Chef’s food ‘decoration’ at Chinese pre-school poisons children
Two hundred kindergarten students are being treated in hospital after eating food with inedible paint.
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Stocks tumble after Trump posts letters to 14 countries threatening new tariffs
Stocks tumbled Monday after President Trump threatened to impose new import taxes on more than a dozen countries. Trump pushed back the effective date of those tariffs, however, until Aug. 1.
BRICS summit ends with calls for less confrontation in the world
Leaders in the BRICS group of emerging economies ended their recent summit with calls for less confrontation in the world. But that plea didn’t go over well with President Trump.
News24 | False posts share AI-generated news report about Iran ‘surrendering’ to Israel
American broadcaster CNN did not air a report saying Iran “officially surrendered” to Israel after a ceasefire ended the 12-day war between the long-time adversaries, contrary to posts online. The purported news broadcast contains visual inconsistencies typical of AI-generated footage.
News24 | More than 100 dead in Texas flooding amid ‘threat of heavy rain’ to come
The death toll from catastrophic flooding in Texas rose to more than 100, as rescuers continued their grim search for people swept away by torrents of water.
News24 | 5 Israel soldiers killed in Gaza as Trump asserts ‘things are going along very well’
Five Israeli soldiers were killed in combat in the northern Gaza Strip, Israel’s military said, as Israel and Hamas held indirect talks in Qatar on an elusive ceasefire.
Migrants deported from U.S. to Salvadoran prison remain under U.S. control
The government of El Salvador has acknowledged to United Nations investigators that the Trump administration maintains control of the men who were deported from the U.S. to a Salvadoran prison.
Trump upbeat on Gaza ceasefire talks as he hosts Netanyahu
The two leaders’ meeting came with no sign of a breakthrough yet in the latest round of Israel-Hamas negotiations in Qatar.
In Nigeria, Farmers and Herders Battle Each Other for Land
In the fertile central region, the fights between herders and farmers for land access has become violent. We go to one village where over 160 people were killed in what villagers say was an effort to drive them off their farms.
The politics of fewer babies
Families in the U.S. and much of the world are having so few babies, national populations are set to shrink and age. The trend is changing American politics and fueling the rise of global populism.
Clashes over fertile land between herders and farmers in Nigeria turn deadly
Battles between herders and farmers over access to land in Nigeria’s fertile central region have led to violent clashes and no easy answers.
Did US government cuts contribute to the Texas tragedy?
Following the Texas floods some Democrats have warned about the “consequences” of President Trump’s cuts to the federal workforce.
From India to Britain and back: The cartoonist who fought censors with a smile
Abu Abraham’s sharp cartoons exposed power’s excesses during India’s 1975 Emergency crackdown.
BRICS summit ends with Trump tariff threat
Leaders of BRICS meeting in Brazil for their annual summit had hoped to downplay their anti-US reputation. But even a toned down group proclamation drew the ire of President Trump, threatening even higher tariffs on BRICS aligned countries.
News24 | US-backed 60-day Israel-Hamas ceasefire plan: Phased hostage releases, Gaza withdrawals
The US-backed proposal for a 60-day ceasefire between Israel and Hamas envisages a phased release of hostages, Israeli troop withdrawals from parts of Gaza and discussions on ending the conflict, an official familiar with the negotiations has said.
News24 | Major fire engulfs Cairo telecom hub, crippling phone and internet services across capital
A major fire erupted at a key telecommunications hub in the Egyptian capital, Cairo, the governorate said in a statement, causing significant phone and internet disruption.
Watch: Moment pet lion pounces on woman in street
CCTV footage shows the moment a lion leaps over a concrete wall before attacking a woman.
News24 | Heavy police presence keeps Nairobi quiet as Kenya protest clashes erupt on city outskirts
Police blocked roads in a show of force to deter anti-government marchers from the deserted streets of Kenya’s usually bustling capital, with small groups of protesters clashing with officers on Nairobi’s outskirts.
Russian minister sacked by Putin found dead
On Monday morning a presidential decree stated that Starovoit had been dismissed from his post.
News24 | Russia says it captured first village in Ukraine’s Dnipropetrovsk region
Russia said Monday it captured its first village in Ukraine’s central Dnipropetrovsk region after grinding towards the border for months, dealing a psychological blow for Kyiv as its worries mount.
In Peru, criminal gangs are targeting schools in poor neighborhoods for extortion
The president of one of Lima’s largest parent-teacher associations says at least 1,000 schools in the Peruvian capital are being extorted and that most are caving into the demands of the gangs.