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Nearly 1,000 dead from monsoon flooding in Pakistan, toll rising

Authorities order people living near flood-swollen rivers to evacuate, as survivors recall seeing homes swallowed up by water: ‘We escaped with our lives’

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Deaths from floods in Pakistan near 1,000 amid torrential monsoon rains

Flash floods triggered by heavy monsoon rains across much of Pakistan have killed nearly 1,000 people and injured and displaced thousands more since mid-June, officials said Saturday.

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Deaths From flooding in Pakistan Near 1,000: Officials

ISLAMABAD — Flash floods triggered by heavy monsoon rains across much of Pakistan have killed nearly 1,000 people and injured and displaced thousands more since mid-June, officials said Saturday. The new death toll came a day after Prime Minister Shahbaz

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Russia blocks final document approval at UN nuclear treaty conference

Russia late Friday blocked agreement on the final document of a four-week review of the U.N. treaty considered the cornerstone of nuclear disarmament which criticized its military takeover of Europe’s largest nuclear plant soon after Russian troops invaded Ukraine, an

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What FBI’s Trump raid document revealed – and why some parts were blacked out

The FBI’s justification for its raid on the home of former US president Donald Trump has been released. 

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Elton John and Britney Spears Release a New Dance Single

Elton John and Britney Spears have collaborated for the first time, creating the slinky, club-ready single “Hold Me Closer” that sees the pop icons take old sounds and fashion something new. The funky, piano-driven single uses John’s 1971 hit “Tiny

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Arrests and Killings Drive Afghan Troops Once Allied With U.S. Into Hiding

The Taliban appear to have launched a campaign to track down former Afghan forces to prevent them from joining an opposition group, the troops and American veterans trying to help them say.

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‘This will change everything for me’: Americans react to Biden’s plan to forgive up to $20k in student loan debt – CNN

‘This will change everything for me’: Americans react to Biden’s plan to forgive up to $20k in student loan debt  CNN Biden’s student loan forgiveness plan could cost $24 billion a year, White House says  CBS Mornings Students, taxpayers deserve better than

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DeSantis removes elected Broward school board officials after Parkland report – The Washington Post

DeSantis removes elected Broward school board officials after Parkland report  The Washington Post Ron DeSantis suspends 4 Broward County School Board members after a grand jury investigation prompted by Parkland massacre  CNN Florida Gov. DeSantis suspends four Broward School Board members  CBS Miami

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Prosecutor seeks Trump lawyer testimony on voting system breach in Georgia election probe

The prosecutor investigating whether former President Donald Trump and others illegally tried to interfere in the 2020 election in Georgia is seeking information about the alleged involvement of a Trump ally in the breach of voting equipment at a county

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