King Charles honours air crash victims
Reuters : Britain’s King Charles and other senior royals wore black armbands at the “Trooping the Colour” military parade on Saturday as a mark of respect for the victims of the Air India plane...
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US cities prepare for nationwide ‘No Kings’ protests against Trump
AP : Cities across the United States are gearing up for widespread protests on Saturday opposing President Donald Trump, as authorities call for calm, National Guard units mobilize, and Trump marks the U.S. Army’s...
Macron to visit Greenland to stop US ‘preying’ on it
AFP : French President Emmanuel Macron is to visit Greenland on Sunday to ensure there is “no preying” on the autonomous Danish territory, the first such trip by a foreign leader since US President...
10 dead in flooding in Texas
Agency : Flooding from heavy rains in the southern US state of Texas led to at least 10 deaths, officials reported Friday, with several additional people reported missing.Intense downpours hit Thursday morning in the...
Ukraine halts Russian troops’ advance in Sumy
Reuters : Ukrainian forces have stopped Russian troops advancing in the northeastern Sumy region and are now battling along the border to regain control, President Volodymyr Zelensky said.In remarks released for publication by his...
How Fathers teach virtue by example
Joachim I. Krueger Ph.D. : Franz Kafka’s Letter to the Father (1953) is one of the most harrowing pieces of introspection in the Western canon. Kafka wrote the letter in 1919, when he was...
Israel-Iran conflict: What we know
AFP: Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said Israel’s attack on its arch-rival would last “as many days” as needed, and cited Israeli intelligence that Tehran was approaching the “point of no return” on its nuclear...
Iran launches waves of missiles at Israel in response to airstrikes
REUTERS: Iran and Israel targeted each other with missiles and airstrikes early on Saturday after Israel launched its biggest-ever air offensive against its longtime foe in a bid to prevent it from developing a...
Israel’s attacks on Iran hint at a bigger goal: regime change
REUTERS: Israel’s surprise attack on Iran had an obvious goal of sharply disrupting Tehran’s nuclear programme and lengthening the time it would need to develop an atomic weapon. But the scale of the attacks,...
Iran fires back at Israel after onslaught targets nuclear facilities
AFP: Iran struck Israel early Saturday with barrages of missiles after a massive onslaught targeted the Islamic republic’s nuclear and military facilities, and killed several top generals. Air raid sirens and explosions rang out...
World reacts to Israeli attack on Iran over nuclear activity
Reuters : Israel launched widescale strikes on Iran on Friday.BENJAMIN NETANYAHU, ISRAELI PRIME MINISTER:“We are at a decisive moment in Israel’s history.“Moments ago, Israel launched Operation Rising Lion, a targeted military operation to roll...
UN summit celebrates ocean protections Drops fossil fuels
AFP : A global oceans summit concludes Friday with nations taking major steps toward marine protection and vowing a showdown over deep-sea mining, but criticised for leaving fossil fuels off the agenda.Countries hoping for...