Mexico’s President Andrés Manuel López Obrador says his government will spend $1.5bn on modernising the US border. He made the announcement after he met US President Joe Biden at the White House. There has been a record influx of migrants crossing into the US from its southern border with Mexico. The modernization of Mexico’s border … Read more
US President Joe Biden is to arrive in Israel and the occupied Palestinian territories on Wednesday. He is to come with US Secretary of State Anthony Blinken during the four-day visit. Palestinians say Biden’s policies represent the US’s longstanding allegiance to Israel at the expense of freedom and dignity. Prior of US President Joe Biden’s … Read more
MPs are voting in the first of a series of secret ballots to whittle field down to two. Candidates will have to secure at least 30 votes to stay in race to become PM. Penny Mordaunt becomes latest MP to hold an event to launch her leadership campaign. To continue competing for the position of … Read more
First running of the bulls since 2019 kicks off in Pamplona, Spain. Six people injured, none gored by a bull, during nine-day festival. San Fermin festival was canceled in 2020 and 2021 due to pandemic scare. After the first running of the bulls in three years began in Pamplona, Spain, six people; among them a … Read more
A US Navy destroyer sailed near a disputed South China Sea island chain on Wednesday. The Paracel Islands are also known as the Xisha Islands in China. China has warned the US destroyer to leave its “territorial waters,” citing “serious violations” of international law. On Wednesday, a US Navy warship went close to a disputed … Read more
Clearcreek Township officers were responding to a domestic violence call. They got into a shootout with a suspect, and the suspect was killed. The officer who was shot in the head is in “stable but critical condition,” police chief says. According to the local police chief, a police officer who was shot in the head; in … Read more
Karine Jean-Pierre says President Biden will seek to minimize physical contact with other officials. She cited the rise of new variants of the COVID-19 virus. White House is looking to increase masking and reduce contact at this point in the pandemic, she said. President Biden would try to “minimise” personal contact with other officials during his … Read more
The victims identifications are 7-year-old Julian Vasquez and Lindelia Vasquez, 47. Ten others are in physical pain due to the incident, including the boat’s captain. The captain remains in critical condition. Authorities have yet to learn how the boat capsized. Authorities revealed on Wednesday that the two persons who perished; after a Hudson River boat capsized … Read more
Pippa Middleton gave birth to her third child, a baby girl, a couple of weeks ago. She gave birth in the same hospital as her sister Kate. Pippa and James Matthews were expecting their second child in March 2021. They are planning a move to a village near Bucklebury, in Berkshire. James Matthews and Pippa … Read more
Russian President Vladimir Putin has signed a decree expanding a fast track to Russian citizenship to all citizens of Ukraine. Ukraine condemned the decree as a violation of its sovereignty. Between 2019 and this year, more than 720,000 residents of rebel-held areas in eastern Ukraine have received Russian passports. According to a document posted on … Read more
Gunmen kill 19 people in apparently random shootings at taverns in Soweto and Pietermaritzburg. South Africa is one of the world’s most violent countries with 20,000 people dead every year. The killers from both incidents are on the run, according to police. Police said on Sunday that two seemingly random shootings at South African bars; resulted … Read more
Russian Uragan rockets hit a five-storey apartment block in Ukraine’s Donetsk region. At least 15 people killed and two dozen more feared trapped, local officials say. Moscow says its forces struck Ukrainian army hangars storing US produced M777 howitzers near Kostyantynivka. Local authorities said on Sunday that a five-story apartment building in Ukraine Donetsk area; … Read more
India will surpass China as the most populous country on earth in 2023. The world’s population is growing at its slowest pace since 1950, UN says. More than half of the rise forecast in population in the coming decades will be concentrated in eight countries. The UN predicted that the world’s population will hit eight … Read more
Sri Lanka’s President Gotabaya Rajapaksa has informed Prime Minister Ranil Wickremesinghe that he will resign. Tens of thousands of protesters stormed the official residences of both men on Saturday The speaker of parliament said Rajapakse would quit on Wednesday but there was no word from him directly. After tens of thousands of demonstrators surrounded both … Read more
About 500 couples celebrate their unions in New York. The event is aimed at healing the wounds of the COVID-19 pandemic. Couples walk in procession before symbolic ceremony by imam, rabbi and pastor. In an event in New York on Sunday intended to mend the scars caused by the COVID-19 outbreak; some 500 couples celebrated … Read more
Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi Wang says many countries in region were under pressure to take sides. He was addressing the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) secretariat in Jakarta. Wang says he had told Blinken that both sides should discuss establishment of rules for positive interactions. Wang Yi, the foreign minister of China, stated … Read more
A High Court judge rules that parts of the article were defamatory. Prince Harry is suing Associated Newspapers for libel. The article alleged he tried to keep his legal fight over police protection secret from the British government. In his legal battle with the Mail on Sunday publisher; Prince Harry has already won. When he … Read more
Princess Beatrice attended the tennis tournament with her husband Edoardo Mapelli Mozzi. She wore a polka dot dress by The Vampire’s Wife, an outfit previously worn by Kate Middleton. Another member of the royal family, Princess Michael of Kent, was also in attendance. On Friday, Princess Beatrice went outside to watch the Wimbledon tennis matches; with … Read more
