(Al Jazeera Media Network) Donald Trump has announced he will be indicted on charges of mishandling classified documents.
The former U.S. president said on his Truth Social platform that he had been summoned to appear at a federal court in Florida on Tuesday.
The Justice Department has not confirmed the indictment.
Below are some reactions from U.S. politicians.
Kevin McCarthy, Speaker of the House, Republican:
“Today is indeed a dark day for the United States of America. It is...
(BBC News) Washington DC and Philadelphia experienced their worst air quality in years as wildfires in Canada continue to affect millions of people.
The poor conditions have forced event cancellations and grounded flights across the U.S.
Nearly 100 million people are experiencing very poor air quality in North America.
Data from the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency's Air Quality Index (AQI) shows that cities in North America had the worst air quality in the world on Thursday morning.
The smoke...
(BBC News) Apple has unveiled a much-anticipated augmented reality headset, Apple Vision Pro, in its first major hardware launch in almost a decade.
Apple CEO Tim Cook said the new headset "seamlessly blends the real world and the virtual world."
The tech firm also announced its latest iPhone operating system, as well as updates to MacBook Air.
The headset has a two-hour battery life, costs $3,499, and will be released early next year in the U.S.
The cost is...
(BBC News) China's defence minister has said war with the U.S. would be an "unbearable disaster" for the world in his first major speech since taking on the role.
At a security summit, General Li Shangfu said "some countries" were intensifying an arms race in Asia.
But he said the world was big enough for both China and the U.S., and the two superpowers should seek common ground.
Earlier this week, the U.S. alleged "unsafe" manoeuvres by...
(Al Jazeera Media Network) A barrage of artillery shells hit a poor neighbourhood on May 31 in Khartoum, Sudan’s capital.
Residents say the attack killed at least 18 civilians and wounded 106 others in a local market, yet nobody knows if it came from the Sudanese army or the paramilitary Rapid Support Forces (RSF) – the two sides that have plunged the country into war.
Residents said the RSF deployed to the neighbourhood shortly after the incident,...
(BBC News) More than 120 people are known to have been killed and 850 injured in a multiple train collision in India's eastern Odisha state, officials say.
More than 200 ambulances were sent to the scene in Balasore district, says Odisha's chief secretary Pradeep Jena.
One passenger train is thought to have derailed before being struck by another on the adjacent track late on Friday.
Indian Railways said the two services involved were the Coromandel Express and...
(Al Jazeera Media Network) The United States Senate has voted to approve a bipartisan deal that would increase the country’s debt ceiling, clearing the bill’s last major hurdle before it reaches the desk of President Joe Biden.
With Biden expected to sign the newly passed bill, Thursday’s decision is set to avert economic catastrophe, with the U.S. due to default on its debt on June 5.
Senators voted 63 to 36 in favour of the legislation,...
(BBC News) Elon Musk has reclaimed his title as the world's richest person, knocking the boss of luxury goods giant LMVH, Bernard Arnault, off the top spot.
His net worth has soared by $55.3 billion since January to $192 billion, after a rise in the value of electric car company Tesla.
Arnault's fortune has fallen by $24.5 billion to $187 billion, per Bloomberg's Billionaires Index.
He is followed by Jeff Bezos and Bill Gates in third and...
(Al Jazeera Media Network) China has blamed a U.S. “provocation” for an incident in which a Chinese plane crossed in front of an American surveillance aircraft over the South China Sea.
“The United States’ long-term and frequent sending of ships and planes to conduct close surveillance on China seriously harms China’s national sovereignty and security,” foreign ministry spokeswoman Mao Ning said on Wednesday.
“This kind of provocative, dangerous activity is the cause of the security issues on...
(BBC News) A NSA panel investigating unidentified flying objects has collected around 800 mysterious reports – but only a fraction are truly unexplained, researchers say.
The agency set up the panel last year to explain its work on what it calls unidentified anomalous phenomena (UAP).
UAP are defined as sightings "that cannot be identified as aircraft or known natural phenomena from a scientific perspective."
The panel, which will issue a report later this year, held its first...
