A blaze on an Indonesian passenger ferry leaves at least 5 dead

SURABAYA, Indonesia (AP) – An Indonesian ferry carrying 271 people caught fire in waters off the main island of Java on Sunday, leaving at least five people dead and dozens missing as rescuers and passing vessels evacuated hundreds from the burning ship, officials said.

Hundreds of thousands line Amsterdam canals for annual Pride boat parade

AMSTERDAM (AP) – Hundreds of thousands of people lined Amsterdam’s canals on Saturday to watch the city’s canal boat parade, the highlight of an annual Pride festival that this year comes just a week after a deadly attack on a Pride event in Berlin.

Dry summers put Dutch dikes at risk and threaten German river trade

WADDINXVEEN, Netherlands (AP) – Jeroen Wouda and Dirk Boom walk slowly along a Dutch dike, prodding at the bone dry surface with metal rods and scanning the parched grass for patches of green that could give away the location of a leak.

Editorials from The New York Times, The Washington Post, The Wall Street Journal and others

Editorials from The New York Times, The Washington Post, The Wall Street Journal and others

Wall Street week ahead: monthly jobs report, McDonald's and SpaceX earnings

NEW YORK (AP) – Corporate earnings from big U.S. companies and closely-watched jobs reports are among the key updates for Wall Street this week. The latest batch of profit updates and forecasts could help give investors a clearer picture of how and where households are spending money amid stubbornly high inflation.

Trump's threat to push ahead on settlement fund injects new uncertainty

WASHINGTON (AP) – President Donald Trump on Saturday threatened to push forward with a fund to compensate his allies if two Republican holdouts will not support his nominee for attorney general, injecting fresh uncertainty into a Senate confirmation vote planned for next week and underscoring once more his interest in securing payouts for supporters who feel unjustly persecuted.

Russian attack hits Kryvyi Rih area, killing family of ten

Residents left reeling after Russian attack hits Kryvyi Rih area, killing family of ten

Trump threatens more strikes on Iran. Tensions from Hormuz to Kuwait.

CAIRO (AP) – U.S. President Donald Trump threatened more strikes on Iran as the United States presses for the reopening of the Strait of Hormuz. Hours later on Saturday, Kuwait said it responded to a new round of drone attacks from Iran while a tanker was struck in the strategic waterway.

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ISLAMABAD (AP) – Renowned British-Nepali climber Nirmal Purja and nine other climbers swept away by an avalanche in Pakistan are confirmed to have died, and search teams are trying to recover their bodies, Purja’s expedition company said Saturday. “The world has lost one of mountaineering’s greatest climbers.”