Browsing: World News

Daily Mirror says a car has been driven into a crowd of people with at least one dead and 30 injured with the drama being witnessed by TV’s John Barrowman.

The Metro says one person has been killed and around 30 others injured after a car ploughed into a crowd of people in a popular shopping district in Berlin.

The Metro says a father-of-three working at an American foundry died after falling into a vat of molten iron, a coroner has said.

The Independent says Airline passengers face further widespread disruption on Wednesday with industrial action in Italy adding to the expected dozens of cancellations.

The Independent says a Fox News host called Matthew McConaughey “someone from Hollywood” in response to the star’s powerful and emotive gun control speech from the White House.

Euronews says bars and restaurants in Spain could be forced to offer customers free “doggy bags” as part of a new draft law aimed at reducing food waste.

Arab News says Israel’s occupation and discrimination against Palestinians are the main causes of “persistent cycles of violence,” a UN report said on Tuesday.

Aljazeera says Oscar-winning actor Matthew McConaughey has appeared at the White House to call on Congress to “reach a higher ground” and pass gun control legislation.

The Metro says the trial for the two former Minneapolis police officers charged in George Floyd’s death has been delayed until next year by a judge.

The Guardian says Israel’s government suffered a defeat at the hands of the opposition on Monday when it voted down a push to uphold Israeli law in settlements on the occupied West Bank, posing a challenge for the ruling coalition.

Euronews says Poland’s government is facing criticism over a new provision that requires doctors to record each pregnancy in the country.

France24 says A British journalist and a Brazilian indigenous expert have gone missing in a remote region of the Amazon rainforest after receiving threats, authorities and indigenous-rights groups said Monday, raising fears for their safety.

Arab News says India is facing a major diplomatic row with Muslim countries after top officials from the country’s ruling party made insulting remarks about the Prophet Muhammad.

TRT World says New York’s governor has raised the age for buying a semiautomatic rifle from 18 to 2 as she tightened gun laws in the US state following the racist massacre at a supermarket in Buffalo city.

The Independent says three people have been killed and 11 others injured in a mass shooting in Philadelphia late on Saturday after a gunman opened fire into a large crowd.

The Metro says Three people have been killed and another 14 wounded following a shooting outside a nightclub in Tennessee.

The Metro says Ukraine’s capital city was rocked by explosions for the first time in over a month today.

France24 says gunmen opened fire on worshippers and detonated explosives at a Catholic church in southwestern Nigeria on Sunday, leaving dozens feared dead, state lawmakers said.

Aljazeera says at least 49 people have been killed and more than 300 injured after a massive fire swept through a container depot in southeastern Bangladesh, according to senior officials.

TRT World says Australia’s federal court has ordered Google to pay more than $500,000 in damages to a politician after finding he had been defamed by a comedian’s videos hosted on YouTube.

Eight days after the mass shooting at a elementary school – that left 19 kids and two teachers dead, America has experienced another shooting.

The Guardian says services for Amerie Jo Garza and Maite Rodriguez held on Tuesday, with 19 more planned for coming weeks

France24 says Shanghai eased a range of Covid-19 restrictions on Wednesday in a step towards returning to normal after a two-month lockdown that confined residents of the megacity to their homes and battered China’s economy.

VOA says Joe Biden said Tuesday he decided to provide Ukraine with “more advanced rocket systems and munitions” as part of U.S. efforts to help the Ukrainian fight against a Russian invasion now in its fourth month.

The Daily Express says THE EVACUATION of more than 318,000 homes in the Okinawa region of Japan has been ordered over flooding fears, with the vast majority being told to leave Naha City, according to a weather monitor.