• King Charles to open Canada's parliament
    2025-05-27

    Britain's King Charles III and Queen Camilla pose with Prime Minister of Canada Mark Carney and his wife Diana Fox Carney, in Ottawa, Ontario, Canada, May 26, 2025.[PhotoAgencies] The United Kingdom's King Charles III is due to make a speech to open Canada's 45th parliament on Tuesday as part of ...

  • Feature: From blueprint to brotherhood, Tanzania's AFCON stadium rises with Chinese support
    2025-05-27

    Li Lin, project executive manager of China Railway Construction Engineering Group CRCEG, speaks in an interview in Arusha, Tanzania, on April 25, 2025. Set to become one of the venues for the 2027 Africa Cup of Nations AFCON, the stadium is more than just a sports facility; it is a symbol of Tanza...

  • US faces another summer of extreme heat as fears rise over Trump cuts
    2025-05-27

    Brutal heat and drought expected to blanket country from Nevada to Florida as experts worry climate cuts will burn A Los Angeles county road crew member seeks shade from his uniform during a heat wave in 2023. Photograph: Robert GauthierLos Angeles Times via Getty Images This year’s summer month...

  • UFO Discovered in Colombia? Scientist Weighs In
    2025-05-26

    A Colombian radiology specialist says a mysterious metal orb discovered in his country is an unidentified flying object UFO of extraterrestrial origin, though experts remain skeptical of the claim. Jose Luis Velasquez, the radiology specialist, determined the extraterrestrial origin after inspectin...

  • Five years later, the spot where George Floyd died is filled with memories but calm
    2025-05-26

    Family members, friends and community activists continue calls for reforms as some in George Floyd Square said they see signs of progress. MINNEAPOLIS — On Sunday, five years since the day George Floyd was killed, the Minneapolis square named for him was overflowing. Hundreds gathered, as they hav...

  • International students at Harvard face uncertain academic futures
    2025-05-26

    Ending visitor program raises fears of wider damage to US education system A view of the Business School campus of Harvard University in Cambridge, Massachusetts, the United States. FAITH NINIVAGGIREUTERS Fangzhou Jiang, a graduate student at the Harvard Kennedy School, had quite an emotional ro...

  • The struggle to stand on top of the world
    2025-05-26

    First summit of Qomolangma's north slope still carries weight 65 years on Editor's note: China scientifically measured Qomolangma, the world's tallest peak also known as Mount Everest, for the first time on May 27, 1975. Fifty years on, we dedicate this page to generations of mountaineers and scien...

  • Accused neo-Nazi cult leader extradited to US, as DOJ alleges ties to deadly Nashville school shooting
    2025-05-26

    The alleged leader of a neo-Nazi cult based overseas has been extradited to the United States and accused of "multiple senseless killings" around the world, including the shooting at Antioch High School in Nashville earlier this year that left one student dead and another injured, according to the J...

  • Israeli strikes kill Gaza doctor's 9 children
    2025-05-26

    Palestinian doctor Alaa al-Najjar visits her critically injured husband, Hamdi al-Najjar, at Nasser Hospital in Khan Younis, southern Gaza, on Friday. Their home was hit by an Israeli airstrike that killed nine of her 10 children; only one child survived but remains in critical condition. HANI ALS...

  • BYD overtakes Tesla in Europe for the first time, with April sales soaring by 169%: report
    2025-05-23

    A man looks at a BYD Tang during the press day of the 100th Brussels Motor Show in Brussels, Belgium, January 13, 2023. Photo:Xinhua Chinse automaker BYD sold more electric vehicle EV than US EV maker Tesla in the European market for the first time in April. The Chinese EV giant has reported a 16...

  • Court papers say suspect in embassy killings declared, ‘I did it for Palestine, I did it for Gaza’
    2025-05-23

    WASHINGTON AP — The man accused of fatally shooting two staff members of the Israeli Embassy in Washington outside a Jewish museum told police after his arrest, “I did it for Palestine, I did it for Gaza,” federal authorities said Thursday in announcing charges in the killings they called a targeted...

  • Trump administration bars Harvard from enrolling international students
    2025-05-23

    The move marks an escalation in the administration's fight against the college. The Trump administration has barred Harvard from allowing international students to enroll at the university, after the school lost its ability to use the Student and Exchange Visitor Program. The SEVP program allows f...

  • Fetus of brain-dead Georgia woman kept alive due to abortion ban is growing, says family
    2025-05-23

    Hospital plans to keep Adriana Smith on life support until August, when doctors will deliver baby via C-section Adriana Smith with her son. Photograph: GoFundMe The foetus of a brain-dead Georgia woman who is being kept alive to carry out her pregnancy is continuing to grow, the woman’s mother s...

  • Netanyahu promises new Gaza aid delivery plan as supplies still fail to reach Palestinians
    2025-05-22

    DEIR AL-BALAH, Gaza Strip AP — The U.N. said Wednesday it was trying to get the desperately needed aid that has entered Gaza this week into the hands of Palestinians amid delays because of fears of looting and Israeli military restrictions. Israeli strikes pounded the territory, killing at least 86 ...

  • Lammy’s rebuke of Israel marks turning point after weeks of growing frustration
    2025-05-22

    Shift in rhetoric follows tense meeting with Israel’s foreign minister and growing global alarm over Gaza Humanitarian Foundation plan Britain's foreign secretary, David Lammy, delivered his harshest criticism of Israel this week. Photograph: House of Commons HANDOUTEPA The anger inside the Fore...