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Sixteen Nobel prize-winning economists signed a letter on Tuesday warning that the U.S. and world economy will suffer if Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump wins the U.S. presidential election in November. The jointly signed letter, first reported by Axios, says the economic agenda of U.S. President Joe Biden, a Democrat, is “vastly superior” to Trump’s, the former…

U.S. journalist Evan Gershkovich will stand trial for espionage in Russia on Wednesday in a court whose proceedings are classified as a state secret. No reporters, friends, family members or U.S. embassy staff will be allowed into the courtroom in the city of Yekaterinburg where Gershkovich, 32, faces up to 20 years in prison if convicted. Russian…

Jonathan Yeo painted the King’s first official portrait following his coronation, unveiled in May of this year, and he has now released a new work of beloved British icon, broadcaster and naturalist Sir David Attenborough. The artist who painted King Charles’ first official portrait following his coronation has released a new work of Sir David Attenborough. Jonathan…

The captain of the 80m-long ship reported the “grounding” and video footage showed the vessel diagonally positioned in the river. A cargo ship carrying timber has become stuck in a river in Cambridgeshire. The Baltic Arrow became wedged in the River Nene, in Wisbech, at around 9am on Tuesday morning while on its way to the port.…

In Afghanistan, cricket represents a rare moment of happiness for a country stricken by natural disasters, economic crisis and international restrictions as the Taliban limit the education and movement of women. Afghans flooded the country’s streets in their thousands on Tuesday to rejoice in their men’s cricket team reaching the T20 World Cup semi-finals for the first…

Declared male nine years ago by a vet, Ronaldo, the 6ft (1.8m) Brazilian rainbow boa gave birth to 14 baby snakes despite having had no contact with other snakes. Scientists say it is thanks to a rare phenomenon called parthenogenesis. Ronaldo, the “male” snake, has given birth to 14 babies, shocking handlers. The 6ft (1.8m) Brazilian rainbow…

China’s Chang’e-6 lunar probe landed on Tuesday in the northern Chinese region of Inner Mongolia, making the country the first to bring back samples from the moon’s far side. The reentry capsule touched down at 2:07 p.m. Beijing time (0607 GMT), according to state broadcaster CCTV, carrying lunar soil collected earlier in the month by the probe…

The government, which has an edge, is trying to shore up its numbers for a sure win. New Delhi: The election for the post of Speaker – a rare event in the history of the Lok Sabha – will take place today, with a recharged Opposition challenging the NDA nominee. The government, which has an edge, is trying…

Assange arrived at court in Saipan in a dark suit with a loosened tie. He is now expected to fly to his home country of Australia to be reunited with his wife Stella and their two children. WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange has pleaded guilty to one count of espionage as part of a plea deal with US…

The Scottish Prison Service says inmates who pose an immediate risk are not being released as part of the scheme. Victims are being taunted by criminals who are being released early from Scotland’s prisons today under emergency plans to tackle overcrowding, Sky News has been told. Jails across the UK are in crisis with governors in England…

The new strain, which appears to spread more easily from person to person, has potentially more severe symptoms and has a higher mortality rate, early research suggests. Scientists tracking the spread of a dangerous new strain of the Mpox virus have said it is time to “get prepared”. Researchers in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) are…

WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange walked free on Wednesday from a court on the U.S. Pacific island territory of Saipan after pleading guilty to violating U.S. espionage law, in a deal that allowed him to head straight home to Australia. His release ends a 14-year legal saga in which Assange spent more than five years in a British…

It comes as North Korea warned of a “new demonstration of deterrence” after the US joined military drills with South Korea and Japan earlier this week. South Korea has said North Korea may have launched a hypersonic missile towards the North’s east coast. South Korea’s joint chief of staffs said the launch on Wednesday morning originated from…

Police said they detained the men – thought to be linked to the Youth Demand protest group – “within one minute of them entering the grounds”. They remain in custody. Four men have been arrested on suspicion of aggravated trespass in the grounds of the prime minister’s home, police have confirmed. The incident took place at Rishi…

President Joe Biden’s campaign used the second anniversary of the Supreme Court’s decision overturning abortion rights on Monday to spotlight Donald Trump’s role in the ruling, as Democrats zero in on the issue ahead of the November election. Vice President Kamala Harris, a former prosecutor, said Trump, the Republican former president seeking reelection, was “guilty” of taking…

Justice isn’t always blind. When it comes to levying punishments on powerful companies, the challenge is to inflict enough pain that bad behavior is deterred, but not so much that it creates unintended suffering elsewhere. Boeing (BA.N), opens new tab, an American icon in a heap of trouble, exemplifies that quandary. Prosecutors are recommending that the Department…

The Kremlin on Monday squarely blamed the United States for an attack on Crimea with U.S.-supplied ATACMS missiles that killed at least four people and injured 151, and Moscow formally warned the U.S. ambassador that retaliation would follow. The war in Ukraine has deepened a crisis in relations between Russia and the West, and Russian officials have…

The death toll from a series of brazen attacks on churches and synagogues in Russia’s mainly Muslim region of Dagestan rose to 20 on Monday after gunmen went on the rampage in coordinated attacks in two of the republic’s most important cities. Gunmen with automatic weapons burst into an Orthodox church and a synagogue in the ancient…

Even in the exuberant world of Taiwanese politics, Huang Jie stands out – and not just because of the pink highlights in her hair and love for cosplay. Known for her fiery speeches and progressive views, the 31-year-old made history in January when she won a seat in parliament – and became the island’s first openly gay…

Stinging jellyfish, rays with their whip-like tails and sharks on the hunt are some ocean hazards that might typically worry beachgoers. But rip currents are the greatest danger and account for the most beach rescues every year. Six people drowned in rip currents over a recent two-day period in Florida, including a couple vacationing on Hutchinson Island…

Taylor Swift — once again — accidentally swallowed a bug on stage during her Eras Tour concert. The 34-year-old singer was belting out the chorus to the 10-minute version of “All Too Well” on Sunday night when she accidentally choked on a critter. Swift stopped singing momentarily after the bug flew into her mouth, telling the audience,…

Pirates of the Caribbean actor Tamayo Perry has died after being attacked by a shark while surfing in Hawaii. The 49-year-old died on Sunday afternoon, Honolulu’s emergency services confirmed in a press conference. Emergency services were called to Malaekahana Beach at around 13:00 local time. But Perry, who was also a lifeguard, was pronounced dead by paramedics…

For Joe Biden and Donald Trump – the two oldest candidates ever to seek the US presidency – age is an election issue neither can escape. On Thursday, the current Democratic president, 81, and his Republican predecessor, 78, will face off in Atlanta, Georgia, for the first of two debates ahead of November’s vote, offering Americans a…

Two people are said to have jumped to their death from the top floors of the burning eight-storey building on Monday. At least eight people are dead after a fire in an office building in the city of Fryazino outside Moscow on Monday, according to Russian emergency services. Two people jumped to their death from the top…

The British star released her sixth album, Brat, earlier in June – but was kept off the top spot in the UK by Swift’s The Tortured Poets Department. Charli XCX is engaged to The 1975’s drummer. Swift was linked to the band’s singer Matt Healy before her relationship with Travis Kelce. Singer Charli XCX has warned her…

Six construction workers died after the vessel lost power, veered off course and collided with a supporting column of the Francis Scott Key Bridge in March. A cargo ship that crashed into a US bridge and caused it to collapse – killing six people – has left Baltimore after undergoing repairs. The Dali sailed out of the…

Eight Palestinians were killed on Sunday in an Israeli airstrike on a training college near Gaza City being used to distribute aid, Palestinian witnesses said, as Israeli tanks pushed further into the southern city of Rafah. The strike hit part of a vocational college run by the U.N. Palestinian refugee agency UNRWA that is now providing aid…

Tesla CEO Elon Musk has confirmed that he welcomed his third child with Neuralink director Shivon Zilis earlier this year — making the tech mogul a father to at least 12 children. Half of the $210-billion-man’s kids were born in the past five years. His children include his three with Zillis, three with Canadian popstar Grimes and…

Firefighters across Greece have been battling forest fires over the weekend, struggling to contain them as gale force winds hit the country’s islands and mainland. Thirteen people have been arrested in Greece after fireworks launched from a yacht allegedly started a forest fire. On the island of Hydra, the only pine forest caught fire after fireworks from…

Sunday was supposed to be the date Paris mayor Anne Hidalgo would swim in the Seine to prove the water was clean enough for Olympic athletes. Parisians have threatened to poo in the River Seine in a protest ahead of the Olympics. People angry at the expense of cleaning up the river have rallied under the hashtag…

Gracie Abrams also joined Swift for a surprise duet of their song ‘Us’ in the weekend’s third and final London show. Taylor Swift performed at the third and final night of the Eras tour‘s London stop on Sunday evening, during which a surprise guest joined her on stage: her boyfriend, Kansas City Chiefs tight end Travis Kelce.…

Suri Cruise is officially a high school graduate! The daughter of Katie Holmes and Tom Cruise celebrated getting her diploma from LaGuardia High School on Friday with her mom by her side. In photos and video obtained by Page Six, she could be seen ringing in the milestone moment by snapping pics with Holmes and a friend…

Gunmen opened fire at a synagogue, an Orthodox church and a police post in attacks across two cities in Russia’s North Caucasus region of Dagestan on Sunday, killing an Orthodox priest and multiple police officers, the region’s head said. “This is a day of tragedy for Dagestan and the whole country,” Sergei Melikov, governor of the Dagestan…

Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump in a podcast released on Thursday said that students graduating from U.S. colleges should get a green card to stay in the country, a proposal that runs counter to his hardline immigration stance. During the All-In podcast hosted by Silicon Valley tech investors, angel investor Jason Calacanis told Trump that the U.S.…

Democracy is not a crime and autocracy is the real “evil”, Taiwan President Lai Ching-te said on Monday after China threatened to impose the death penalty in extreme cases for “diehard” Taiwan independence separatists. China, which views Taiwan as its own territory, has made no secret of its dislike of Lai, who took office last month, saying…

The Hungary forward went down in the second half after an apparent clash with Scotland’s goalkeeper Angus Gunn following a free kick. Hungary player Barnabas Varga is stable in hospital after he was stretchered off the pitch in the country’s Euro 2024 match against Scotland. The Hungary forward went down in the second half after an apparent…

More than 100 million people across the U.S. were under heat warnings on Sunday, with cities on the East Coast bracing for record-breaking temperatures as the heat dome causing the dangerous conditions expands to the West Coast. Baltimore and Philadelphia are forecast to touch records near 100 degrees Fahrenheit (38 degrees Celsius) on Sunday, while temperatures rise…

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said on Sunday that the phase of intense fighting against Hamas in the Gaza Strip was coming to an end but that the war would not end until the Islamist group no longer controls the Palestinian enclave. Once the intense fighting is over in Gaza, Netanyahu said, Israel will be able to…

Record border crossings are a major issue in November’s US presidential election, with more migrants coming from around the world. Inside two new routes that take Indians and Africans via Central America. When a Legend Airlines Airbus A 340 landed at San Salvador airport on July 15 after an 18-hour flight from the United Arab Emirates, its…

The future king was also spotted shaking his arms to Shake It Off as he celebrated his 42nd birthday alongside his children Prince George and Princess Charlotte. The Prince of Wales has thanked Taylor Swift for a “great concert” as he shared a photo of the pop superstar taking a selfie with him and his children George…

The eight-year-old Pekingese named Wild Thang has competed in the contest five times, coming second three times before finally taking the top prize his year. A dog in the US has been crowned the ugliest in the world. The eight-year-old Pekingese called Wild Thang won the 2024 World’s Ugliest Dog contest in California on Friday. The animal…

Russian guided bombs shattered an apartment building in Ukraine’s second-largest city on Saturday, killing three people, injuring 52 and prompting President Volodymyr Zelenskiy to call for more help to deal with the growing threat of such weapons. Pictures posted online showed parts of the five-storey apartment building in ruins, with windows smashed, balconies wrecked and rubble strewn…

Tom Cruise was all smiles at Taylor Swift’s Eras Tour show in London Saturday night after skipping daughter Suri’s high school graduation in NYC just hours prior. The “Top Gun” star looked gleeful at Wembley Stadium as he traded friendship bracelets with fans ahead of the singer’s second of three sold-out performances in England’s capital city. The…

Donald Trump rallied on the Temple University campus Saturday night, and the former president wasted no time attacking President Joe Biden’s record on issues from migrants to inflation. “Less than four years ago, we were a great nation,” Trump told an enthusiastic crowd at Liacouras Center, the North Philly home of Temple’s basketball teams. “And we will…

Six RAF Eurofighter Typhoons sit on the taxiway, engines roaring on two, as the ground staff hurry about, adding the finishing touches before take-off. In the distance, a cloud of dust rises in the summer haze over the construction site of the second runway, 3.5km (2 miles) long, beside the first. The hot northerly wind buffets the…

All health centres and hospitals in Bangladesh have been ordered to stock anti-venom after reports of a surge in snake bites across the country. Health Minister Dr Samanta Lal Sen also urged the public to bring snake bite victims to hospitals as soon as possible. Hospitals in rural Bangladesh have reported an increase in people being bitten…

Asked if she supported the controversial climate action campaign group, the actress replied: “I think I support anyone who fights this extraordinary battle.” Dame Emma Thompson has backed Just Stop Oil, just days after the climate action group attacked Stonehenge with orange paint. The actress led thousands of people on a Restore Nature Now march in London…

Congratulations may be in order for Elon Musk. According to Bloomberg, the billionaire allegedly welcomed his third child with top Neuralink executive Shivon Zilis earlier this year, bringing his brood to 12. The baby’s name and sex are not yet clear. Zilis declined to comment and Musk didn’t get back to the outlet. Similarly, Reps for the…

Militia violence in the country is linked to long-running competition for influence and the region’s rich mineral resources. An armed group using machetes and guns has killed 23 people in attacks on villages in eastern Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) in recent days, authorities in the country have said. The killings took place in the Ituri province,…

Five men were convicted by a federal jury in Las Vegas this week for their part in operating Jetflicks, which officials say was one of the largest illegal streaming services in the U.S. Jetflicks, which charged $9.99 per month for the streaming service, generated millions of dollars in subscription revenue and caused “substantial harm to television program…

Israel bombed the Gaza Strip where one hospital reported at least 30 dead Friday (Jun 21) and as exchanges of fire and threats over the Lebanon border raised fears of an even wider war. After further cross-border fire between Israel and Lebanon’s powerful Hezbollah movement, UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres warned the clashes must not turn Lebanon into…

A senior Saudi official defended the Gulf kingdom’s management of the Haj pilgrimage on Friday (Jun 21) after various countries reported more than 1,100 deaths, many attributed to high heat. “The state did not fail, but there was a misjudgement on the part of people who did not appreciate the risks,” the official told AFP in the…

For Indian passport holders struggling with Schengen visa delays this summer, Georgia is a comparatively easier holiday destination. You need an e-visa to enter this country situated at the confluence of Europe and Asia. It is not quite Europe. It has one foot on that continent and one firmly in Asia. The pre-Soviet country of Georgia is…

The U.S. Supreme Court on Friday upheld a federal law that makes it a crime for people under domestic violence restraining orders to have guns, handing a victory to President Joe Biden’s administration as the justices opted not to further widen firearms rights after a major expansion in 2022. The 8-1 ruling, authored by conservative Chief Justice…

Barcelona, a top Spanish holiday destination, announced on Friday that it will bar apartment rentals to tourists by 2028, an unexpectedly drastic move as it seeks to rein in soaring housing costs and make the city liveable for residents. The city’s leftist mayor, Jaume Collboni, said that by November 2028, Barcelona will scrap the licences of the…

A shooter opened fire at an Arkansas supermarket on Friday, killing three civilians and wounding 10 other people, including two police officers, Arkansas State Police said. The suspect was also wounded in a shootout with police, Arkansas State Police Director Mike Hagar told reporters. The shooting occurred at the Mad Butcher grocery in Fordyce, a town of…

A nuclear-powered U.S. aircraft carrier, the Theodore Roosevelt, arrived in South Korea’s port city of Busan on Saturday for joint military exercises this month with the host nation and Japan, South Korea’s navy said. The leaders of the three nations agreed at a Camp David summit in August 2023 to hold annual military training drills as they…

In the Indigenous community of Turucu, near the active Cotacachi volcano in northern Ecuador, soccer had always been a man’s thing. The only gleaming green field belongs to them, especially on weekends. But things changed a year ago when a group of women decided to create a new version of the sport: handball with anaco, an ancient…

A strange monolith found jutting out of the rocks in a remote mountain range near Las Vegas has been taken down by authorities. How it got there is still unsolved. “It remains unknown how the item got to its location or who might be responsible,” Las Vegas police said Friday in a series of posts on X…

A man sentenced to 30 years in federal prison in the attack against former House Speaker Nancy Pelosi’s husband was convicted Friday by a San Francisco jury of aggravated kidnapping, a conviction that mandates life behind bars without the possibility of parole. A San Francisco jury found David DePape also guilty of first-degree burglary, false imprisonment of…

Lying in the sun, on the Israel-Gaza border, just miles from starving Palestinian families, there are hundreds of pallets of food – from packets of rice to bunches of bananas. Although for the past week Israel’s military has been observing a daytime pause in fighting on a key stretch of road just beyond the main Kerem Shalom…

The claimant said she and her then partner had entered into a verbal contract in which he agreed to drop her off at the airport, then stay in her home while she was away and look after her dogs. A woman in New Zealand has sued her ex-boyfriend after he failed to take her to the airport.…

The Reform UK leader said that he “disliked” the Russian president – but had admired his abilities as a statesman. Nigel Farage has reiterated that he blames the West and NATO for the Russian invasion of Ukraine – as he confirmed that he previously said he “admired” Vladimir Putin as a statesman. Speaking to the BBC, the…

Footage released by the Philippine military appeared to show the chaotic face off at the Second Thomas Shoal, with Chinese personnel brandishing machetes, axes and sticks while surrounding two Philippine navy supply boats. Filipino soldiers used their “bare hands” to fight off armed Chinese coastguard in the disputed South China Sea, a Philippine military chief has said.…

Jensen Huang, the Taiwan-born founder of semiconductor giant Nvidia, brings a quiet determination to a Silicon Valley known for hype and bluster, says IMD Business School’s Howard Yu. At 61, Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang is not your usual Silicon Valley tech rockstar. Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg achieved stardom before age 30, as did Bill Gates and Steve…

British teenager Jay Slater had been on holiday in Tenerife but has been missing since Monday after telling a friend he would be setting off on an 11-hour walk to get home. At a service of hope held Thursday members of his local village wore blue ribbons and left messages to him. As the search continues for…

Court filings show that the short video app and its Chinese owner are bidding to strike down a new national security law on several grounds, including the apparent singling out of its US interests and 170 million users. TikTok has launched a long-awaited legal fight to stop its Chinese owner being forced to sell the short video…

North Korea is building sections of what appears to be a wall in several places near its border with South Korea, new satellite images reveal. Images analysed by BBC Verify also show that land inside the Demilitarised Zone (DMZ) has been cleared, which experts say could be a violation of the long-standing truce with South Korea. The…

The Israeli military said Sunday that it was establishing a new safe corridor to deliver aid into southern Gaza. But days later, this self-declared “tactical pause” has brought little relief to desperate Palestinians. The United Nations and international aid organizations say a breakdown in law and order has made the aid route unusable. With thousands of truckloads…

Washington and Beijing are talking more regularly to avoid a conflict in the South China Sea despite their “contentious and competitive” relationship, the United States ambassador to China has told the BBC. “Our militaries are operating in very close proximity to one another in the South China Sea and in the Taiwan Strait. You don’t want to…

The driver who hit and decapitated an elderly pedestrian in Brooklyn appeared inconsolable in a new video taken of the gruesome scene. The man was on his knees and at times hunched over in grief on a Brooklyn street as cops and a bystander tried to comfort him, according to a video that emerged on the social…

Israeli forces pounded areas in the central Gaza Strip overnight, killing three people and wounding dozens of others, according to medics, while tanks deepened their invasion into Rafah in the south, residents said. Israeli planes struck a house in Al-Nuseirat camp, killing two people and wounding 12 others, while tanks shelled areas in Al-Maghazi and Al-Bureij camps,…

Federal authorities raided a home belonging to Oakland Mayor Sheng Thao early Thursday as part of a California investigation that included a search of at least two other houses, officials said. FBI agents carried boxes out of 80 Maiden Lane, a four-bedroom home that property records link to the first-term mayor, the San Francisco Chronicle reported. Thao’s…

American Airlines put an unspecified number of employees on leave for their involvement in an incident in which several Black passengers were removed from a flight in Phoenix, allegedly over a complaint about body odor. American CEO Robert Isom wrote in a note to staff that the incident was unacceptable. “I am incredibly disappointed by what happened…

The Supreme Court on Thursday upheld the conviction of a California woman who said she did not know about a stash of methamphetamine hidden inside her car. In a ruling that crossed the court’s ideological lines, the 6-3 majority opinion dismissed arguments that an expert witness for the prosecution had gone too far in describing the woman’s…

The Vietnamese president praised Putin for his peace contributions, while the US criticised Hanoi for inviting the Russian leader. Russian President Vladimir Putin said he wanted to build a “reliable security architecture” in the Asia-Pacific region during a state visit to Vietnam on Thursday (Jun 20), part of a trip to Asia seen as show of defiance…

As the population of the United Kingdom gets older, the issue of social care is of ever-growing prominence and it continues to weigh heavily on an already struggling NHS. The architect of the government’s delayed reforms to social care has told Sky News politicians need to “grow up” and tackle the crisis in the sector. Amid a…

Russian President Vladimir Putin has arrived in the Vietnamese capital Hanoi on the second stop of an East Asian tour. The trip, which comes on the heels of his lavish visit to North Korea, is being interpreted as a demonstration of the diplomatic support Russia still enjoys in this region. The United States has criticised the visit…

CANNES — The Hotel Barrière Le Majestic has long been a destination for celebrities who come to Cannes, France, for its glitzy events and suave celebrations. Amid the business of the 2024 Cannes Lions Festival — which has drawn a starry crowd, including the likes of Queen Latifah, Paris Hilton, Elon Musk and Travis Kelce, among others…

Indian worker Satnam Singh’s arm was cut off on Monday while he was working on a farm. Instead of receiving help, he was left by the road near his house. An Indian farm labourer working in Italy’s Latina died on Wednesday after being left by the road following an accident that severed his arm, a minister said,…

Lisa Barlow and her brands Vida Tequila and Lux Marketing are facing a new lawsuit from former friend and business partner Bart Carlson. Carlson filed a lawsuit against the “Real Housewives of Salt Lake City” star on Wednesday claiming he loaned Barlow, Vida and Luxe a total of $410,842.36 between May 2010 and February 2018, per TMZ. He…

California Governor Gavin Newsom has pledged to “get smartphones out of schools.” “I look forward to working with the Legislature to restrict the use of smartphones during the school day. When children and teens are in school, they should be focused on their studies — not their screens,” he said in a statement on Tuesday. Newsom plans…

Germany has toughened its migration laws, with speedier deportations and tougher rules for asylum applications. Sky News meets the people affected – who shed light on why the changes could see more migrants heading for the UK. Ahmed is on the move. From a sun-bleached phone screen, he explains he’s running from Germany after being threatened with…

Surging copper prices this year have brought startling growth in the number of trucks carrying copper from illegal mines in Peru, jamming roads, causing accidents and creating hazardous conditions especially after dark along the Andean country’s key “mining corridor” highway, industry sources told Reuters. With copper demand soaring as the world rapidly moves toward electric vehicles and…

Nearly 2 million Muslims will reach the end of the haj pilgrimage this week, but extreme heat has proved fatal for hundreds who began the journey last Friday to the Kaaba at the Grand Mosque in Mecca in Saudi Arabia. At least 562 people have died during the haj, according to a Reuters tally based on foreign…

President Biden is leading former President Donald Trump by a razor-thin margin in the 2024 White House race, according to a new poll. The Fox News survey, released Wednesday, shows the incumbent leading the ex-commander in chief 50%-48% in a head-to-head rematch of the 2020 election. Biden, 81, maintains his edge over Trump, 78, in a hypothetical…