At least nine people have died and more than 30 others injured after a deadly fire swept through an assisted living facility in Massachusetts, officials say. Authorities responded to the fire at Gabriel House, in the town of Fall River, at approximately 21:50 local time on Sunday (02:50 GMT on Monday). On arrival, they discovered […]
Stewart Whittingham & Ewan Gawne BBC News, Liverpool Getty Images Seventeen children have been treated at Alder Hey for the disease since June A child has died at Liverpool’s Alder Hey Children’s Hospital after contracting measles, the BBC understands. The hospital said the highly contagious virus was on the rise among young people in the […]
Sen. Thom Tillis, R-N.C., speaks to a reporter before a weekly Republican policy luncheon at the U.S. Capitol on June 3 in Washington, D.C. Tillis announced he would not run for reelection in 2026 after voting against President Trump’s signature legislation. Andrew Harnik/Getty Images hide caption toggle caption Andrew Harnik/Getty Images What do you call […]
Iranian President Masoud Pezeshkian was reportedly slightly injured during one of Israel’s attacks on Iran last month. Iran’s state Fars news agency, close to the revolutionary guard, says that on 16 June, six bombs targeted both access and entry points of a secret underground facility in Tehran where Pezeshkian was attending an emergency meeting of […]
About 50 to 80 other structures also destroyed as two wildfires burn at or near the Grand Canyon’s North Rim in Arizona. Wildfires have engulfed a historic lodge, destroying it and dozens of other structures along the Grand Canyon’s North Rim in the state of Arizona in the southwestern United States, park officials say. Rangers […]
Yūsuf Akínpẹ̀lú & Natasha Booty BBC News, Lagos & London Anadolu via Getty Images “We already have over 230 million people,” says Yusuf Tuggar Nigeria will not bow to pressure from the Trump administration to accept Venezuelan deportees or third-country prisoners from the US, foreign minister Yusuf Tuggar has vowed, quoting 1990s American rappers Public […]
President Ramaphosa’s move follows accusations that Senzo Mchunu interfered with sensitive investigations. South African President Cyril Ramaphosa has suspended his police minister “with immediate effect” over corruption allegations, a week after a provincial police chief made the accusations. In a country facing endemic corruption, Sunday’s announcement was highly anticipated after a week of speculation over […]
Newsportu’s Scott Simon speaks with Vanderbilt University law professor Brian T. Fitzpatrick about class action lawsuits attempting to block Trump administration’s policies on birthright citizenship and other issues. SCOTT SIMON, HOST: Another week and another legal challenge to President Trump’s domestic agenda. A federal judge in New Hampshire issued a ruling Thursday that temporarily blocked […]
North Korean leader Kim Jong Un offered Moscow his “unconditional support” on the war in Ukraine, according to state media reports. In talks with Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov in North Korea, Kim said that Pyongyang stood by “all the measures taken by the Russian leadership” to tackle the “root cause of the Ukrainian crisis”. […]
Mark Poynting and Erwan Rivault BBC Climate & Data teams Getty Images Shading from the midday Sun during a recent heatwave in southern France Warmer water at the seaside might sound appealing for your holiday dip, but a recent ocean heatwave in the Mediterranean Sea has been so intense scientists fear potentially devastating consequences for […]