World

HELSINKI—The heads of the two nuclear superpowers covered a broad range of issues in a joint press conference that lasted around 45 minutes on July 16. Both President Donald Trump and Russian President Vladimir Putin heralded the meetings a success and suggested they were long overdue. Putin said although the two were unable to “clear […]

The United States has known that it has a powerful weapon that it can use to bring pressure on North Korea: placing sanctions on the Chinese banks that launder North Korea’s currency. Now a congressman is drafting legislation to do this. Rep. Ted Yoho (R-Fla.) told the Washington Examiner that he proposes legislation that will […]

Commentary Several journalists attempted to skewer President Donald Trump on Monday to push a narrative that Trump doesn’t know Finland isn’t a NATO member state. “I enjoyed being with you a couple of days ago. NATO has, I think, never been stronger. It was a little bit tough at the beginning, but it turned out […]

Russian President Vladimir Putin complimented U.S. President Donald Trump on advancing the denuclearization of North Korea. “We’re glad that the Korean Peninsula issue is starting to get resolved. To a great extent it was possible thanks to the personal engagement of President Trump, who opted for dialog instead of confrontation,” Putin said during a joint press […]

The 12 rescued Thai soccer players and their coach were seen in good spirits in July 13 footage taken at a Chiang Rai hospital, where they were receiving treatment. In the video, the boys from the Wild Boars soccer team thanked those who rescued them and said they can’t wait to go home and shared […]

After a crocodile at a breeding farm killed a man in Indonesia, a nearby village took matters into its own hands and slaughtered nearly 300 crocodiles in a revenge attack. Over the weekend, villagers in eastern Indonesia slaughtered 292 crocodiles after a man was killed at a breeding farm. Officials in the Sorong district say […]

BRUSSELS—Google is set to face a record-busting EU antitrust fine this week over its Android mobile operating system, but rivals hoping that an order to halt unfair business practices will help them may be disappointed. The European Commission’s decision, delayed by a week by U.S. President Donald Trump’s visit to a NATO summit in Brussels […]

FARNBOROUGH, England—Planemakers racked up more than $20 billion in deals on the opening day of the Farnborough Air Show on Monday. European jetmaker Airbus and U.S. rival Boeing have been enjoying an almost decadelong boom thanks to rising emerging markets growth and a need among Western airlines to upgrade their fleets, and order books are […]

Israel fired missiles at a military position near Aleppo, Syria, according to Syrian state-run media. “The Israeli enemy on Sunday evening launched a missile attack on one of the Syrian Army military positions north of al-Nairab Airport, causing only material damage,” SANA said on Monday, quoting a military official. SANA then continued, “The source added that […]

French police clashed with revelers on July 15 as tens of thousands took to the streets in Paris to celebrate the country’s first World Cup win in 20 years. While soccer fans basked in the joy in Paris, a small number of people caused violence in the city, marring the celebrations. Police in Paris fired […]

FARNBOROUGH, England—Britain’s Defense Minister Gavin Williamson unveiled a model of the country’s proposed new fighter jet named Tempest at the Farnborough Airshow on July 16 and said it would seek international partners to help develop the project. The government said 2 billion pounds ($2.7 billion) had been earmarked to finance the project through 2025 and […]

From July 16, Australians who do not want their medical records stored on the national electronic database, My Health Record, will have until Oct. 15 to opt-out. The online database, launched in July 2012, comprises a person’s medical records—including their medications, diagnoses and treatments, allergies, and test results—that can be accessed by them and their […]

When an indebted infant health-care company in Atlanta wanted to borrow hundreds of millions of dollars to buy a rival in Pasadena, it turned to a lender thousands of miles away in London. Barclays Plc. is helping Aveanna Healthcare LLC get a $221 million loan for its purchase of Premier Healthcare Services LLC, adding to […]

A teenager has been remanded to a mental health facility after he appeared in court over the triple murder of a mother and her two children in Perth, Western Australia. Michelle Petersen, 48, and her daughter Bella, 15, and son, Rua, 8, were killed in their family home in Ellenbrook, 32km northeast of Perth, on […]

LONDON—British Prime Minister Theresa May will face the anger of Brexit supporters in her party on Monday when they try to force her to change course on her strategy for leaving the European Union. May is battling for her political survival after announcing a negotiating plan that enraged eurosceptics in her Conservative Party, who see […]

FARNBOROUGH, England —Britain wants to build its first spaceport for launching satellites in Scotland, with the government kick-starting the project by handing almost £30 million ($40 million) in grants to companies including Lockheed Martin. UK Business Minister Greg Clark said the new site at Sutherland on the northerly-most tip of mainland Scotland would provide facilities […]

SYDNEY—Support for Australia’s Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull is at a two-year high, an opinion poll showed on Monday, a boost for the center-right government ahead of a series of by-elections at the end of July. The last Newspoll before the July 28 by-elections showed Turnbull’s personal popularity at 48 percent, its highest since the 2016 […]

MANAGUA—Nicaraguan police and paramilitary groups loyal to President Daniel Ortega killed at least 10 people on Sunday, a human rights association said, as the death toll from violent clashes in the Central American country continues to rise. The people were killed when government forces attacked the community of Monimbo and nearby city of Masaya, about […]

Just days ahead of the anniversary of the tragic downing of Malaysian Airlines Flight MH17, foreign ministers from the G7 called for Russia to “account for its role” in the air disaster that killed 298 people aboard. Flight MH17 was shot down over territory held by pro-Russian separatist forces in eastern Ukraine on July 17, 2014, […]

An off-duty paramedic was allegedly grabbed from behind and slashed with a knife in front of her two children on July 13. A female paramedic who had finished her shift but was still in uniform was buckling her two children, aged four and six, into the back seat of her car while she was parked […]