Getty Images/BBC European politicians Viktor Orban (l), Geert Wilders (c) and Matteo Salvini (r) are among those who reacted to a court ruling banning France’s Marine Le Pen from running for public office Marine Le Pen is an icon of France’s nationalist right: one of the country’s best-known and most popular political figures – with … Read more
A Cornell University graduate student who had his US visa revoked due to protest activities against Israel has chosen to leave the US rather than be deported. Momodou Taal, who is a joint citizen of the UK and The Gambia, had his student visa revoked due to his on-campus protest activities last year as the … Read more
Standing in front of a few dozen supporters in a strip-mall parking lot in Ocala, Florida, Monday evening, Democratic congressional candidate Josh Weil made a prediction. The public school math teacher said that in less than 24 hours, he was going to make history by flipping a solidly Republican congressional seat – helping to wrest … Read more
Ana Faguy BBC News, Washington Getty Images The prosecution of Karen Read, who is accused of murdering her police officer boyfriend in January 2022, has garnered massive internet attention and drawn crowds to the Massachusetts courthouse where her trial was held. After a mistrial last July, Ms Read is once again going to court to … Read more
Virginia Giuffre, one of Jeffrey Epstein’s most prominent accusers, has said she is in hospital following a serious accident. Ms Giuffre posted on Instagram that she had suffered kidney failure after her car collided with a school bus, stating doctors had given her “four days to live” and were transferring her to a specialist hospital. … Read more
At least 73 million people were under threat of severe weather on Sunday as storms hit the central United States. The National Weather Service Prediction Center warned of enhanced risk of possible tornadoes, large hail and downpours of rain. In Michigan, more than 300,000 power outages were reported, while 100,000 were reported for Wisconsin and … Read more
John Campbell and Kevin Sharkey BBC News NI Reuters Trump said his tariff policy is aimed at protecting businesses and boosting manufacturing in the US Ireland is expected to be one of the most affected countries when President Trump announces a new round of tariffs later this week. EU goods are expected to face a … Read more
A small museum dedicated to the nation’s environmental history is now history, too. On Monday, Lee Zeldin, the administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency, said he had shuttered the museum, which was inside the agency’s headquarters on Pennsylvania Avenue in Washington. In a statement, Mr. Zeldin said the move would save taxpayers about $600,000 annually. … Read more
The military government in Myanmar has said at least 2,000 people were killed in the 7.7 magnitude earthquake that hit last Friday. “A death toll over 10,000 is a strong possibility,” according to the US Geological Survey. The Burmese army, which has previously downplayed civilian casualties after other large natural disasters, is not allowing foreign … Read more
Megha Mohan BBC World Service gender and identity correspondent Chithra Jeyaram/ BBC Srija, (L) who fought to have her marriage to Arun (C) legally recognised, says everything she’s achieved has been made possible by her mother, Valli (R) In 2019 Srija became the first transgender woman to legally marry in the Indian state of Tamil … Read more