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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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 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
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
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
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