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Search and rescue operations in Texas were hampered by rain forecasts for the second day in a row after the devastating July 4 floods killed at least 131 people. Most rescue crews were held off or ordered to stop amid worries of more heavy rain and the possibility of more flooding. Meanwhile, authorities lowered the tally of people unaccounted for to 101, with 97 still missing in Kerrville and four more in neighboring counties. Officials have begun draining nearby reservoirs in a bid to locate submerged vehicles and victims. No one rescued alive since July 4 The floods, which swept…

Kosovo Liberation Army (KLA) member Pjeter Shala saw his conviction upheld but the sentence reduced from 18 to 13 years, the Kosovo Specialist Chambers tribunal in The Hague said on Monday. The tribunal, staffed by international judges and lawyers, was set up in 2015 to handle cases under Kosovo law against fighters of the KLA. The court said Shala’s original sentencing was “out of reasonable proportion to comparable cases.” Shala was convicted in 2024 of war crimes during the during the 1998-99 Kosovo uprising against Serbian troops. He was found guilty of torture, murder and arbitrary detention, which he committed…

The NATO summit at the end of June left Donald Trump happy. The US president hailed the “tremendous” agreement by the military alliance’s 32 members to ramp up defense spending to 5% of gross domestic product (GDP) by 2035. Trump had pressured fellow NATO members to do so for years. However, he reserved his customary ire for one member: Spain. After vocal opposition from the country’s prime minister, Pedro Sanchez, Spain’s government found a way out of the 5% commitment by claiming that it could meet its defense obligations by spending much less.NATO leaders agree to raise defense spendingTo view this video please enable…

“Because of the fact that Rosie O’Donnell is not in the best interests of our Great Country, I am giving serious consideration to taking away her Citizenship,” Trump wrote on his Truth Social platform on Saturday. “She is a Threat to Humanity, and should remain in the wonderful Country of Ireland, if they want her.” Is revoking the citizenship of the actor, who was born in the US, something President Trump could legally do? Following the post over the weekend, experts were quick to point out that the threat is unconstitutional, citing the 14th Amendment to the US Constitution, ratified in 1868, which established that “all persons…

“The golden era of global club football has started,” said FIFA President Gianni Infantino at Trump Tower in New York on Saturday. “We can say definitely this FIFA Club World Cup has been a huge, huge, huge success.” It’s the kind of hyperbole favored by the owner of Trump Tower, where FIFA have recently rented an office. Donald Trump and Infantino have grown ever closer this year, ostensibly because of this revamped and expanded tournament and next year’s World Cup, to be hosted in the USA, Canada and Mexico — an event many feel will be used by Trump to further push his message.…

At least 37 people have been killed in southern Syria amid clashes between members of Bedouin Sunni tribes and the Druze community, a war monitor said Sunday. The Syrian Observatory for Human Rights (SOHR) said the people had died in the fighting in the predominantly Druze city of Sweida. Twenty-seven of the dead were Druze, including two children, and 10 of them were Bedouin, SOHR reported, adding that about 50 people have been wounded. The fighting marks the first wave of deadly violence in the area since clashes between the Druze community and Syrian security forces broke out in late April and…

Gisele Pelicot, the French woman whose courage in publicly testifying about the decade-long sexual abuse she endured made her a symbol of women’s rights in France, has received the country’s highest civilian honor. Pelicot was named a knight of the Legion of Honor in a list published Sunday, ahead of France’s Bastille Day celebrations. She joins 588 others on this year’s list. Case that shocked France Pelicot gained international recognition after she testified against her ex-husband, Dominique Pelicot, who had drugged and raped her and invited strangers to assault her for more than a decade. Dominique Pelicot was convicted last year of aggravated rape and sentenced…

The United States is set to impose a 30% tariff on all goods from the European Union from August 1, US President Donald Trump said on his Truth Social platform Saturday. The EU had been prepared for such a move, which comes a day after Trump told Canada’s Prime Minister Mark Carney that he would impose a 35% tariffs on Canadian imports. The 27-member bloc and the US failed to reach an agreement to strike a comprehensive trade deal, including zero-for-zero tariffs on industrial goods.  In addition to the tariffs on EU goods, Trump posted another letter to his platform, declaring a 30% tariff rate on goods…

When the first electric guitar riffs reverberate from the speakers in Birmingham’s Villa Park on July 5, 2025, it will be more than just a concert — it will be history in the making. Heavy metal pioneers Black Sabbath return to the stage in their original lineup for one last time. At the center of it all is a man whose life has long since become legend: Ozzy Osbourne. In a way, it’s a bit like a fairy tale with a happy ending: A heavy metal hero scarred by life returns to where it all began — and bids farewell to the…

Sumrin Kalia, a Pakistani woman living abroad, married at 18 and had four children by the time she was 25. She experienced no sign, no overt symptoms of menopause until she did, suddenly and early, at the age of 37. “I began experiencing excessive bleeding. I went to a doctor, who told me I might be perimenopausal,” Kalia, who is now in her mid-40s, told DW. The World Health Organization puts the global average age for menopause at between 45 and 55 years. “No one explained it to me. It was very sudden. I started bleeding heavily and more frequently than…