New York City and New Jersey were battered by torrential rain and thunderstorms on Saturday, triggering flash flooding and widespread disruption. The downpour cascaded into subway stations and flooded city streets in parts of New York and the Tri-State area, which also includes Connecticut, while some drivers abandoned their vehicles in rising water. Videos shared […]
Continue ReadingRussian mercenaries in Africa: In addition to Ukraine, the Wagner Group was also active in Syria, Libya, Mali and the Central African Republic.Image: keystone 28-year-old Pavel Prigozhin has gathered former Wagner fighters and brought the drug trade in the Central African Republic under his control – and snubbed the Kremlin. July 19, 2026, 5:37 p.mJuly […]
Continue ReadingA forest fire also raged north of Zaragoza, which is now largely under control. Image: keystone According to the authorities, around 13,000 hectares have already been burned in a forest fire northeast of the Spanish capital Madrid. July 19, 2026, 4:02 p.mJuly 19, 2026, 4:02 p.m The area burned is equivalent to more than 18,000 […]
Continue ReadingTwenty-three runners from seven countries took part in races at the Arctic’s geographic North Pole, organisers have said, in an event they dubbed as the “world’s coolest marathon”. The races took place on drifting sea ice at the geographic North Pole in the Arctic, with competitors arriving from Norway aboard the French polar vessel Le […]
Continue ReadingActing Foreign Minister Andrii Sybiha called it the largest ballistic attack of the war. Ukraine’s air force put it lower, saying it was one of the largest and the fourth strike of comparable size on Kyiv in the past five weeks. It said it shot down 18 of the 41 missiles and downed nearly all […]
Continue ReadingMeta’s Instagram and Facebook social networks appeared to suffer some outages on Sunday, with users reporting issues with the app and website. According to Downdetector, there were 4,808 reports filed by Facebook users in the United States as of 0746 GMT, with 63 per cent of users facing issues accessing the website. Another 2,829 reports […]
Continue ReadingIsraeli Finance Minister Bezalel Smotrich wants to build new Jewish settlements in the Gaza Strip. Image: keystone July 19, 2026, 12:38 p.mJuly 19, 2026, 12:38 p.m The Israeli army says it has declared an area around the Gaza Strip a military exclusion zone to prevent a planned march by right-wing extremist and right-wing ministers, MPs […]
Continue ReadingA ferry carrying 116 passengers has sunk off the coast of Guyana with 53 people so far rescued, local authorities have said. The MV Barima capsized near Iron Punt, on its route from Georgetown to Port Kaituma. A distress call was received at 23:01 local time (03:01 +1 BST), triggering an urgent search operation involving […]
Continue ReadingRescue crews used excavators to comb through rubble in search of survivors from a landslide in the south-western Chinese city of Chongqing that killed at least eight people and left another 34 missing. Massive amounts of rocks and soil roared down a slope and buried more than 10 residential buildings early on Friday in Pengshui […]
Continue ReadingJuly 19, 2026, 7:30 a.mJuly 19, 2026, 7:30 a.m Mexican authorities discovered 10 bodies in Zacatecas state on Saturday. The state experienced high levels of violence between 2021 and 2022 due to fights between criminal groups over drug trafficking routes. The bodies were found in Morelos, Pánuco and San Alto, the secretary general of the […]
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