Zelenskyy says will work with Trump to ‘strengthen’ Ukraine air defences
US and Ukrainian leaders discuss defence capabilities on call after Trump ‘disappointed’ by conversation with Putin.
Day: July 4, 2025
U.K. F-35B Jet Takes Unplanned Vacation in India, Is Embraced by Locals
A British F-35B has been stranded for weeks at an airport in southern India because of mechanical issues. The internet, and the region’s tourism agency, are having fun with it.
At WTO, India Proposes Retaliatory Duties Against US Aver Auto Tariffs
India on Friday proposed imposing retaliatory duties under the WTO (World Trade Organisation) norms against the US over American tariffs imports on the country’s auto parts in the name of safeguard measures.
Car loan breaks, silencer fees axed: Some lesser-known items from Trump’s ‘Big Beautiful Bill’
US President Donald Trump is set to sign a new bill. It includes tax cuts and border security funding. Whalers in Alaska get tax relief. Car buyers can deduct loan interest. Gun owners will not pay silencer fees. Space shuttle Discovery will move to Ho…
Man Attempts to Set Fire to a Melbourne Synagogue
None of the approximately 20 people who were inside the synagogue were injured in the attack, the latest in a surge of anti-Jewish acts in Australia.
Wimbledon: Ben Shelton needs 4 points and about a minute to wrap up a win
Ben Shelton has needed all of about a minute and exactly four points to wrap up a 6-2, 7-5, 6-4 victory over Rinky Hijikata in a second-round Wimbledon match suspended the night before because of darkness at 5-4 in the third set.
LL Cool J says he won’t perform at Philadelphia’s July Fourth festival in support of workers strike
Rapper LL Cool J says he will not perform at a Fourth of July festival in Philadelphia in support of a strike by nearly 10,000 city workers in Philadelphia.
Kyiv hit by barrage of drone strikes as Putin rejects Trump’s truce bid
Almost every district in the capital sustained damage after Russia fired a record 550 drones, Ukraine says.
North Korean man crosses the heavily fortified border to South Korea
An unidentified North Korean man crossed the heavily fortified land border separating the two Koreas and is in South Korean custody, the South’s military said Friday.
As Fire Videos Compete With Beach Photos, Greeks Who Rely on Tourism Are Worried
More than 1,500 people were evacuated when a fire broke out on the southeastern tip of Crete, most of them tourists.