Category: International

An Italian court has directed journalist Giulia Cortese to compensate Italian Prime Minister, Giorgia Meloni €5000 ($5,400) for an insulting message about her height on a social media platform. This incident, deemed body-shaming by the court, occurred in October 2021. ”Aside from the damages, Cortese was also ordered to pay €1,200 ($1,300) in suspended fine for the said remark she posted on Twitter, now known as X. Cortese responded to the verdict on X, stating that “Italy’s government has a serious problem with freedom of expression and journalistic dissent. ”…

WASHINGTON: In a meeting with Joe Biden on Saturday, US Senate Democratic leader Chuck Schumer told the president that it would be better for the country and the Democratic Party if he ended his re-election campaign, ABC News reported on Wednesday. US House Democratic leader Hakeem Jeffries has expressed similar views directly to Biden, the news agency reported, citing a source familiar with the conversation. In a statement, Schumer’s office called the report “idle speculation” and said Schumer “conveyed the views of his caucus directly to President Biden on Saturday.” Jeffries’ office…

MUSCAT: Four people including two Pakistanis were killed while several others sustained injuries in a shooting attack near a mosque in Oman’s capital of Muscat.  “The Royal Oman Police have responded to a shooting incident that occurred in the vicinity of a mosque in the Al-Wadi Al-Kabir area,” police said in a statement. According to the police, all security measures have been taken to deal with the situation while procedures are underway for collecting evidence and probing the attack. Pakistan’s Ambassador to Oman Imran Chaudhry, in a statement, said the Omani…

WASHINGTON: President Joe Biden sought to calm a divided nation after his rival Donald Trump survived an assassination bid, saying in a rare Oval Office address Sunday it was time to lower the temperature of America’s hostile politics. “You know, the political record in this country has gotten very heated. It’s time to cool it down,” Biden said in the televised speech, just the third he has given from behind the historic Resolute Desk during his presidency. As the country reeled from images of a bloodied Trump waving his fist…

WASHINGTON: In a major development, US President Joe Biden defiantly insisted Thursday that he will run for another term and win, as a series of verbal gaffes while leading a major summit threw a harsh new spotlight on his fitness. The 81-year-old president sought to show himself in command as he led the NATO summit in Washington two weeks after a disastrous debate performance raised fears among Democrats that he may lose to Donald Trump. But Biden mistakenly introduced Ukraine’s President Volodymyr Zelensky as his Russian foe Vladimir Putin before…

WASHINGTON: In a major development, US President Joe Biden was left reeling Wednesday when actor and leading Democratic supporter George Clooney urged him to drop his reelection bid, while party heavyweight Nancy Pelosi declined to back his candidacy. As the 81-year-old tried to show his leadership credentials at a NATO summit in Washington, domestic pressure mounted on Biden to quit following his disastrous debate performance against Republican challenger Donald Trump. Biden has been trying to stem a growing tide of Democrats saying that he cannot win in November, but Clooney’s…

PARIS: Last month was the hottest June on record across the globe, the EU’s climate monitor said on Monday, capping half a year of wild and destructive weather from floods to heatwaves. Every month since June 2023 has eclipsed its own temperature record in a 13-month streak of unprecedented global heat, the Copernicus Climate Change Service (C3S) said. “This is more than a statistical oddity and it highlights a large and continuing shift in our climate,” said the service director, Carlo Buontempo.

seriously.,” says Houston mayor By AFP July 09, 2024 HOUSTON: Hurricane Beryl made landfall Monday in the southern US state of Texas, killing at least two people and causing millions to lose power amid dangerous winds and flooding, as some coastal areas remained under evacuation orders. The US National Hurricane Center (NHC) said Beryl hit the town of Matagorda as a Category 1 hurricane, and has since been downgraded to a tropical storm in the hours following impact. Farther inland, rain and wind lashed Houston, home to 2.3 million people, as…