President Trump says a statutory ban on tourism to Cuba will be enforced more strictly.
Month: July 2025
Danish women to face conscription by lottery
The 18 year olds will join males in a lottery that could require them undergo a period of service.
US Senate Republicans struggle to push Trump’s budget bill over finish line
As it stands, Republicans in the Senate are yet to convince key holdouts to support Trump’s One Big Beautiful Bill Act.
Three killed in Ukrainian drone attack on central Russia
The attack on a factory in the city of Izhevsk was more than 1,000km (620 miles) from the border.
Father jumps off Disney cruise ship to save daughter who fell overboard
Crew members were able to quickly rescue the pair, who were on the last day of a Disney cruise to the Bahamas.
Thai prime minister suspended over leaked phone call
Paetongtarn Shinawatra has been suspended as the constitutional court considers a petition for her removal.
US-Israeli backed Gaza aid group must be shut down, say 130 charities
The call from some of the world’s top aid organisations and charities comes after reports of soldiers killing hundreds of of Palestinians at aid sites.
US Senate holds marathon vote on Trump’s ‘big beautiful bill’
Senators are debating a nearly 1,000-page bill that is pivotal to President Donald Trump’s domestic agenda.
Two dead in Italy as heatwave scorches much of Europe
A number of European regions recorded their highest temperatures on the final day of June.
Trump global aid cuts risk 14 million deaths in five years, report says
The figure from the Lancet, a leading medical journal, includes 700,000 child deaths globally a year.