King Charles has written privately to Donald Trump after the former US president survived an assassination attempt, Buckingham Palace says. It is understood the British monarch’s message was in keeping with UK Prime Minister Keir Starmer’s conversation with Trump, in which he condemned the violence. The King also expressed his condolences for the victims and … Read more
BANJUL, Gambia — Lawmakers in the West African nation of Gambia on Monday rejected a bill that would have overturned a ban on female genital cutting. The attempt to become the first country in the world to reverse such a ban had been closely followed by activists abroad. The vote followed months of heated debate … Read more
It’s hard to overstate the sense of shock as Secret Service agents huddled and led a bloodied Donald Trump from that Pennsylvania stage. Bullets have turned American history before. John F. Kennedy’s assassination sixty-one years ago is just the most prominent on a lengthy list of US politicians and public figures threatened and sometimes killed … Read more
BUENOS AIRES, Argentina — Argentines taking to the streets to revel in their Copa América triumph late Sunday inhabit a very different place now than they did 19 months ago, when their World Cup win sent millions surging into the same Buenos Aires square in a howl of collective celebration. “Glorious,” Diego Cáceres, 38, recalled … Read more
LONDON — Kate, the Princess of Wales, handed Carlos Alcaraz the champion’s trophy after the Wimbledon men’s final at the All England Club on Sunday in only her second public appearance since announcing she was diagnosed with cancer. Kate, wife of heir to the throne Prince William, was greeted by a standing ovation when she … Read more
Weekend Sunrise has updates live. Watch now on 7Plus. Presidential candidate Donald Trump is safe, the US Secret Service says, after multiple shots were fired at the Republican’s campaign rally in Pennsylvania. Trump appeared to have injured, with video footage showed him grimacing and raising his hand to his right ear as shots rang out … Read more
US President Joe Biden has spoken about the assassination attempt on former president Donald Trump, saying that America needed to ‘cool down’ the political temperature. Delivering his third national address from the Oval Office, Biden said Trump was doing well and that he and his family were in his prayers. “We also extend our deepest … Read more
This November, Thomas Matthew Crooks was set to reach a political milestone: The first presidential election he was old enough to vote in. A 20-year-old living in a crucial swing state, Crooks had already shown potential signs of an interest in politics, making a small political donation as a teenager and registering to vote just … Read more
LONDON — King Charles III is preparing to visit Australia and Samoa in October, an itinerary that will span 12 time zones and test the monarch’s stamina as he recovers from cancer treatment. The trip, announced on Sunday by Buckingham Palace, marks a watershed moment for the 75-year-old king, who has been slowly returning to … Read more
Two people, including the gunman, are reportedly dead, and two others are critically injured, in a shooting at a Trump rally in Pennsylvania. The former president was at his last rally before the Republican National Convention opens Monday when apparent gunshots were heard, before the presumptive Republican nominee reached for his right ear and ducked … Read more
