A total of 22 viruses were found after researchers looked at the insides of bats’ kidneys in the Yunnan province, raising concerns over the health of the world’s population The bats were studied across four years [stock](Image: Getty Images) A staggering 20 new viruses have been discovered in bats in China that could seriously impact … Read more
The floor of Al-Awda Hospital in northern Gaza is streaked with fresh blood as 146 injured Palestinians lie there waiting to be treated after people were shot while trying to reach an aid distribution site for food. The scene Tuesday was the latest in nearly daily violent incidents near aid centres one month after distribution was taken over by the … Read more
Traders work on the floor at the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE) in New York City, U.S., June 23, 2025. Brendan McDermid | Reuters Have we gone back in time? It certainly seems on the markets front. Just look at the S&P 500 and you will think that it’s back in February — before U.S. … Read more
A person at a baseball game who ridiculed the dead mother of the Arizona Diamondbacks’ Ketel Marte has been banned by the Chicago White Sox and Major League Baseball indefinitely, the league confirmed Wednesday. Marte was in tears on the field after the person attending the White Sox home game in Chicago on Tuesday made … Read more
Richard Gerald Jordan, 79, was executed at the Mississippi State Penitentiary in Parchman. He was one of several people on Mississippi’s death row suing the state over its three-drug execution protocol, which they claim is inhumane (Image: Internet Unknown) One of the longest-serving death row inmates in America was executed tonight (Weds), nearly 50 years … Read more
As It Happens7:03Kenyan protesters ‘willing to do whatever it takes,’ says activist When Sophie Mugure Njehia took to the streets of Nairobi on Wednesday, she didn’t expect anyone to die. Njehia was among the thousands of people who demonstrated across Kenya on Wednesday to mourn the more than 60 people killed during a massive anti-government … Read more
U.S. President Donald Trump speaks during a press conference, at the NATO summit in The Hague, Netherlands, June 25, 2025. Brian Snyder | Reuters U.S. President Donald Trump on Wednesday said Spain’s refusal to meet the NATO defense spending target of 5% of gross domestic product will mean a tougher trade deal for the southern … Read more
The 2025 NBA Draft is here, and it’s not all about the prospects’ basketball skills. Outside Barclays Center in Brooklyn on Wednesday, the next great players took the red carpet to show off their fashion sense and style. Here were the best looks from Cooper Flagg, Dylan Harper, Ace Bailey and more. Source link
Billionaire Amazon founder Jeff Bezos and former journalist Lauren Sanchez arrived in Venice on Wednesday — kicking off what is expected to be a weekend of lavish wedding festivities for the couple, attended by some of the world’s top celebrities and drawing the ire of locals and protesters, who view it as a crass example … Read more
To say Wall Street isn’t a fan of Zohran Mamdani would be an understatement. In fact, high-profile investors and business leaders in the Big Apple are up in arms about the stunning win by the democratic socialist in the primary to win the Democratic nomination to serve as the next New York City mayor. The three-term … Read more