PARIS, July 23 (Reuters) – French security services have been probing migrant communities from former Soviet republics in an effort to safeguard the Olympics from the ISIS-K militant group, the interior minister said, confirming a Reuters report published last week. … Read More
The town of Jasper and Jasper National Park in Alberta have closed. At least 25,000 people have been forced to evacuate due to wildfires in Jasper National Park in Canada, officials said. The town of Jasper and Jasper National Park … Read More
Chrysler parent Stellantis announced this week its recalling tens of thousands of hybrid vehicles due to the possibility of battery fires. More than 24,000 vehicles across the globe are subject to the recall announced Thursday by the company based in … Read More
Taiwan’s military on Monday launched the 2024 edition of its annual Han Kuang series of war games aimed at resisting an invasion from an increasingly aggressive China. This year’s exercises have been updated to include what Taiwan’s Defense Ministry has … Read More
BRASILIA, July 22 (Reuters) – Finance ministers and central bankers from the Group of 20 meet this week to seek consensus on economic policy ahead of the U.S. election, with plans to avoid discussion of the wars in Ukraine and … Read More
July 22 (UPI) — Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu will arrive in Washington on Monday for talks with the Biden administration and address a joint session of the House and Senate on Wednesday. The visit comes at a tenuous time … Read More
Greens emerge as kingmakers as von der Leyen vows to keep the centrist coalition strong. Pro-European forces celebrated the comfortable re-election of Ursula von der Leyen in Strasbourg’s European Parliament on Thursday. Von der Leyen relied mainly on allies to … Read More
A faulty cybersecurity update from CrowdStrike wreaked havoc across the medical and travel industries, with flights and medical procedures canceled and delayed. Hospitals, banks, airports, airlines and broadcasters worldwide were impacted by a massive, ongoing IT outage Friday. Thousands of Windows PCs, … Read More
US journalist Evan Gershkovich has been found guilty of espionage by a Russian court and sentenced to 16 years in a high-security penal colony, after a secretive trial decried as a “sham” by his employer, his family and the White … Read More
Greetings from Tyler, The week we’ve just lived through will take its place in history. It is, as somebody said, beyond explanation. We came within an inch of losing President Trump. What would we be facing if they’d have … Read More