South Korean law targeting ‘fake news’ takes effect as journalists’ groups raise concerns
SEOUL, South Korea | South Korea began enforcing a law Tuesday that allows steep punitive damages against news outlets and social media influencers for spreading false information as journalist groups warned it could chill public discourse and invite censorship. Journalists and civil liberties groups say the vaguely worded law fails to clearly define what information […]
Explosions rock Syria’s capital as French President Macron visits
DAMASCUS, Syria | Explosions rocked Syria’s capital on Tuesday and injured at least 18 people as France’s president met with his counterpart in a landmark visit to the country rebuilding from years of civil war, Syria’s Interior Ministry said. It was the second attack in Damascus in a week and a setback for President Ahmad […]
French court clears way for far-right leader Le Pen to run in 2027 but under a condition she rejects
PARIS | A Paris appeals court cleared the way Tuesday for popular far-right leader Marine Le Pen to possibly run for the French presidency next year but said she must wear an electronic bracelet after finding her guilty of embezzling public funds. Le Pen has previously said that campaigning with a bracelet wouldn’t be possible. […]
Reform UK’s Farage says he’ll quit as lawmaker and seek re-election amid donation allegations
LONDON | Reform UK leader Nigel Farage announced Tuesday that he will quit his Parliament seat and seek re-election in an effort to clear his name over financial allegations linked to millions of dollars’ worth of donations. “I have done nothing wrong. I have not broken the law in any way at all. I have […]
Judge dismisses Prince Harry’s privacy invasion lawsuit against publisher of Daily Mail
LONDON | Prince Harry ‘s final lawsuit aimed at taming the British tabloids ended in defeat Tuesday as a judge said he failed to prove his privacy invasion claims against the publisher of the Daily Mail. Justice Matthew Nicklin rejected the broad inferences the Duke of Sussex relied on to try to show that Associated […]
Aurora Public Schools official gets national shout out for combating childhood hunger
AURORA | An Aurora Public Schools official in charge of ensuring students don’t go hungry while schools are out in the summer has been honored nationally for the work he and the district have done to combat hunger among students. James Lesley, assistant director for support and compliance for Aurora Public Schools’ nutrition department, has […]
Jonathan Anderson shifts Dior buzz from Taylor Swift’s hidden wedding gown to sculptural couture
PARIS | Jonathan Anderson arrived at Paris couture week with the fashion world still waiting to see the Dior wedding dress he made for Taylor Swift. On Monday, on the first day, he tried to give it something else to look at. Three days after Swift married NFL star Travis Kelce at New York’s Madison […]
Even 250 years in, the battle over the American story — and who gets to tell it — endures
DETROIT | From the beginning, many decades before it became the United States, American society was founded not on hundreds of years of common culture but on something less tangible: a series of stories that it told itself over and over — full of truth, tall tales and outright lies — until it willed itself […]
The year in review: Influential people who have died in 2026
Clive Davis, the legendary music executive who helped launch the careers of some of the industry’s biggest stars, was among the noteworthy and influential people who died in June. And Davis saw his influence seem to grow as he got older. His exclusive pre-Grammys gala, held the Saturday night before the Sunday award show, continued […]
US revokes license authorizing sale of Iranian oil after 3 tankers struck in Strait of Hormuz
DUBAI, United Arab Emirates | The U.S. has revoked a license that had authorized the sale of Iranian oil, the Treasury Department said Tuesday. The Treasury issued the 60-day license last month, waiving sanctions on Iranian oil as part of an interim agreement to end the fighting between the two countries. Treasury officials did not […]