Jun 26 Sergei Ivanov, former Russian defense minister once seen as Putin's likely successor, dies at 73 By Associated Press Putin and Ivanov knew each other since the 1970s when they both worked as young KGB officers in their hometown of Leningrad, as St. Petersburg was called during the Soviet times. Continue reading
Jun 26 U.S. strikes Iran in response to drone attack on cargo ship that Trump says violated ceasefire By Collin Binkley, Jon Gambrell, Associated Press The strikes came shortly after Trump told reporters, “You’ll find out,” whether the U.S. would respond to a drone attack a day earlier on a cargo ship in the Strait of Hormuz. Continue reading
Jun 26 Heat catches Europe's fashion industry unprepared as models face the sun in fur and wool By Thomas Adamson, Associated Press The most coveted accessory at the Paris Fashion Week shows this week was not a bag, a sneaker or a watch. It was an ice pack. Continue reading
Jun 26 Trump threatens 100% tax on European imports if countries impose tax on digital services By Collin Binkley, Associated Press “Please let this statement serve to represent that any Country that imposes such a Tax will immediately be met with a 100% TARIFF on any and all Goods sent to the United States of America,” Trump wrote in a post… Continue reading
Jun 26 Mediators worked through threats and strikes to broker the U.S.-Iran deal, and challenges remain By Munir Ahmed, Abby Sewell, Samy Magdy, E. Eduardo Castillo, Associated Press As the U.S. and Iran exchanged escalating strikes on June 11, a plane carrying Qatari mediators was stranded on the tarmac in Tehran. Continue reading
Jun 26 Neighbors dig through Venezuela rubble to search for loved ones as death toll climbs By Megan Janetsky, Andry Rincón, Juan Pablo Arraez, Associated Press In cities across northern Venezuela, neighbors helped each other dig through rubble to search for loved ones, after back-to-back earthquakes killed at least 589 people and left thousands injured. Continue reading
Jun 25 King Charles III will not live at Buckingham Palace after completion of costly, decade-long refurbishment By Danica Kirka, Associated Press Built in the 1820s, Buckingham Palace has been the London home of every British monarch since Queen Victoria. Continue reading
Jun 25 Watch 4:20 Thousands feared dead in Venezuela after twin earthquakes flatten buildings By Stephanie Sy, Daniel Okay The fight to rescue the stranded, care for the living and retrieve the dead accelerated in Venezuela after back-to-back major earthquakes centered near the capital, Caracas. The damage in places appears catastrophic and the U.S. Geological Survey estimates that a… Continue watching
Jun 25 Zelenskyy says Russia is shifting air defenses to protect Moscow and other key sites after drone strikes By Illia Novikov, Associated Press President Donald Trump praised Zelenskyy as "courageous," and Kyiv is hoping for continued support from G7 leaders. Continue reading
Jun 25 Watch 4:00 Venezuela's earthquake response hindered by economic and political crises By Amna Nawaz, Zeba Warsi The U.S. and other nations are mobilizing relief efforts to assist the government in Venezuela following the twin earthquakes. Special correspondent Mónica Villamizar has extensive experience reporting in Venezuela and joined Amna Nawaz from Bogotá, Colombia, to discuss the latest… Continue watching