Week in Pictures: From Trump-Putin meeting to flash floods in Pakistan
A global roundup of some of last week’s events.
Erin downgraded to Category 3 hurricane, NHC says
Erin is the fifth named storm of the Atlantic hurricane season, which runs from June 1 to November 30.
Israel bombs Gaza City as part of takeover plan
Israeli strikes have hit a home in Gaza City’s Zeitoun neighbourhood, where shrapnel from another attack wounded a child
Palestinians flee IDF attacks on Gaza City as Israelis protest occupation plan
Israeli bombardment has created a “catastrophic” situation in the city’s Zeitoun neighbourhood, the city’s Hamas-run authority says.
Russia complicating end to war, says Zelensky ahead of Trump meeting
The US president will meet his Ukrainian counterpart in Washington on Monday in the wake of his Alaska summit with Vladimir Putin on Friday.
Serbia ruling party offices set on fire in protests
Russia throws support behind the beleaguered president, saying it won’t “remain unresponsive” to unrest.
Protesters target Serbian ruling party offices in fifth night of demonstrations
Offices belonging to President Aleksander Vučić’s political party were vandalised during the fifth consecutive night of unrest.
Trump is deploying troops to cities in blue states, ignoring more dangerous red state cities. Why?
The top 10 most dangerous cities in the United States today, in terms of overall crime rate, are, in reverse order: 10. Houston, TX 9. Birmingham, AL
US may purchase stake in Intel after Trump attacked CEO
Tweety McTreason has been meddling with Intel, which now apparently includes mulling “the possibility of the US government taking a financial stake in the troubled
NASA’s acting chief calls for the end of Earth science at the space agency
Sean Duffy, the acting administrator of NASA for a little more than a month, has vowed to make the United States great in space. With
Zelenskyy knows he risks another Oval Office ambush – but has to be a willing participant in peace talks
There will be no red carpet or fly past, no round of applause when Volodymyr Zelenskyy arrives in Washington DC on Monday.
Putin ‘demands key regions of Ukraine in exchange for peace’
Vladimir Putin made demands to take control of key regions of Ukraine during his talks with Tweety McTreason, it has been widely reported, as a
Luis Diaz scores for Bayern Munich to win German Supercup on debut
Colombian winger scores on his competitive debut for Bayern Munich in a victory over Stuttgart in the German Supercup.
Russia-Ukraine war: List of key events, day 1,270
Here are the key events on day 1,270 of Russia’s war on Ukraine.