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 ...
Haaland Scores Twice as Norway Beat Brazil
Erling Haaland scored two goals as Norway beat Brazil 2-1. The win sends Norway into the 2026 World Cup quarter-finals. Brazil are five-time World Cu...
National Guard Shoots Armed Man Dead in Memphis
National Guard soldiers shot and killed an armed man in Memphis, Tennessee. The shooting happened in the early morning hours of July 5. The soldiers ...
Cargo Ship Attacked in Red Sea by Armed Skiff
A cargo ship was attacked in the Red Sea. It happened 30 nautical miles southwest of Hodeida, Yemen. A small armed boat called a skiff approached and...
Trump Accounts for Kids Launch With $1,000 Gift
Trump Accounts for children launched on July 4. Each account gets $1,000 from the government. Children born between 2025 and 2028 are eligible. Paren...
Farage Faces Questions Over Undeclared Gifts From Fraud Convict
Nigel Farage did not declare gifts from George Cottrell. Cottrell is a crypto businessman convicted of fraud. Farage accepted staff, security and acc...
Eight Shot in Coney Island on Independence Day
At least eight people were shot in Coney Island, Brooklyn on Independence Day. Four of the victims were children. Police got reports of the shooting ...
China Frees Pastor After Trump Raised Case with Xi
China has freed pastor Ezra Jin Mingri. He leads Zion Church which is one of China's largest churches operating without government approval. He arriv...
Morocco Beats Canada 3-0 to Reach World Cup Quarter-Finals
Morocco beat Canada 3-0 to reach the World Cup quarter-finals. Ounahi scored two goals in the second half. He scored in the 50th and 82nd minutes. So...
Ukraine Drones Hit Saint Petersburg Oil Terminal and Naval Base
Ukrainian drones struck an oil terminal and port in Saint Petersburg, Russia. The attack happened overnight on July 4, 2026. Drones also hit the Balt...
US Woman Breaks Speed Record Rowing Solo to Hawaii
Kelsey Pfendler rowed solo from California to Hawaii. She is a Grand Canyon river guide. Pfendler became the first US woman to row solo across the mi...
White Supremacist Group Marches in Washington on July 4th
Hundreds of masked members of Patriot Front marched through Washington DC on July 4th. Patriot Front is a white supremacist group. Between 400 and 70...
Rebels and Islamists Launch Attacks Across Mali
Tuareg rebels and Islamist groups carried out joint attacks on several towns and cities in Mali. The attacks hit army bases and a prison. Mali's army...
Chess Champion Kramnik Banned Over Cheating Remarks
Vladimir Kramnik is a former Russian world chess champion. The world chess federation banned him for at least a year. He had publicly accused other p...
Serena Williams Quits Wimbledon Doubles After Knee Injury
Serena Williams has pulled out of the Wimbledon doubles event. She injured her right knee during her singles match on Tuesday. That match was against...
AfD Leaders Re-Elected Amid Mass Protests in Germany
Alice Weidel and Tino Chrupalla have been re-elected as leaders of the Alternative for Germany party. The vote took place at a party conference in Erf...
England Face Mexico in World Cup Last 16
England will play Mexico in the World Cup last 16 on Sunday evening. The match is in Mexico City. Fans back home can watch at 1am Monday. The game is...
Pope Leo Visits Lampedusa and Urges Europe on Migration
Pope Leo XIV visited Lampedusa on July 4. He paid tribute at a cemetery to migrants who died at sea. He called on Europe to do more for migrants. Ten...
Trump Speaks at Mount Rushmore for US 250th Birthday
President Trump spoke at Mount Rushmore on Friday night. The speech was part of America's 250th birthday celebrations. Trump warned that a 'communist...