America’s highest civilian honour is awarded to those with “exceptionally meritorious contributions” to society.
Category: World
How the death of a delivery driver ignited Indonesia
Protests over corruption and inequality have spiralled into violence, arson and deaths.
Body seen in secret mortuary could solve 50-year mystery of vanished religious leader
Compelling evidence to suggest Lebanese Shia leader Musa al-Sadr was killed in Libya is uncovered by BBC.
CEO who snatched boy’s hat at US Open says he made ‘huge mistake’
Piotr Szczerek was “convinced” tennis star Kamil Majchrzak was passing him the hat, he says while apologising for the viral incident.
US suspends most visas for Palestinian passport-holders, reports say
The new restriction comes after a group of Palestinian officials were refused visas for a key UN meeting in New York.
Israel committing genocide in Gaza, world’s leading experts say
The world’s leading association of genocide scholars cited several actions by Israel, including attacks on the healthcare sector and the killing of children.
North Korea’s Kim leaves for China in armoured train
The train is said to have a restaurant onboard serving French wines and dishes like fresh lobster.
‘Covered in dust and too shocked to speak’: Afghan villagers reel at scale of quake’s devastation
Cut off by rock falls in the mountains, locals who survived the tremors help pull injured and dead from the rubble.
More than 800 killed after strong quake hits Afghanistan
There are fears the death toll will rise significantly as the area is remote and mountainous, making rescue operations difficult.
Afghanistan earthquake: What we know – and what we don’t
Hundreds of people are thought to have died in the quake, which struck in a mountainous eastern region.