Judge orders Trump administration to temporarily reinstate foreign aid funding

President Donald Trump last month signed an executive order that issued a blanket pause on U.S. foreign aid.

Source: NBC News

Lifesaving mine-clearing program reels after Trump's USAID funding suspension

A lifesaving demining program is in jeopardy after the Trump administration ordered a 90-day suspension of all foreign aid, pushing nations in the region to turn to U.S. rivals such …

Source: NBC News

Cover up or pay a fine, Portugal's Albufeira warns

Wearing bikinis and going shirtless may soon be banned in the city, as it fights against badly behaved tourists.

Source: BBC

Resignations after DOJ tells prosecutors to drop NY mayor case

Top New York attorney Danielle Sassoon is among several prosecutors to quit over an order to drop a corruption case against Eric Adams.

Source: BBC

Trump wants peace. Ukrainians fear what that might look like

Trump and Putin want to make a deal. But Ukrainians question how life after a ceasefire will work.

Source: BBC

Trump, Modi aim to cut U.S. trade gap with India amid global tariff concerns

The partnership is a pillar of Washington’s strategy in the Indo-Pacific region but faces challenges on issues including illegal immigration, visas and trade deficits.

Source: Washington Post

260 foreigners rescued from virtual slavery in Myanmar's online scam centers are being repatriated

Some 260 people believed to have been trafficked and trapped into working in online scam centers are to be repatriated after they were rescued from Myanmar, Thailand’s army said.

Source: NBC News

Video shows whale swallow kayaker, spit him out: "I thought I was dead"

A humpback whale briefly swallowed a kayaker in Chile, before spitting him out unharmed, an amazing escape that was all captured on video.

Source: CBS News

Japan releases 200,000 tonnes of emergency rice stockpile as prices soar

Agriculture minister says rising prices have ‘had a significant impact on people’s lives’ amid record heat, surges in demand and distribution problems

Japan is to flood the market with almost …

Source: The Guardian

Russian drone hits Chernobyl reactor but radiation normal, Ukraine says

Ukraine said a Russian drone crashed into the containment structure, starting a fire, but so far radiation levels have stayed constant.

Source: Washington Post

Vance on Europe: 'I worry about the threat from within'

European leaders were 'shocked' after Vance’s speech at the Munich Security Conference.

Source: BBC

Man pleads guilty in shooting of US teen Ralph Yarl

The unarmed teenager was shot in April 2023 after knocking on the wrong door as he went to pick up his brothers. He survived the shooting.

Source: BBC