By Gilles Guillaume and America Hernandez PARIS, July 5 – The third stage of the Tour de France that will take place on Monday will be closed to the public due to risks posed by a forest fire raging in southwestern France, officials said on Sunday. The fire has ravaged more than 1,600 hectares (6.18…
Super Typhoon Bavi is heading towards the US Pacific territories of Guam and the Northern Mariana Islands with maximum sustained winds of up to 280 kmph (173 mph) and gusts of 333 kmph. According to the Joint Typhoon Warning Center, the storm is as powerful as a Category 5 hurricane. The US National Weather Service…
Iran on Sunday hit back at US President Donald Trump over the latter’s after he said he could have taken out the country’s senior leadership “all in one shot” while they were gathered for the funeral of slain Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, saying that America “neither has civilisation, nor history”. Ayatollah Ali Khamenei led…
BEIJING—China released from jail a prominent Christian pastor following pressure from the U.S., a surprise gesture of goodwill after President Trump’s visit to Beijing in May. Pastor Ezra Jin in 2018. led one of China’s most influential underground churches before his arrest in October, landed in Los Angeles on Friday, a day ahead of the…
One person was killed in a Ukrainian attack on Russian-occupied Crimea, Moscow-installed officials said in the early hours of Sunday, as Russian and Ukrainian leaders held separate calls with U.S. President Donald Trump on ending the war, now in its fifth year. Two others were injured in the attack on northern Crimea, including one in…
Research by the Bureau of Investigative Journalism (BIJ), in conjunction with the non-profit Private Equity Stakeholder Project and investigative outlet Data Desk indicates that local government pension schemes in the UK have invested nearly £3bn in funds which hold assets that have been adversely affected by the US-Israel war in Iran. The research draws on council records…
July 5 (Reuters) – U.S. President Donald Trump, speaking to Russian leader Vladimir Putin by telephone for nearly 90 minutes, offered to help find a solution to the Ukraine war, Kremlin aide Yuri Ushakov said in comments made public early on Sunday. Ushakov said Trump made the offer during the call on Saturday, U.S. Independence…
While the rest of the world revels in the tournament, Italians are purposefully ignoring it; ‘I don’t give a f—.’ Few bars in Rome are showing the World Cup and at the ones that are, only tourists are watching. ROME—The World Cup is in full swing and people the world over are having a ball….
TO A SLAVIC ear, 40 days is no accidental deadline. In Russia as in Ukraine, the 40th day after death is when the soul departs. So when Volodymyr Zelensky took to social media on June 25th to announce a new drone surge to “compel” Russia to negotiate for peace, he seemed to be telling Vladimir…
Only few outside Africa would have known of Cabo Verde, or Cape Verde, before the country qualified for Fifa World Cup 2026. When Cape Verde entered the 2026 World Cup, it was ranked 67th in Fifa men’s world rankings. (HT) The tiny island nation gripped the world’s attention as it pushed footballing giants to their…