Month: July 2024

Reformist Pezeshkian Elected as New Iran President

Masoud Pezeshkian beat hard-line Islamist Saeed Jalili in the Iran presidential election by almost 3 million votes. The 69-year-old heart surgeon…

Bloomberg Markets: Asia 07/08/2024

"Bloomberg Markets: Asia" is the definitive guide to the markets in Hong Kong and on the mainland. David Ingles brings…

French Election Results: Left-Wing Coalition Wins, Now What?

France looks headed for political instability after a surprise win by a left-wing coalition in Sunday’s legislative election offered no…

Biden Latest: More House Democrats Want President to Quit

Several influential congressional Democrats said privately on Sunday they want Joe Biden to step aside as the party’s White House…

LIVE: Hurricane Beryl makes landfall on the Texas coast near Matagorda

Credit: KTRK The US National Weather Service says Beryl has made landfall on the middle Texas coast near Matagorda with…

Children’s hospital hit as daytime Russian airstrikes cause devastation in Ukrainian capital

A major Russian missile attack across Ukraine killed at least 20 people and injured more than 50 on Monday, officials…

Scorched by history: Discriminatory past shapes heat waves in minority and low-income neighborhoods

In New York and other big cities — where disparities in access to cooling, green spaces, and clean air are…

LIVE: Hurricane Beryl makes landfall on the Texas coast near Matagorda

Credit: KTRK The US National Weather Service says Beryl has made landfall on the middle Texas coast near Matagorda with…

Aftermath scenes as Russian missiles hit children’s hospital in Ukrainian capital

Russian missiles struck a children’s hospital in Kyiv and killed at least three people elsewhere in the Ukrainian capital Monday,…

Gaza City residents pack up and leave after Israel issues fresh evacuation order

The mass exodus from the city on Sunday was prompted by new evacuation orders by Israel. It came as the…