Fire rages at Kharkiv college dormitory destroyed by Russian drone strike
Educational facilities, including a dormitory, were destroyed in Russian drone attacks in the northeastern city of Kharkiv, the State Emergency Service of Ukraine said on Tuesday, 1 August. Footage released by Ukrainian officials shows a bombed building on fire and firefighters tackling the blaze. One person was injured after a drone hit an empty dormitory building and another three struck a sports facility in a night-time attack, the service said. According to president Volodymyr Zelenskiy, Russia attacked the city with five Shahed drones.
2023-08-01 18:15
Who is John Castic? Goldman Sachs analyst goes missing after attending Zeds Dead concert in Brooklyn
John Castic, 27, was last seen at around 2.30 am on July 29, leaving The Brooklyn Mirage near the Williamsburg neighborhood of Brooklyn
2023-08-01 17:58
BP profits are cut in half to $2.6 billion as oil and natural gas prices fall
Energy giant BP says it earned nearly $2.6 billion in the second quarter
2023-08-01 17:57
Ukraine-Russia war – live: Putin’s troops ‘feeling fatigue’ on frontline as another drone strike hits Moscow
A skyscraper in Moscow was the target of a drone attack for the second time in two days, as Volodymyr Zelensky warned Vladimir Putin the "war is returning" to Russia. Russia’s defence ministry claimed its anti-aircraft units downed drones headed for Moscow, but one of them ended up hitting the same high-rise building that was struck last Sunday. Mayor Sergei Sobyanin said that while the attack damaged the facade of the skyscraper’s 21st floor, it didn’t cause any injuries. Ukraine almost never publicly claims responsibility for attacks inside Russia or on Russian-controlled territory in Ukraine, but has increasingly highlighted how destroying Russia’s military infrastructure helps Kyiv’s counteroffensive. This comes as a 10-year-old girl and her mother were among at least six people killed after two Russian ballistic missiles struck an apartment complex and a university building in Zelensky’s hometown yesterday. At least 75 people were injured in the attack on Kyryvi Rih, as Zelensky called it an act of Russian “terror”. The head of Zelensky’s office, Andriy Yermak said the “Russian army is barraging Kherson” and targetting residential areas, adding that four people had been killed and 17 injured in the city. Read More Drones, military confusion and cracks in Putin’s authority: Ukraine’s push to sow discord in Russia’s ranks UK sanctions Moscow judges after British-Russian dissident Vladimir Kara-Murza’s appeal rejected Ukraine says Russian missiles hit another apartment building and likely trapped people under rubble
2023-08-01 17:45
US restricts visa-free travel for Hungarian passport holders, citing security concerns
The United States is imposing travel restrictions on citizens of Hungary over concerns that the identities of nearly 1 million foreigners granted Hungarian passports over nine years were not sufficiently verified
2023-08-01 17:29
Wall Street Economists Are Looking at a September Rate Pause
Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell has left the door open to another interest-rate hike, but Wall Street economists
2023-08-01 17:27
Florida man fatally shoots aunt's boyfriend after heated argument over gun safety on July 27
Joel Thomas Ferrer is now facing a charge of second-degree murder in the slaying of David Jackson, 41
2023-08-01 17:27
Chinese Developer Country Garden Slides as Funding Woes Worsen
One of China’s last major developers to have so far avoided defaults amid the nation’s property debt crisis
2023-08-01 17:22
Myanmar junta pardons some Suu Kyi offences, but former leader still faces decades in detention
Myanmar's ruling military junta has pardoned Aung San Suu Kyi on five charges for which she was previously convicted, reducing the lengthy sentences handed down to the deposed, democratically elected leader after generals seized control of the Southeast Asian nation.
2023-08-01 17:22
Who is Glennis Smith? California man arrested for allegedly killing estranged wife by poisoning her food with fentanyl
Glennis Smith was the one to call 911 on January 12 and report that his wife, Jennifer Smith-Floyd, was in an unconscious state
2023-08-01 17:20
US slips into round of 16 of Women's World Cup after scoreless draw with Portugal
Megan Rapinoe’s energy as a second-half substitute could not spark the United States, which slipped through to the round of 16 in the Women's World Cup with an uninspiring 0-0 draw against Portugal on Tuesday
2023-08-01 17:15
Australia's prime minister stands firm against the US on WikiLeaks founder's prosecution
Australian Prime Minister Anthony Albanese said his government is standing firm against the United States over the prosecution of WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange
2023-08-01 16:59
