Category: World

Ace Hardware employee files million-dollar suit after alleging manager hung a noose in warehouse on Juneteenth

Devondrick Hartsfield said his manager ‘was like, ‘It’s a joke, Juan left his backpack,’’ when he was shown the offensive display in June 2023

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What is Juneteenth and why is it a holiday?

Thousands of enslaved people in Texas were ordered free two years after Emancipation Proclamation

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Groundbreaking twice-a-year HIV drug that could stop transmission approved

It’s unclear how many people in the US and abroad will get access to the powerful new HIV prevention medication

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Hurricane Erick strengthens to ‘extremely dangerous’ Category 4 as it approaches Mexico

Erick could become the most intense hurricane to make landfall along Mexico’s Pacific coast this early in the season

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Life inside Iran: How war reduced bustling Tehran to a desert of empty streets and boarded-up shops

Ordinary Iranians are now caught in a war they neither chose nor are prepared for, reports Sayeh Rahimy

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Bunker buster bombs: The American weapon which could spell the end of Iran’s nuclear sites

Experts believe only Washington has the weapons capable of halting Iran’s nuclear programme

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The Latest: Israel attacks Arak heavy water reactor, Iranian state TV says

Iranian state television says Israel has attacked Iran’s Arak heavy water reactor

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Technician awarded $75m in lawsuit after losing fingers in explosion while making HVAC repairs at a Kroger

Brian Mierendorf, 37, suffered the injuries while trying to protect customers from toxic chemicals at Michigan store

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Voice of America and Radio Farda’s Persian services cover Israel-Iran conflict despite cutbacks

Despite the Trump administration’s efforts to dismantle or sharply cut back on U.S. government-run news outlets like Voice of America, two Persian-language services have been called into duty to report on Israel’s war with Iran to Iranian audiences

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Waymo wants to bring self-driving cars to New York City but with one big difference

Elon Musk’s Tesla is set to launch its own robotaxi service in Austin as Waymo brings its self-driving cars to Manhattan

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