Top World News

Jul 17, 2026 - World

A minibus carrying 19 passengers plunged into a ravine near San Juan, Peru, killing 14 and injuring five, with six bodies still unrecovered

Jul 17, 2026 - World

AI has become a strategic pillar of China's industrial policy, driven by state investment aimed at building a domestic ecosystem, from chip production to consumer use.

Jul 17, 2026 - World

‘Special conference’ taking place with Burnham to be formally announced as Labour leaderWhen Andy Burnham first tried to return to the Commons, by applying to be Labour’s candidate in the Gorton and Denton byelection, Labour’s national executive committee blocked him – in part because, they argued, Labour might find it hard to hold the Greater Manchester mayoralty in the byelection caused by his resignation.When he next applied to be a candidate, for Makerfield, the NEC no longer felt able to say no because the results for Labour in the May elections were so bad that the case for having Burnham in parliament became overwhelming. Continue reading...

Jul 17, 2026 - World

Virginia’s Mark Warner says speech was ‘just lies and long-debunked conspiracies’ Sign up for US News Breaking emailTrump makes unverified claims of China ‘election meddling’⁠When asked about the unverified comments made by Donald Trump, who on Thursday accused China of interfering in the 2020 presidential election, the Kremlin said Russia has never interfered in US elections, Reuters reports.Kremlin spokesman ⁠Dmitry Peskov said ⁠on ​Friday that Moscow categorically ⁠rejected all ​allegations of past ​election ​meddling.Trump’s remarks were at odds with the conciliatory tone he has struck with Beijing since he travelled to China to meet Xi Jinping in May. The Chinese president has been invited to Washington in September.A 2021 US intelligence community assessment concluded that no foreign actor, including China, attempted to alter any technical aspect of the 2020 voting process. The report said that while Russia had conducted influence operations aimed at denigrating Biden’s campaign, China did not deploy any interference efforts intended to change the outcome of the election. Continue reading...

Jul 17, 2026 - World

Southern rail station also attacked, Iranian media says, as IRGC claims to have destroyed US fighter jets stationed in JordanUS marines board tanker amid blockade of Iranian portsThe IRGC has threatened “more crushing” attacks against neighbouring countries hosting US bases, warning that they will pay a “devastating price” if American forces continue to attack Iran’s civilian infrastructure.In a statement carried by state media, it said:The American enemy and the hosts of its bases in the region should know that crossing red lines and attacking civilians and civilian infrastructure will have a very severe and devastating price to pay. Should the enemy continue on this path, even more crushing responses are on the way.” Continue reading...