Browsing: World News

France24 says India imposed a ban on many single-use plastics on Friday in a bid to tackle waste choking rivers and poisoning wildlife.

TRT World says THE US SUPREME COURT has ruled that the government’s key environmental agency cannot issue broad limits on greenhouse gases.

VOA says LAWMAKERS investigating the January 6 riot at the U.S. Capitol last year are signaling they could send referrals to the Justice Department for prosecution of illegal tampering with witnesses who have testified to the panel.

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The Metro says A FATHER apparently killed himself after realizing that his 18-month-old son he left in a hot car died.

Arab News says JORDAN’S KING Abdullah II has called for those responsible for the deadly gas leak on Monday to be held accountable.

The Metro says BORIS JOHNSON will send more British troops to Estonia to bolster Nato’s presence at the border with Russia.

The Guardian says DONALD TRUMP and his two closest advisers could face widening criminal exposure over the Capitol attack after ex-White House aide Cassidy Hutchinson testified.

The Guardian says A TEXAS sheriff, whose beat largely includes the city of San Antonio, has declared he would not be pursuing those in his jurisdiction who choose to get an abortion after the supreme court scrapping of federal abortion rights.

The Guardian says China would be making “a catastrophic miscalculation” if it invaded Taiwan, Liz Truss has said, telling the Nato summit that the UK and other countries should reconsider trading relationships with countries that used economic power in “coercive” ways.

Sky News says GHISLAINE MAXWELL has been sentenced to 20 years in prison following her conviction on five counts of sex trafficking.

Euronews says FINLAND AND SWEDEN have struck a deal with Turkey that sees Ankara drop its objections to the two Nordic countries joining NATO.

Arab News says 2 IRAQI UNIVERSITY PROFESSORS were gunned down in the Kurdish regional capital Irbil on Tuesday prompting the arrest of a disgruntled former student, authorities said.

Aljazeera says AUTHORITIES have opened a criminal investigation into the deaths of at least 51 people who had been trapped inside a sweltering tractor-trailer.

Reuters says Trump tried to grab the steering wheel of the Secret Service limousine when he was told he would not be joining supporters moving on the U.S. Capitol.

The shocking ruling from America’s highest court to overturn Roe v Wade – a constitutional right to an abortion in the US has sparked a variety of headlines from the media.

ABC News says AFTER HALF A CENTURY, Americans’ constitutional right to get an abortion has been overturned by the Supreme Court.

The Sun says A GREAT white shark that savaged a swimmer at a beach in California is one of the biggest in the world, scientists say.

The Metro says THREE PEOPLE are dead and many are injured after a train derailed following a crash in the US.

The Guardian says FORTY-SIX PEOPLE were found dead and 16 others were taken to hospital after being found inside a tractor-trailer rig on Monday on a remote back road in south-west San Antonio, Texas officials have said.

The Guardian says WORLD LEADERS have denounced Russia’s deadly strike on a shopping centre in the Ukrainian city of Kremenchuk as “abominable” and a war crime.

Euronews says RUSSIAN TROOPS struck a shopping centre in Kremenchuk in the Poltava region with at least two missiles on Monday afternoon.

Arab News says AT LEAST 12 people died and 250 injured when a tank of toxic chlorine gas plunged from a crane and exploded at Aqaba port in Jordan.

Aljazeera says AT LEAST 46 people have been found dead inside a tractor-trailer in San Antonio, Texas, in what appears to be a human smuggling attempt.

TRT World says BATTLES over abortion have shifted to state courts after the US Supreme Court overturned the constitutional right to the procedure nationwide.