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Mourners carry the bodies of Palestinians who were killed in an overnight Israeli strike, according to Gaza's health ministry, in Khan Younis on Thursday.

Scores killed in Gaza as Israel intensifies strikes

GAZA — More than 80 Palestinians were killed across Gaza on Thursday, according to health officials, as Israel intensified its strikes across the strip.The deaths, which authorities said included dozens of people seeking aid, come as negotiations to reach a ceasefire in the enclave ramp up. A source told CNN that Hamas officials were set to meet Thursday to prepare a response to the latest proposal, which has been accepted by Israel.At a school-turned-displacement facility in Gaza City, 15 people were killed and 25 injured in Israeli strikes that left many with severe burns, the director of Al-Shifa hospital Dr. Mohammad Abu Silmiya said. The hospital is treating those wounded in the attack.“The scene was extremely harrowing due to the charred bodies of the martyrs and children,”...

July 04, 2025

Scores killed in Gaza as Israel intensifies strikes

The GHF operation has been criticized for forcing people to walk through active combat zones

Gaza aid contractor says he saw colleagues fire on hungry Palestinians

JERUSALEM — A former security contractor for Gaza's controversial new Israel- and US-backed aid distribution sites has told the BBC that he witnessed colleagues opening fire several times on hungry Palestinians who had posed no threat, including with machine guns.On one occasion, he said, a guard had opened fire from a watchtower with a machine gun because a group of women, children and elderly people was moving too slowly away from the site.When asked to respond the Gaza Humanitarian Foundation (GHF) said the allegations were categorically false.They referred us to a statement saying that no civilians ever came under fire at the GHF distribution sites.The GHF began its operations in Gaza at the end of May, distributing limited aid from several sites in southern and central Gaza....

July 04, 2025

Gaza aid contractor says he saw colleagues fire on hungry Palestinians

Republican members of Congress reach to shake hands with House Speaker Mike Johnson after Johnson signed President Donald Trump's signature bill of tax breaks and spending cuts on July 3 in Washington, DC.

Trump lands first major legislative win after Congress passes his massive domestic policy bill

WASHINGTON — Republican lawmakers have handed President Donald Trump the first major legislative achievement of his second term, following a fierce arm-twisting campaign by GOP leaders to unite a deeply divided party behind his sweeping domestic agenda.House Republicans voted Thursday afternoon to approve Trump’s massive package of tax and federal spending cuts and funding boosts for the Pentagon and border security, clearing the bill to be sent to the White House for his signature. The Senate passed the bill earlier in the week.The landmark victory for Republicans comes just six months into Trump’s second administration – a rapid timeline that appeared in question up until the final vote. The president and his Capitol Hill allies ratcheted up pressure on party holdouts in recent...

July 04, 2025

Trump lands first major legislative win after Congress passes his massive domestic policy bill

The new Afghan ambassador to Russia, Gul Hassan Hassan, hands his credentials to Russian Deputy Foreign Minister Andrey Rudenko.

Russia becomes first nation to recognize Afghan government since 2021 Taliban takeover

MOSCOW — Russia has become the first nation to recognize the Taliban government of Afghanistan since it took power in 2021, announcing on Thursday it has accepted an ambassador from the Islamist group.“We believe that the act of official recognition of the government of the Islamic Emirate of Afghanistan will give impetus to the development of productive bilateral cooperation between our countries in various fields,” the Russian foreign ministry said in a statement.“We see significant prospects for cooperation in the trade and economic area with an emphasis on projects in the fields of energy, transport, agriculture, and infrastructure,” the statement continues. “We will continue to assist Kabul in strengthening regional security and combating the threats of terrorism and...

July 04, 2025

Russia becomes first nation to recognize Afghan government since 2021 Taliban takeover

The Potala Palace in Lhasa, seen here in 2020, was the winter home of the Dalai Lama until he went into exile in 1959

At 90, the Dalai Lama braces for final showdown with Beijing

HONG KONG — For much of the past century, the Dalai Lama has been the living embodiment of Tibet’s struggle for greater freedoms under Chinese Communist Party rule, sustaining the cause from exile even as an increasingly powerful Beijing has become ever more assertive in suppressing it.As his 90th birthday approaches this Sunday, the spiritual leader for millions of followers of Tibetan Buddhism worldwide is bracing for a final showdown with Beijing: the battle over who will control his reincarnation.On Wednesday, the Dalai Lama announced that he will have a successor after his death, and that his office will have the sole authority to identify his reincarnation.“I am affirming that the institution of the Dalai Lama will continue,” the Nobel Peace laureate said in a video message...

July 04, 2025

At 90, the Dalai Lama braces for final showdown with Beijing

US cardinal Robert McElroy, pictured in May, gave a wide-ranging interview to CNN, during which he criticized the Trump administration's immigrant deportations and the so-called 'big, beautiful bill.'

‘Morally repugnant’: US Cardinal hits out at Trump’s immigration policy

ROME — A prominent Catholic Church leader and ally of Pope Leo XIV has strongly criticized the Trump administration’s immigration crackdown, describing the rounding up and deportation of immigrants as “inhumane” and “morally repugnant.” In a wide-ranging interview with CNN, Cardinal Robert McElroy, the Archbishop of Washington, DC, also voiced strong opposition to Trump’s major tax and spending bill, warned of the risks of US and Israeli strikes on Iran, and discussed his view of the role of women in the church. “It’s right to be able to control our borders. However, what’s going on now is something far beyond that,” the cardinal told CNN on Tuesday. “It is a mass, indiscriminate deportation of men and women and children and families which literally rips...

July 04, 2025

‘Morally repugnant’: US Cardinal hits out at Trump’s immigration policy

This aerial photo shows Djibouti, East Africa, in December 2024.

US Supreme Court allows Trump to deport migrants held in Djibouti to South Sudan

WASHINGTON — The US Supreme Court on Thursday cleared the way for the Trump administration to deport to South Sudan a group of migrants who have been held for weeks on a military base in Djibouti.The high court’s unsigned order came days after a majority of justices allowed the administration to deport certain migrants to countries other than their homeland with little notice. But that June 23 decision kicked off a legal skirmish about the specific group of migrants being held in Djibouti.A lower court had put their removal back on hold, prompting the Trump administration to race up to the Supreme Court. The court’s decision Thursday sided with the administration, over the dissent of two liberal justices, and allowed officials to remove the migrants at issue to South Sudan.The...

July 04, 2025

US Supreme Court allows Trump to deport migrants held in Djibouti to South Sudan

The woman allegedly duped a 77-year-old woman out of cash and jewelry.

Two arrested over ‘Chinese blessing scams’ targeting elderly Asian women in Australia

BRISBANE — Two alleged fraudsters accused of swindling an elderly woman out of tens of thousands of dollars in cash have been arrested by Australian police investigating a spate of “Chinese blessing scams.”Chinese blessing scams have been reported worldwide for the last 25 years or so, including in the United States, the United Kingdom, Canada and New Zealand.Offenders typically target elderly Asian women and convince them that a member of their family is cursed or in danger. Victims are told the only way to ward off negative spirits is to have their wealth blessed.“It’s a robbery by stealth. These offenders swarm these vulnerable victims, usually Asian, older females. They swarm like a pack of hyenas,” said New South Wales Police Detective Superintendent Guy Magee.A...

July 04, 2025

Two arrested over ‘Chinese blessing scams’ targeting elderly Asian women in Australia

Cancellations will not only impact routes to and from France, but also aircrafts flying over French airspace

Ryanair cancels flights for 30,000 passengers due to French strike

PARIS — Tens of thousands of passengers have been hit by a French air traffic control strike that has cancelled flights in France on Thursday and Friday and had a knock-on effect elsewhere in Europe.Budget airline Ryanair said it had been forced to cancel more than 170 flights and the holiday plans of more than 30,000 passengers had been disrupted.Two French unions were staging the two-day strike over working conditions, leading to a quarter of flights being cancelled at the main airports in Paris and half of flights at Nice airport.French Transport Minister Philippe Tabarot condemned as unacceptable both the unions' demands and their decision to go on strike at such an important time for people going on holiday.Ryanair said the strike had affected not only its flights to and from...

July 03, 2025

Ryanair cancels flights for 30,000 passengers due to French strike

France and Switzerland have to shut down their nuclear reactors due to the heat

France and Switzerland shut down nuclear power plants amid scorching heatwave

BRUSSELS — Due to a scorching heatwave which has spread across Europe in recent days, a number of nuclear power plants in Switzerland and France have been forced to either reduce activity or shut down completely as extreme temperatures have prevented sites from relying on water from local rivers.To cool down, nuclear power plants pump water from local rivers or the sea, which they then release back into water bodies at a higher temperature.However, Europe's ongoing heatwave means that the water pumped by nuclear sites is already very hot, impacting the ability of nuclear plants to use it to cool down. On top of this, nuclear sites run the risk of posing a dangerous threat to local biodiversity, by releasing water which is too hot into rivers and seas.In light of the heat, Axpo -...

July 03, 2025

France and Switzerland shut down nuclear power plants amid scorching heatwave

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