World News - The Morning Sun

A top Chinese university fires a professor after a student accused him of sexual harassment

A top Chinese university has fired a professor a day after a graduate student accused him of sexual harassment on social media in a rare public allegation and posted recordings as evidence, drawing … more

By KANIS LEUNG | 7/22/24

UAE sentences Bangladeshi nationals to prison over protests against their home government

A court in the United Arab Emirates has sentenced dozens of Bangladeshi nationals to prison, including three for life imprisonment, over protests against their home government in the Gulf country. … more

By MICHAEL WAKIN | 7/22/24

FILE - Snow covers the Schneeferner glacier near the top of Germany's highest mountain 'Zugspitze' (2962 meters) near Garmisch-Partenkirchen, Germany, Tuesday, Oct. 18, 2022. A man has died after being hit by lightning near the summit of Germany's highest peak, police said Monday, July 22, 2024. (AP Photo/Matthias Schrader, File)

Man dies after being struck by lightning on Germany's highest peak

Police say a man has died after being hit by lightning near the summit of Germany’s highest peak. The 18-year-old resident of western Germany was one of a group of three young men who took the … more

7/22/24

In this image made from video released by Xinhua News Agency, rescue workers set up a temporary crossing in the aftermath of floods in Xinhua Village of Hanyuan County, Ya'an City, southwest China's Sichuan Province, July 20, 2024. (Ya'an Integrated Media Center Handout/Xinhua via AP)

Rescuers search for dozens missing after flooding and a bridge collapse in China kill at least 25

Rescuers are searching for dozens missing after heavy rains caused flash flooding and a bridge collapse in different parts of China, killing at least 25 people. Flash flooding tore through a village … more

7/22/24

A supporter of opposition presidential candidate Edmundo Gonzalez shows how to vote for him during pass out campaign flyers in Caracas, Venezuela, Friday, July 19, 2024. The presidential election is set for July 28. (AP Photo/Ariana Cubillos)

Venezuelan opposition voters band to safeguard election, warning of the ruling party's tricks

Unlike previous elections in Venezuela, thousands of supporters of the typically fractured opposition have agreed to organize, mobilize and support voters during the highly anticipated July 28 … more

By REGINA GARCIA CANO | 7/22/24

UAE orders a trial of Bangladeshi nationals arrested for protesting their home government

Authorities in the United Arab Emirates ordered an investigation and an expedited trial of Bangladeshi nationals arrested after protesting against their home government across the Gulf country. The … more

By MICHAEL WAKIN | 7/21/24

Pope Francis said Sunday he hoped the 2024 Olympic Games, set to begin this this week in Paris, would be "an opportunity to establish a truce in wars" as he called for peace in conflicts around the globe.

Pope Francis calls for Olympic truce for countries at war, prays for peace

Pope Francis has voiced his hope that the Paris Olympic and Paralympic Games will provide an opportunity for countries at war to respect an ancient Greek tradition and establish a truce for the … more

7/21/24

This photo, taken from video released by the Russian Defense Ministry Press Service on Monday, July 15, 2024, shows a Su-25 fighter jet firing rockets during a mission over Ukraine. (Russian Defense Ministry Press Service via AP)

Civilians killed and wounded as Russia and Ukraine trade attacks. Russia claims gains in the east

At least two people have been killed in Ukrainian strikes on the partly Russian-occupied Donetsk region, Russian state media say, while Russian strikes wounded at least five people in Ukraine … more

By SAMYA KULLAB | 7/21/24

Students clash over a controversial quota system for government job applicants, at Jahangir Nagar University in Savar, outside Dhaka, Bangladesh, Monday, July 15, 2024.(AP Photo/Abdul Goni)

AP PHOTOS: Student violence in Bangladesh has killed scores of people

DHAKA, Bangladesh (AP) — Deadly clashes between police and demonstrators demanding a change to job quotas in Bangladesh have left the streets littered with bullets and marked with smears of blood. … more

7/21/24

Britain's Chancellor of the Exchequer Rachel Reeves cheers a meeting of the National Wealth Fund Taskforce at 11 Downing Street in London, Tuesday, July 9, 2024. (Justin Tallis/Pool Photo via AP)

Britain's Treasury chief vows to run the economy with 'iron discipline' amid demands for pay raises

Britain’s new Treasury chief says she will run the economy with “iron discipline.” But Rachel Reeves also suggested Sunday she’ll give public sector workers an above-inflation pay raise to … more

By JILL LAWLESS | 7/21/24

In this image from video, smoke and flames rise from a site in Hodeidah, Yemen, on Saturday, July 20, 2024. The Israeli army says it struck several Houthi targets in western Yemen following a fatal drone attack by the rebel group in Tel Aviv the previous day. (AP Photo)

Israel shoots down a missile fired from Yemen hours after an Israeli strike on Houthi rebels

The Israeli military says it has intercepted a missile fired from Yemen. The interception early Sunday happened after Israeli warplanes struck several Houthi targets in the Arabian peninsula country. … more

By JOSEF FEDERMAN and MICHAEL WAKIN | 7/21/24

FILE - Pope John Paul II gives his blessing to late father Marcial Maciel, founder of Christ's Legionaries, during a special audience the pontiff granted to about four thousand participants of the Regnum Christi movement, at the Vatican, on Nov. 30, 2004. The recently-opened archives of Pope Pius XII have shed new light on claims the World War II-era pope didn't speak out about the Holocaust. But they're also providing details about another contentious chapter in Vatican history: the scandal over the founder of the Legionaries of Christ. (AP Photo/Plinio Lepri, File)

Vatican's Pius XII archives shed light on another contentious chapter: The Legion of Christ scandal

The recently opened archives of Pope Pius XII are providing details about the scandal over the founder of the Legionaries of Christ. Entire books have already been written about the copious … more

By NICOLE WINFIELD | 7/21/24

Students clash with riot police during a protest against a quota system for government jobs, in Dhaka, Bangladesh, Thursday, July 18, 2024. (AP Photo/Rajib Dhar)

Curfew extended in Bangladesh as top court is set to rule on job quotas that sparked deadly unrest

Bangladeshi authorities have extended curfew across the country as the nation's top court is set to rule on a civil service hiring quota that has led to scores being killed in clashes between police … more

By JULHAS ALAM and SHEIKH SAALIQ | 7/21/24

FILE - A balloon presumably sent by North Korea, is seen in a paddy field in Incheon, South Korea, on June 10, 2024. North Korea launched more balloons likely carrying rubbish toward South Korea on Sunday, July 21, two days after the South restarted blaring anti-Pyongyang propaganda broadcasts across the border in retaliation for the North’s repeated balloon campaigns, Seoul officials said.(Im Sun-suk/Yonhap via AP, File)

North Korea flies more balloons likely carrying trash after the South resumes propaganda broadcasts

South Korea says North Korea has again launched balloons likely carrying trash toward South Korea. South Korea’s Joint Chiefs of Staff said the North Korean balloons were flying north of Seoul, the … more

By HYUNG-JIN KIM | 7/20/24

Pope Francis accepts the resignation of a Colombian bishop mentioned in a book on sexual abuse

Pope Francis has accepted the resignation of a Colombian bishop who was mentioned in a book about priests and bishops who have allegedly committed acts of sexual abuse. The Vatican said in its daily … more

By MANUEL RUEDA | 7/20/24

Ukraine's President Volodymyr Zelenskyy leaves Downing Street after meeting with Britain's Prime Minister Keir Starmer in London, Friday, July 19, 2024. (AP Photo/Kin Cheung)

At least 6 dead and thousands without power as Russia continues strikes on Ukraine

At least two people were killed and three more injured after a Russian missile strike on infrastructure in Ukraine’s north-eastern Kharkiv region, said Gov. Oleh Syniehubov said Saturday. … more

7/20/24

The 17th King of Malaysia, Sultan Ibrahim Iskandar, left, and Queen Raja Zarith Sofiah walk near the throne during his coronation at the National Palace in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, Saturday, July 20, 2024. (Hasnoor Hussain/Pool Photo via AP)

Malaysia honors a new king in coronation marked by pomp and cannon fire

Traditional pomp and cannon fire marked the coronation of Malaysia’s billionaire King Sultan Ibrahim Iskandar, who pledged to govern fairly the five-year term he will serve under a unique rotating … more

7/20/24

FILE - Smoke rises from debris and corrugated roofing of a school structure that was burned to the ground in Taung Myint village in the Magway region of Myanmar on Sunday, Oct. 16, 2022. An intensification of fighting in Myanmar’s civil war has brought a sharp increase in destructive attacks on schools, a group that monitors armed conflict in the Southeast Asian nation said in a report Saturday, July 20, 2024. (AP Photo, File)

Myanmar's civil war has seen a devastating increase in attacks on schools, researchers say

A group that monitors armed conflict in Myanmar says an intensification of fighting in the Southeast Asian nation's civil war has resulted in a sharp increase in destructive attacks on schools. The … more

By SAM HARSHBARGER | 7/20/24

Loucas Alexandrou, 94, sits by the grave of his son Christakis Alexandrou, Alexandrides, who where killed on 22 of July 1974 during the Turkish invasion, at the military cemetery in the divided capital Nicosia, Cyprus, Friday, July 19, 2024. Saturday marks the 50th anniversary of Cyprus' ethnic division after Turkish invaded in the summer of 1974 in the wake of an Athens junta-backed coup aiming at union with Greece. (AP Photo/Petros Karadjias)

50 years after Cyprus split in two, celebrations and lamentations coincide

The tinny howl of air raid sirens echoed across ethnically divided Cyprus at the crack of dawn on Saturday, marking 50 years from the day that changed the island nation’s history. It’s heard … more

7/20/24

Activists of All India Democratic Students' Organisation (AIDSO) shout slogans in solidarity with protesting students in Bangladesh, at a protest gathering in New Delhi, India, Friday, July 19, 2024. (AP Photo)

Bangladesh enforces a curfew after days of deadly student protests over government jobs quota

A strict curfew is in place across Bangladesh after days of deadly clashes over the allocation of government jobs. Military forces are patrolling parts of the capital, Dhaka, to quell further unrest. … more

By JULHAS ALAM and SHEIKH SAALIQ | 7/20/24