UNITED NATIONS — World hunger rose in 2021, with around 2.3 billion people facing moderate or severe difficulty obtaining enough to eat — and that was before the Ukraine war, which has sparked increases in the cost of grain, fertilizer and energy, according to a U.N. report released Wednesday. “The […]
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Ahead of G-20 ministers’ meeting, China slams US, NATO
BEIJING — China launched a scathing attack on the U.S. and NATO on Wednesday, days before a meeting between U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken and Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi. Foreign Ministry spokesperson Zhao Lijian’s comments underscore the increasingly fractious relationship, along with China’s increasingly confrontational approach to foreign […]
Pressure mounts on Boris Johnson to resign as key allies step down
LONDON — Momentum is building against the controversial U.K. Prime Minister Boris Johnson and he is in danger of being forced to resign amid accusations that he lied about a ministerial appointment. Johnson has vowed to cling on to power, however, quickly appointing two replacements after the Chancellor of the […]
G-20 meeting may lead to wider divisions over war in Ukraine
WASHINGTON — Foreign ministers from the world’s largest nations are looking to address Russia’s war in Ukraine and its impact on global energy and food security when they meet in Indonesia this week. Yet instead of providing unity, the talks may well exacerbate existing divides over the Ukraine conflict. U.S. […]
Shanghai, Beijing order new round of mass COVID-19 testing
BEIJING — Residents of parts of Shanghai and Beijing have been ordered to undergo further rounds of COVID-19 testing following the discovery of new cases in the two cities, while tight restrictions remain in place in Hong Kong, Macao and other Chinese cities. Shanghai has only just emerged from a […]
OPEC secretary-general is dead, Nigerian officials announce
ABUJA, Nigeria — The Secretary-General of the Organization of Petroleum Exporting Countries has died, Nigerian authorities and the oil cartel announced Wednesday. Only hours before his death, he’d met with Nigeria’s president and spoken in defense of the energy industry amid increasing climate change pressure. Mohammad Barkindo, 63, died late […]
Judges keeping Capitol riot trials in DC amid bias claims
WASHINGTON — For some of the Washington, D.C., residents who reported for jury duty last month, a pro-Trump mob’s assault on the U.S. Capitol felt like a personal attack. Ahead of a trial for a Michigan man charged in the riot, one prospective juror said a police officer injured during […]
What we know about the suspect in July 4 parade mass shooting
The 21-year-old suspect in the mass shooting at a Fourth of July parade in suburban Chicago that left seven dead and more than 30 wounded is an aspiring rapper with an apparent trail of violent social media posts that investigators are combing through. Multiple law enforcement officers detained Robert “Bobby” […]
Kamala Harris hugs local mayor during surprise trip to site of parade mass shooting
Vice President Kamala Harris made a previously unscheduled trip on Tuesday night to Highland Park, Illinois — the site of a deadly mass shooting during a Fourth of July parade the previous day. There, she expressed her grief at what the community had just endured and reiterated the federal government’s […]
2-year-old’s parents killed in Highland Park shooting
The parents of a 2-year-old child were killed in a mass shooting at the Fourth of July parade in Highland Park, Illinois, ABC News has learned. Irina McCarthy, 35, and Kevin McCarthy, 37, were among seven people killed during Monday’s massacre, City Manager Ghida Neukrich told ABC News. They leave […]