‘MASSACRE’: Palestinians accuse Israeli forces of repeatedly opening fire on crowds trying to reach food distribution points run by a US and Israel-backed aid group
At least 51 Palestinians were killed and more than 200 wounded in the Gaza Strip while waiting for UN and commercial trucks to enter the territory with desperately needed food, Gaza’s health ministry and a local hospital said.Palestinian witnesses told The Associated Press that Israeli forces carrie
From a distance they look almost like ordinary sailboats, their sails emblazoned with the red-and-white flag of Denmark. However, these 10m-long vessels carry no crew and are designed for surveillance.Four uncrewed robotic sailboats, known as “Voyagers,” have been put into service by Denmark’s armed
In the Venezuelan mining community of El Dorado, the majority of residents carry around gold instead of cards or cash to pay for groceries.They live in a town named after the mythical City of Gold and untold riches — but most of them are poor.Merchants use scales to carefully weigh the flecks people
Less than half of working age women are employed across the Pacific Islands due to outdated laws and other barriers, the World Bank said in a new report yesterday, adding that closing the gender gap could boost economic growth.The World Bank economic update for the Pacific also forecast regional gro
RUSSIAShoigu to meet Kim againSecurity Council Secretary Sergei Shoigu yesterday met North Korean leader Kim Jong-un for the second time in less than two weeks during a visit to North Korea, Interfax reported. Negotiations between Kim and Shoigu have begun, Interfax quoted the council as saying, but
COMPETITION: The US and Russia make up about 90 percent of the world stockpile and are adding new versions, while China’s nuclear force is steadily rising, SIPRI said
Most of the world’s nuclear-armed states continued to modernize their arsenals last year, setting the stage for a new nuclear arms race, the Stockholm International Peace Research Institute (SIPRI) said yesterday.Nuclear powers including the US and Russia — which account for about 90 percent of the
The man suspected of killing a Minnesota lawmaker and wounding another crawled to officers in surrender on Sunday after they located him in the woods near his home, bringing an end to a massive, nearly two-day search that put the entire state on edge.Vance Boelter was arrested and charged with two c
French President Emmanuel Macron on Sunday said that Greenland is “not to be sold” nor “to be taken” in a key visit to the strategic arctic territory coveted by US President Donald Trump, saying he was conveying a message of French and European solidarity.Macron criticized Trump’s intention to take
‘UNPRECEDENTED’: Blaise Metreweli takes over as the UK faces growing challenges from nations’ use of cyber tools and influence that threaten global stability, Starmer said
Britain’s real-life spies have finally caught up with James Bond. MI6 has appointed its first female chief.British Prime Minister Keir Starmer on Sunday announced that Blaise Metreweli is to be the next head of the UK’s foreign intelligence agency, and the first woman to hold the post since its foun
Cambodia’s influential former leader Hun Sen yesterday issued an ultimatum to Thailand to lift border crossing restrictions or his country would ban all Thai fruit and vegetable imports in the latest round of the border spat between the two countries.One Cambodian soldier was killed on May 28, as tr
UNITED NATIONSFunding cuts hit aidThe UN Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA) yesterday said it was drastically scaling back its global humanitarian aid plans due to the “deepest funding cuts ever.” The agency said in a statement that it was seeking US$29 billion in funding com
CONTROVERSY: The parade is expected to cost US$45 million and potentially cause damage to major District of Columbia streets from heavy tank treads
US President Donald Trump’s military parade on Saturday took place in Washington with a 21-gun salute, tanks and troops, as well as helicopters and parachutists, as protesters in hundreds of US cities demonstrated against his use of executive power. Trump, who was serenaded by the crowd for his 79th
Former Nicaraguan president Violeta Chamorro, who brought peace to Nicaragua after years of war and was the first woman elected president in the Americas, died on Saturday at the age of 95, her family said. Chamorro, who ruled the poor Central American country from 1990 to 1997, “died in peace, surr
‘SOBER CURIOUS’ TREND: Coffee raves worldwide have swept up the social scene, appealing to young partygoers who also prefer to avoid hangovers
Swaying to dance music and TikTok-fueled pop under a disco ball, young punters are packed shoulder to shoulder while sipping on coffee, their energy powered by pour-overs rather than pints. This is no underground rave, nor a brunch gone wild. It is a caffeine-powered daytime clubbing sesh — part of
Since seeing thousands of comments justifying murder of a teenage TikTok star on June 2 in Pakistan, Sunaina Bukhari is considering abandoning her 88,000 followers. “In my family, it wasn’t an accepted profession at all, but I’d managed to convince them, and even ended up setting up my own business,
US President Donald Trump and Russian President Vladimir Putin held a lengthy call on Saturday to discuss the escalating situation in the Middle East and Russia’s war in Ukraine. Trump in a post on his Truth Social platform said they spent the bulk of their conversation focused on Israel’s ongoing b
At least 100 people have been killed in a gun attack on a village in Nigeria’s north-central Benue state, Amnesty International Nigeria said on Saturday. The attack took place between late Friday and the early hours of Saturday in Yelewata, a community in the Guma area of the state, the rights group
CRITICAL MESS: The summit sought collective action on oceans as countries brace for tough talks over deep-sea mining next month and a plastic pollution treaty in August
A global oceans summit on Friday wrapped up with world leaders taking major steps toward marine protection and vowing a showdown when nations meet to negotiate rules for deep-sea mining next month. However, as a cacophony of ship foghorns sounded the close of the UN Ocean Conference in Nice, France,
Search and recovery teams continued scouring the site of one of India’s worst aviation disasters for a third day after the Air India flight fell from the sky and killed at least 270 people in Gujarat state, officials said yesterday. The London-bound Boeing 787 on Thursday struck a medical college ho
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