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EU chief Ursula von der Leyen survives rare confidence vote
European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen has survived a confidence vote tabled by a far-right faction in the European Parliament.Although the outcome was not a surprise, the fact that it came about at all was not a positive...
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French university courts American researchers seeking “scientific asylum” amid Trump’s academic cuts
A university in France says nearly 300 American researchers have applied for a space in its "Safe Place for Science" program that was created to lure U.S. researchers seeking "scientific asylum" amid aggressive academic spending cuts and...
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China says 3 foreign spy plots foiled, including “honey trap” that relied on foreign agent’s “seductive beauty”
Beijing — China said Thursday it had cracked three spying plots, including one in which a public servant was lured by the "seductive beauty" of a foreign agent, urging government workers to remain vigilant against...
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US aid cuts: South Africa’s HIV/Aids patients worry about treatment
Mayeni JonesBBC News, JohannesburgReutersGugu used to collect her antiretrovirals from a USAID-funded clinic in central Johannesburg.But when President Trump's cuts to aid funding were announced earlier this year, she and thousands of other HIV-positive patients across South Africa suddenly...
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Children queuing for supplements killed in Israeli strike in Gaza, hospital says
At least 15 Palestinians, including eight children and two women, have been killed in an Israeli strike near a medical point in central Gaza, a hospital there says.Al-Aqsa Martyrs Hospital said the strike hit people queueing for nutritional supplements...
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Rescuers find lost Australian surfer on uninhabited island:
A teenage Australian surfer feared lost at sea was rescued Thursday after spending the night on an uninhabited island miles offshore, officials and local media...
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Gujarat: Survivors recall moment of bridge collapse
ANIThe collapse has set off a political row, with locals saying they had often complained about its poor condition.Ravibhai, who lives in the area, told BBC Gujarati that the bridge would often shake when heavy vehicles drove on it.Abhesinh...
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Kyiv hit by new massive Russian drone attack, Ukraine officials say
Ukraine's capital Kyiv is again under a massive overnight Russian drone attack, local officials say, with at least 10 people reported injured and fires burning across the city.Authorities in Kyiv say drone wreckage has hit the roof of...
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Ukraine to receive US Patriot air defence systems, says Trump
US President Donald Trump has said he will send weapons, including Patriot air defence systems, for Ukraine via Nato.Trump...