Maine Senate Candidate Platner Quits After Assault Claim
Graham Platner has withdrawn from the US Senate race in Maine. He was the Democratic nominee running against Senator Susan Collins. His campaign face...
US Housing Bill Becomes Law Despite Trump Refusal
A bipartisan housing bill will become law on Saturday. This happens even though President Trump refuses to sign it. The bill is called the 21st Centu...
Man Nearly Pulled Out of Ryanair Plane Window
A man was nearly sucked out of a plane window during a Ryanair flight. The flight was going from Greece to Germany. His wife held his legs for about ...
UK Police Launch Murder Investigation into Ann Widdecombe Death
Ann Widdecombe was found dead on Thursday. She was a 78-year-old former UK lawmaker. Widdecombe had serious injuries when she was found. Police have ...
Trump Says US-Iran Ceasefire Has Ended
The United States and Iran signed a ceasefire last month. That ceasefire has now ended. This week the two countries exchanged attacks for several day...
EU Charges Meta Over Addictive App Design
The European Commission gave Meta an official charge sheet on Friday. This is a preliminary finding under EU digital rules. It is not a final ruling ...
Spain Wildfire Kills 11 Leaves 19 Missing
A wildfire in southern Spain has killed at least 11 people. Nineteen people remain missing after the fire. The fire happened near the village of Béda...
Bayeux Tapestry Returns to UK After Nearly 1000 Years
The Bayeux Tapestry arrived in the United Kingdom on Friday. It is a 70-meter medieval artwork. It shows the conquest of England nearly 1000 years ag...
US Firm Apollo Tops Rival Bid for EasyJet
US company Apollo made a takeover bid for EasyJet. The bid is worth £5.7 billion. Apollo's offer beats an earlier bid from company Castlelake. Apollo...
SK Hynix Breaks Record With 26.5 Billion Dollar US Debut
South Korean chip company SK Hynix raised $26.5 billion in the US. This is the biggest first-time share sale by a foreign company in US history. It b...
France Beats Morocco 2-0 to Reach World Cup Semis
France beat Morocco 2-0 in a World Cup quarter-final. France will now play in the semi-finals. The match was played in Foxborough in the United State...
Aviation Pioneer Wally Funk Dies at 87
Wally Funk died on Wednesday evening in Grapevine, Texas. She was 87. Funk was an aviation pioneer who became the oldest woman to travel into space. ...
Israeli Strike Kills Palestinian Aid Worker and Three Others
Palestinian aid worker Mohammed al-Wahidi was killed in an Israeli air strike in Gaza. Three others also died in the strike including two brothers age...
US Olympic Canoeist Pleads Not Guilty to Pool Damage
David Hearn is a three-time US Olympic canoeist. He pleaded not guilty to a felony charge of damaging the Lincoln Memorial Reflecting Pool in Washingt...
Fire at China Shoe Factory Kills 28 People
A fire broke out at a shoe factory in Fujian province, China. It killed 28 people. The factory makes shoes in Jinjiang city. Jinjiang is known as Chi...
US Home Sales Drop as Prices Hit Record High
US home sales fell 2.4% in June to 4.09 million homes sold. The average home sale price hit an all-time high of $440,600. That is up 1.8% compared to...
Maine Democrat Suspends Senate Campaign After Assault Allegations
Graham Platner has stopped his Senate campaign in Maine. Two women accused him of sexual assault. Jenny Racicot is a former girlfriend who accused hi...
Iran Buries Khamenei Amid Fresh US-Iran Strikes
Iran's supreme leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei was buried Thursday. His burial took place at a shrine in Mashhad, Iran. It was the final stage of a wee...
AstraZeneca Stock Drops 9% After Heart Drug Trial Fails
AstraZeneca is the UK's largest drugmaker. It worked with Ionis Pharmaceuticals to develop a heart drug called Wainua. The drug failed its late-stage...
Welsh Singer Bonnie Tyler Dies at 75
Welsh singer Bonnie Tyler has died at age 75. Her family announced her death on Thursday. She died unexpectedly in a hospital in Portugal where she w...
Trump Boards Qatari Jet in England to Fly Home
Trump boarded a jet gifted by Qatar at Mildenhall air base in England. He is flying back to Washington on it. Trump had used the Qatari jet to fly to...
DEA Agent Fatally Shoots Person at Memphis Motel
A DEA agent shot and killed a person at a motel in Memphis, Tennessee on Wednesday morning. Agents were serving a drug warrant when the situation esca...
The Pitt and Hacks Lead 2026 Emmy Nominations
The 2026 Emmy nominations were announced on Wednesday. The Pitt earned 25 nominations in the drama category. The Pitt is a medical drama series on HB...
Trump Lets Ukraine Make Patriot Missiles at NATO Summit
President Trump gave Ukraine a license to make Patriot missile interceptors. This happened at the NATO summit in Ankara, Turkey on July 8, 2026. Trum...
Kentucky Governor Asks McConnell for Health Update
Kentucky Governor Andy Beshear sent a letter to Senator Mitch McConnell's staff. He asked for a health update on McConnell's condition. Beshear also ...
Farage Quits Seat Then Plans to Run Again
Nigel Farage has quit his seat in Clacton in Essex. He won that seat in the 2024 general election. His party Reform UK asked for a by-election on 6 A...
Trump Says Iran Ceasefire Deal Is Over
Trump said the ceasefire deal with Iran is over. Three oil tankers were attacked near the Strait of Hormuz. The US and Iran then traded strikes after...
Russia Strikes Kyiv Two Nights Before Trump-Zelensky Meeting
Russian attacks across Ukraine killed at least three people overnight. One of those killed was in Kyiv. Russia hit the Ukrainian capital for a second...
Trump Wants Greenland; Denmark Vows to Defend It
At a NATO summit on July 8 Trump said the US needs to control Greenland. He said this was needed to protect the world. Danish Prime Minister Mette Fr...
US Strikes Iran After Strait of Hormuz Attacks
The US launched strikes on Iran after Iranian attacks on ships. The ships were in the Strait of Hormuz. Iran attacked three ships carrying civilian c...
FBI Investigates Fatal ICE Shooting in Houston
An ICE officer shot and killed Lorenzo Salgado Araujo in Houston. The shooting happened during an operation to arrest him. ICE said he tried to run o...
US Judge Blocks DOJ Demand for Georgia Election Worker Data
A US judge has blocked a Justice Department demand for data on election workers. The workers are in Fulton County in the US state of Georgia. The dem...
Le Pen to Run for France President After Court Ruling
Marine Le Pen leads France's National Rally party. She announced she will run for president in 2027. An appeals court confirmed she was guilty of ste...
France Court Shortens Le Pen Ban Before 2027 Vote
A Paris court found Marine Le Pen guilty of misusing public money on Tuesday. Le Pen leads France's National Rally party. The court reduced her ban o...
Farage Quits as UK Member of Parliament Then Plans Comeback
Nigel Farage has quit as a Member of Parliament for Clacton in the United Kingdom. He leads Reform UK which is a right-wing political party. His resi...
Prince Harry Loses Privacy Case Against Daily Mail
Prince Harry has lost a privacy case against the Daily Mail publisher. Six other people also lost the same case. The judge ruled they could not prove...
China Storms Kill at Least 15 People
At least 15 people have died across China after extreme weather struck. Heavy rain, strong winds and tornadoes hit central Hubei Province. At least 1...
Ukraine Intel Worker Held Over Monaco Bombing Suspect Death
A woman wanted over a bombing in Monaco was found dead near Kyiv, Ukraine. Anastasiia Berezovska had a gunshot wound to the head. The bombing last we...
Bombs Explode Near Macron's Hotel in Syria
Two bombs went off in Damascus, Syria on Tuesday. They exploded near the hotel where French President Macron was staying. One bomb was inside a parke...
Maine Democrats Tell Senate Nominee Platner to Quit
Graham Platner is the Maine Democratic candidate for the US Senate. He is trying to unseat Republican Senator Susan Collins. On Monday a sexual assau...
Trump Calls FIFA to Lift Balogun Red Card Ban
FIFA lifted Folarin Balogun's red card ban. This let the US soccer player start against Belgium in the World Cup round of 16. President Trump called ...
Canada Picks German-Norwegian Team for 12 Submarines
Canada has chosen a German-Norwegian team to build 12 new submarines. The team is led by defence company TKMS. The deal was announced in Halifax, Can...
Utah Hearing Begins in Charlie Kirk Murder Case
A five-day hearing started Monday in Utah. It will decide if Tyler Robinson goes to trial for murder. Robinson is 23 years old. He is accused of kill...
Trump Launches $1,000 Investment Accounts for Children
President Trump rang the opening bell from the White House on Monday. The event marked the first trading day for Trump accounts. These are government...
Russia Strikes Ukraine Again Killing at Least 21
Russia launched its second major attack on Ukraine in under a week. It fired 68 missiles and 351 drones across the country on Monday. At least 21 peo...
Microsoft Cuts 4,800 Jobs in Xbox Restructuring
Microsoft is cutting 4,800 jobs across its business. That is 2.1% of all its workers. The cuts hit its commercial business and Xbox gaming group. Xbo...
Millions Attend Funeral for Iran's Killed Supreme Leader
Millions of people attended a funeral in Tehran on July 6. It was for Iran's supreme leader Ali Khamenei. He was killed in US and Israeli airstrikes ...
China Fires Long-Range Missile From Submarine in Pacific
China's navy fired a long-range missile from a submarine on Monday. The submarine was nuclear-powered and was in the Pacific Ocean. US allies in the ...
Super Typhoon Bavi Hits US Pacific Island Rota
Super Typhoon Bavi is hitting the island of Rota in US Pacific territories. The storm has winds of nearly 290 kilometres per hour. Gusts reach up to ...
Trump Calls FIFA to Lift US Player Ban
Trump called FIFA president Gianni Infantino and asked him to review a ban. The ban was on US striker Folarin Balogun. Balogun got a red card during ...