Skip to main content

Posts

Search Is Suspended for Passenger Who Went Overboard From Cruise Ship

The U.S. Coast Guard said on Thursday that it halted its hourslong search for a 77-year-old woman who went overboard from a Holland America Line cruise ship near Cuba. from World News https://ift.tt/prUyRkS

Pakistan Withers Under Deadly Heat and Fears the Coming Rains

Karachi, Pakistan’s largest city, endured days of temperatures above 100 Fahrenheit, made worse by power cuts and high humidity. from World News https://ift.tt/oFbCUzg

Death Valley sets a new daily record with a searing 128 degrees as the unrelenting West Coast heat wave drags on

Extremely dangerous heat is dragging on in the West along with heat and humidity in the eastern US. from World | CNN https://ift.tt/Z2S6Bo1

Is This Vibrant Democracy in Japan, or Has the Circus Come to Town?

A ridiculous number of candidates are contending to be governor of Tokyo and its surrounding prefecture. Many are not even trying to win. from World News https://ift.tt/ZpBt2iD

The ‘fearless young activists’ thrown in jail for climate campaigns in Cambodia

They are young and passionate about protecting Cambodia’s rich and ecologically fragile environment. from World | CNN https://ift.tt/cAtOuqn

Reformist lawmaker Masoud Pezeshkian wins Iran’s presidential vote

Reformist candidate Masoud Pezeshkian has won Iran’s presidential election, Iranian state news agency Press TV reported Saturday citing the country’s election headquarters, beating his hardline rival in a pivotal vote at a time of tensions at home and abroad. from World | CNN https://ift.tt/5NLSMp0

Mikel Merino scores dramatic extra-time winner to dump Euro 2024 host Germany out of tournament and send Spain to semifinals

Euro 2024 host Germany was dumped out of the tournament on Friday after a 2-1 quarterfinal defeat by Spain in Stuttgart. from World | CNN https://ift.tt/H3le4oc

As Europe turns right, why is a center-left party projected to win by a landslide in the UK?

The United Kingdom’s decision to hand the center-left Labour Party a parliamentary majority, according to the exit poll, comes at the same time Europe is broadly in the grip of what some call a right-wing populist surge. from World | CNN https://ift.tt/o93d6Q7

Russia sentences US citizen to 12 years in penal colony for drug trafficking

A US citizen who was detained in Moscow on drug-related charges in January has been sentenced to 12 years and 6 months in a maximum-security penal colony, according to a court statement released Thursday. from World | CNN https://ift.tt/c7UKsQG

Hurricane Beryl Lashes Jamaica After Battering Eastern Caribbean

The island confirmed its first death as a surge of water, damaging winds and flooding pummeled the southern coast on Wednesday. The Cayman Islands are bracing to be next. from World News https://ift.tt/2sdWgJz

Russia’s Dagestan temporarily bans wearing niqabs following deadly shootings

The province has announced a temporary ban on the wearing of niqabs, a full-face veil with an opening for the eyes, as a security measure after attacks by gunmen last month. from World | CNN https://ift.tt/vRnHaY7

Cruise ships change courses as Hurricane Beryl passes through Caribbean

Cruise lines are altering some of their cruises’ courses in the Caribbean as Hurricane Beryl storms through the region. from World | CNN https://ift.tt/4TNu8y3

Iran’s Runoff Election: What to Know

Two candidates from opposite camps will compete for the presidency after no one garnered the number of votes needed last week to win. from World News https://ift.tt/i6JRBfZ

19 bodies found in abandoned truck in the violence-heavy Mexican state of Chiapas

At least 19 bodies were discovered on Monday in an abandoned truck in the southern Mexican state of Chiapas, near the border with Guatemala, according to the state’s attorney general. from World | CNN https://ift.tt/AZMt6RK

Israel Frees Gaza Hospital Chief Held Without Charges for 7 Months

Rights groups denounced the detention of Al-Shifa Hospital’s director and thousands of other Gazans without trial, while Israeli leaders faulted his release as a government failure. from World News https://ift.tt/n4DtjBZ