Category: World News
Iran’s strategic blunders paved the way for humiliating defeats, experts say
Less than two years ago, Iran’s government sounded triumphant. It was November 2023, just weeks after Hamas’ deadly Oct. 7 attack on Israel, and a senior Iranian general was predicting that the regime and its proxy forces in Gaza and Lebanon were poised to vanquish Israel, the United States and other enemies. “We are fighting…
Ontario beach town makes Spotify playlist to capture ‘iconic’ summer vibe
Descrease article font size Increase article font size There is nothing that screams “summer” to those in the Greater Toronto Area more than a trip to Wasaga Beach. More than two million people visit the Georgian Bay community yearly as it lays claim to having the world’s longest freshwater beach and a drag strip that…
Mississippi set to execute state’s longest-serving death row inmate
JACKSON, Miss. — Mississippi’s longest-serving death row inmate is set to be executed Wednesday nearly five decades after he kidnapped and killed a bank loan officer’s wife in a violent ransom scheme. Richard Gerald Jordan, a 79-year-old Vietnam veteran who suffers from post-traumatic stress disorder, is scheduled to receive a lethal injection at the Mississippi…
Trump is angry with a world that won’t give him easy deals | Rafael Behr
It was as close as Donald Trump might get to a lucid statement of his governing doctrine. “I may do it. I may not do it,” the president said to reporters on the White House lawn. “Nobody knows what I’m going to do.” The question was about joining Israeli air strikes on Iran’s nuclear facilities….
Lawsuit challenges billions of dollars in Trump administration funding cuts
BOSTON — Attorneys general from more than 20 states and Washington, D.C. filed a federal lawsuit Tuesday challenging billions of dollars in funding cuts made by the Trump administration that would fund everything from crime prevention to food security to scientific research. The lawsuit filed in Boston is asking a judge to limit the Trump…
Court blocks Trump's attempt to strip fed workers of union rights
A federal court Tuesday issued an injunction against President Trump’s decision to strip collective bargaining rights from a wide swath of federal employees, saying his move amounted to illegal political retaliation against major labor unions. Source link
Andrew Cuomo concedes to Zohran Mamdani in New York City Democratic mayoral primary
Former Gov. Andrew Cuomo conceded New York City’s Democratic mayoral primary to Zohran Mamdani as the 33-year old member of the state Assembly had a significant lead in the race Tuesday night. Source link
Doge employee ‘Big Balls’ has resigned, says White House official | Trump administration
One of the US so-called “department of government efficiency” (Doge) service’s best-known employees, 19-year-old Edward Coristine, has resigned from the US government, a White House official said on Tuesday, a month after the acrimonious departure of his former boss Elon Musk. The White House official gave no further details on the move and Coristine did…
‘Sick and tired of it’: White Rock businesses speak out after smash-and-grabs – BC
Two White Rock, B.C., businesses are speaking out about what they say is a rise in crime in the community, after both faced smash-and-grabs and break-ins over the weekend. Mounties have released video of one of the Saturday morning incidents, in which a thief grabs a large rock, then throws it through the glass door…
Richmond Mayor questioned over Olympic Oval Europe trip – BC
Descrease article font size Increase article font size As Global News continues to investigate spending at the City of Richmond, there has been a troubling incident involving Mayor Malcolm Brodie. It happened Tuesday morning at a playground in Steveston. Global News attended as invited guests and, in addition to covering the event, we tried to…