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”…
International News
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…
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…
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…
Boats Off Spain’s Coast Are Seeing More Killer Whales Touch, Push And Even Turn Vessels
[USA Today] Orcas may be teaching fellow killer whales to ambush boats, with some incidents that have resulted in sinking, according to various recent headlines….
Boris Johnson Misled UK Parliament Over Lockdown Parties: Report
[Al Jazeera] Boris Johnson, the United Kingdom’s former prime minister who was in power during the pandemic, deliberately misled parliament over lockdown-breaking parties in Downing…
Greece Boat Disaster Leaves At Least 78 Dead And Hundreds Missing
[BBC] At least 78 people have died and more than 100 have been rescued after their fishing boat sank off southern Greece. But survivors have…