Trump administration urges Supreme Court to allow order targeting mail-in voting

A mail-in ballot, during the Pennsylvania primary election in May. Photo: Reuters

The Trump administration asked the Supreme Court on Monday to clear the way for an executive order from US President Donald Trump that could dramatically change mail-in voting ahead of November’s midterm elections.

The Justice Department asked the justices to halt for now lower court decisions blocking the sweeping changes in nearly half the country.

The request comes soon after Trump delivered an address elevating his years-long push to raise doubts about the legitimacy of elections and


Police say there were at least 3 shooters at Seattle food festival, 1 among the dead

Police now say there were at least three suspects involved in a shoot-out at a crowded food festival near Seattle’s Space Needle over the weekend. One of them was among those killed in the violence.

In a document filed in juvenile court in Seattle, where a 15-year-old arrested in the case did not appear for a scheduled initial appearance on Monday, police said they believe there were at least three shooters, rather than two: the 15-year-old; an acquaintance who


Judge rules singer D4vd must stand trial in killing of 14-year-old Celeste Rivas Hernandez

A judge ruled on Monday that there is enough evidence to put singer D4vd on trial in the killing and dismemberment of 14-year-old Celeste Rivas Hernandez after, authorities said, she had threatened to expose their relationship and end his career.

Los Angeles Judge Charlaine Olmedo decided the evidence prosecutors presented at a preliminary hearing that spanned five days provided probable cause for a trial on charges of murder, continuous sexual abuse of a child under the age of 14 and unlawful mutilation of human remains.

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A tale of two markets: Wall Street cheers record highs while Beijing deflates bubbles

When the S&P 500, Nasdaq and Dow Jones Industrial Average hit record highs in early July, US President Donald Trump hailed it as evidence of America’s economic revival.

“This is WINNING. The Golden Age of America is beginning – and we are just getting started,” he wrote in a social media post on July 4, the 250th anniversary of the signing of the US Declaration of Independence.

Though it was only the latest in a long series of boasts about the stock


Savannah Guthrie makes an emotional plea to her mother’s kidnappers

US TV show host Savannah Guthrie has said in a new video that her family is living an unending nightmare nearly six months after her mother’s disappearance and pleads with her kidnappers: “Tell us where to look for her.”

The video, released on Monday, is the latest public plea from the Today presenter about 84-year-old Nancy Guthrie since her disappearance on February 1 from her home just outside Tucson, Arizona. Savannah Guthrie said her family will never stop looking for her.

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US television host Savannah Guthrie addresses her mother’s alleged kidnappers in a screen grab from a video released on Monday. Photo: @savannahguthrie via Instagram / via Reuters

With rapid Ebola aid, China shows itself a reliable partner of Africa

A healthcare worker takes samples from a patient suffering from Ebola in Bunia, Ituri, in the Democratic Republic of Congo on June 23. Photo: AFP

Göktuğ Çalışkan is a PhD researcher at the International University of Rabat (UIR) in Morocco.

When Jean Kaseya, director general of the Africa Centres for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), met Jiang Feng, head of China’s mission to the African Union, in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, in mid-July, the message was practical. They signed a handover certificate that brought Beijing’s

France and Spain race to curb wildfires before new heatwave arrives

Firefighters sought on Monday to take advantage of more favourable weather to subdue massive wildfires threatening the French city and tourist region of Bordeaux and a number of sites in neighbouring Spain.

They were racing against the clock as another heatwave is expected to hit both countries later this week in what has been a blisteringly hot and dry summer across western Europe.

Authorities have evacuated about 220,000 people, including holidaymakers and ‌local residents, in France, while further south in Spain around 100,00


US congressional group plans annual visits to China after trade trip

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A congressional advisory panel focused on China has returned from a trip to Beijing, Shanghai and Hangzhou with commissioners pledging to make the visits an annual event to strengthen engagement and inform their work on US-China relations .

The US-China Economic and Security Review Commission (USCC), an independent advisory body established in 2000, provides annual reports and recommendations


Tate brothers to stay in US jail for 2 more weeks amid UK extradition fight

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Andrew and Tristan Tate are accused in the UK of rape and sex trafficking. The influencers have been in prison in Miami since July 18

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Andrew Tate, left, and his brother Tristan Tate appear in court in Bucharest, Romania, in 2024. Photo: AFP

Social media influencers Andrew and Tristan Tate will remain in prison for at least two more weeks until their next hearing as they fight extradition to the United Kingdom, where


Armed police officers to be deployed for UK’s biggest Pride festival

Armed officers will be deployed for the UK’s largest Pride festival, police said following the attack on Berlin’s Pride event.

Defence Secretary Wes Streeting condemned the “absolutely horrific” van and stabbing attack in the German capital that left one person dead and injured at least 29 others.

The suspect – named as Abdul B and said to have links to Islamic State – was shot dead by police on Sunday after being on the run for nearly 24 hours.

He was suspected of slamming a van into people