Jun 19 Watch 4:44 News Wrap: Search underway for missing sub carrying five people to Titanic wreck site In our news wrap Monday, search operations are underway for a submersible carrying five people to view the Titanic wreckage, tornadoes in Mississippi killed at least one person and injured two dozen more, a scorching heat wave in northern India… Continue watching
Jun 19 Watch 11:29 Blinken and Xi agree to stabilize relations, but differences remain unresolved By Amna Nawaz, Zeba Warsi Secretary of State Antony Blinken finished up a high-stakes visit to Beijing Monday, the first visit by an American top diplomat to China in five years. Relations between the two preeminent global powers are at their lowest point since ties… Continue watching
Jun 19 Watch 4:21 Submersible visiting Titanic wreckage with five people onboard reported missing By Geoff Bennett Search operations are underway for a submersible that carries paying tourists to view the wreckage of the Titanic. The five-person craft is owned by OceanGate Expeditions and was reported overdue Sunday. It disappeared near where the Titanic went down in… Continue watching
Jun 19 Watch 3:11 Greek coast guard questioned over response to deadly sinking of migrant vessel By John Irvine Recriminations, mourning, and anger persist as the search for hundreds of migrants missing in the waters off Greece continued Monday. Last week's sinking of an over-filled vessel is perhaps the greatest Greek sea disaster since antiquity. John Irvine of Independent… Continue watching
Jun 19 Search underway for missing submersible that carries people to view the Titanic By Ben Finley, Holly Ramer, Associated Press “We are deploying all available assets to make sure we can locate the craft and rescue the people on board,” said Rear Adm. John Mauger, a commander for the U.S. Coast Guard. Continue reading
Jun 19 Opposition leader Navalny urges supporters to protest Russia's actions in Ukraine By Associated Press Alexei Navalny, who exposed official corruption and organized major anti-Kremlin protests, was arrested in January 2021 upon returning to Moscow after recuperating in Germany from nerve agent poisoning that he blamed on the Kremlin. Continue reading
Jun 19 At least 5 Palestinians dead after fierce fighting erupts in West Bank By Ilan Ben Zion, Majdi Mohammed, Associated Press Israel and the Palestinians have been gripped by months of violence, focused mainly in the West Bank, where some 124 Palestinians have been killed this year. Continue reading
Jun 19 Blinken, Xi satisfied with progress after U.S.-China talks but more work to do By Matthew Lee, Associated Press It remained unclear if those understandings can resolve their most important disagreements, many of which have international implications. Continue reading
Jun 18 Ukraine, Russia both suffering heavy casualties amid Kyiv's counteroffensive, UK assesses By Associated Press Russia and Ukraine are suffering high numbers of military casualties as Ukraine fights to dislodge the Kremlin’s forces from occupied areas in the early stages of its counteroffensive, British officials said Sunday. Continue reading
Jun 18 Pakistan's PM declares day of mourning for citizens who died in migrant boat disaster By Associated Press Pakistani Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif on Sunday declared a national day of mourning for citizens who died when the fishing trawler packed with migrants they were in sank off the Greek coast. Continue reading