N Korea fires several cruise missiles into sea as tensions soar
Al Jazeera :North Korea has fired several cruise missiles towards the sea to the west of the Korean Peninsula, South Korea’s military said, marking the...
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Trailers, a growing trend in wealthy California’s housing crisis
AFP :Tamara Hernandez moved into a recreational vehicle when her rent shot up. Beau Beard did it because he lost everything after going to prison.Stories...
Russia to inspect ships in Black Sea if necessary: MFA
AFP :Russia wants ships in the Black Sea to be inspected to make sure they are not being used to carry weapons, Deputy Foreign Minister...
Panama says migrant numbers keep surging
AFP :The number of migrants passing through Panama on the way to the United States keeps climbing, far outpacing the record numbers reached in 2022,...
Lula government restricts gun ownership in Brazil
AFP :Brazil’s leftist President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva on Friday signed a decree to limit civilian access to firearms, seeking to undo a boom...
Russia hits grain terminals in southern Ukraine: governor
Reuters :Russian missiles hit grain terminals at an agricultural enterprise in the Odesa region in a fourth successive night of air strikes on southern Ukraine,...
Seven killed in Bhutan as floods wash away part of hydropower plant
Reuters :At least seven people were killed and 16 others missing in Bhutan after flash floods and landslides triggered by heavy rains washed away a...
Democrats lambast Biden primary challenger Kennedy Jr
AFP :Democrats tore into anti-vaccine conspiracy theorist Robert F. Kennedy Jr. at a congressional hearing Thursday, reprising the most incendiary claims made by the man...
Putin to participate online in all BRICS summit sessions: South Africa’s Sherpa
AFP :Russian President Vladimir Putin will participate online in all BRICS leaders’ sessions at the group’s upcoming summit in Johannesburg on August 22-24, Anil Suklal,...
US says Ukraine’s use of cluster bombs against Russia ‘effective’
Al Jazeera :Controversial cluster munitions supplied by the United States are being used “effectively” by Ukrainian forces in their counteroffensive against Russia’s invasion, a senior...
Macron shuffles cabinet, eyeing reset of crisis-hit second term
Reuters :French President Emmanuel Macron reshuffled his government on Thursday as he looks to move on from a series of crises since his re-election last...
UN chief eyes reforms to peacekeeping operations
AFP :UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres called Thursday for a “serious, broad-based reflection” on reforming the global body’s peacekeeping operations, highlighting persistent “limitations” to their success.Presenting...