Two environment were arrested after they glued themselves to the frame of a famous John Constable painting hanging in Britain’s National Gallery, the central London museum and police said. The two, from the protest group “Just Stop Oil,” stepped over a rope barrier on Monday and covered “The Hay Wain” …
Read More »Sydney floods burden 50,000 around Australia’s largest city
Hundreds of homes have been inundated in and around world-regions in a flood emergency that was causing trouble for 50,000 people, officials said Tuesday. Emergency response teams made 100 rescues overnight of people trapped in cars on flooded roads or in inundated homes in the Sydney area, State Emergency Service …
Read More »Bus falls into deep ravine in southwest Pakistan, killing 19
A passenger bus slid off a mountain road and fell into a deep ravine in heavy rain in world-regions on Sunday, killing 19 people and injuring 12 others, a government official said. COLD KILLS 22 STUCK IN CARS IN HEAVY SNOW AT PAKISTAN RESORT Mahtab Shah, assistant administrator for the …
Read More »Norway: Suspect in Pride Month 'Islamist terror act' won't talk to police
The shooting” target=”_blank”>suspect in a mass shooting< on Saturday and again on Sunday without success. Norwegian media identified him as Zaniar Matapour. Norway’s Crown Princess Mette-Marit, center, and Rev. Olav Fykse Tveit, center right, leave after a service in Oslo Cathedral, Oslo, Sunday June 26, 2022, after an attack in …
Read More »Afghanistan earthquake death toll rises to 1,150 following aftershock
An aftershock shook a hard-hit area of eastern Afghanistan on Friday, two days after an earthquake rattled the region, razing hundreds of mud-brick homes and killing 1,150 people, according to state media. Pakistan’s Meteorological Department reported a 4.2 magnitude quake in southeastern Afghanistan that state-run Bakhtar News Agency reported took …
Read More »Afghanistan Sikh temple attack in Kabul leaves at least 1 dead
Several explosions and gunfire ripped through a Sikh temple in Afghanistan’s capital Saturday killing one person and wounding seven others, a Taliban official said. There was no immediate claim of responsibility for the attack. Gunmen attacked the religion, known as a gurdwara, in Kabul and a gunbattle between the attackers …
Read More »After criticism over China, UN rights chief declines second term
united-nations” target=”_blank”>The United Nations human rights chief<, who said conditions Chinese authorities imposed on the visit did not enable a complete and independent assessment of the rights environment. “As my term as high commissioner draws to a close, this council’s milestone 50th session will be the last which I brief,” …
Read More »Iran currency drops to lowest value ever amid US sanctions
conflicts Sunday dropped to its lowest value ever as talks to revive the country’s tattered nuclear deal with world powers remained deadlocked. Traders in Tehran exchanged the rial at 332,000 to the U.S. dollar, up from 327,500 on Saturday. That marked more than a 4.4% change compared to June 1, …
Read More »Beijing's bar-linked COVID outbreak is 'ferocious,' official says
infectious-disease linked to a bar in China’s capital of Beijing is “ferocious,” local government spokesman Xu Hejian said at a news conference Sunday. VIRUS TESTING THE NEW NORMAL AS CHINA STICKS TO ‘ZERO-COVID’ Some 166 cases have been linked so far to an outbreak at the world-regions, which emerged last …
Read More »Pope apologizes for canceling Africa trip
pope-francis” target=”_blank”>Pope Francis<, which has forced him to use a wheelchair for more than a month. “I feel great regret that I had to postpone this trip, which I am still very keen to make,” he said at his Sunday address before thousands of people in St. Peter’s Square. “I …
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