• Missouri cereal plant worker dies after getting trapped inside industrial oven
    2025-07-01

    A worker at a Missouri cereal plant died after getting trapped in an industrial oven that was shut off, police said. Police in Perryville, Missouri, about 80 miles southeast of St. Louis, were called Thursday to a Gilster-Mary Lee cereal plant around 3 p.m. "for a male stuck in an industrial oven t...

  • Kilmar Abrego Garcia's release from federal custody delayed after lawyers warn of possible deportation
    2025-07-01

    Washington — A federal magistrate judge said Monday that Kilmar Abrego Garcia, a Salvadoran man who was mistakenly deported to El Salvador and then was returned to the United States to face criminal charges of human smuggling, will remain in federal custody until at least mid-July. Abrego Garcia's ...

  • China helping Africa green its deserts
    2025-07-01

    Vegetable seedlings grow at the China-Africa Green Technology Park in Mauritania. SI YUANXINHUA URUMQI — Scientists from Northwest China's Xinjiang Uygur autonomous region are working to help African countries transform their sandy regions into greener, arable land with more trees and productive ...

  • China launches new fund to deepen integration of sci-tech, industrial innovation
    2025-07-01

    BEIJING -- The National Natural Science Foundation of China NSFC on Monday launched the Private Enterprise Innovation and Development Joint Fund, which aims to empower private companies to officially participate in national basic research. Under the fund's framework, private enterprises will identi...

  • Iran's top military commander questions Israel's ceasefire commitment
    2025-06-30

    A state funeral for the military commanders and nuclear scientists killed during a 12-day conflict with Israel is held in Tehran, Iran, on June 28, 2025. Xinhua TEHRAN, June 29 Xinhua -- Iran's top military commander on Sunday questioned Israel's commitment to a recently agreed ceasefire followin...

  • Scientists find genetic switch for healing in mammals
    2025-06-30

    Chinese scientists have achieved a major breakthrough in regenerative medicine by identifying a genetic switch that can restore healing abilities in mammals, a discovery that could revolutionize treatments for organ damage and traumatic injuries. According to the study, published on Friday in the j...

  • Trump calls for a Gaza ceasefire deal as some Palestinians are skeptical
    2025-06-30

    TEL AVIV, Israel AP — U.S. President Donald Trump on Sunday urged progress in ceasefire talks in the 20-month war in Gaza between Israel and Hamas, though some weary Palestinians were skeptical about the chances. Israel issued a new mass evacuation order for parts of northern Gaza. Ron Dermer, a to...

  • 2 firefighters killed in ambush in Idaho, shot at while responding to wildfire, sheriff says
    2025-06-30

    Two firefighters were killed and a third wounded Sunday when they were shot as they responded to a wildfire on an Idaho mountain that was set to lure them into an ambush, authorities said. A tactical response team used cell phone data to zero in on a wooded area where they found the body of what's ...

  • Vancouver Int'l Airport ready for busiest-ever summer travel season
    2025-06-30

    Passengers queue up to check in at Vancouver International Airport in Richmond, British Columbia, Canada, June 28, 2025. Vancouver International Airport is set for its busiest-ever summer, with over 6.7 million travelers expected from June 15 to September 2, the airport authority said. Photo by Li...

  • Israeli soldier killed in northern Gaza
    2025-06-30

    JERUSALEM, June 29 Xinhua -- An Israeli soldier was killed in the northern Gaza Strip on Sunday, the Israeli military said. In a statement, the military said Sergeant Yisrael Natan Rosenfeld, 20, of the 601st Combat Engineering Battalion of the 401st Brigade, "fell during combat." Israel's state-o...

  • [Insights] How immigration raids in LA spark political and social unrest
    2025-06-27

    Violent unrest broke out in Los Angeles, California, following US President Donald Trump’s push to increase immigrant arrests. On June 6, US Immigration and Customs Enforcement ICE and other federal agencies launched immigration raids across the city to meet the Trump administration’s quota of 3,000...

  • [Insights] From allies to adversaries: Trump-Musk fallout is inevitable
    2025-06-27

    June 5, 2025, marked the day US President Donald Trump and tech billionaire Elon Musk engaged in a war of words across social media platforms, culminating in a dramatic split that, in retrospect, had long been in the making. Musk, once one of Trump’s staunchest allies, had played a pivotal role in ...

  • Xiaomi shares soar to record highs as its new EV that undercuts Tesla draws strong response
    2025-06-27

    People check out an electric SUV Xiaomi YU7 at a Xiaomi Store in Hangzhou in east China’s Zhejiang province Thursday, June 26, 2025. Feature China | Future Publishing | Getty Images Hong Kong-listed shares of China’s Xiaomisurged over 5% to hit a record high on Friday, a day after its electric ca...

  • Home reportedly owned by Brad Pitt was ransacked by burglars, police say
    2025-06-27

    Brad Pitt poses for photographers upon arrival at the premiere of the film 'F1The Movie' on Monday, June 23, 2025, in London. Photo by Scott A GarfittlnvisionAP LOS ANGELES AP — Police are investigating a break-in at a home reportedly owned by Brad Pitt, who has been on a globe-spanning promo tou...

  • Trump is making US intelligence parrot his line on Iran - it echoes Bush’s invasion of Iraq
    2025-06-27

    Donald Trump arrives with JD Vance, the secretary of state, Marco Rubio, and defence secretary, Pete Hegseth, to announce the US attack on Iran on Saturday.Photograph: Carlos BarríaAP In the run-up to the 2003 US invasion of Iraq, journalists covering the preparations for war became familiar with...