PHOTO: AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE Rescuers evacuating residents in a flooded area in China’s southwestern Chongqing in this photo taken on Sunday and released yesterday. It was the municipality’s worst flood since 1940. China’s national observatory yesterday renewed its blue alert for … Read More
FILE PHOTO: Presidents Putin of Russia, Erdogan of Turkey and Rouhani of Iran pose following a joint news conference in Ankara MOSCOW (Reuters) – The presidents of Russia, Iran, and Turkey will hold a video conference on Wednesday to discuss … Read More
A massive cloud of dust from the Sahara Desert is arriving along the U.S. Gulf Coast this week after traveling across the Atlantic Ocean. The phenomenon happens every year – but the 2020 version is especially large and imposing, experts … Read More
Vice President Mike Pence said America was better prepared than ever to respond to surging coronavirus cases after a dire warning from the nation’s top infectious diseases expert that the number of new cases could soon top 100,000 a day. He said … Read More
‘DHS will be forward-leaning in preparing to protect federal facilities and property’ EXCLUSIVE: The Department of Homeland Security (DHS) is deploying a special federal unit across the country for the July 4 weekend in order to protect federal monuments and statues from a … Read More
De Blasio ‘sapped the strength of the NYPD since he took office in 2014,’ Kelly says. Former New York City Police Commissioner Ray Kelly told “Your World” on Monday that he attributes the recent violence in the city and the increase in officers retiring … Read More
BERLIN (Reuters) – Chancellor Angela Merkel aims to strengthen a divided European Union and help its hard-hit economy recover from the coronavirus pandemic when Germany takes over the rotating presidency of the 27-member bloc on Wednesday. Critics have in the … Read More
When Germany takes over the rotating EU presidency, it will seek to tackle the long-stalled reform of EU asylum rules. The pressure to act is almost as great as the resistance to reform ideas. More people have fled their homes … Read More
Qasem Soleimani was killed in a drone strike ordered by Donald Trump – Reuters Iran has issued an arrest warrant for US President Donald Trump over the killing of top Iranian commander Gen Qasem Soleimani in Iraq in January. Tehran … Read More