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France’s Marine Le Pen questioned in court at EU embezzlement trial

Around The Globe - Mon, 10/14/2024 - 20:05
Le Pen and her RN party have been accused of using European Parliament money to pay staff in France.

Nepali teenager hailed as hero after climbing world’s 8,000-metre peaks

Around The Globe - Mon, 10/14/2024 - 19:55
Summiting all 14 "eight-thousanders" is considered the peak of mountaineering aspirations.

An Israeli attack on Iran’s nuclear facilities could backfire

Around The Globe - Mon, 10/14/2024 - 19:28
And recent Iraqi history can tell us how. 

Chinese war games surrounded Taiwan with warships, aircraft

Around The Globe - Mon, 10/14/2024 - 19:14
The Chinese military surrounded Taiwan with warships and aircraft in a massive military drill.

NASA launches space mission to Jupiter moon, Europa, in search for life

Around The Globe - Mon, 10/14/2024 - 18:58
Europa Clipper is headed to Jupiter's moon, Europa, where an ocean is thought to lie below the surface.

New Zealand beat Pakistan to enter Women’s T20 World Cup semifinals

Around The Globe - Mon, 10/14/2024 - 18:52
New Zealand's 54-run win in Dubai results in a group-stage tournament exit for India and Pakistan.

Five beheaded bodies found next to road in Mexico’s Jalisco

Around The Globe - Mon, 10/14/2024 - 18:49
The decapitated bodies in plastic bags were found just a week after a Mexican mayor was beheaded.

Former Stasi official sentenced to 10 years for 1974 Berlin border murder

Around The Globe - Mon, 10/14/2024 - 18:17
Czeslaw Kukuczka was shot in the back as he tried to flee from East Germany via the Berlin Wall on March 29, 1974.

Israeli strike kills 18 in northern Lebanon as Hezbollah steps up attacks

Around The Globe - Mon, 10/14/2024 - 17:59
Four people wounded in the attack that hit apartment building in Aitou village, Lebanese Red Cross says.

Acting US labour secretary to meet with Boeing and union to end impasse

Around The Globe - Mon, 10/14/2024 - 17:28
Julie Su's intervention comes after Boeing unveiled plans to cut 10 percent of its workforce amid stalled labour talks.

Zionist ‘safety patrols’ on campus have little concern for Jewish safety

Around The Globe - Mon, 10/14/2024 - 16:12
'Self-defence' has vastly different meanings for the colonised and the coloniser.

Israeli strike in northern Lebanon kills at least 18 people

Around The Globe - Mon, 10/14/2024 - 15:01
An Israeli strike on the northern Lebanese village of Aitou has killed at least 18 people.

How did a ‘bank snooping’ scandal ensnare politicians in Italy?

Around The Globe - Mon, 10/14/2024 - 14:25
Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni says her opponents want to derail democracy - but is that true?

In shadow of Israel’s war on Gaza, Palestinian diaspora fights to be heard

Around The Globe - Mon, 10/14/2024 - 14:12
As Gaza war passes one-year mark, Palestinian Canadians are pushing back against hate and silencing of their community.

Hezbollah drone attack on Israeli base kills 4 soldiers

Around The Globe - Mon, 10/14/2024 - 14:05
Hezbollah launched a ‘swarm’ of drones to a military base and killing at least four soldiers. Here's what we know.

India furious as diplomats declared ‘persons of interest’ in Canada probe

Around The Globe - Mon, 10/14/2024 - 14:03
New Delhi says it rejects 'preposterous imputations', alleging they are part of Canada PM Trudeau's 'political agenda'.

University vice-chancellor suspended, students told

Education - Mon, 10/14/2024 - 13:50
The university says a member of staff was suspended following "a number of serious allegations".

Nigeria boycotts AFCON 2025 qualifier in Libya over ‘inhumane treatment’

Around The Globe - Mon, 10/14/2024 - 13:08
Nigeria captain William Troost-Ekong says his team have been left at an abandoned airport for more than 17 hours.

Scottish MP defiant after party sacks him over ‘abhorrent’ Gaza remark

Around The Globe - Mon, 10/14/2024 - 12:14
MP says 'happy' to repeat comment that if Israel wanted to commit Gaza genocide, it would have killed 10 times more.

Is the significant rise in life expectancy finally slowing down? Why?

Around The Globe - Mon, 10/14/2024 - 11:47
Life expectancy is slowing down and the only way forward now is to slow the ageing process itself, study finds.

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