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Israel says it struck Iranian ‘killer drone’ sites in Syria
55 mins ago
Image copyright AFP Image caption “Iran has no immunity anywhere,” said Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu Israel has struck Iranian military sites in Syria to prevent what it said was …Read More »
Two years on: Rohingya refugees in Bangladesh
55 mins ago
Cox’s Bazar, Bangladesh – On a fateful August morning two years ago, Safina Begum, now 23, fled from her charred village in Maungdaw district in Myanmar and slogged through marshland and …Read More »
Watch live: Protesters rally against Macron in Bayonne, near G7 summit
2 hours ago
Protesters rallied against French President Emmanuel Macron in Bayonne as the G7 summit kicked off in nearby Biarritz. They held aloft photo frames, wrapped in paper, with messages to the …Read More »
Ireland’s youngest parish priest, Fr Conor McGrath
2 hours ago
At 32 years of age, Fr Conor McGrath has become the youngest parish priest in Ireland. He was ordained as a priest in 2012, but felt his calling to the …Read More »
Kenya census to count intersex people
2 hours ago
Kenyans have been ordered to stay at home on Saturday and Sunday, as the government carries out a census. It is the first in Africa to recognise intersex people, those …Read More »
Unlocking the secrets of ‘orphaned’ old camera film rolls
3 hours ago
Levi Bettwieser is on a mission to save all the old rolls of analogue camera film in the world that have never been processed. Through The Rescued Film Project, he’s …Read More »
G7 protests: Thousands march against summit
3 hours ago
As world leaders gathered for the G7 summit in France’s Biarritz, thousands of people took part in a demonstration in the nearby town of Hendaye. They called for urgent climate …Read More »
Two years on, what will happen to the Rohingya?
4 hours ago
This Sunday marks two years since over 740,000 Rohingya people fled northwest Rakhine State when the Myanmar military launched operations there. United Nations investigators concluded on Thursday that sexual violence …Read More »
Instagram influencers: Have we stopped believing?
4 hours ago
Image copyright Lindsey Grace Whiddon Last month, Nashville Instagrammer Tiffany Mitchell posted photographs of herself lying by the side of the road. She wrote that they were taken following a …Read More »
Zimbabwe: Is it worse off than under former President Mugabe?
5 hours ago
Claim: Life in Zimbabwe is now worse than under former President Robert Mugabe, according to Fadzayi Mahere of the opposition Movement for Democratic Change (MDC). Verdict: It’s true that in …Read More »
Iran test-fired new missile, says Revolutionary Guards commander
5 hours ago
Iran has test-fired a new missile, the commander of the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) has said, according to the country’s Tasnim news agency. “Our country is always the arena for …Read More »
‘There was no hope’: Treatable disease often mistaken for Alzheimer’s
6 hours ago
Image copyright Barbara Gaal Image caption After spending years unable to travel without a wheelchair, John Searle is finally able to go on vacation with his wife When John Searle …Read More »
Dozens wounded, detained in West Papua crackdown: Witnesses
6 hours ago
Jakarta, Indonesia – Several demonstrators have been injured and dozens detained as Indonesian authorities crack down on separatist protests in the West Papua region, according to witnesses, but the police …Read More »
Imran Khan: A year facing Pakistan’s harsh realities
7 hours ago
Image copyright Reuters Image caption For years, many doubted the former cricketing superstar would become prime minister Imran Khan, the cricketing superstar-turned-politician, has had a turbulent first year in office. …Read More »
India’s Narendra Modi gets top UAE honour amid Kashmir crisis
7 hours ago
Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi has received the United Arab Emirates’s (UAE) highest civilian honour, a move that has sparked outrage among rights activists over his government’s clampdown on the …Read More »
A police officer assisted a man in helping him find his family after 24 years
7 hours ago
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dxSFArriRaw Officer Sean Pfiefer made dozens of phone calls to help Jose Lopez find his family after not seeing them for 24 years. ... ...Read More »
Is the US still Asia’s only military superpower?
8 hours ago
Media playback is unsupported on your device Media captionChina has launched its first domestically built aircraft carrier US pre-eminence in the Pacific is no more. For a long time experts …Read More »
G7 Summit: Divisions expected at global meet
8 hours ago
Hours before the G7 Summit was due to start, Iran’s Minister of Foreign Affairs Mohammad Javad Zarif was already in Paris to meet French President Emmanuel Macron. No pictures of …Read More »
Prince Andrew issued a statement about Jeffrey Epstein
8 hours ago
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OV6bcQgf8dc In the new statement Prince Andrew calls his association with Epstein “a mistake” and “an error.” ... ...Read More »
Changing places: Why countries decide to move their capitals
9 hours ago
Image copyright Getty Images Image caption Jakarta is traffic-clogged – and sinking Indonesia is pressing ahead with plans to move its capital from the traffic-choked city of Jakarta to the …Read More »
Turkey-US centre on Syria safe zone ‘fully operational’
9 hours ago
A Turkey-US operations centre aimed at establishing and managing a safe zone in northeastern Syria is fully operational, according to the Turkish defence minister. Hulsi Akar announced the move in an …Read More »
A Man who shot an unarmed man in Florida was convicted of manslaughter a year later
9 hours ago
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IWZfGBeHQYk Shove Drejka shot Marquis McGlockton after being shoved to the ground and claimed self-defense. ... ...Read More »
Australia end United States’ 78-game basketball winning streak
10 hours ago
Boomers guard Patty Mills scored a game-high 30 points in Melbourne The United States suffered their first loss in 13 years in a shock defeat by Australia in a World …Read More »
What triggered the Amazon fires?
10 hours ago
The “green lungs” of our planet are burning, with fires across Brazil‘s Amazon region wiping out huge areas of its rainforest. They are burning out of control in many parts …Read More »
Brazil deploys 44,000 troops to battle Amazon fire
11 hours ago
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Tensions rise at 1st day of G7 summit
11 hours ago
[embedded content] World leaders began talks at the G7 summit in Biarritz, France, exposing sharp divisions on issues ranging from global trade to Brexit and the current fires in the …Read More »
Six people injured after lightning strike
11 hours ago
Lightning hit a tree on the course at the East Lake Golf Club Six people have been injured after two lightning strikes at the season-ending Tour Championship in Atlanta. Play …Read More »
New fires in Brazil’s Amazon as army mobilises to fight blazes
11 hours ago
Hundreds of new fires are raging in the Amazon rainforest in Brazil, according to official data, as six of the nine states in the region requested military assistance to combat …Read More »
French police use tear gas on G7 protesters in Bayonne
12 hours ago
French riot police briefly used water cannons and tear gas on Saturday to disperse protesters in Bayonne, near the resort of Biarritz where President Emmanuel Macron and G7 nation allies …Read More »
Christian Coleman charged under anti-doping rules
12 hours ago
Christian Coleman won the men’s 100m at the US National Championships last month American sprinter Christian Coleman has been charged under anti-doping rules with missing three drugs tests, says the …Read More »
‘Mr No Deal’: Johnson, Tusk spar on Brexit at G7
12 hours ago
British Prime Minister Boris Johnson and European Council head Donald Tusk have traded barbs ahead of the G7 Summit in France over who would bear the blame should the United …Read More »
Trump attends dinner at G-7 summit after days of bashing allies
13 hours ago
President Trump is attending the dinner with European leaders at the onset of the G-7 summit this week, amid an escalating trade war with China and days of bashing American allies. …Read More »
Fan Expo Canada draws thousands of cosplayers to Toronto
13 hours ago
[embedded content] Thousands of people flocked to Toronto today for this year’s Fan Expo Canada event, a pop culture event dedicated to comics, sci-fi, anime and horror. CBC News’ Stephanie …Read More »
South Africa seizes Air Tanzania plane in Johannesburg
13 hours ago
Image copyright IKULU Image caption A farmer claims the aircraft (not pictured) was seized because Tanzania’s government owes him $33m South African authorities have seized a plane from Tanzania’s national …Read More »
‘I want people to see me as a wrestler, not just some hijab girl’
13 hours ago
At 19, Nor “Phoenix” Diana has only been performing for three years but has already made a significant impact in the world of professional wrestling. The first woman to wrestle in …Read More »
Brazil military begins operations to fight Amazon rainforest fires
14 hours ago
Backed by military aircraft, Brazilian troops on Saturday prepared to deploy in the Amazon rainforest to fight fires that have swept the region and prompted anti-government protests as well as …Read More »
Hong Kong police fire tear gas, clash with protesters
14 hours ago
[embedded content] Hong Kong police used tear gas to break up anti-government protests on Saturday after some activists threw petrol bombs and bricks. »»» Subscribe to CBC News to watch …Read More »
Brexit: Donald Tusk and Boris Johnson clash over who is ‘Mr No Deal’
14 hours ago
Media playback is unsupported on your device Media captionDonald Tusk: I hope Boris Johnson will not want to go down in history as Mr No Deal European Council President Donald …Read More »
Syria’s War: Government forces seize rebel territory in Hama
14 hours ago
The Syrian army has seized a pocket of rebel territory in the northwest, reclaiming towns lost early in the war. The most recent offensive intensified in late April, killing hundreds …Read More »
Michael Drejka found guilty of manslaughter
14 hours ago
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hxKmOT5NuJs Drejka faces up to 30 years in prison after shooting and killing Markeis McGlockton in a Florida parking lot; he initially used the state's "stand your ground" law in …Read More »
Prince Andrew denies seeing suspicious Jeffrey Epstein behavior
15 hours ago
Prince Andrew on Epstein crimes London — Britain’s Prince Andrew responded to intense media scrutiny of his links to Jeffrey Epstein by issuing a statement Saturday denying any knowledge of …Read More »
Bangladesh ‘to be tougher’ on Rohingya refugees
15 hours ago
Image copyright Getty Images Image caption Hundreds of thousands of mainly Muslim refugees are living in camps in Bangladesh Bangladesh has said it will harden its stance towards Rohingya refugees …Read More »
What is the state of the global economy in the age of populism?
15 hours ago
In the world of geopolitics and geo-economics, the year 2019 has been eventful so far. Central bank governors across the world have been threatened, have resigned, or were fired by …Read More »
Patient dies from severe respiratory illness, possibly from vaping
15 hours ago
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TzxfC7CqbOQ An Illinois patient died from a respiratory illness that could have been caused from using e-cigarettes and/or vaping. ... ...Read More »
MOHAMMAD ZARIF
16 hours ago
MOHAMMAD ZARIF | Euronews Please click here if you are not redirected within a few seconds. Euronews is no longer accessible on Internet Explorer. This browser is not updated by …Read More »
Prince Andrew denies knowledge of criminal behaviour by former friend Jeffrey Epstein
16 hours ago
Britain’s Prince Andrew has commented on his relationship with accused sex trafficker Jeffrey Epstein, who was found hanged in prison in Manhattan last weekend. Read more: Accused sex trafficker Jeffrey …Read More »
Brazilian forces will deploy to fight Amazon fires
17 hours ago
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Amazon fires: Fines for environmental crimes drop under Bolsonaro
17 hours ago
Media playback is unsupported on your device Media captionWorldwide protests over Brazilian government inaction on Amazon fires The record number of fires in Brazil’s Amazon rainforest has coincided with a …Read More »
World leaders gather for G7 summit in France
17 hours ago
World leaders are gathering in France for the G7 summit, a meeting that European Council President Donald Tusk said will be a “difficult test of unity and solidarity of the …Read More »
Driver asleep at the wheel of his Tesla on busy freeway in Los Angeles
17 hours ago
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZhObsMnipS8 A California couple captured a man asleep at the wheel of his Tesla on one of the busiest highways in the country; the car was on autopilot and maintained …Read More »
Why the Amazon could be at risk of “collapsing”
18 hours ago
French President Emmanuel Macron wants the wildfires raging in the Amazon rainforest to be on the agenda at this weekend’s G-7 summit. And even Brazilian president Jair Bolsonaro, who previously …Read More »
Sikh teacher moves to B.C. over Quebec’s religious symbols ban
18 hours ago
[embedded content] A Sikh teacher moved to B.C. over Quebec’s religious symbols ban. Amrit Kaur made the move so she can work while wearing her turban, after the Quebec government …Read More »
Althea Gibson: The pioneering champion America forgot
18 hours ago
Gibson was the first black player to win a tennis Grand Slam “Everything was white. The balls, the clothes, the socks, the shoes, the people. Ev-ery-thing.” Billie Jean King grimaces …Read More »
Tunisia’s Karoui ‘remains presidential candidate despite arrest’
18 hours ago
Nabil Karoui, the Tunisian media mogul arrested on charges of money laundering and tax evasion, remains in the race for next month’s presidential election despite his detention, an electoral official has said. …Read More »
Thousands attend unofficial Independence Day march in Ukraine
19 hours ago
Kiev was a sea of blue and yellow on Saturday as 20,000 Ukrainians, including soldiers and their families, took part in an unofficial Independence Day parade. A mixture of active …Read More »
Inside the fierce competition of Japan’s animal cafes
19 hours ago
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Florida car-park killing: Gunman guilty as ‘stand your ground’ defence fails
19 hours ago
Media playback is unsupported on your device Media captionStand your ground: CCTV captured the shooting in a Florida car park A white man who shot and killed an unarmed black …Read More »
Twelve dead in Boko Haram Niger attack: Official
19 hours ago
A night raid blamed on Boko Haram has left a dozen villagers dead in southeast Niger on the frontier with Nigeria, according to a local official. The attack on Friday …Read More »
Liberation of Paris, 75 years on: The forgotten story of the Spaniards who freed the city
20 hours ago
The Spanish Lieutenant Amado Granell died in 1972 in a traffic accident on his way to the French consulate in Valencia, Spain. He was going to claim his salary rights …Read More »
The Dish: Chef Anya Fernald shares her signature recipes
20 hours ago
Chef Anya Fernald has long been interested not just in great food, but where it comes from and how it’s grown and raised. After working in the food industry in …Read More »
The African American who moved to Ghana ‘to escape US racism’
20 hours ago
Image copyright Obadele Kambon Image caption Academic Obadele Kambon lives with his family in Ghana’s capital African American Obadele Kambon has never looked back since moving to Ghana in 2008. …Read More »
Bashir lawyers seek release on bail as corruption trial continues
20 hours ago
Sudan‘s deposed President Omar al-Bashir has appeared in court for the second hearing of his corruption trial, during which his legal team asked for his release on bail. Al-Bashir sat in the same …Read More »
Liberation of Paris 75th anniversary: The story of the French capital being freed of Nazi control
21 hours ago
“These are minutes which go beyond each of our poor lives. Paris! Paris outraged! Paris broken! Paris martyred! But Paris liberated!” Those were the words General Charles de Gaulle opened …Read More »
Unpiloted Soyuz spacecraft aborts space station docking
21 hours ago
An unpiloted Soyuz spacecraft carrying supplies and an experimental robot attempted to dock with the International Space Station early Saturday, but the spacecraft, unable to lock onto guidance signals, began …Read More »
Prince Andrew defends Jeffrey Epstein relationship
21 hours ago
Image copyright News Syndication Image caption Prince Andrew, left, has previously been criticised for his association with Jeffrey Epstein Prince Andrew has defended his former friendship with Jeffrey Epstein, saying …Read More »
Nigerian police battle a growing kidnapping crisis
21 hours ago
Nigeria is in the grip of a kidnapping crisis. Thousands of Nigerians have fallen victim to a rise in the crime and are having to pay millions of dollars in …Read More »
Exclusive: Euronews interview with Lebanon FM Gebran Bassil
22 hours ago
Lebanon feels the spillover effects of the Syrian war and proxy conflict between Saudi Arabia and Iran like no other country in the region. Euronews sat down for an exclusive …Read More »
Trump arrives for G-7 summit amid trade war with China
22 hours ago
Biarritz, France — President Trump arrived in France on Saturday morning for the start of the G-7 summit. Mr. Trump may get an icy reception when he meets with the …Read More »
Amazon Fires: Why the rainforest helps fight climate change
22 hours ago
The fires in the Amazon rainforest have serious implications – not just for people who call the basin home; or for the millions of species of plants and animals that …Read More »
The Lost Tribe: The CIA’s Secret Army in Laos
22 hours ago
Half a century ago, as war raged in Vietnam, an isolated community in the jungles of northern Laos was recruited by the CIA to help fight the Viet Cong. Over …Read More »
Watch again: Anti-G7 protests in Hendaye near France-Spanish border
23 hours ago
As world leaders gather in Biarritz for a G7 summit, those opposing it have been holding a protest further down the French coast. They set off from Hendaye, near the …Read More »
Four hundred years since the first African slaves, race still divides America
23 hours ago
In late August 1619, a ship arrived in Point Comfort, near the city of Jamestown, in the British colony of Virginia. Onboard were “twenty and odd” Africans, who were traded …Read More »
Hong Kong police fire tear gas at protesters in fresh clashes
23 hours ago
Media playback is unsupported on your device Media captionPolice use tear gas against demonstrators in Hong Kong Riot police have fired tear gas and baton-charged protesters in Hong Kong, as …Read More »
Hong Kong police fire tear gas in renewed clash with protesters
23 hours ago
Hong Kong police have fired tear gas and baton-charged protesters who retaliated with a barrage of stones, bottles and bamboo poles as a standoff in a working-class neighbourhood descended into violence, …Read More »
Bolsonaro mobilises Brazilian army to combat Amazon fires
1 day ago
Brazil’s President Jair Bolsonaro has signed off on deploying the army to fight fires in the Amazon rainforest, the governor of the Amazon state of Roraima has said. Soldiers were …Read More »
‘This is very scary’: Greenlanders on Trump wanting to buy their island
1 day ago
Image copyright Getty Images Image caption The US already has an active, and highly contentious, military presence in Greenland This week has seen one of the most bizarre diplomatic rows …Read More »
Mali in crisis: The fight between the Dogon and Fulani
1 day ago
Deep in central Mali, what was supposed to be harvest season for villagers has become a season of starvation, death and destruction. Mali’s health ministry says so far hundreds of …Read More »
Illinois resident suffering breathing issues after vaping dies
1 day ago
By Minyvonne Burke and Erika Edwards An Illinois resident who was recently hospitalized with severe respiratory issues after vaping has died. The death comes as reports of illnesses from vaping …Read More »
Arun Jaitley: Former India finance minister dies
1 day ago
Image copyright Getty Images Former Indian finance minister Arun Jaitley has died after a long illness. He was admitted to Delhi’s AIIMS hospital on 9 August with breathing issues. Mr …Read More »
India’s former finance minister Arun Jaitley dies at 66
1 day ago
India‘s former finance and defence minister Arun Jaitley has died in the capital, New Delhi, at the age of 66, the hospital where he was seeking treatment has announced. Jaitely, …Read More »
Iran test fires new missile: Iran Revolutionary Guards commander
1 day ago
Iran has test-fired a new missile, Tasnim news agency cited the commander of Iran’s Revolutionary Guards, Major General Hossein Salami, as saying. “Our country is always the arena for testing …Read More »
Nasa said to be investigating first allegation of a crime in space
1 day ago
Image copyright Reuters Image caption Anne McClain is helped from a space capsule after returning from the ISS in June Nasa is reported to be investigating a claim that an …Read More »
Kashmir: Roads blocked, security tightened after call for march
1 day ago
Srinagar, Indian-administered Kashmir – Indian authorities tightened restrictions before Friday prayers in Srinagar, the main city of Indian-administered Kashmir, after posters distributed at mosques called for a protest march towards a United Nations …Read More »
Why so many US ‘mass shooting’ arrests suddenly?
1 day ago
Image copyright The Washington Post/Getty Images Image caption A makeshift memorial after the shooting in Dayton, Ohio In the last three weeks US authorities have arrested at least 28 people …Read More »
Actually, American Muslims are at the centre of the resistance
1 day ago
They say sunlight is the best disinfectant, but we also know that too much of it can land you in hospital. It can even give you cancer. It is a …Read More »
Amazon rainforest fires: Ten readers’ questions answered
1 day ago
Image copyright Reuters Image caption Inpe said it had detected more than 72,000 fires so far this year Swathes of the Amazon rainforest in Brazil are burning at a record …Read More »
Sri Lanka ends emergency rule imposed after Easter bombings
1 day ago
Sri Lanka has officially ended four months of emergency rule imposed after a series of suicide attacks that killed more than 260 people, left the government in disarray and raised fears of …Read More »
North Korea launches two more ‘short-range ballistic missiles’ into sea
1 day ago
Image copyright EPA North Korea fired two suspected short-range ballistic missiles into the sea on Saturday morning, South Korea’s military says. The launch is the seventh carried out since North …Read More »
Brazil’s Bolsonaro sends army to fight Amazon fires
1 day ago
European leaders on Friday threatened to tear up a trade deal with South America, reflecting growing international anger at Brazil as a record number of fires in the Amazon rainforest …Read More »
Kashmir unrest: Clashes at protest after Friday prayers
1 day ago
Image copyright Abid Bhat Image caption The protest was initially peaceful, the BBC’s Aamir Peerzada reports Security forces in Indian-administered Kashmir have clashed with protesters in the city of Srinagar. …Read More »
North Korea test-fires missiles again after joint drills end
1 day ago
North Korea fired two suspected short-range ballistic missiles off its east coast on Saturday in the seventh weapons launch in a month, South Korea’s military said, a day after it …Read More »
The most polluted cities in the world, ranked
1 day ago
According to the World Health Organization, the air in these 50 cities was found to be the most polluted in 2018. Air-quality monitoring devices worldwide tracked levels of dangerous particulates. …Read More »
Boris Johnson and Donald Trump speak ahead of G7 meeting
1 day ago
Image copyright Reuters Image caption Mr Johnson met Mr Trump at the United Nations while he was UK foreign secretary Boris Johnson has spoken to US President Donald Trump ahead …Read More »
Tunisia arrests presidential candidate Nabil Karoui
1 day ago
Authorities in Tunisia have arrested a controversial presidential candidate and founder of a major private television channel, Nabil Karoui, according to his political party. The 56-year-old is one of the …Read More »
Trump says he will raise U.S. tariffs on Chinese goods
1 day ago
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How millennial voter turnout could sway the Canadian election | Power & Politics
1 day ago
[embedded content] Young people voted in record numbers in the 2015 election, benefiting Justin Trudeau’s Liberals. Éric Grenier looks at how the millennial vote might swing the results of the …Read More »
What is the G7 summit and what does it do?
1 day ago
Image copyright Getty Images The G7 group of nations is meeting in the French resort town of Biarritz for what will be its 45th summit. But what is the G7, …Read More »
Zarif: Nuclear talks ‘moving in right direction’
1 day ago
Iran‘s Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif has said that suggestions by French President Emmanuel Macron about defusing the crisis over Iran’s nuclear programme were a step in the right direction, …Read More »
Diplomatic outrage over Amazon rainforest fires
1 day ago
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Indonesia deploys thousands of troops to Papua region to quell protests
1 day ago
[embedded content] Indonesia has deployed thousands of soldiers to the Papua region following days of unrest and protest, sparked by racist taunts aimed at a group of students last weekend. …Read More »