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France halts use of stun grenades after boy’s hand blown off in student protests
France has suspended the use of stun grenades for policing student protests that have swept the country, after a 15-year-old's hand was blown off earlier this week.Interior Minister Laurent Nuñez said he had requested the pause until the facts...
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Trump to speak to Putin about plague lab death in Russia
US President Donald Trump has said he will speak with his Russian counterpart Vladimir Putin soon about the death of a lab worker at a plague research centre in Siberia."So far we are in very deep discussions," Trump said,...
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Zelensky condemns ‘vile’ large-scale Russian attacks that killed 15
Zelensky renewed a call for allies to provide air defence support packages to Ukraine, saying its military only managed to shoot down "some" of the missiles launched by Russia overnight.According to Zelensky, one of the "key targets" of the...
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Nobel Prize in Chemistry awarded to Kagan and Soai
The Nobel Prize in Chemistry has been awarded to French scientist Henri B. Kagan and Japan's Kenso Soai for providing a solution to the chemical mystery of life's asymmetry.The Nobel Committee explained: "Molecules used by all life, such as...
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California pair charged with abusing at least 14 surrogate-born children
A California pair has been charged with multiple counts of abusing at least 14 surrogate-born children - some as young as two months old - and dissuading a witness."The number of children who were subjected to this alleged horrific...
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Pullout of B-1 bombers shows how an outgunned Iran is keeping the U.S. on edge
LONDON — In a speech to U.S. forces last week, Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth echoed President Donald Trump’s triumphant descriptions of Iran as a vanquished foe. The United States has “destroyed” Iran’s navy, air force, leadership and “entire defense...
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Right-wing surge could give Flávio Bolsonaro power his father never had
SÃO PAULO — A right-wing surge in Brazil’s elections this week could give presidential front-runner Flávio Bolsonaro the leverage not only to free his imprisoned father, former president Jair Bolsonaro, but also to pardon supporters convicted in a Jan....
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U.S. troops on Okinawa facing curfew, alcohol ban after Marine charged with murder
U.S. forces on Okinawa were barred from drinking alcohol for 48 hours on Wednesday and were put under a 30-day curfew in the wake of the murder of a local woman allegedly committed by an...
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Residents of kibbutz destroyed in 7 October Hamas attacks grapple with how to rebuild
As we walk through the greenery, it is eerily quiet bar bird song and the mewing of hungry, stray cats. Dozens of fire-damaged homes, which were simple, one-storey buildings in Nir Oz, have now been torn down, leaving just...
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The Republican candidates walking a Trump tightrope
In Florida's governor race, the Republican messaging contrasts the "Florida dream" of economic growth that Republicans say they delivered versus what they say is the hardship and depravity of Democratic-run states like Illinois, California and New York. Florida's population...
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Three men jailed for 158 years each for murdering Australian brothers and US friend in Mexico
A Mexican judge has sentenced three men convicted of murdering Australian brothers Jake and Callum Robinson, and their US...