India's August monsoon rains 3.4% above average, weather department says

India received 3.4% more rainfall than average in August as heavy rains hit central and southern parts of the country, the state-run weather office said on Wednesday.
https://ift.tt/GHf04to

US war-gamed with Ukraine ahead of counteroffensive

In the buildup to the current Ukrainian counteroffensive, the US urged Kyiv to keep the operation limited in both its objectives and its geography to avoid getting overextended and bogged down on multiple fronts, multiple US and western officials and Ukrainian sources tell CNN.
https://ift.tt/GCIWake

Tanker refloated after running aground in Egypt's Suez Canal

Tug boats refloated an oil tanker that was briefly stranded in Egypt's Suez Canal late on Wednesday due to a technical fault with its rudder, the Suez Canal Authority (SCA) said.
https://ift.tt/M3oVuUg

Queen won't return to London to appoint new British PM, for first time in her reign

Queen Elizabeth II will receive the UK's next prime minister at Balmoral rather than Buckingham Palace -- a historic first for her 70-year reign.
https://ift.tt/1uJDEfv

UN says similar numbers of refugees are fleeing Venezuela as war-torn Ukraine

More than 6 million Venezuelans have fled their country amid deteriorating conditions, matching Ukraine in the number of displaced people and surpassing Syria, according to the United Nations.
https://ift.tt/NjiTzcs

Analysis: Last-season leftovers may get a second shot

What do you do when you when you need to rein in your shopping habit? Clean out the closet and try to make your old stuff feel new, right?
https://ift.tt/yV86G4c

Analysis: Gorbachev's moral authority did little to stop Putin

It's hard to sift history's judgment from the hot takes, and Russian President Vladimir Putin's telegram of condolence on the death of former Soviet leader Mikhail Gorbachev does little to help.
https://ift.tt/3vUJlFP

'Starve or freeze to death': Millions of elderly Brits fear a grim choice this winter as costs spiral

When she first started to shed some weight, Yvonne DeBurgo quipped that she could afford to lose it.
https://ift.tt/jGNBTLc

Many people feared trapped under multiple-story building collapse in Nigeria's Kano State

A multiple-story building has collapsed in the northwestern Nigerian city of Kano, leaving "many" people feared trapped inside, according to the local fire service.
https://ift.tt/NiAUwBr

Taiwan fires warning shots at unidentified drone near islands

Taiwanese soldiers on Tuesday fired flares at three unidentified drones that flew near Kinmen County, an offshore grouping of islands, before firing warning shots at one drone which re-entered the area above one of the islands, according to the Kinmen Defense Command.
https://ift.tt/pQ07tLb

New Zealand police identify children whose remains were found in suitcases

Police in New Zealand have identified two children whose remains were found earlier this month in suitcases bought by a family in an online auction.
https://ift.tt/hcqB6mv

The US economy had more job openings than expected in July

US employers aren't ditching their "help wanted" signs just yet, according to new data released Tuesday by the Bureau of Labor Statistics.
https://ift.tt/9JjgBQW

Lower gas prices push consumer confidence to highest level since May

Lower gas prices helped consumer confidence bounce back in August, breaking a three-month stretch of worsening sentiment. However this improvement, while welcome, is tempered by ongoing worries that the US economy may be heading toward a recession.
https://ift.tt/X2U71Qg

Mukesh Ambani prepares to hand $220 billion empire over

Indian billionaire Mukesh Ambani has laid out plans to hand his sprawling business empire to his children, while insisting he has no intention of retiring any time soon.
https://ift.tt/FG8qfgv

NASA releases stunning new image of the Phantom Galaxy

Stunning new images produced by the Hubble Telescope and the James Webb Telescope showcase the Phantom Galaxy, a spiral of solar systems 32 million light-years away from Earth.
https://ift.tt/UbmECQv

Ukrainian forces begin 'shaping' battlefield for counteroffensive, senior US officials say

Ukrainian forces have begun "shaping" operations in southern Ukraine to prepare the battlefield for a significant Ukrainian counteroffensive, two senior US officials briefed on the intelligence told CNN.
https://ift.tt/srBGvL5

Experts Urge Americans to Refi Before the Next Fed Meeting

https://ift.tt/fUEiqYN

The most expensive baseball card in history was just sold at an auction

Dig out your old baseball cards. They might just be worth eight figures at auction.
https://ift.tt/Kjr9NDG

Today's Artemis I launch has been scrubbed after engine issue

The Artemis I launch has been scrubbed after the team was unable to work through an issue on one of the rocket's four engines.
https://ift.tt/EPwuUhp

Bolsonaro launches personal attack on female journalist during election debate

Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro and his main election rival and and former President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva traded insults Sunday during a charged election debate which also saw Bolsonaro launching a deeply personal attack on a journalist who questioned his response to the coronavirus pandemic.
https://ift.tt/vGxrIY9

China charges dozens over brutal attack on women in restaurant

Chinese authorities have charged 28 people and detained eight police officials following a brutal assault on a group of women earlier this summer that shocked the country and provoked widespread anger.
https://ift.tt/iAgR6q8

The 'world's coolest' streets for 2022 revealed

When it comes to fashion, street style has as much cachet as runway style -- in fact, there are dozens of blogs and Instagram accounts dedicated to chronicling the best streetwear looks.
https://ift.tt/xjApzsC

How Ukraine is using resistance warfare developed by the US to fight back against Russia

As the war in Ukraine has passed the six-month mark, US and European officials say Ukraine has successfully used a method of resistance warfare developed by US special operations forces to fight back against Russia and bog down its vastly superior military.
https://ift.tt/TKr83bR

Three Dutch soldiers were wounded in a shooting outside an Indianapolis hotel, authorities say

Three Royal Netherlands Army soldiers were wounded in a shooting outside an Indianapolis hotel early Saturday, authorities said.
https://ift.tt/4R5D8sN

Hundreds of children among 1,000 people killed by Pakistan monsoon rains and floods

Severe rains and flooding have killed at least 1,033 people, including 348 children, and left 1,527 more injured in Pakistan since mid-June, officials said on Sunday.
https://ift.tt/9KSN0CH

China's worst heat wave on record is crippling power supplies. How it reacts will impact us all

For weeks now, a power crunch caused by a record heat wave and accompanying drought has wreaked havoc across Sichuan, a province home to 80 million people in southwestern China.
https://ift.tt/SBwi73Y

At least 14 police injured as supporters of Argentina's vice president protest

Police fired tear gas in the Argentine capital Saturday, as they clashed with supporters of vice president Cristina Fernandez de Kirchner, days after prosecutors sought a 12-year prison sentence against her for alleged corruption.
https://ift.tt/pUPWEC3

Why Singapore's gay sex law change is a double-edged sword for LGBTQ activists

When Singapore announced this week it would end a colonial-era law that criminalized sex between men, it looked like a big victory for gay rights advocates in the Southeast Asian country.
https://ift.tt/dVtHeIq

At least 23 people dead, 140 injured in violent clashes between rival militias in Libyan capital of Tripoli

At least 23 people have died and 140 injured in violent clashes between rival Libyan militias across the country's capital of Tripoli, the Libyan Ministry of Health said Saturday.
https://ift.tt/QHaTLiR

They once fought to defend South Korea. 70 years later, these foreign veterans are choosing to be buried there

For more than 30 years, British veteran James Grundy made an annual 5,500-mile journey to South Korea, to visit the graves of bodies he had recovered as a young man thrust into war.
https://ift.tt/okeY0zZ

Opinion: This British-French divide could not come at a worse time

Though Napoleon Bonaparte, Horatio Nelson and the 1805 Battle of Trafalgar are long-ago history, France and the United Kingdom are apparently still doing battle. In fact, Boris Johnson's likely successor as UK prime minister and assorted French politicos have recently been exchanging shots.
https://ift.tt/XeumoDn

US asked Russia to release American Marc Fogel on humanitarian grounds, family says

The US State Department has asked Russia to release American citizen Marc Fogel on humanitarian grounds, his family and his lawyer told CNN.
https://ift.tt/R927iCX

Nicole Kidman flexes for latest cover shoot

Oscar-winning actor Nicole Kidman caught the Internet's attention this week with a new shoot for Perfect Magazine.
https://ift.tt/zJdsmju

South Korea records world's lowest fertility rate -- again

South Korea has broken its own record for the world's lowest fertility rate, according to official figures released Wednesday, as the country struggles to reverse its years-long trend of declining births.
https://ift.tt/HTLv6X1

Hanging by a 'thread,' staff exodus risks safety at Ukraine nuclear plant

When Russian troops started shelling nearby towns from the Zaporizhzhia nuclear power plant where she worked in southeastern Ukraine, Elena decided it was time to escape.
https://ift.tt/WStXJCI

US mortgage rates jump

Mortgage rates jumped higher this week as investors tried to make sense of data that gave mixed signals about the health of the US economy.
https://ift.tt/JOMEI2D

China has lots to fix in its economy

China has unveiled 19 new measures to shore up its economy and "secure drinking water" supply as the country continues to struggle with its worst heatwave in 60 years and rigid Covld lockdowns.
https://ift.tt/CnR6l8z

Farmer shares video of livestock dying in heat

Across China, farmers are struggling to save their livestock and crops, as huge parts of the country bake under a record-breaking heat wave that has lasted more than two months. CNN's Kristie Lu Stout takes a look at the toll on farmers and local residents..
https://ift.tt/tUkEuyC

Thailand has suspended its prime minister. What happens next?

Thailand's Prime Minister Prayut Chan-o-cha has temporarily stepped aside as the country's leader but remains its defense minister, according to a government spokesman.
https://ift.tt/mLZEfH4

A long-awaited UN report on Xinjiang is due for release. Could it be a turning point in the international response?

It's been four years since a committee of United Nations experts called attention to "credible reports" that more than 1 million Uyghur and other Muslim minority peoples were interned in extrajudicial camps in Xinjiang in northwestern China for "re-education" and indoctrination.
https://ift.tt/rqjRz8L

Pakistan rejects India's closure of missile firing incident into its territory

Pakistan rejected India's closure of the incident of the firing of a supersonic missile into Pakistani territory on March 9, and reiterated its demand for a joint probe, according to a statement Wednesday from the Ministry of Foreign Affairs.
https://ift.tt/ovtZ0rB

Pakistan monsoon rains and floods kill more than 900, including 326 children

At least 903 people have died in Pakistan from severe rains and flooding this summer, as the country sees its eighth cycle of monsoon rains, Pakistan's Minister for Climate Change told CNN Wednesday.
https://ift.tt/uY1Ij3K

Japan turns back to nuclear power as fuel prices soar

Prime Minister Fumio Kishida said Wednesday Japan will restart idled nuclear plants and consider developing next-generation reactors, in a policy reversal that will see the nation turn back toward atomic energy as fuel prices soar worldwide.
https://ift.tt/6SUiM1a

Indian billionaire makes hostile bid for NDTV news channel

Asia's richest man has launched a hostile bid to take over an influential broadcaster in India and gain a firmer footing in the country's vibrant media space.
https://ift.tt/WYLt5c4

Whistleblower: Twitter is vulnerable to Russian and Chinese influence

Twitter is exceptionally vulnerable to exploitation by foreign governments in ways that threaten US national security, and may even have foreign spies currently active on its payroll, according to Peiter "Mudge" Zatko, the whistleblower at the center of a massive public disclosure effort reported Tuesday by CNN and The Washington Post.
https://ift.tt/H6Yky8O

Strategist explains why you should 'buy stocks when it feels terrible'

The stock market's summer rally has run into trouble recently. Despite the rumbles, Anastasia Amoroso, Chief Investment Strategist at iCapital, explains why long-term investors should buy stocks especially when the market feels terrible.
https://ift.tt/Tkbqyz0

India's top court to hear petition against release of 11 men who gang-raped pregnant Muslim

India's Supreme Court will hold a hearing on a petition challenging the release last week of 11 Hindu men convicted of the gang rape of a pregnant Muslim woman during Hindu-Muslim riots in 2002 in the western state of Gujarat.
https://ift.tt/ozQEFR7

India fires three officers for accidentally launching missile into Pakistan

The Indian Air Force said on Tuesday the government had sacked three officers for accidentally firing a missile into Pakistan in March, an incident that the two nuclear-armed rivals handled calmly as there were no casualties.
https://ift.tt/GrNnvCB

Britain sees a record number of migrant crossings in the English Channel, according to report

A total of 1,295 people arrived in the United Kingdom after crossing the English Channel by boat Monday -- the highest daily total of migrants registered since records began in 2018, according to PA Media.
https://ift.tt/zskdDA9

The 'world's smallest vineyard' is selling bottles for $5,000 apiece -- but doesn't want you to drink them

Tullio Masoni makes some of the most exclusive wine in the world, but he doesn't want you to drink it.
https://ift.tt/5seYQBi

These Copenhagen designers are dressing A-list celebrities, but you've probably never heard of them

In March 2022, celebrity fashion counterculturalist Julia Fox arrived at the Vanity Fair Oscar After-Party dressed in a head-turning black leather gown with a halter-neck-turned-hand wrapped around her neck.
https://ift.tt/fRvPTsd

Supermodel Linda Evangelista opens up about disfiguring cosmetic procedure

Former supermodel Linda Evangelista has opened up about the mental health toll of her disfiguring cosmetic procedure, telling British Vogue that she struggled with depression and at one point even stopped eating. The 57-year-old also revealed she had been influenced by repeated TV commercials, saying she would have refused the fat-freezing treatment if she had known that "side effects may include losing your livelihood and (ending) up so depressed that you hate yourself."
https://ift.tt/4IWCrGX

'All of it is a lie': Russian paratrooper condemns his country's war in Ukraine

• Live updates: UN concerned Russia is preparing trials for Ukrainian POWs in Mariupol • Americans urged to leave Ukraine amid fears of renewed Russian attacks
https://ift.tt/nV587bM

Iran drops another key demand as prospects for revived nuclear deal increase

Iran has dropped another key demand related to nuclear inspections as negotiations continue over reviving the Iran nuclear deal, a senior administration official tells CNN.
https://ift.tt/eQYwmWJ

Iran's Arab foes are mending ties with Tehran amid uncertainty over nuclear talks

A lot has happened since Gulf Arab states downgraded ties with Iran in January 2016 when an angry mob stormed the Saudi embassy in Tehran and set fire to it following the Saudi execution of a prominent Shiite cleric.
https://ift.tt/0wNjuED

IAEA says it will not close probe into Iran's unexplained traces of uranium without answers

The head of the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) has called on Iran to explain why traces of enriched uranium were found at previously undeclared nuclear research sites three years ago.
https://ift.tt/HMXI1nc

Woman believed to be mother of children found dead in suitcases is in South Korea, say Seoul police

A woman believed to be the mother of two children whose remains were found in suitcases in New Zealand last week is in South Korea, a Seoul police official told CNN on Monday.
https://ift.tt/iQu7pMN

'It's a hopeless situation,' says footballer Nadia Nadim a year since the Taliban's takeover in Afghanistan

With this week marking a year since the Taliban regained control of Afghanistan, football star Nadia Nadim is coming to terms with a "weird feeling."
https://ift.tt/WdmsUyD

Is this Nigerian teen the next women's golf prodigy?

A single moment can change the trajectory of our lives. For Nigerian Iyeneobong "Iyene" Essien, that moment came when she was just five years old. She remembers the day her dad took her to a golf course in Abuja, where she saw a boy teeing off. Intrigued by the sight, she asked her dad if she could pursue the sport.
https://ift.tt/e8hgSTI

Raila Odinga challenges presidential results in Kenyan Supreme Court

Presidential candidate Raila Odinga has formally filed a petition challenging the election results in Kenya's Supreme Court on Monday, according to one of Odinga's lawyers, Daniel Maanzo.
https://ift.tt/pTeZc4j

China flexes military muscles, then targets Taiwan's citrus fruits

For the last 18 years, Li Meng-han and his family have grown pomelos in a rural town near the southern Taiwanese city of Tainan.
https://ift.tt/UwaCWlT

China's July Russian coal imports hit 5-year high as West shuns Moscow

China's coal imports from Russia jumped 14% in July from a year earlier to their highest in at least five years, as China bought discounted coal while Western countries shunned Russian cargoes over its invasion of Ukraine.
https://ift.tt/HpwhILU

Singapore to repeal colonial era law criminalizing sex between men, says prime minister

Singapore's Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong on Sunday said the country will repeal the colonial-era Section 377A of Singapore's Penal Code, thereby decriminalizing gay sex in Singapore, but added that same-sex marriage will continue to be illegal in the city-state.
https://ift.tt/yDtE6qM

How to end the war on drugs in a country synonymous with drugs

It's the home of notorious drug trafficker Pablo Escobar, and the origin of legendary Santa Marta Gold -- once the most sought-after varieties of weed in the United States -- named after Colombia's Sierra Nevada de Santa Marta mountain range.
https://ift.tt/83BKNhP

If North Korea has Covid beat, why buy 1 million face masks from China?

North Korea imported more than 1 million facial masks and 15,000 pairs of rubber gloves from China in July, shortly before declaring victory over Covid-19, Chinese trade figures show.
https://ift.tt/frE9qF1

Mexican court issues 83 arrest warrants related to the disappearance of 43 students

A court in Mexico on Friday ordered the arrest warrants of 83 people allegedly involved in the 2014 disappearance of 43 students, the prosecutor's office said in a statement.
https://ift.tt/s1xgeZY

Police put Catholic bishop under house arrest after raid on diocese in Nicaragua

Nicaraguan police on Friday detained a bishop and seven other priests and seminarians, after a 16-day standoff, in an escalation of tensions between the country's government and the Catholic Church.
https://ift.tt/2qTpc0k

China must show it's not an 'agent of instability' on Taiwan, US Ambassador says

China needs to convince the rest of the world it is not an "agent of instability" and will act peacefully in the Taiwan Strait, US Ambassador to China Nicholas Burns said in his first TV interview since taking up his post in Beijing six months ago.
https://ift.tt/petiaYd

Member of 'ISIS Beatles' sentenced for role in hostage-taking, killing of Americans

El Shafee Elsheikh, a British ISIS fighter and member of the execution cell dubbed "the ISIS Beatles" because of their British accents, was sentenced to life in prison Friday for his role in the hostage-taking and deaths of four Americans and several others.
https://ift.tt/TFAR7g8

Russia will once again shut off Europe's gas via Nord Stream 1 pipeline

Russia will halt gas supplies to Europe for three days at the end of the month via its main pipeline into the region, state energy giant Gazprom said on Friday, piling pressure on the region as it seeks to refuel ahead of winter.
https://ift.tt/wuIhaT9

Gunmen storm upscale hotel in Somalia's capital

Gunfire and explosions shook an upscale hotel in Mogadishu on Friday evening, as police responded to an attack by unidentified gunmen, according to local authorities and witnesses.
https://ift.tt/6uTXJgS

Russia's version of Starbucks reopens with a new name and logo

A restaurateur and rapper duo unveiled Stars Coffee on Thursday, reopening the chain of coffee shops in Russia formerly owned by Starbucks, the latest major company rebranding after a months-long Western corporate exodus from the country.
https://ift.tt/4xnLIl5

Brazilian President Bolsonaro tries to grab cell phone from YouTube heckler, video shows

Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro got physical with a YouTuber who heckled him in the capital Brasilia on Thursday, according to video from Brazilian news station Globo.
https://ift.tt/apnjoRA

North Korea rejects South's aid offer, calls President Yoon 'really simple'

North Korea has rejected South Korea's offer of economic support in exchange for denuclearization, saying the proposal suggests President Yoon Suk Yeol is "really simple," state media KCNA reported Friday.
https://ift.tt/kv8q3Qi

The coworkers who fell in love when they shared a hotel room

When Ida Skibenes pulled up outside the Solstrand Hotel, her stomach was in knots, flipping between nerves and excitement.
https://ift.tt/BR0IhJn

Myanmar to import Russian oil, military says

Military-ruled Myanmar plans to import Russian gasoline and fuel oil to ease supply concerns and rising prices, a junta spokesperson said, the latest developing country to do so amid a global energy crisis.
https://ift.tt/qbD5YQM

Enter a serene 'pixel forest' in the heart of Hong Kong

In a dark room in the middle of Hong Kong, there's a new reprieve from the bustling city. It's a forest -- although it looks nothing like the dense greenery covering the nearby mountains.
https://ift.tt/Sc0ogtI

Class-action lawsuit alleges sexual misconduct by prominent Quebec cardinal and priest

A class-action lawsuit has been filed on behalf of more than 100 victims of sexual assault dating back to the 1940s at the hands of members of Quebec's Roman Catholic Archiepiscopal Corporation and the Roman Catholic Archbishop of Quebec.
https://ift.tt/WntATcR

Africa's highest peak gets fast internet

Climbers ascending Mount Kilimanjaro can now document their ascents in real-time on Instagram, following a recent move by Tanzanian authorities to install high-speed internet around the mountain's slopes.
https://ift.tt/iphJ1X6

Sexual assault accuser wore 'provocative' clothing, Indian judge rules

A judge in southern India has ruled a woman wore "provocative" clothing, effectively dismissing her sexual assault complaint, causing public outcry in the country, where violence against women and girls make frequent headlines.
https://ift.tt/7oQLdrV

See one man's journey to flee zero-Covid China

Wang Qun left his children and family behind to escape China's zero-Covid policies. CNN's Selina Wang shares his perilous journey across multiple countries.
https://ift.tt/39FS4OT

One year on, the $260 million Kazungula Bridge has transformed Africa's most unusual border crossing

Until a year ago, crossing the Zambezi River between Botswana and Zambia was a slow and congested affair. For trucks moving along a key transport corridor, stretching from Lubumbashi in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) to Durban, South Africa, the river was an obstacle without an elegant solution. Vehicles would load onto a pontoon, two at a time, when the current wasn't too strong and the rains not too heavy. It was a 10 to 15-minute journey that you could spend up to 15 days waiting for, recalls the head of one truck drivers' association.
https://ift.tt/SDyb5pt

Explosion erupts inside Kabul mosque, police say

An explosion erupted inside a mosque during evening prayers in Kabul, Afghanistan on Wednesday, according to a spokesman for the city's chief of police.
https://ift.tt/G1HbRMa

Spacewalk cut short by issue with Russian cosmonaut's spacesuit

A few hours into what was intended to be a nearly seven-hour spacewalk, a Russian cosmonaut was repeatedly ordered to drop what he was working on and return to the International Space Station's airlock because of an issue with his spacesuit.
https://ift.tt/ACbM931

Outrage over Palestinian leader's '50 Holocausts' remark

Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas struck a deep nerve on Tuesday when he said Israel has caused "50 Holocausts" against Palestinians, triggering outrage from world leaders and a social media storm.
https://ift.tt/27MlgdP

Saudi activist sentenced to 34 years in prison for Twitter activity

Saudi women's rights campaigner Salma al-Shehab was sentenced to 34 years in prison on Monday for her activity on Twitter, according to court documents viewed by CNN.
https://ift.tt/L0qQrvY

Syria denies holding Austin Tice, journalist missing for 10 years, after White House claims otherwise

The Syrian government on Wednesday denied it is holding or has any information on the whereabouts of Austin Tice, an American journalist who vanished a decade ago while reporting on the Middle Eastern nation's civil war.
https://ift.tt/pTGLijr

Here's why a growing number of Americans are moving to Mexico

A growing number of Americans are crossing the southern border and making Mexico their new home. CNN's David Culver takes a look at the cause and effect of Americans settling in Mexico City.
https://ift.tt/cAkXebh

Multiple bomb and arson attacks rock southern Thailand

Explosions and fires ripped through at least 17 locations in southern Thailand on Wednesday, authorities said, in what appeared to be multiple coordinated attacks that injured seven people.
https://ift.tt/AGg9kh3

UK inflation exceeds 10% as bread and milk prices soar

Inflation in the United Kingdom hit a new 40-year high last month, rising above 10% for the first time since 1982 and piling further pain on households already struggling to pay their bills.
https://ift.tt/dwMnfXb

North Korea fires two cruise missiles toward sea off its west coast, South Korean officials say

North Korea fired two cruise missiles early Wednesday morning, from the coastal town of Onchon into waters off its west coast, according to a South Korean Defense Ministry official.
https://ift.tt/bz6jPCJ

President Yoon wants South Korea to become one of world's top weapons suppliers

South Korea plans to become one of the world's top four weapons suppliers, President Yoon Suk Yeol said Wednesday as he addressed reporters in a speech marking his first 100 days in office.
https://ift.tt/prgc2Hw

Analysis: Are talks over detained Americans slowing the fight for democracy in Venezuela?

A growing number of US citizens are being detained in Venezuela -- and though exactly how many is unknown, the detentions could give authoritarian leader Nicolas Maduro leverage in frosty relations with Washington.
https://ift.tt/7Os0JCp

Source: Myanmar court sentences former leader Aung San Suu Kyi to 6 more years

A court in military-run Myanmar on Monday sentenced ousted leader Aung San Suu Kyi to six more years in prison after convicting her on four extra counts of corruption, according to a source familiar with the matter and local media reports.
https://ift.tt/laeGOjm

Iranian adviser suggests nuclear deal is 'closer' than ever as Tehran responds to EU proposal

Iran has sent its response to a European Union proposal to revive the 2015 nuclear deal, state news agency IRNA reported, as the country's chief adviser to negotiations tweeted that an agreement was closer than ever, but not yet done.
https://ift.tt/DBcRpKN

How Iran exploited Salman Rushdie's Satanic Verses

Nearly 10 years after he was driven underground, Salman Rushdie believed he was free. The author had been living under heavy security and highest secrecy in London. But in 1998, the Iranian government of President Mohammad Khatami publicly distanced itself from the religious fatwa calling for his murder.
https://ift.tt/2YiGrnV

US-led coalition forces repel drone attack near Syria base

US-led coalition forces repelled multiple drones near the US-led coalition At-Tanf base in Syria Monday, according to a press release from the coalition.
https://ift.tt/do4lZTH

Shoppers rush for the exits as Shanghai Ikea goes into lockdown

Panicked shoppers rushed for the exits at an Ikea branch in Shanghai on Saturday after city health authorities ordered the store to lock down after a close contact of a Covid-19 case was traced to the location.
https://ift.tt/RTxlIuJ

US does not plan to release frozen Afghan assets soon

The Biden administration does not plan to release billions of dollars of Afghan government assets held by the country's central bank anytime soon, citing concerns the funds could end up in the hands of terrorists after the leader of al Qaeda was killed while hiding out in Afghanistan's capital.
https://ift.tt/9QC3oSB

William Ruto wins Kenyan presidency

Deputy President William Ruto has been elected the country's fifth president, according to the electoral commission.
https://ift.tt/Vyg71TB

Who owns your credit score? Not you

Credit agencies know a lot about Americans. The agencies accumulate information, such as Social Security numbers, birthdays, how much savings people have, how much debt they're in and how late they pay their bills.
https://ift.tt/Epehsuw

Brazilian woman swindled mother of more than $100 million in art, police say

Brazilian woman Sabine Coll Boghici, 48, was arrested on Wednesday on allegations she was part of a bizarre scheme to defraud her 82-year-old mother, Genevieve Boghici, the wife of the late art collector Jean Boghici, out of money, artwork and jewelry totaling some 724 million reais ($142.42 million).
https://ift.tt/wH21MBb

in photos: 75 years of independence: India and Pakistan

In August 1947, the Indian subcontinent won its independence from the British, and two nations were born.
https://ift.tt/3c0SRby

Five Americans among injured in Jerusalem shooting attack

At least eight people, including four US tourists, were wounded in a shooting attack targeting a bus near the Western Wall in Jerusalem's Old City early Sunday morning.
https://ift.tt/B4HQIFA

75 years on: How India went from impoverished British colony to emerging giant

At the stroke of midnight on August 15, 1947, India became an independent nation after nearly 200 years of British colonial rule, redeeming her "tryst with destiny" in the words of its first prime minister, Jawaharlal Nehru.
https://ift.tt/sUD32Fw

Children among dozens killed in Egypt church fire

At least 18 children were among the dozens of people known to have died after a fire broke out at a church in Giza's Imbaba neighborhood in greater Cairo on Sunday, according to hospital documents seen by CNN.
https://ift.tt/df7m64Y

India's 'Warren Buffett,' Rakesh Jhunjhunwala, dies at 62

Indian billionaire Rakesh Jhunjhunwala, sometimes called "India's Warren Buffett," died Sunday at age 62, according to Prime Minister Narendra Modi.
https://ift.tt/s9rd7wH

She fled Afghanistan with her law degree sewn into her dress. Many of her colleagues were left behind

When Fawzia Amini worked as a senior judge in Afghanistan's Supreme Court, she presided over cases of violent crimes against women, hearing harrowing and heart-breaking accounts of child marriage, sexual assault and femicide.
https://ift.tt/jHOygFs

Liz Truss is a political shape shifter. Now she's set for her toughest transformation yet as Britain's likely next prime minister

The person most likely to replace Boris Johnson as leader of Britain's governing Conservative Party and Prime Minister of the UK is a political chameleon who has gone from radical abolitionist to flag-bearer of the Euroskeptic, Conservative right. 
https://ift.tt/oQd3zm5

Taiwan blames politics for cancellation of global Pride event

Taiwan on Friday blamed "political considerations" for the cancellation of WorldPride 2025 Taiwan after it said the organizers had insisted the word "Taiwan" be removed.
https://ift.tt/bDMuUAE

'Lives torn asunder.' The children of Indian Partition, 75 years on

A small girl is woken in the night. The family is to travel immediately from their idyllic home near Lahore, in what is current-day Pakistan, to India.
https://ift.tt/EcF5Ssm

A Ukrainian power plant is facing increased shelling. The idea of a nuclear disaster is a daily reality

Every day Olga is bused from her home in the Russian-occupied town of Enerhodar, on the banks of the Dnipro River in southeastern Ukraine, to the nearby Zaporizhzhia nuclear power plant where she works.
https://ift.tt/R0iLCoG

The Rhine river is drying up, making it hard for cargo ships to travel

Germany's Rhine river is getting too dry, snarling supply chains and creating more problems for its struggling economy.
https://ift.tt/JktIvpX

'Anti-memorials' honor Indian Partition's unseen victims, 75 years on

Through quiet but searing installations, artist Pritika Chowdhry reckons with violence that ripples through generations: mass displacement, rape and riots tracing back to the snaking borders that split a nation. For 15 years, she has made artworks based on the partition of British India into an independent India and Pakistan in 1947, as well as the bloody nationalist conflict that followed in East Pakistan, which cleaved off to become Bangladesh in 1971.
https://ift.tt/OfuhLQN

State media: 11 killed, including 2 children, in Montenegro gun attack

At least 11 people were killed, including two children, in a deadly mass shooting in Montenegro's southern city of Cetinje on Friday, according to state media RTCG.
https://ift.tt/qdbutQI

Why a hostage-taker in Lebanon was hailed as a national hero

A dramatic series of events unfolded on a bustling street in Beirut on Thursday when an armed man barged into a bank and held employees and customers hostage. He wasn't trying to rob the bank -- he was demanding his own money back.
https://ift.tt/dc6BLjM

It's not yet clear what caused blasts at a Crimea air base. But analysts say Russia suffered a significant loss

When a series of explosions rocked a Russian air base in Crimea on Tuesday, sending Russian vacationers fleeing from nearby beaches, it was clearly an embarrassment for Moscow. Western officials and analysts have since offered competing explanations about the cause.
https://ift.tt/YMuZQyD

In the foothills of the Patagonian Andes, only one in five of puma's guanaco hunts are successful. The Original Series "Patagonia: Life on the Edge of the World" airs Sundays at 9 p.m. ET.
https://ift.tt/WJ83c0A

UK recession looms as households feel pain of soaring energy bills

Britons are bracing themselves for more tough times ahead as the economy starts to shrink and a new forecast suggests average annual energy bills could exceed £5,000 ($6,000) next year.
https://ift.tt/ZyMaOhf

Parts of England officially fall into drought after months of scant rainfall

Large swaths of England have officially descended into drought, authorities announced Friday, following several months of low rainfall and relentless waves of extreme heat.
https://ift.tt/hmEcY9I

Hong Kong suffers biggest ever population drop as exodus accelerates

Hong Kong has recorded its sharpest annual drop in population, with experts blaming the decline on strict Covid control measures and a political crackdown that have taken the shine off a financial hub long advertised as "Asia's world city."
https://ift.tt/9jCWysd

Seoul vows to move families from 'Parasite'-style basement homes after flooding deaths

Seoul has vowed to move some of the city's poorest families out of underground and semi-subterranean homes after 13 people were killed in flooding caused by record-breaking rainfall this week, sparking public horror and calls for government accountability.
https://ift.tt/94msK0l

They survived lockdown in Shanghai, only to be trapped again in Hainan

"I chose to come to Sanya because the Covid restrictions are more relaxed than (in) Shanghai," said Li Zefeng, an engineer who lives in China's biggest city.
https://ift.tt/vHwVtdF

In pictures: Olivia Newton-John's best style moments

The enduring image of Olivia Newton-John may always be one of permed hair, bare shoulders and black spandex on the set of "Grease". But the late actress and singer, who died Monday aged 73, was a fashion icon before -- and long after -- the blockbuster musical.
https://ift.tt/MqmdZGa

US returns looted relics of 'extraordinary cultural value' to Cambodia

New York officials have returned 30 cultural artifacts to Cambodia, including a 10th-century Khmer sculptural "masterpiece," after the items were illegally sold to private collectors and a US museum.
https://ift.tt/l1dJ2nB

Domino's tried to sell pizza to Italians. It failed

Domino's' Italian job was harder than it looked.
https://ift.tt/hNZYjkx

Love It or List It. Is a HELOC Right for You?

https://ift.tt/wBKtXv3

More than a dozen companies developing single standard to detect cyberattacks faster

More than a dozen companies in the cybersecurity space are developing a single, open standard for sharing data about hacking threats, a project the companies say could help organizations detect cyberattacks more quickly.
https://ift.tt/bj4hof2

Former Twitter employee is convicted in Saudi spy case

A former Twitter manager accused of spying for Saudi Arabia was convicted on Tuesday on six criminal counts, including acting as an agent for the country and trying to disguise a payment from an official tied to Saudi's royal family.
https://ift.tt/wkJuimv

Price hikes took a breather in July, fueling hopes that inflation has peaked

Runaway inflation took a breather in July, with consumer prices increasing by 8.5% year over year, a slower pace than the 9.1% increase in June, the Bureau of Labor Statistics reported Wednesday.
https://ift.tt/NdVEBxv

Cuba's worst ever fire brought under control after burning for 5 days at oil depot, officials say

Firefighters on Tuesday finally overcame what officials described as the worst fire in Cuba's history that over five days destroyed 40% of the Caribbean island's main fuel storage facility and caused massive blackouts.
https://ift.tt/Sdu8VZn

Gangs gain the upper hand in war with Haitian police

The rounds bounced off the armored vehicle, as police carried a limp civilian to the sidewalk -- another victim of the brutal, daily shootings that plague the Haitian capital Port-au-Prince and the surrounding area. Here, inside the gang-held territory of Croix-des-Bouquets, Haiti's SWAT team has driven into a gunfight that has already torn up a civilian bus.
https://ift.tt/Lv1rntZ

The next frontier in the tech battle between the US and China

The technological arms race between the United States and China has cut across everything from smartphones and cellular equipment to social media and artificial intelligence. But a new battleground is emerging that goes a layer deeper: to the components that power our smartphones, computers, automobiles and home appliances.
https://ift.tt/gPC4uAa

Toni Minichiello, former coach of Olympic gold medalist, handed lifetime ban

Toni Minichiello, the athletics coach known for helping Jessica Ennis-Hill to gold at the 2012 London Olympics, was handed a lifetime ban by UK Athletics on Tuesday for repeated instances of alleged sexually inappropriate conduct, emotional abuse and bullying.
https://ift.tt/GsNpe83

Kenyans have cast their ballots for a new leader in a race that's too close to call

Polling has officially closed in Kenya's crucial general elections as outgoing President Uhuru Kenyatta prepares to hand over power to a new leader.
https://ift.tt/SIABNnk

Senior leader of Pakistani Taliban killed in IED attack, sources say

A senior founding leader of the Pakistani Taliban was killed Sunday night in a targeted attack, according to two sources within the group's leadership.
https://ift.tt/30uaQCS

Priceless treasures recovered from 350-year-old shipwreck

Stories of buried treasure and ancient shipwrecks have captivated for centuries, from pirate tales to Hollywood blockbusters. For one team of explorers, however, legend became reality when they uncovered a trove of artifacts from a 350-year-old sunken Spanish galleon -- including coins, gemstones and priceless jewels once belonging to seafaring knights.
https://ift.tt/pavnwDJ

UN soldiers have come under attack in the DRC from locals who want them out. Here's why.

Two decades ago, a UN force landed in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) to keep the peace in a volatile territory almost overrun by armed militias. But with the insurgents still on the prowl, locals say the peacekeepers have outstayed their welcome.
https://ift.tt/lRJBkNM

Analysis: The frontrunner to become the UK's next leader has a risky economic plan

The frontrunner to replace Boris Johnson as the United Kingdom's next prime minister has a plan to rescue the country from recession — but many economists aren't too happy about it.
https://ift.tt/WlH8bh5

North Korea is destroying sites at the Mount Kumgang resort area

Once hailed as a symbol of peace between the Koreas, a floating hotel in a resort area is being destroyed by the North Korean government.
https://ift.tt/FpaBsZM

Amnesty regrets 'distress' caused by report on Ukrainian military, but stands by findings

Amnesty International said it "deeply regrets the distress and anger" caused by a report the group published on the Ukrainian military's fighting tactics, but added that it "fully" stands by the findings, which concluded those tactics violated international humanitarian law.
https://ift.tt/Eb4JCVq

Covid-positive Australia cricketer helps team win Commonwealth Games gold

Australia all-rounder Tahlia McGrath was allowed to play in the gold medal win over India in the Commonwealth Games women's T20 cricket final on Sunday despite testing positive for Covid-19 only hours before the toss.
https://ift.tt/jF8gqHA

Shirtless Adam Driver goes viral for Burberry. Again

As we enter August, there is one definitive accessory making summer headlines: an enviable set of sculpted abs.
https://ift.tt/qbmevtU

Israel, Islamic Jihad, say Gaza ceasefire agreement reached

Israel says an agreement to restore a ceasefire for Gaza will come into effect at 11:30 p.m. local time (4:30 p.m. ET), following up a similar announcement from Islamic Jihad a short while earlier.
https://ift.tt/vVYd7lW

Hundreds of Haitian and Cuban migrants in custody after landing on or near Florida coast, US official says

Hundreds of Haitian and Cuban migrants using 16 different vessels were taken into custody after making landfall or reaching the US coast off Florida from Friday to Saturday, US Customs and Border Patrol said.
https://ift.tt/reH4oZ1

Leading Taiwanese weapons developer found dead in hotel room

The deputy head of Taiwan's government-controlled weapons developer has died after suffering a heart attack on a trip to the south of the island.
https://ift.tt/ukhUvJY

Explosions near Russian-occupied nuclear plant spark fears of a potential disaster

Ukrainian officials and international experts have been warning for months of the risk that fighting poses to a sprawling nuclear power plant on the banks of Dnipro River in southern Ukraine. Earlier this week, the global nuclear watchdog said the situation was becoming increasingly perilous.
https://ift.tt/dQgj2wD

China launches long-range airstrike drills around Taiwan on fourth day of military exercises

Chinese forces took part in drills focused on land attacks and long-range airstrikes around Taiwan on Sunday, its military said, on what was expected to be the final day of extensive exercises rolled out in response to a visit to the island by US House Speaker Nancy Pelosi.
https://ift.tt/nW5ab6e

US will defend Philippines if attacked in South China Sea: Blinken

US Secretary of State Antony Blinken assured the Philippines on Saturday that the United States would come to its defense if attacked in the South China Sea, seeking to allay concerns about the extent of the US commitment to a mutual defense treaty.
https://ift.tt/pJ0L4oW

Desperate Yemeni families are watching their children die

Yemen's warring parties have renewed a two-month-long truce, first signed in April this year. It was one of the first concrete steps taken towards peace in years and a genuine moment for celebration. But for thousands of families, time is running out.
https://ift.tt/PDW8EpJ

Taiwan says multiple Chinese aircraft and vessels spotted in possible simulated attack

Taiwan says it detected "multiple" Chinese aircraft and naval vessels taking part in military drills around the Taiwan Strait on Saturday, in what could be a possible simulated attack against the island.
https://ift.tt/oQMkA1V

Flash floods kill 550 in Pakistan in heaviest rains in decades

Flash floods caused by abnormally heavy monsoon rains killed at least 549 people in Pakistan over the past month, with remote communities in the impoverished southwestern province of Balochistan among the hardest hit, a government agency said.
https://ift.tt/AhdcjrJ

William and Kate's kids step in as school shuts for summer

Succession planning isn't something most of us have to give much thought to, but for the royal family it's almost part of the daily routine.
https://ift.tt/qyRUTzY

Lock In Refinance Savings Before Rates Get Too High

https://ift.tt/MrKaxRL

Love It or List It. Is a HELOC Right for You?

https://ift.tt/6KhCy2k

Russia is ready to discuss prisoner swap with US after Griner conviction

• Brittney Griner is facing a 9-year sentence in a Russian jail. Here's what could come next
https://ift.tt/uoEtHPv

Nancy Pelosi says US will not allow Taiwan to be isolated as China holds military drills

US House Speaker Nancy Pelosi vowed Friday that the United States would not allow Taiwan to be isolated, as Beijing stepped up military drills and warplane incursions after her visit to the island.
https://ift.tt/xl1UbM2

South Korea launches first lunar orbiter as space program advances

South Korea launched its first moon mission on Thursday as its homegrown lunar orbiter took off from Florida's Cape Canaveral Space Force Station aboard a SpaceX rocket.
https://ift.tt/ImLRqOS

At least 13 killed, dozens injured as fire engulfs Thai nightclub

At least 13 people have been killed and 35 injured after a fire broke out in the early hours of Friday at a nightclub in Thailand, police said.
https://ift.tt/uUSyLr7

Rescuers race to free miners trapped in flooded mine in Mexico

Ten miners have been trapped in a flooded coal mine in northern Mexico for over 24 hours, as rescuers battle to reach them.
https://ift.tt/BHbURvl

Japan says 5 Chinese missiles were believed to have landed within its Exclusive Economic Zone

China fired multiple missiles toward waters near northeastern and southwestern Taiwan on Thursday, the island's Defense Ministry said, as Beijing makes good on its promise that Taipei will pay a price for hosting US House Speaker Nancy Pelosi.
https://ift.tt/AlxPZ9F

US postponed missile test due to heightened tensions with China over Pelosi's visit to Taiwan

The US has postponed a long planned missile test over concerns about China's angry response to House Speaker Nancy Pelosi's trip to Taiwan earlier this week, a US official tells CNN.
https://ift.tt/J0PoDkb

French government orders laser weapon prototype for Paris Olympics

Beach volleyball against the backdrop of the Eiffel Tower, equestrian disciplines in the magnificent Versailles Palace garden, and the Opening Ceremony on the Seine -- France plans to charm visitors from around the world with everything that Paris has to offer during the 2024 Summer Olympics.
https://ift.tt/8V3DU0b

Starbucks sales falter in China because of Covid restrictions

Starbucks sales took a plunge in China due to the country's strict Covid-19 restrictions.
https://ift.tt/6cRLpWg

TikTok's ties to China are once again under fire in Washington. Here's why

Two years after then-President Donald Trump said he would ban TikTok in the United States through an executive order, the short-form video platform is once again under scrutiny in Washington. And the underlying issue remains largely the same: TikTok's ties to China through its parent company, Bytedance.
https://ift.tt/FiqQW4t

Stunning image shows result of two galaxies colliding

The latest image from the James Webb Space Telescope shows the Cartwheel galaxy, a ring galaxy located 500 million light-years away that formed when a large spiral galaxy and a small galaxy violently collided. CNN's Kristin Fisher reports.
https://ift.tt/6KFcIDO

BP profits triple as UK customers face even higher energy bills

UK energy giant BP reported its biggest quarterly profit in 14 years on Tuesday — a development that's likely to stir anxieties around eye-watering energy bills that have driven a cost of living crisis in the country.
https://ift.tt/S2FDZtj

Pakistan election agency rules former Prime Minister Imran Khan's party got illegal funds

Pakistan's election commission ruled on Tuesday that former Prime Minister Imran Khan's political party received millions of dollars in illegal funds from foreign countries, including the United States, the United Arab Emirates, the UK, and Australia.
https://ift.tt/F6davIx

Cannabis cafes the latest addition to Thailand's tourism offerings

The RG420 cannabis cafe opened just four days ago in Khao San, an area of Bangkok popular with backpackers - and already it's crammed with customers.
https://ift.tt/yhT8GLE

This East African nation is known for stability. But drought and rising prices are fueling insecurity

A maelstrom of howling brown dust engulfs travelers through Isiolo. A few weeks earlier, 11 people were reported to have been killed around the north Kenyan town in the space of 10 days.
https://ift.tt/BFyo5GN

This popular South Korean influencer, who looks like a person, isn't human

She's got more than 130,000 followers on Instagram, where she posts photos of her globetrotting adventures. Her makeup is always impeccable, her clothes look straight off the runway. She sings, dances and models -- and none of it is real.
https://ift.tt/scDdqou

White House warns China against escalations over Pelosi's potential trip to Taiwan

Biden administration officials are warning China not to take escalatory actions amid House Speaker Nancy Pelosi's prospective trip to Taiwan, emphasizing that the potential visit would not mark a shift in American foreign policy.
https://ift.tt/hcEz7lk

Guatemalan authorities raid newspaper offices and detain journalist José Rubén Zamora

Police in Guatemala City arrested prominent journalist José Rubén Zamora Marroquín on Friday, drawing criticism by human rights and press freedom advocacy groups.
https://ift.tt/VaHLTKu

Iraq's worst crisis in years is escalating

Iraq is in the midst of its worst and longest political crisis in years. At the center of this overheating conflict stands Iraqi political kingmaker Moqtada al-Sadr and a rival bloc of parties with strong ties to neighboring Iran.
https://ift.tt/WZ7noN1

Grain ship departs key Ukrainian port for first time since early days of war

The first ship carrying grain under a UN-brokered export deal left the Ukrainian port of Odesa on Monday, raising hopes that a global food supply crisis caused by Russia's invasion can be eased.
https://ift.tt/9hcZI7M

Watch Will Smith's apology to Chris Rock

Actor Will Smith apologized to Chris Rock months after Smith hit Rock at the Academy Awards.
https://ift.tt/wMajAGX

UN brigade in Congo opened fire at border post, killing two

Soldiers returning from leave to a United Nations intervention brigade in Democratic Republic of Congo opened fire at a border post, killing at least two people and injuring 15 others, Congo's government and the UN peacekeeping force said on Sunday.
https://ift.tt/2zVUyq5

Kosovo starts issuing extra documents to Serbian citizens as protesters block roads

Kosovo's government on Monday began issuing extra documents to Serbian citizens crossing into its territory, as Serbs living in the north of the country who oppose the decision blockaded roads leading to two border crossings.
https://ift.tt/oVLflhQ

'Win hearts and minds' in Taiwan and Hong Kong, Chinese leader Xi urges Communist Party

Chinese leader Xi Jinping has urged the Communist Party to "win hearts and minds" of people in Hong Kong, Macao and Taiwan as part of a "national rejuvenation."
https://ift.tt/sRiyTDZ

China's gambling hub Macao to ease Covid-19 restrictions

The gambling hub of Macao will allow bars, restaurants, salons, gyms and entertainment venues to reopen on Tuesday, August 2, lifting a citywide Covid-19 lockdown that lasted more than a month.
https://ift.tt/Qo4m7b6