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Trump to survey floods as he flaunts ties to deep-red Texas

President Trump is flaunting his bond with deep-red Texas ahead of a Friday trip to the state, where he will assess deadly flooding that took the lives of more than 120 people. Gov. Greg Abbott (R) has heaped praise on the administration this week for the federal response to the disaster, even as the Trump...

Published on: July 10, 2025 | Source: The Hill favicon The Hill

EPA takes on 'chemtrails' conspiracy

{beacon} Energy & Environment Energy & Environment The Big Story EPA defends questioners while debunking conspiracy Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Administrator Lee Zeldin said Thursday that Americans have β€œlegitimate questions” about airplane contrails as his agency launches webpages aimed at combatting misinformation on the topic Getty Contrails, the vapor trails that follow high-flying airplanes,...

Published on: July 10, 2025 | Source: The Hill favicon The Hill

Senators hit funding snag over Trump FBI headquarters move

The Senate Appropriations Committee sputtered Thursday as its consideration of the annual Justice Department funding bill was cut short due to a dispute over the Trump administration’s plans to relocate the FBI’s headquarters in Washington, D.C. The Senate committee met Thursday morning for its first markup of the fiscal 2026 funding season to consider three...

Published on: July 10, 2025 | Source: The Hill favicon The Hill

Nigeria win to book spot in Wafcon quarter-finals

Nigeria net a late winner against Botswana to become the first side to book a place in the quarter-finals at the 2024 Women's Africa Cup of Nations.

Published on: July 10, 2025 | Source: BBC Africa favicon BBC Africa

Man charged with attempting to assassinate Trump wants to represent himself in Florida case

Routh is scheduled to stand trial in September, a year after prosecutors say a Secret Service agent thwarted his attempt to shoot Trump as he played golf.

Published on: July 10, 2025 | Source: PBS NewsHour favicon PBS NewsHour

Bulldogs credit self-belief after posting second straight NRLW win

The Bulldogs make it two wins in a row as they get past Wests Tigers 12-8 at Campbelltown Stadium.

Published on: July 10, 2025 | Source: ABC Australia favicon ABC Australia

Trump's praise of Liberian leader's 'good English' prompts eye rolls and frustration

Liberians reacted with a mix of anger and weary resignation on Thursday after discovering that Donald Trump, the leader of their country's closest bilateral partner, does not appear to know what language they speak.

Published on: July 10, 2025 | Source: CBC News - Canada favicon CBC News - Canada

Venezuela Marches to Demand Release of Children Detained in the U.S.

Thousands rally in Caracas, demanding the immediate return of Venezuelan children separated from their families and held in the United States, and justice for 252 compatriots detained in El Salvador. The march, led by mothers and grandmothers, denounces U.S. immigration policies as crimes against humanity. Related: Four Venezuelan Children Were Taken From Deported Mothers: Cabello […]

Published on: July 10, 2025 | Source: Telesur English favicon Telesur English

Four survivors of Houthi-struck ship rescued after spending 48 hours in Red Sea

Rescuers pull three more crew members and a security guard alive from the Red Sea a day after Iran-backed Houthi rebels sank a Greek-operated cargo ship.

Published on: July 10, 2025 | Source: ABC Australia favicon ABC Australia

Farming family's heartbreaking decision after freak accident

A young West Australian father's organs have been donated after a tragic farming accident left him with a severe brain injury.

Published on: July 10, 2025 | Source: ABC Australia favicon ABC Australia

Live: Aussie dollar hits highest price since November

Australian stocks are expected to rise on Friday too. Follow the day's events and insights as they happenwithour business reporters on the ABC News live markets blog.

Published on: July 10, 2025 | Source: ABC Australia favicon ABC Australia

What came before the damning report into the Queensland CFMEU

Shocking allegations have been made against the Queensland branch of the union this week. But it is no stranger to controversy.

Published on: July 10, 2025 | Source: ABC Australia favicon ABC Australia

Live: New details about Rudd's meeting with Trump revealed

New details about a meeting between Australia's ambassador to the US, Kevin Rudd, and President Donald Trump have been revealed. Follow live.

Published on: July 10, 2025 | Source: ABC Australia favicon ABC Australia

Pentagon strikes investment deal with US critical minerals producer

Unusual agreement follows growing concern in Washington over Chinese dominance of crucial weapons materials

Published on: July 10, 2025 | Source: Financial Times - World favicon Financial Times - World

Mahmoud Khalil files $20m claim against Trump for wrongful detention

The Palestinian student activist has accused the Trump administration of smearing his name and unlawful imprisonment.

Published on: July 10, 2025 | Source: Al Jazeera Middle East favicon Al Jazeera Middle East

IN PHOTOS | The last 2 children in a Ukrainian village scarred by war

Reuters photographer Violeta Santos Moura documents the life of brothers Andrii, 8, and Maksym, 6, who live with their mother in a small village near the frontlines of the war between Russia and Ukraine.

Published on: July 10, 2025 | Source: CBC News - Canada favicon CBC News - Canada

RFK Jr. bans Head Start, health clinic access for people in US illegally

The Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) announced Thursday it was rescinding a nearly 30-year interpretation of legislation that allowed immigrants without legal status to access certain federal public benefits. HHS said it was officially rescinding a 1998 interpretation of the Personal Responsibility and Work Opportunity Reconciliation Act (PRWORA), which allowed immigrants without legal...

Published on: July 10, 2025 | Source: The Hill favicon The Hill

UN migration chief warns tighter borders and foreign aid cuts could risk greater instability

The head of theUnited Nations’migration agency warned Thursday that Western nations risk creating greater instability by simultaneously tightening borders and reducing development aid to countries experiencing mass migration.

Published on: July 10, 2025 | Source: PBS NewsHour favicon PBS NewsHour

'Ice in my veins': Aussie Hijikata roars into Wimbledon doubles final

Australia's Rinky Hijikata and Dutch partner David Pel, who were barely familiar with each other before Wimbledon, advance to the men's doubles final.

Published on: July 10, 2025 | Source: ABC Australia favicon ABC Australia

NT 'is winning the race to the bottom' as Australia cracks down on youth crime

Following the release of coronial findings into the police shooting of Kumanjayi Walker, the head of Australia's national Aboriginal legal service says the NT is "winning the race to the bottom" with its youth justice reforms.

Published on: July 10, 2025 | Source: ABC Australia favicon ABC Australia

One of the 'world's worst weeds' found in Darwin fishpond

Aggressive and invasive, Amazon frogbit is being sold in online stores right across Australia, and has been found in the Northern Territory for the first time.

Published on: July 10, 2025 | Source: ABC Australia favicon ABC Australia

Senate Republican says Comey and Brennan 'are as popular as male pattern baldness'

Sen. John Kennedy (R-La.) on Thursday slammed former FBI Director James Comey and former CIA Director John Brennan for being disliked among Washington’s political elite. β€œI know people who have worked with them closely, and maybe talk to people closely, those people will tell you that they're about as popular as male pattern baldness,” Kennedy...

Published on: July 10, 2025 | Source: The Hill favicon The Hill

Pro-Israel website Canary Mission used to identify students for deportation, says ICE

Pro-Israel website Canary Mission used to identify students for deportation, says ICE Submitted by Syma Mohammed on Thu, 07/10/2025 - 17:46 A senior official testified in court that the 'Tiger Team' compiled a list of pro-Palestinian voices, 'most of whom' came from the doxxing website Demonstrators hold signs outside Columbia University in support of students and faculty targeted by Immigration and Customs Enforcement...

Published on: July 10, 2025 | Source: Middle East Eye favicon Middle East Eye

Children queuing for supplements killed in Israeli strike in Gaza, hospital says

Eight children were among 15 people reportedly killed while queuing outside a clinic in the central town of Deir al-Balah.

Published on: July 10, 2025 | Source: BBC Middle East favicon BBC Middle East

β€˜I’ve hit a nerve’: Francesca Albanese defiant in face of Trump sanctions

β€˜I’ve hit a nerve’: Francesca Albanese defiant in face of Trump sanctions Submitted by Sondos Asem on Thu, 07/10/2025 - 20:31 UN special rapporteur on Palestine reacts to latest sanctions imposed by the US government over her latest report denouncing Israel's 'economy of genocide' " class="video-embed-field-lazy container-element"> Italian human rights scholar and lawyer Francesca Albanese speaks during Middle East...

Published on: July 10, 2025 | Source: Middle East Eye favicon Middle East Eye

Argentina Faces Loss of Over 430,000 Jobs Amid Unchecked Trade Liberalization Policies

Argentina’s aggressive import liberalization under the Milei government threatens more than 430,000 jobs, primarily in manufacturing, as experts warn of severe economic and social consequences without a strategic industrial policy. Related: Argentina Lives Under Planned Misery and Low-Intensity State Terrorism: Cristina Fernandez Argentina’s recent shift toward rapid trade liberalization, spearheaded by President...

Published on: July 10, 2025 | Source: Telesur English favicon Telesur English

Rosenberg: Putin determined to press on despite threat of tougher sanctions

Despite pressure from Donald Trump's White House, Russia remain committed to its war effort in Ukraine.

Published on: July 10, 2025 | Source: BBC Europe favicon BBC Europe

Morning Mail: more Aukus uncertainty, mass fish deaths at NSW lake, Obama’s comic turn

Want to get this in your inbox every weekday? Sign up for the Morning Mail here, and finish your day with our Afternoon Update newsletterMorning everyone. Millions of dollars have already gone out of the door, but Australia still faces potentially years of uncertainty over whether the nuclear submarines promised under Aukus will ever materialise. The online safety chief is doubling down on her insistence that under-16s...

Published on: July 10, 2025 | Source: Guardian Australia favicon Guardian Australia

Stay away, yachties warned, as live-fire war games get underway

A huge marine danger area has been declared on Queensland's Capricorn Coast for the next week as Exercise Talisman Sabre's multinational land, sea and air combat exercises unleash live ammunition.

Published on: July 10, 2025 | Source: ABC Australia favicon ABC Australia

Why the government is unlikely to follow Trump's university funding cuts

Jillian Segal’s plan to combat antisemitism recommends giving herself a role in vetoing funding to universities and their researchers.

Published on: July 10, 2025 | Source: ABC Australia favicon ABC Australia

ICE agents arrest 2 migrants with MS-13 ties in Nebraska

U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) agents on Wednesday arrested two alleged members of the MS-13 gang in Omaha, Neb. Rene Saul Escobar Ochoa, 30, is described by ICE in a news release as "a criminal alien, known MS-13 gang member and foreign terrorist also wanted in El Salvador." β€œEscobar Ochoa is accused of giving orders to fellow gang...

Published on: July 10, 2025 | Source: The Hill favicon The Hill

Israel concludes some Iran enriched uranium survived US strikes: NYT

Israel has concluded that some of Iran's enriched uranium survived the U.S.’s recent strikes on the country, The New York Times reported. A senior Israeli official told the Times that the country found American and Israeli attacks did not destroy a portion of an Iranian underground stockpile of enriched uranium, with Iranian nuclear engineers still...

Published on: July 10, 2025 | Source: The Hill favicon The Hill

UN spokesperson calls US sanctions on Palestinian envoy 'dangerous precedent'

The United Nations is pushing back against the United States after President Trump’s administration on Wednesday imposed sanctions on Francesca Albanese, the U.N. special rapporteur on the occupied Palestinian territories. The spokesperson for U.N. Secretary-General AntΓ³nio Guterres, StΓ©phane Dujarric, said during a Thursday briefing that the Trump administration's move to slap sanctions on Albanese, who...

Published on: July 10, 2025 | Source: The Hill favicon The Hill

'It's just not safe for me': Christine is Deaf and needs a new home

Christine Yerbury has been waiting since October to receive an occupational therapy assessment to allow her to receive a Deaf-appropriate device.

Published on: July 10, 2025 | Source: ABC Australia favicon ABC Australia