Japanese Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba’s ruling coalition failed Monday to secure a majority in the 248-seat upper house in a crucial parliamentary election, NHK public television said.
Day: July 20, 2025
The City Council passed a measure (by a veto-proof majority) virtually guaranteeing grocery prices will shoot up.
It’s a real game of chicken. Nearly two dozen people gobbled up entire rotisserie chickens at a bizarre and messy Brooklyn sidewalk competition Sunday – and the winner washed down the poultry with an entire pizza pie. Nearly two dozen participants and scores of on-lookers at the 2nd annual rotisserie chicken-eating event on Seventh Avenue…
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Los Angeles Mayor Karen Bass said the deployment of the National Guard by the president was “a political stunt” and “a terrible misuse of taxpayers’ dollars.”
There are signs that Israel is preparing to expand ground operations into an area of central Gaza that has been a relatively safe refuge for displaced Palestinians and humanitarian aid groups. While the Israeli military issued evacuation orders, at least 85 more Palestinians were reportedly killed while seeking food aid. John Yang speaks with The Wall Street Journal’s Sudarsan Raghavan for more.
The brother of former NFL player and Army hero Pat Tillman was arrested Sunday in California.
Nassau County Executive Bruce Blakeman tripled his campaign war chest in a year — and raised nearly $1.5 million more than his election opponent in the first half of 2025.
The educational priorities of socialist Big Apple mayoral nominee Zohran Mamdani could undermine progress in the nation’s largest school system, veteran education experts warn.
Environment secretary to make announcement on Monday as part of review that is expected to abolish Ofwat
A new water ombudsman will be announced on Monday by the environment secretary, Steve Reed, as part of government plans to overhaul the embattled sector.
The body will be among sweeping changes recommended in a review launched by Jon Cunliffe that are also expected to include the abolishment of Ofwat, the industry watchdog for England and Wales.