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France's election stokes far-right linked violence

When a Green party activist was headbutted in the street, his attackers told him there was more to come when the far right’s Jordan Bardella wins France’s parliamentary election.

June 29, 2024 1:42 pm
 

Australia

Australian diplomat says adding AUKUS partners 'complicated'

Adding partners to the AUKUS defense project would be “complicated,” a senior Australian diplomat said, saying he did not believe the U.S. Congress is open to expanding the pact involving Australia, the U.S. and Britain.

June 29, 2024 11:00 am
 

World

Delhi airport roof collapse highlights Modi's infrastructure challenges

A roof collapse at New Delhi’s main airport highlights Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s challenges to make India a global aviation hub and raises questions about the rapid pace of infrastructure development in India.

June 29, 2024 9:26 am
 

World

Number of days over 35 C surges in world's scorching capitals

The number of days reaching a sizzling 35 degrees Celsius (95 Fahrenheit) in 20 of the world’s largest capitals – from Delhi to Jakarta to Buenos Aires – has risen 52% over the past three decades, a think tank analysis found on Friday.

June 28, 2024 5:49 pm
 

World

US Supreme Court ruling on emergency abortions offers no clarity for states

The case is one of several around the United States over when abortion is legally available in medical emergencies under exceptions to state abortion bans.

June 28, 2024 4:19 pm
 

World

Oklahoma orders schools to teach the Bible in every classroom

Oklahoma’s Department of Education ordered every teacher in the state to have a Bible in their classroom and to teach from it, in an announcement on Thursday that challenges U.S. Supreme Court rulings that have found state sponsorship of religion to be unconstitutional.

June 28, 2024 3:33 pm
 

World

Haiti residents cautiously hopeful as first Kenyan police deploy

Residents in the Haitian capital Port-au-Prince expressed cautious hope after a first contingent of Kenyan police officers arrived in the Caribbean country, as part of a long-delayed mission to help police fight armed gangs.

June 28, 2024 2:45 pm
 

World

US charges 193 people in $2.75 billion health care fraud bust

The U.S. Justice Department has criminally charged 193 people, including 76 doctors, nurses and other medical professionals, with participating in health care fraud schemes worth $2.75 billion, the agency said.

June 28, 2024 1:27 pm
 

World

Israeli anti-government protesters march on Netanyahu's home

Anti-government protesters gathered in Jerusalem on Thursday and converged on Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s home, lighting a bonfire on the street outside and calling for his resignation.

June 28, 2024 12:14 pm
 

World

Bolivia President Arce denies allegations of role in failed coup attempt

Bolivian President Luis Arce on Thursday denied any involvement or knowledge of a failed coup attempt led by General Juan Jose Zuniga a day earlier, after Zuniga told reporters that Arce had asked him to in order to boost his popularity.

June 28, 2024 11:47 am
 

World

Biden and Trump face off in early debate, with age, ability in focus

Democratic President Joe Biden and his Republican rival Donald Trump take the stage on Thursday night for a debate that will offer voters a rare side-by-side look at the two oldest candidates ever to seek the U.S. presidency.

June 28, 2024 10:44 am
 

World

Israel bombs flatten Lebanon village amid war fears

Satellite images showing much of the Lebanese village of Aita al-Shaab in ruins after months of Israeli air strikes offer a glimpse of the scale of damage in one of Hezbollah’s main bastions in south Lebanon.

June 28, 2024 9:22 am

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