Month: June 2023

Train Carrying Hazardous Chemicals Derails in Montana After Bridge Collapses

A train carrying hazardous chemicals plunged into the Yellowstone River in eastern Montana after a bridge collapsed early Saturday morning. Officials said 10 cars belonging to Montana Rail Link (MRL) went into the river at around 6:45 a.m. Three cars reportedly were carrying hot asphalt and four others molten sulphur. Stillwater County Emergency Management reported…


Vazquez’s 88th-Minute Goal Gives US 1–1 Draw Against Jamaica in CONCACAF Gold Cup Opener

CHICAGO—Brandon Vazquez scored in the 88th minute, and the No. 13 United States gained a 1–1 draw against 63rd-ranked Jamaica on Saturday night, June 24, to avoid what would have been the Americans’ first loss in a CONCACAF Gold Cup opener. Damion Lowe put the Reggae Boyz ahead with a 13th-minute goal. The defending champion…


Quebec Wildfires: More Evacuations Ordered in Northwestern Quebec

Officials in northwestern Quebec have ordered residents of two villages near the Ontario border to leave their homes as a wildfire continues to spread in the area. Residents of the villages of Val-Paradis and Beaucanton, home to around 340 people, were given an hour and a half to evacuate on Friday night due to the…


Chinese Human Rights Lawyer Chased out of 13 Homes in 2 Months as Pressure Rises on Legal Advocates

TAIPEI, Taiwan—A disbarred Chinese human rights lawyer has been forced to move 13 times in two months as part of a pattern of harassment against him and three other prominent rights advocates in Beijing that is further squeezing the country’s battered civil rights community. Wang Quanzhang said he is now living in a borrowed apartment…


Explosion at Chinese Steel Mill Kills at Least 4 and Injures 5

BEIJING—An explosion at a steel mill in China’s northeast killed at least four people and left five hospitalized with injuries, the city government said Friday. A blast furnace exploded Thursday morning at the Yingkou Iron and Steel Co., Ltd. in Yingkou, east of Beijing in Liaoning Province, the city’s Emergency Management Bureau said in a…


US Combat Ship to Make Rare Port Call in Vietnam Amid South China Sea Tensions

HANOI—The U.S. nuclear-powered aircraft carrier Ronald Reagan will stop at Central Vietnam’s port city of Danang on Sunday in a rare visit for a U.S. warship to the southeast Asian nation, as tensions with Beijing in the South China Sea remain high. The ship will arrive on Sunday afternoon and stay at Danang until June…


Taiwan Says Chinese Air Force Approached Close to Island’s Coast

TAIPEI—Eight Chinese war planes crossed the Taiwan Strait’s median line and approached close to the island’s contiguous zone that is 24 nautical miles (28 miles) off its coast on Saturday, the Taiwanese defense ministry said, in a further rise in tensions. China’s air force over the past three years has routinely flown into the air…


US Targets Two Russian Spies It Says Tried to Influence Local US Election

WASHINGTON—The United States slapped sanctions on Friday on two Russian intelligence officers who attempted to interfere in a local American election as part of Moscow’s “global malign influence operations,” the Treasury Department said. The two officers, Yegor Sergeyevich Popov and Aleksei Borisovich Sukhodolov, both members of Russia’s Federal Security Service, have worked to undermine democratic…


Montana Republicans Report Letters With Mysterious Powder After Similar Mailings in 2 Other States

Republican lawmakers in Montana are sharing that they received letters with white powder as federal agents investigate mysterious substances similarly mailed to GOP officials in two other states. In a Friday night tweet, Republican Gov. Greg Gianforte said he has received “disturbing” reports of anonymous threats sent to legislators. The Montana attorney general posted on…


Trump Hails Indictments as ‘Great Badge of Courage,’ Accuses Biden of Election Interference

Former President Donald Trump on Saturday accused Democrats of interfering with the 2024 presidential election and called the two indictments he received a “great badge of courage” during a speech at the Faith and Freedom Coalition’s event in Washington. Trump claimed that authorities are investigating and charging him in an attempt to derail his presidential…