Category: world news

Slovenia approved a law to allow assisted dying on Friday, joining an increasing number of countries giving terminally-ill adults the right to end their lives if they face unbearable suffering with no expectation of improvement. Australia, Canada, the Netherlands and Belgium are among the countries to permit assisted dying, as well as some U.S. states. […]

US President Donald Trump has been diagnosed with a long-term but benign vein condition, the White House said Thursday, following speculation about his heavily bruised hand and swollen legs. The 79-year-old was found to have “chronic venous insufficiency” after he “noted mild swelling in his lower legs” in recent weeks, White House Press Secretary Karoline […]

President Trump has announced Coca-Cola will replace high-fructose corn syrup with cane sugar in US-made drinks after discussions. US President Donald Trump has announced that Coca-Cola will begin using real cane sugar instead of high-fructose corn syrup (HFCS) in its US-made soft drinks, following discussions he said he personally led with the company. “I have […]

Israel said it bombed Syrian army headquarters in Damascus on Wednesday after warning the Islamist-led government to leave the Druze minority alone in its Sweida heartland where a monitor says sectarian clashes have killed nearly 250 people. Syrian government forces entered the majority-Druze city of Sweida on Tuesday with the stated aim of overseeing a […]

Rescue crews in central Texas are anxiously watching river levels as they prepare to resume searches for more than 160 people still missing after catastrophic flooding that devastated Kerr County and surrounding areas earlier this month. The July 4th floods described as worse than a 100-year event have so far claimed at least 132 lives. […]

Iranian President Masoud Pezeshkian was reportedly slightly injured during a targeted Israeli airstrike on a secret underground facility in Tehran last month, according to a report by Fars News Agency, which is closely aligned with Iran’s Revolutionary Guard. The attack, which occurred on June 16 during the fourth day of the 12-day war between Israel […]

Pakistan police on Friday said a father shot dead his daughter after she refused to delete her account on the popular video-sharing app, TikTok. In the Muslim-majority country, women can be subjected to violence by family members for not following strict rules on how to behave in public, including in online spaces. “The girl’s father […]

Mexico’s President has called the US cattle import ban “exaggerated,” saying it was triggered by one screwworm case in Mexico. Mexico’s President Claudia Sheinbaum has criticised the United States for what she describes as an “exaggerated” response following Washington’s decision to suspend cattle imports from Mexico due to concerns over the flesh-eating screwworm pest. Speaking […]

A federal judge on Thursday halted President Donald Trump’s order restricting birthright citizenship, as opponents of the policy pursue a new legal avenue following the US Supreme Court’s overturning of a previous block. The high court’s conservative majority delivered a landmark decision in late June that limits the ability of individual judges to issue nationwide […]

Close family and friends and stars of the world of football gathered on Saturday for the funeral of Liverpool and Portugal forward Diogo Jota and his brother 48 hours after the siblings’ car crash. Jota, 28, and Andre Silva, 25, were killed on Thursday after their vehicle veered off a motorway in northwestern Spain and […]