A man suspected of killing six people at a 4 July parade near Chicago planned the attack for weeks, police say. Law enforcement believe that Robert Crimo III, 21, legally bought the high-powered rifle he used in the attack. The suspect is believed to have disguised himself in women’s clothing…
Keep ReadingThe G7 would need to get large consumers like India and China involved for such a plan to work. As military battles continue in the Ukraine war, the parallel skirmish over energy continues to escalate, with the West announcing plans for price caps to try and stem Russia’s soaring oil revenues…
Keep ReadingNovelist and former journalist Susie Steiner, best known for writing the Manon Bradshaw detective series, has died from a brain tumour aged 51. Steiner wrote three DS Bradshaw books including 2016’s Missing, Presumed, which was shortlisted for the Theakston crime novel award and picked for the Richard and Judy Book…
Keep ReadingFIFA has lifted the suspension of the Pakistan Football Federation (PFF) which was imposed due to undue third-party interference. A group of officials led by Ashfaq Hussain Shah, which was elected by the Supreme Court in 2018 to run the PFF but was not recognised by FIFA, took over the…
Keep ReadingThe US says the bullet that killed a Palestinian-American journalist was too badly damaged to reach a definitive conclusion about whether the origin was Israeli or Palestinian gunfire. However, findings from both sides led the US to conclude that Israeli forces had likely but unintentionally fired the shot that hit…
Keep ReadingThousands of residents in Sydney’s suburbs are ordered to evacuate amid torrential rains and the threat of flash floods. Thousands of residents have been ordered to evacuate southwest Sydney, Australia’s biggest city, with torrential rain and damaging winds pounding the east coast and floods expected to be worse than those…
Keep ReadingArgentina’s economy minister, Martin Guzmán, has resigned as the country’s economic crisis intensifies. Mr Guzmán had been in office since late 2019 and led negotiations with the International Monetary Fund (IMF) over the restructuring of Argentina’s debt. He called for “a political agreement within the governing coalition” to choose his…
Keep ReadingNot the first hugely expensive over of Broad – he conceded 36 runs when India’s Yuvraj Singh hit him for six sixes during a 2007 World Twenty20 match. England’s top pacer Stuart Broad has set a new if unwanted record by conceding 35 runs in a Test over, against India…
Keep ReadingSome plaintiffs were assigned to the most physically demanding posts or passed over for promotion, the lawsuit said. Fifteen Black former or current employees at Tesla filed a lawsuit against the electric-car maker on Thursday, alleging they were subjected to racial abuse and harassment at its factories. The workers said…
Keep ReadingDanish police said several people had been hit by gunshots at a shopping mall in the capital Copenhagen. Police reinforcements have been deployed around the large Field’s mall between the city centre and the airport, Copenhagen police wrote on Twitter on Sunday. “We’re on the scene, shots were fired and…
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