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New York Mayor Zohran Mamdani is in talks over whether to try to arrest Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu during an upcoming UN summit, he said in an interview published yesterday — prompting a sharp rebuke from Netanyahu’s camp. “I believe that Prime Minister Netanyahu belongs in The Hague,” Mamdani told The New York Times. “He’s a war criminal who has been charged by the International Criminal Court.”The leftist Mamdani, who has called Israel an “apartheid regime,” added: “That is an opinion that is held by many, purely because of what his actions have wrought over these last many years.” Mamdani admitted he was not sure if he has the power to order the New York Police Department to detain a foreign leader but is discussing the matter with the city’s legal team.“Whatever the law allows me to do in New York City, that’s what we will do,” he said. The UN General Assembly, a major gathering of world leaders, takes place in September at UN headquarters in New York.Mamdani in the past has vowed to send the NYPD to enforce arrest warrants against leaders wanted by the International Criminal Court, including Netanyahu or Russian President Vladimir Putin. The Hague-based ICC said in 2024 that it had reasonable grounds to believe Netanyahu was responsible for alleged war crimes and crimes against humanity related to Israel’s offensive in Gaza.Danny Danon, Israel’s ambassador to the UN, quickly called out Mamdani. “Instead of focusing on his responsibilities as mayor and confronting the rising wave of antisemitism in his city, he has chosen to incite hostility and generate headlines by attacking the State of Israel,” Danon wrote on X.“It will not change a thing. Israeli Prime Minister @netanyahu will come to New York, address the UN General Assembly with pride, and stand before the world to state Israel’s truth and its unwavering right to defend its citizens,” Israel’s ambassador to the UN said.“And if anyone should be arrested, it is @NYCMayor Zohran Mamdani.”Netanyahu has accused Mamdani of supporting Hamas, saying on a recent New York radio show: “I think, secretly, he hates America.” Source link
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Smoke from Canadian wildfires lingers over Washington, D.C., U.S., July 18, 2026. REUTERS/Annabelle Gordon The Canadian military was preparing yesterday to evacuate a remote community of 600 people threatened by forest wildfires that have spread, choking smoke across a broad swath of the US.Federal Emergencies Minister Eleanor Olszewski said late on Friday that the armed forces would use aircraft to evacuate the inhabitants of Fort Hope in sparsely populated northwestern Ontario, where some of the most intense fires are burning. The region has few roads and relies heavily on air travel. Thousands of people have already been evacuated from affected areas to cities farther south in Ontario.Major forest fires have become a regular annual occurrence in Canada, home to some of the world’s largest forest landscapes. Climate experts say rising temperatures have led to drier timber and increased fire risk. The federal natural resources ministry on yesterday said 69 new fires had been reported overnight in Canada, bringing the number to 955. The total area burned so far is almost 28,500 square km, well below the five-year average. But winds have carried the smoke south of the border, prompting authorities to issue air quality alerts and health warnings in parts of the US.As of yesterday’s morning, the US Environmental Protection Agency’s AirNow site rated the air quality as “unhealthy” in an area including southern Ontario, eastern areas of Ohio and West Virginia, most of Pennsylvania and New Jersey, much of Virginia and all of Maryland, Delaware and Washington, DC. Parts of western Pennsylvania, including Pittsburgh, were rated “very unhealthy”. AirNow predicted that the air quality in those areas would improve over the course of the day.Smoke from the Canadian fires will have only a minimal impact on Sunday’s soccer World Cup final at New York New Jersey Stadium, forecaster AccuWeather said on Friday. President Donald Trump on Friday blamed what he called incompetent Canadian forest management for the smoke and said he would add the “incalculable cost” of dealing with the pollution to existing tariffs on Canadian goods.After Trump’s comments, Olszewski said Canada has invested C$12bn ($8.56bn) in forestsustainability and fire prevention since the year 2020 as the country continues to confront increasingly drier and warmer weather conditions. Source link
Kuwaiti Prime Minister Sheikh Ahmad Abdullah al-Ahmad al-Sabah visits an injured person receiving treatment at a hospital following the Iranian attack according to authorities in Kuwait…
Italian authorities have declared the highest-level red alert in 14 cities as a heatwave continues to sweep across large parts of Europe. The Italian Ministry of Health warned, in a statement, of the adverse effects of extreme temperatures, particularly on the elderly and children. On Sunday, red alerts were issued in 16 provincial capitals as the prolonged heatwave continued to affect the country. Italy’s Ministry of Health operates a three-tier heat alert system. The first level (yellow) indicates pre-alert conditions, the second level (orange) warns of potential health risks from high temperatures, particularly for vulnerable groups, while the third level (red) signifies that temperatures pose a health risk to the entire population. Related Story Source link
India's first privately built orbital rocket took its maiden flight on Saturday, its company said, marking a significant step for the South Asian giant as it eyes a bigger slice of the global space economy. The Vikram-1 rocket, built by Skyroot Aerospace and designed to carry small satellites into low-Earth orbit, took off from the Satish Dhawan Space Centre in Sriharikota amid loud cheers. ‘Hello space, we have arrived!’ Skyroot Aerospace said in a post on X. ‘Vikram-1's Test Flight-1 has completed its mission. The first ever Indian private sector launch has been successfully completed.’Vikram-1 is about as tall as a seven-storey building and capable of carrying payloads weighing up to 350 kilograms (771 pounds).Pawan Goenka, chairman of the government's Indian National Space Promotion and Authorisation Centre, said the achievement went ‘way beyond expectation for the very first orbital launch ever taken by an Indian private company’. Prime Minister Narendra Modi hailed the endeavour as ‘a defining moment in India's space journey’. ‘The growing participation of our private sector is opening new frontiers and accelerating innovation,’ Modi said. ‘This achievement will encourage countless youngsters to dream bigger and innovate fearlessly.’ The rocket is carrying a diverse range of payloads, including a lab-grown diamond and robotic arms capable of removing space debris. A miniature 18-karat gold rocket that has mini sculptures of Indian physicists Vikram Sarabhai, CV Raman and former Indian president and noted aerospace engineer APJ Abdul Kalam is also aboard the vehicle. India's space ambitions, built on decades of investment by the Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO), have gathered pace in recent years. The country's space economy — valued at around $8.4 billion — has rapidly expanded since the sector opened up to private players in 2020, and is now home to more than 400 space startups. – 'New heights' – ‘India's space ambitions soar to new heights!’ Foreign Minister S. Jaishankar said after the successful launch. In August 2023, India became only the fourth country to successfully land an unmanned spacecraft on the Moon, after Russia, the United States and China. Former ISRO chairman K. Sivan hailed the work done by space startups, adding that the country was witnessing the ‘fruits of the seeds sown’ when it opened up the sector to private players. ‘With Skyroot especially, the rocket is one of the most challenging and complex technologies in the space system… It is going to motivate many people,’ he told AFP. Sivan added that ‘there is no doubt’ the launch will have a global impact. ‘If an Indian startup can make one of the most challenging things in the space industry, then it gives a huge boost to India's reputation globally.’ Source link
New Delhi police forcibly moved activist Sonam Wangchuk to a hospital on Saturday over health concerns after a 20-day hunger strike in protest against India’s examination system.Wangchuk, 59, has been fasting since June 28 to demand the resignation of Education Minister Dharmendra Pradhan over alleged irregularities in examinations to study medicine. A few hundred students have also joined Wangchuk around his stage at New Delhi’s Jantar Mantar protest site in recent weeks, with other protests also organised by the satirical Cockroach Janta Party (CJP) online movement. “As per the orders of… high court and on expert medical advice due to deteriorating health condition of Sonam Wangchuk, he has been shifted to the hospital for essential medical care,” a deputy commissioner of Delhi police said in a statement. “While complying with the orders… the protestors tried to create obstruction, in which slight commotion ensued,” the statement said. A video from Jantar Mantar showed confusion among a few Wangchuk supporters as police, carrying white sheets, hurriedly moved Wangchuk from the stage. Wangchuk’s wife, Gitanjali J Angmo, said in a post on X that she was with her husband at the Delhi hospital. “Nothing should be administered to him orally or intravenously without consent from me, his family, and his doctors who have been monitoring his health for the past 20 days,” she said. CJP founder Abhijeet Dipke said after Wangchuk was moved the hospital that he would now start “an indefinite hunger strike”. “The government has made a serious mistake,” Dipke said at the Jantar Mantar site. A New Delhi court ordered government doctors on Thursday to monitor Wangchuk’s health daily.The “life of any citizen is precious”, it said after a petition filed by activist lawyer Rakesh Kumar Saini expressed concern for Wangchuk.”Whatever medical intervention is needed to save Sonam Wangchuk’s life should be done,” the Delhi High Court ordered on Thursday.An engineer by training, Wangchuk is best known for pioneering water conservation projects in the Himalayas.A few hours before he was picked up by the police, Wangchuk said: “Smaller movements have brought down many governments in India… and here it is about education.”Some 2.2 million aspiring medical students sat for a re-examination under tight security last month after the previous test was scrapped following a paper leak that triggered widespread outrage.The failure of the hugely competitive exam, along with a separate marking fiasco in high school tests, sparked an outcry and fuelled youth protests. Several members of opposition parties have supported Wangchuk and the student activists, while other protests on different issues are being planned at Jantar Mantar to coincide with the start of the monsoon session of India’s parliament on Monday. Former opposition lawmaker Priyanka Chaturvedi said the CJP should not make Wangchuk a “sacrificial lamb for their political ambitions”.”… we need you to live to fight another day,” she said on X Related Story Source link
Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi launched the country’s first hydrogen-powered train yesterday, making it one of a handful of nations to use the zero-emission, clean fuel technology. India joins a select group of countries, including Germany, Japan, China and the US, with such trains. They produce only heat and water vapour as by-products, a cleaner alternative to traditional diesel locomotives. The 10-coach train set, which has a capacity of 2,600 passengers, will run twice a day between the cities of Jind and Sonipat in the northern state of Haryana, bordering the national capital of Delhi. After flagging the hydrogen train on its 90-km (55-mile) route, Modi said India would continue to find ways to improve efficiency, reduce costs and expand the network. “The project combines advanced propulsion technology with dedicated hydrogen storage, refuelling and operational infrastructure,” a government statement said on Thursday. The train set, designed, engineered and built in India, is expected to operate at a maximum speed of 75km (47 miles) per hour, powered by a 1,200-kilowatt hydrogen fuel cell propulsion system. India has electrified nearly all of its 70,000-km (43,500-mile) broad-gauge network, one of the world’s largest, in an effort to achieve net zero carbon emissions in its railways by 2030. Related Story Source link
A drone view shows construction personnel working on a multi-home residential project in California. US single-family home-building fell for a third straight month in June while…
This aerial photograph shows a general view of The Rike Park Theatre and Exhibition Hall (centre) in front of The Presidential Palace in the Georgian capital…
