Former Vice President Mike Pence rides a motorcycle during U.S. Sen. Joni Ernsts Roast and Ride, Saturday, June 3, 2023, in Des Moines, Iowa. (Joseph Cress/Iowa City Press-Citizen via AP) (Joseph Cress / Associated Press) DeSantis signs Bible, Pence hops on motorcycle at 'Roast and Ride'...
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The deadly train collision in India, explained
Photo by PUNIT PARANJPE/AFP via Getty Images Decades of neglect cause disaster after disaster on India’s railways. A railway accident in the Indian state of Odisha has killed at least 280 people and injured more than 800 on Friday — the latest such tragedy to occur...
Continue reading...Ukraine says inspections found nearly a quarter of its air-raid shelters locked or unusable
People take cover at a metro station during a Russian rocket attack in Kyiv, Ukraine, Monday, May 29, 2023. (AP Photo/Evgeniy Maloletka) (Evgeniy Maloletka / Associated Press) Ukraine says inspections found nearly a quarter of its air-raid shelters locked or unusable SUSIE BLANN June 3, 2023...
Continue reading...Biden signs debt ceiling bill that pulls U.S. back from brink of unprecedented default
President Joe Biden addresses the nation on the budget deal that lifts the federal debt limit and averts a U.S. government default, from the Oval Office of the White House in Washington, Friday, June 2, 2023. (Jim Watson/Pool via AP) (Jim Watson / Associated Press) Biden...
Continue reading...Delegates working to end global plastics pollution agree to craft a draft treaty
FILE – A Hindu devotee throws flowers and plastic bags into river Brahmaputra in Gauhati, India, Wednesday, Oct. 9, 2019. Negotiators from around the world gather at UNESCO in Paris on Monday, May 29, 2023, for a second round of talks aiming toward a global treaty...
Continue reading...As anti-gay sentiment grows, more LGBTQ+ people seek to flee Uganda
Ugandan transgender woman Pretty Peter who fled her home and country in 2019, and wished to be identified by her chosen name out of concern for her safety, poses for a photograph at the safe house where she now lives in Nairobi, the capital of neighboring...
Continue reading...3 Israeli soldiers, Egyptian officer killed in gun battle at the border
An Israeli soldier cries outside a military base following a deadly shootout in southern Israel along the Egyptian border, Saturday, June 3, 2023. (AP Photo/Tsafrir Abayov) (Tsafrir Abayov / Associated Press) 3 Israeli soldiers, Egyptian officer killed in gun battle at the border June 3, 2023...
Continue reading...U.S. defense secretary says Washington won’t stand for ‘coercion and bullying’ from China
U.S. Secretary of Defense Lloyd J. Austin III smiles as he speaks during the 20th International Institute for Strategic Studies (IISS) Shangri-La Dialogue, Asias annual defense and security forum in Singapore, Saturday, June 3, 2023. (AP Photo/Vincent Thian) (Vincent Thian / Associated Press) U.S. defense secretary...
Continue reading...India’s deadly train crash renews questions over safety as government pushes railway upgrade
People inspect the site of passenger trains that derailed in Balasore district, in the eastern Indian state of Orissa, Saturday, June 3, 2023. Rescuers are wading through piles of debris and wreckage to pull out bodies and free people after two passenger trains derailed in India,...
Continue reading...Trump-appointed judge rejects Tennessee’s anti-drag law as too broad, too vague
FILE – Drag artist Vidalia Anne Gentry speaks during a news conference held by the Human Rights Campaign to draw attention to anti-drag bills in the Tennessee legislature, Tuesday, Feb. 14, 2023 in Nashville, Tenn. A federal judge says Tennessees first-in-the-nation law designed to place strict...
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