KYIV, Ukraine (AP) — Laura Loomer became infamous for spreading conspiracy theories online. Now, as she travels across Ukraine to see the damage inflicted by Russia in its yearslong war, she wants to admit that she fell for some falsehoods of her own. A close ally of President Donald Trump, Loomer h
By Liz Lee and Yantoultra Ngui BEIJING/SINGAPORE, July 26 (Reuters) – Shein swung to a $99 million net loss in the first quarter of this year, the draft Hong Kong listing prospectus of the online fast-fashion retailer showed, as its sales took a hit from the Trump administration’s removal of the “d
Netanyahu To Meet President Trump as US Pauses Iran Strikes, Expands Military Buildup in Israel By The Media Line Staff Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu will travel to Washington on Monday for meetings with President Donald Trump after the United States paused strikes on Iran while maintain
US Says Turkey Still Barred From F-35s After Trump Raised Prospect of Deal By The Media Line Staff The United States has reaffirmed that Turkey remains ineligible to purchase or receive F-35 fighter jets, telling Congress that Ankara has not met the legal requirements for lifting restrictions tied t
Syria: 38 Killed, Dozens Injured in Bus Collision on Damascus–Deir Ezzor Highway Rizik Alabi / The Media Line [DAMASCUS] Thirty-eight people were killed and dozens injured on Saturday after a passenger bus collided with a bus belonging to Syria’s Interior Ministry on the Damascus–Deir Ezzor highway,
Al-Sharaa Says Syria Working on Security Agreement With Israel By Rizik Alabi / The Media Line [DAMASCUS] Syrian President Ahmed al-Sharaa said Damascus is working to reach a security agreement with Israel with the participation of several countries, adding that the effort could pave the way for com
‘Zionist’ Lists and Tourist Maps: Italy’s Jews Warn of a Widening Threat An anonymous form targeting Israelis and Jewish-linked locations was removed, but Jewish leaders say it reflects a deeper crisis shaped by campus activism, local politics and years of public intimidation By Gabriel Colodro / Th
NEW YORK (AP) — The Trump administration has imposed double-digit tariffs on more than 60 countries, using a legal justification that permits the president to levy import taxes and other sanctions against countries found to engage in “unjustifiable,” “unreasonable” or “discriminatory” trade practice
BETHLEHEM, Pa. (AP) — The stage is in battleground Pennsylvania. The stakes are control of the House. House Democratic leader Hakeem Jeffries on Sunday unveiled the party’s Fighting for an Affordable America agenda, as he kicked off 100 days until the midterm elections and works to focus voter atten
MOSCOW, July 26 (Reuters) – A Soyuz MS-28 spacecraft carrying Russian cosmonauts Sergei Kud-Sverchkov and Sergei Mikayev as well as NASA astronaut Christopher Williams has returned to earth, Russia’s Roscosmos space agency said on Sunday. The spacecraft landed at 1:27 p.m. Moscow time (10:27 GMT) ne
SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — World War II’s D-Day landing beaches in northern France and the iconic Mount Olympus in Greece were among the sites added to the World Heritage List on Sunday at a U.N. committee meeting in South Korea reviewing dozens of nominations. The UNESCO committee, which meets in Bu
HONG KONG (AP) — Typhoon Noul weakened to a tropical storm on Sunday as it moved inland after making landfall and bringing winds and heavy rain along the coast of southern China. Chinese weather authorities expected parts of southern Guangdong and southeastern Fujian provinces to experience heavy ra
By Kirsti Knolle, Miranda Murray and Markus Wacket BERLIN, July 26 (Reuters) – Germany’s government pledged to bring to justice those responsible for Saturday night’s deadly attack near a Pride event in Berlin, as police asked the public to help them track down a suspect they identified as an Islami
BERLIN (AP) — German authorities on Sunday issued a wanted notice for a fugitive suspect in the van ramming near Berlin’s Pride festival that left one person dead and injured at least 16 others. Police and prosecutors asked for help in finding the 21-year-old suspect, whom they identified as Abdul B
TEGUCIGALPA, Honduras (AP) — Four years after being extradited to the United States for his drug trafficking trial, former Honduran President Juan Orlando Hernández returns to his country Sunday to face corruption charges that lawyers fear will be a sham process. Hernández, once considered an ally b
SAN DIEGO (AP) — Marvel Studios used its Comic-Con International presentation Saturday to announce David Jonsson as the new Black Panther — the son of Chadwick Boseman’s T’Challa — and reveal that Ryan Gosling will be playing Ghost Rider, both in films set for release in 2028. Jonsson joined Oscar-w
BERLIN (AP) — A van slammed into people gathered for Berlin’s famed Pride festival on Saturday night, killing one person, injuring at least 16 others and prompting police to call off the celebrations and a concert in the German capital hours after they had begun. Berlin police said they have identif
By Kirsti Knolle, Michele Sani and Martin Schlicht BERLIN, July 25 (Reuters) – One person has been killed and 17 injured, with some in life-threatening condition, after a vehicle mowed down a crowd near Berlin’s Pride celebrations on Saturday evening, setting off a manhunt for the driver, the police
NAIROBI, Kenya (AP) — Tanzania’s main opposition party on Saturday said 51 of its officials were arrested and charged with terrorism, accusing the government of using law enforcement to intimidate critics. Chadema deputy chairperson John Heche said the officials were arrested over planned protests t
July 25 (Reuters) – Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy said on Saturday that Russia wanted to bring in 30,000 North Korean troops to take part in its more than four-year-old conflict and was already preparing to receive them. Under a mutual defense pact, North Korea sent an estimated 14,000 sol
New England Patriots owner Robert Kraft said the team offered Christian Gonzalez a contract extension that would make him the highest-paid cornerback in the NFL. Kraft did not reveal the specific terms of the deal on Saturday, the first day of training camp. “We love Christian Gonzalez,” Kraft said
NABLUS, West Bank (AP) — Israel’s military said it detained over 70 suspects across the occupied West Bank overnight and on Saturday, a day after troops deployed across the territory following violence that left two Israeli soldiers and four Palestinian villagers dead. Soldiers remained in the villa
SAO PAULO (AP) — Brazilian senator Flávio Bolsonaro, a son of former President Jair Bolsonaro, was confirmed as the presidential candidate of his father’s Liberal Party on Saturday in a bid against incumbent President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva, even as his campaign faces many challenges. The younger
WASHINGTON (AP) — Temperatures hit sweltering highs across much of the central United States on Saturday as forecasters warned that dangerously hot weather from Dallas to North Dakota would push into next week, with roughly 80 million people facing heat advisories. A heat dome, where atmospheric con
MADISON, Wis. (AP) — A police shooting in Wisconsin’s progressive capital city this week put the spotlight on persistent and deep racial divisions, prompting cancellations and other changes to popular summertime events as protesters said they were determined to continue public pressure for change in
SEOUL, July 25 (Reuters) – South Korea’s Samsung Electronics and SK Hynix will pursue memory chip supply partnership with U.S. big tech companies including Nvidia worth $950 billion overall, South Korea’s presidential adviser said on Saturday. It includes the long-term supply of $750 billion in memo
BEIJING, July 25 (Reuters) – China’s market regulator said on Saturday it had fined and confiscated a total of 5.2 billion yuan ($770 million) from Trip.com Group for abusing its dominant position in the domestic online hotel-booking market. China’s largest online travel platform, Trip.com used traf
By Max A. Cherney and Heekyong Yang SAN FRANCISCO/SEOUL, July 24 (Reuters) – South Korean President Lee Jae Myung hosted an AI summit in San Francisco on Friday, bringing together the heads of leading AI developers with top South Korean business figures to accelerate efforts by Seoul to make the cou
SpaceX’s mammoth Starship rocket blasted off Friday on another test flight stretching halfway around the world, this time releasing 20 of the most advanced Starlinks. Towering 407 feet (124 meters), Starship soared from the company’s base at the southern tip of Texas. NASA monitored the space-skimmi
Performing blues-rock that, according to Blues Blast Magazine, delivers a sound "loaded with explosive, steady-driving fretwork" and "a heavy beat and a voice to match," genre great Hughes Taylor performs an August 2 concert sponsored by the Mississippi Valley Blues Society, his Pour Bros. Craft Tap
