Shadow of Ukraine war hangs over Putin’s BRICS summit in Russia
KAZAN — Russia wants the BRICS summit to showcase the rising clout of the non-Western world, but Moscow’s partners from China, India, Brazil and the Arab world are urging President Vladimir Putin to find a way to end the war in Ukraine.
‘You are not our king’: Charles III heckled in Australia’s Parliament
LONDON — Shortly after King Charles III had finished making remarks in Australia’s Parliament on Monday, a voice rang out from the back of the hall. “You are not our king,” shouted Lidia Thorpe, an Indigenous senator and activist for Aboriginal rights. “Give us our land back. Give us what you stole from us.”
Austin condemns Kremlin ‘apologists’ in pledging support for Ukraine
KYIV, Ukraine — Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin on Monday offered full-throated support for Ukraine’s fight against Russia and delivered biting criticism of naysayers who might seek to end the conflict on Moscow’s terms.
US unveils new rules to block China, Russia and Iran from accessing bulk US data
WASHINGTON — The U.S. Justice Department on Monday proposed new rules to protect federal government data or Americans’ bulk personal data from getting into the hands of countries like China, Iran and Russia by placing new limits on certain business transactions.
Republican official in Arizona pleads guilty in election certification case
A Republican county official in Arizona who delayed certification of the 2022 election pleaded guilty Monday to a misdemeanor charge of failing or refusing to perform her duty as an election officer.
Trump took a turn at the fryer. McDonald’s workers have thoughts
Inside a McDonald’s in Lower Manhattan, David Ye, who has worked at the fast-food outpost for three years, knew in just a few seconds that something was off.
Top UN officials to Netanyahu: Help us ease civilian suffering
NEW YORK — The heads of the United Nations World Food Programme and U.N. children’s agency UNICEF have privately appealed to Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu for help “alleviating the suffering of countless civilians” in the Gaza Strip, West Bank and Lebanon, according to a letter seen by Reuters on Monday.
Blinken heads to Mideast for another push for elusive ceasefire
WASHINGTON/BEIRUT — U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken headed to the Middle East on Monday to make another push for an elusive ceasefire, seeking to kickstart negotiations to end the Gaza war and defuse the spillover conflict in Lebanon.
As Harris courts Sun Belt, housing costs stand in her way
LAS VEGAS — The promise of the American dream has shimmered in Las Vegas for as long as the city has existed. That hope of a stable middle-class life has attracted would-be homeowners from California, sun-seekers from the East and immigrants from all over the world.
New cases of political violence roil U.S. ahead of contentious election
In York, Pennsylvania, a man accosted a group of people rallying for Vice President Kamala Harris’ White House campaign, punching a 74-year-old man in the head and calling another man a “n—– supporter” as he fled.
US agencies fund, and fight with, Elon Musk. A Trump presidency could give him power over them
WASHINGTON — Elon Musk’s influence over the federal government is extraordinary, and extraordinarily lucrative.
Musk’s $1 million offer raises new legal questions
Elon Musk is dramatically ratcheting up his effort to use his fortune to help Donald Trump win Pennsylvania — and inviting some new legal scrutiny along the way.
Lebanese flee as blasts hit Beirut, Israel warns of strikes on Hezbollah finance arm
BEIRUT/CAIRO — Hundreds of Beirut residents fled their homes late on Sunday with multiple explosions heard across the Lebanese capital, as Israel prepared to attack sites linked to the financial operations of Lebanon’s Hezbollah group and told people to leave those areas immediately.
US investigates leak on intelligence about Israel’s Iran attack plans
(Reuters) — The United States is investigating the leak of a pair of highly classified intelligence documents describing Israel’s preparations for a retaliatory strike on Iran, House Speaker Mike Johnson said on Sunday.
BLM moves full steam ahead on geothermal energy in Nevada
The hot, briny water far beneath Nevada’s public lands may be an indispensable solution to the climate crisis.
Officials search for answers after collapse of dock in Georgia kills 7
Officials on a Georgia island Sunday were investigating the collapse of a ferry dock gangway the previous day that killed seven people and left three others hospitalized. The dock was carrying people gathered for an annual celebration of a community of slave descendants.
2 dead, hundreds rescued in ‘historic’ New Mexico floods
Hundreds of people were rescued in eastern New Mexico late Saturday and Sunday, as torrential rains dumped more than a third of the city of Roswell’s annual rainfall total in just a few hours, causing at least two deaths, officials said.
Trump, slinging fries and smearing Harris, takes turn behind a McDonald’s counter
FEASTERVILLE-TREVOSE, Pa. — Donald Trump walked into one of his favorite restaurants Sunday and declared he was “looking for a job.”
Cuba grid collapses again as hurricane looms
HAVANA — Cuba’s electrical grid collapsed again on Sunday, the fourth such failure in 48 hours as a looming hurricane threatened to wreak further havoc on the island’s decrepit infrastructure.
When 2 Sea Aliens Become 1
Comb jellies, the delicate bells that pulse their iridescent bodies through the ocean, are some of the strangest creatures on Earth. “They are the aliens of the sea,” said Leonid Moroz, a neuroscientist at the Whitney Laboratory for Marine Bioscience in St. Augustine, Florida.
