Venezuela is demanding the release of frozen state assets to fund earthquake recovery as the UN launches a €259 million emergency appeal. The disaster has killed at least 87 people and left 12,000 homeless.
Greenlanders gathering for a traditional kayaking championship in Nuuk on Wednesday made their feelings clear about Trump’s renewed push for U.S. control of the Arctic island. Residents said the island’s future is theirs alone to decide — not Washington’s.
Paris prosecutors have opened an investigation into racist comments made by a Paraguayan lawmaker targeting Kylian Mbappe, adding a charged political dimension to France’s Euro 2024 campaign. Experts warn the off-pitch controversy risks overshadowing one of the tournament’s most compelling football stories.
Taylor Swift and Travis Kelce got married Saturday in Manhattan, and the celebrity guest reactions range from tearful tributes to brutal hangover confessions. Here’s what everyone is saying.
The Tour de France will push ahead with an “adapted” stage 3 Monday after wildfires burned nearly 1,500 hectares near the Pyrenees. The fires are part of a wider crisis scorching southern Europe amid record heat.
Alexandra Eala pulled off one of Wimbledon’s biggest upsets, defeating world No. 1 Iga Swiatek 6-4, 7-5 in a performance that left Centre Court speechless. The 19-year-old Filipino dedicated her historic win to “all the girls with ruffled socks and chubby cheeks.”
The WMO warned Friday that strengthening El Niño conditions are dramatically raising the risk of extreme weather events worldwide. Scientists give a 90% probability the event will intensify through early 2024.
Europe’s window to build a credible military deterrent may be closing faster than its leaders acknowledge. Security analysts warn that a narrow timeline — potentially expiring by 2028 — demands urgent action on defense spending and political will.
Nearly 200 families are sleeping inside a baseball stadium on Venezuela’s central coast after the June 24 earthquakes destroyed or damaged more than 1,100 homes. The Playa Grande shelter has become a symbol of the slow-moving crisis still gripping the country’s coastal communities.
Thousands marched across South Africa on Tuesday demanding the removal of undocumented migrants, but the day organizers had billed as a deadline passed with far less violence than feared. Around 47 arrests were made nationally as police kept a heavy presence in Johannesburg, Cape Town, and Pretoria.
