daughter has drowned,' Sudiksha Konanki's parents said.
Pro-Palestinian rally held in Calgary after Israel launches airstrikes on Gaza
Dozens of protestors held a noisy rally in front of Calgary city hall on Tuesday to condemn Israel over a new round of airstrikes on the Gaza strip.
NASA astronauts return to Earth after months stuck in space
Butch Wilmore and Suni Williams bid farewell to the International Space Station — their home since last spring — departing aboard a SpaceX capsule alongside two other astronauts.
USAID dismantling by Musk’s DOGE likely violated U.S. Constitution: judge
The order requires the Trump administration to restore email and computer access to USAID employees but appears to stop short of reversing firings or fully resurrecting the agency.
Scared Antarctic researchers plead for help after ‘assault,’ ‘death threats’
The problems at the isolated SANAE IV base stem from email allegations that a team member attacked the base leader and made threats.
Russia agrees to partial Ukraine ceasefire after Trump-Putin call
Russian President Vladimir Putin agreed to a proposal by U.S. President Donald Trump for Russia and Ukraine to stop hitting each other's energy infrastructure for 30 days.
Lawyers for ‘person of interest’ demand his release in missing Dominican Republic tourist case
The parents of Sudiksha Konanki are now asking DR police for a declaration of death nearly two weeks after their daughter vanished from the resort in Punta Cana.
Google inks biggest deal to date for Wiz, a cybersecurity firm
Google will buy cybersecurity firm Wiz for $32 billion to boost the tech giant’s in-house cloud computing amid burgeoning artificial intelligence growth.
Germany to loosen debt limit to allow more defence, infrastructure spending
The approval in the Bundestag gives chancellor-in-waiting Friedrich Merz a windfall of hundreds of billions of euros to ramp up investment after two years of economic contraction.
Israeli airstrikes on Gaza shatter ceasefire as over 400 killed
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu ordered the strikes after Hamas refused Israeli demands to change the ceasefire agreement. Officials said the operation was expected to expand.
Trump says Iran will ‘suffer the consequences’ for further Houthi attacks
The comments by Trump escalate his administration’s new campaign of airstrikes targeting the Houthi rebels in Yemen, which killed at least 53 people this weekend alone.
‘He has been reborn’: Lost fisherman adrift at sea for 95 days reunites with family
He survived by drinking rainwater and consuming whatever he could catch from the ocean, including turtles, cockroaches and birds.
‘Give us back the Statue of Liberty,’ French politician tells U.S.
The statue, gifted to the U.S. on the 100th anniversary of its independence, has long been a defining feature of the New York City skyline and an emblem of the free world.
‘Person of interest’ in missing Dominican Republic tourist case speaks out
Joshua Riibe, the person of interest, 'is permanently escorted by the police anywhere he goes,' the law firm working with him said, adding he is 'not free to leave' the resort.