Giorno: 3 Giugno 2023

Search for survivors ends with more than 260 dead in India train crash

Rescue efforts have ended for India’s worst train accident in more than two decades, which left at least 261 people dead, officials said Saturday. A passenger train derailed and hit another one on Friday in the eastern district of Balasore in Odisha state. One train also hit a freight train parked nearby, resulting in a […]

Ukraine is ready to launch long-awaited counteroffensive, Zelenskyy says

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy announced that his forces stand ready to launch their long-promised counteroffensive to reclaim Russian-occupied territory. “We strongly believe that we will succeed,” Zelenskyy told The Wall Street Journal. “I don’t know how long it will take.” “To be honest, it can go a variety of ways, completely different,” he said. “But […]

War with China over Taiwan would be ‘devastating,’ says Defense Secretary Austin

U.S. Secretary of Defense Lloyd Austin warned that a war over Taiwan would have “devastating” effects on the global economy. Austin made the remark Saturday at the Shangri-La Dialogue security summit in Singapore. “Conflict is neither imminent nor inevitable. Deterrence is strong today – and it’s our job to keep it that way,” Austin told […]

Russia, China seek world power ‘rebalancing’ with G7-alternative: ‘indispensable mechanism’

Foreign ministers of the nations comprising a China and Russia-led economic bloc have made clear that they intend to rebalance global power, claiming to aim for a “multipolar” dynamic even as they work to place themselves at the center. “At the heart of the problems we face is economic concentration that leaves too many nations […]

Chinese warship comes within yards of US destroyer in latest act of aggression in Taiwan Strait: report

A Chinese warship reportedly came within 150 yards of hitting the USS Chung-Hoon on Saturday while the U.S. aircraft carrier was conducting joint exercises with Canada in the Taiwan Strait. The incident occurred as U.S.-Chinese tensions remain high in the South China Sea. The Chinese ship sped up and cut in front of USS Chung-Hoon’s […]

Boris Johnson is told legal advice funding would stop if he hinders Covid inquiry

Read More Boris Johnson has been warned that he could lose public funding for legal advice if he tries to “frustrate or undermine” the government’s position on the Covid-19 inquiry. Cabinet Office lawyers told the former prime minister that money would “cease to be available” if he breaks conditions such as releasing evidence without permission, […]

Manchester City hold off Manchester United to win FA Cup and strike Double

Read More Surely not again? Ilkay G?ndogan had already hit one volley and what a volley it was, inside 13 seconds, the ball flying into the Manchester United net to make him the fastest ever FA Cup final goalscorer. Now, early in the second half, the Manchester City midfielder set himself again on the edge […]

UK mental health charities handed sensitive data to Facebook for targeted ads

Read More Some of Britain’s biggest charities providing support for people with mental health problems shared details of sensitive web browsing with Facebook for use in its targeted advertising system. The data was sent via a tracking tool embedded in the charities’ websites and included details of webpages a user visited and buttons they clicked […]

Sunak under fire as ‘stupid’ Eat Out to Help Out scheme to be focus of Covid inquiry

Read More Rishi Sunak is facing a barrage of criticism in the run-up to the official Covid-19 inquiry as a leading scientist attacks his “spectacularly stupid” Eat Out to Help Out scheme, which is believed to have caused a sudden rise in cases of the virus. The prime minister’s role as chancellor during the pandemic […]

CAP Poll: 92 Percent of GOP Voters Prefer Florida Over N.Y. on Pandemic Response

Americans overwhelmingly side with Florida under the leadership of GOP Gov. Ron DeSantis versus New York under the pandemic leadership of former Democrat Gov. Andrew Cuomo, a new poll revealed.