Jul 26 Israel’s Supreme Court to review controversial new judicial overhaul law By Isabel Debre, Associated Press Israeli civil society groups and others have filed petitions asking the Supreme Court to strike down the law enacted Monday — the first major piece of legislation in Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's broader program to overhaul Israel's judiciary. Continue reading
Jul 26 Cambodia’s Hun Sen, Asia’s longest serving leader, says he’ll step down and son will take over By Sopheng Cheang, David Rising, Associated Press Cambodian Prime Minister Hun Sen says he will step down in August and hand the position to his oldest son, though Asia’s longest-serving leader is expected to continue to wield significant power. Continue reading
Jul 26 Dozens of pilot whales are stranded on an Australian beach and more than 50 have died By Associated Press Nearly 100 long-finned pilot whales stranded themselves Tuesday near Cheynes Beach by the city of Albany, on the southern tip of Western Australia. Continue reading
Jul 26 Typhoon Doksuri slams into the northern Philippines, leaving at least 2 dead and thousands displaced By Jim Gomez, Associated Press The typhoon slammed into Fuga Island before dawn and later made landfall in another island off Aparri town in Cagayan province, where more than 15,000 people were evacuated from high-risk coastal villages. Continue reading
Jul 26 Deadly wildfires rage across the Mediterranean, prompting evacuations and destroying homes By Derek Gatopoulos, Associated Press The summer wildfires have struck countries across the region, prompting the European Union to expand its support. Continue reading
Jul 25 Lawmakers say the UK should ban Russia’s Wagner as a terrorist group By Jill Lawless, Associated Press Britain has “underplayed and underestimated” the threat posed by the Russian Wagner mercenary group and should ban it as a terrorist organization, a powerful committee of U.K. lawmakers said Wednesday. Continue reading
Jul 25 Watch 6:27 Study finds human-caused climate change a definitive factor in brutal heat waves By William Brangham, Shoshana Dubnow A new analysis finds the brutal heat waves the world has experienced over the past month would be virtually impossible without the impact of human-caused climate change. It comes from an international group of researchers that are part of an… Continue watching
Jul 25 Watch 8:45 Inside Ukraine’s counteroffensive as forces step up grueling fight against Russia By Volodymyr Solohub, Jack Hewson, Ed Ram The fighting and dying continue along the 900-mile-long frontline in eastern and southern Ukraine. Russia has put up resistance to the Ukrainian counteroffensive with minefields, heavy artillery and rocket barrages slowing progress. Special correspondent Jack Hewson and filmmaker Ed Ram… Continue watching
Jul 25 Lawmakers press for more scrutiny over China’s ‘malign influence’ at development bank By Fatima Hussein, Kevin Freking, Associated Press The bipartisan group is introducing legislation Tuesday that would require Treasury to issue a report every two years on the scope and scale of Chinese influence and involvement in all aspects of the bank. Continue reading
Jul 25 Land mines placed around Russian occupied Zaporizhzhia nuclear plant, UN says By Felipe Dana, Associated Press The U.N. atomic watchdog says its monitors at Ukraine’s Russian-occupied Zaporizhzhia Nuclear Power Plant report seeing anti-personnel mines around the site. Continue reading