EU Leaders Agree To Provide ‘Security Commitments’ To Ukraine but have yet to define what they are
[EuroNews] European Union leaders decided in the early hours of Friday morning to put their pledge to support Ukraine for “as long as it takes”…
June 2023
US Top Court Bans Colleges From Considering Race In Admissions
The United States Supreme Court has ruled that colleges must stop considering race as a factor in their admission policies, dealing a setback to so-called “affirmative action”…
France Shooting: Policeman Charged Over Teen’s Traffic Stop Death
[BBC] A French policeman has been charged with homicide and is now in custody over the killing of a teenager during a traffic stop near…
BVI Governor Calls For Police Investigations In Latest Quarterly Review
[The Virgin Islands Consortium] The BVI’s quest towards reforming its system of governance to protect its residents from corruption, waste and mismanagement in the public…
Anger In Paris After Police Kill Teen In Traffic Stop
[BBC] Protests and unrest erupted in the Paris region overnight after police shot dead a 17-year-old who failed to stop when ordered to by traffic…
South Koreans Become Younger Under New Age-Counting Law
[BBC] South Koreans have become a year or two younger as a new law aligns the nation’s two traditional age-counting methods with international standards. The…
Titan Submersible Implodes; All Five Onboard Believed Dead
[Al Jazeera] A catastrophic implosion is blamed for the deaths of all five people onboard a deep-sea submersible travelling to the wreckage of the Titanic at the…
China Restaurant Gas Explosion Kills 31
[BBC] Nine people have been detained over an explosion at a barbecue restaurant in north-west China which has killed at least 31 people. A gas…
Tropical Storm Bret Churns Toward The Eastern Caribbean
Tropical Storm Bret is forecasted to move across the Lesser Antilles later this evening and tonight, June 22, as a strong tropical storm. The latest…
Titan Sub: Sounds Detected In Search
[BBC] News that noises have been picked up in the hunt for a missing submersible has offered a glimmer of hope that the five men…