Anger as minister removed over deadly Halloween crowd crush reinstated
South Korea’s interior minister had been impeached over the crowd surge in the city’s Itaewon district that killed 159 people, including two Australians.
Day: July 25, 2023
Israeli soldiers kill 3 Palestinians in West Bank
Three Palestinians have been shot dead by the Israeli military in northern West Bank, the latest deaths in a surge of violence in the occupied territory since early last year.
First Lady Jill Biden to mark US reentry into UNESCO with flag-raising ceremony in Paris
United States First Lady Jill Biden is in Paris to attend a flag-raising ceremony at UNESCO, marking the United States’ official reentry into the United Nations’ educational, scientific and cultural organization after a five-year hiatus.
July’s Heat Waves “Virtually Impossible” Without Climate Change: Report
This summer’s extreme heat in the US and southern Europe would have been “virtually impossible” without climate change, according to a rapid analysis by scientists who study how climate change influences extreme weather events.
Jill Biden to mark U.S. reentry into UNESCO with a flag-raising ceremony in Paris
U.S. first lady Jill Biden visited Paris on Tuesday to attend a flag-raising ceremony at UNESCO, marking Washington’s official reentry into the U.N. agency after a five-year hiatus.
UN watchdog says landmines are placed around Ukrainian nuke plant occupied by Russia
The U.N. atomic watchdog says its staff at Ukraine’s Russian-occupied Zaporizhzhia Nuclear Power Plant report seeing anti-personnel mines around the site.
New arrest warrant issued for former Pakistani PM, Imran Khan
Pakistan’s Election Commission has issued an arrest warrant for former Prime Minister Imran Khan. The ex-premier faces a contempt charge for allegedly using “intemperate language” against government officials.
U.N. watchdog says landmines are placed around Ukrainian nuke plant occupied by Russia
The U.N. atomic watchdog says its staff at Ukraine’s Russian-occupied Zaporizhzhia Nuclear Power Plant report seeing anti-personnel mines around the site as Kyiv pursues a counteroffensive against the Kremlin’s entrenched forces after 17 months of war.