Category: World News

Jet skier fined $5,000 for dolphin encounter near Vancouver Island
By Staff The Canadian Press Posted June 20, 2025 5:36 pm 1 min read Descrease article font size Increase article font size A man seen speeding on a Jet Ski towards a pod of Pacific white sided dolphins has been fined $5,000 and has been banned from posting anything related to marine mammals on social…

Iran says diplomacy with US only possible if Israeli aggression stops | Iran’s nuclear programme
Iran’s foreign minister, Abbas Araghchi, has said that his country is ready for more diplomacy with the US only if Israel’s war on his country is brought to an end “and the aggressor is held accountable for the crimes he committed”. After several hours of talks with European foreign ministers in Geneva on Friday, there…

Feds charge illegal immigrant TdA gang member with attempted murder of agent
A Venezuelan illegal immigrant with ties to Tren de Aragua tried to choke an ICE agent to death, federal prosecutors said, calling it the latest in a growing trend of migrants violently resisting arrest. Source link

Trump says U.S. intelligence ‘wrong’ about Iran’s nuclear capabilities – National
Descrease article font size Increase article font size U.S. President Donald Trump said on Friday that his Director of National Intelligence, Tulsi Gabbard, was wrong in suggesting there is no evidence Iran is building a nuclear weapon. Trump contested intelligence assessments relayed earlier this year by his spy chief that Tehran was not working on a nuclear…

Trump says he won't ask 'winning' Israel to stop attacking Iran
President Trump said it would be difficult for him to call on Israel to stop attacking Iran because Israel is “winning” in the week-old air war. Source link

Iran not sure it can trust America after Israeli attack, Iran’s foreign minister tells NBC News
Iran is uncertain whether it can trust the United States in diplomatic talks after Israel launched an aerial attack on the country only days before scheduled negotiations with American officials, Iranian Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi said Friday in an exclusive interview with NBC News. Asked by NBC News’ Andrea Mitchell whether a deal with the…

Jeff Bezos and Lauren Sánchez’s wedding in Venice is approaching: Everything to Know
Amazon founder Jeff Bezos and his fiancée, Emmy-winning journalist Lauren Sánchez, are getting set to tie the knot in one of the year’s most anticipated weddings. “(I’m) very excited about it,” she told Hoda Kotb and Savannah Guthrie while appearing on TODAY in November 2024. “(I’m) thinking about the dress, I have to say. I…

Federal judge orders release of Mahmoud Khalil from Ice detention | Mahmoud Khalil
A federal judge has ordered the release of Columbia University graduate Mahmoud Khalil from US immigration detention, where he has been held for more than three months over his activism against Israel’s war in Gaza. Khalil is set to be released from Ice detention in Jena, Louisiana, where he has been held since shortly after…

U.S. Supreme Court denies request to quickly hear Trump tariff challenge – National
Descrease article font size Increase article font size The U.S. Supreme Court declined on Friday to speed up its consideration of whether to take up a challenge to President Donald Trump’s sweeping tariffs even before lower courts have ruled in the dispute. The Supreme Court denied a request by a family-owned toy company, Learning Resources, that filed the…

Celebrate Canada Day 2025 at Global BC sponsored events – BC
Celebrate Canada Day with a number of events happening in the Lower Mainland! Canada Together at Canada Place Canada Day Drumming Together at Canada Place Surrey Canada Day Salmon Day Festival in Richmond Abbotsford Canada Day Canada Day at Canada Place Join the festivities on Canada Day at Canada Place!. Global News Global BC is a proud partner of this year’s Canada Together celebration on July…