Residents in regions of Germany and Belgium worst-affected by recent floods have begun the huge task of clearing their neighbourhoods, as the waters begin to recede. The scale of the damage is becoming clear, as rescue crews continue to look for vict...
The US wants to locate a giant new radar system in the UK to track objects in deep space. The US Space Force is developing the global system to identify potential “targets” up to 36,000km away, in areas of deep space where a lot of military satellite...
A federal judge in Texas has ruled that a programme protecting migrants who came to the US as children from deportation is illegal. Judge Andrew Hanen said new applicants should not be enrolled in Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (Daca). But he...
Ten children and six mothers held in a prison camp for jihadists in Syria have been flown home to Belgium. It is the biggest repatriation of suspected Islamic State (IS) members since the group’s fall in 2019. Hundreds of Europeans who travelled to S...
The chief of the Tokyo Olympics accepts athletes are “probably very worried”, after a Games-related organiser became the first person to test positive for Covid-19 in the athletes’ village. The case, who is now quarantining in a hotel for 14 days, i...
A convicted murderer nicknamed the “Hollywood Ripper” has been sentenced to death for the killings of two women in the 2000s. Relatives of his victims wept as a judge gave Michael Gargiulo the sentence in Los Angeles on Friday. In 2019 Gargiulo, 45, ...
US President Joe Biden has warned that the spread of Covid-19 misinformation on social media is “killing people”. He was responding to a question from a reporter about the alleged role of “platforms like Facebook” in spreading falsehoods about vacci...
Rescue crew have been racing to find survivors of floods that have wreaked havoc across western Europe, killing more than 150 people. Hundreds are still missing after record rainfall triggered severe floods in Germany and Belgium. Heavy rains also...
President of Ukraine Vladimir Zelensky and President of Moldova Maia Sandu will visit Georgia on July 19. They will take part in the Batumi International Conference [http://www.batumiconference.ge/2021/en]. Over the years, Batumi International Confe...
A indigenous nation has called on the Canadian government to release residential school attendance records to help identify unmarked graves. In May, the Tk’emlúps te Secwépemc First Nation announced the initial discovery of 215 unmarked graves near...
