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Trump brings back Presidential Fitness Test for public schools

Reporter USAugust 2, 2025

President Donald Trump on Thursday reinstated the Presidential Fitness Test in public schools. First instated in the 1950s to gauge young people’s health and athleticism, the assessment included sit-ups, push-ups, pull-ups and a sit-and-reach test. It also featured a competitive component, recognising the best performers with the Presidential Fitness Award. The test had been discontinued […]

Pope greeted by vast crowd at Catholic youth event

Reporter USAugust 2, 2025

Hundreds of thousands of young Catholics poured into the Tor Vergata field on Rome’s outskirts, for an evening vigil and Mass celebrated by Pope Leo XIV. The first American Pope arrived by helicopter, before boarding the open-topped popemobile, as pilgrims cheered and waved flags to welcome him. For the past week, young Catholics from around […]

Evyatar David’s family condemns Hamas video of emaciated Israeli hostage

Reporter USAugust 2, 2025

The family of Israeli hostage Evyatar David held by Hamas in Gaza has accused the group of deliberately starving him as part of a “propaganda campaign”. “He is being starved purely to serve Hamas’s propaganda,” the family said on Saturday, a day after Hamas released a video showing an emaciated David in a narrow concrete […]

Hamas refuses to disarm until Palestinian state established

Reporter USAugust 2, 2025

Thomas Mackintosh BBC News EPA-EFE/REX/Shutterstock A file picture from February shows a group of armed Hamas fighters during the handover of Israeli hostages Hamas has reaffirmed that it will not agree to disarm unless a sovereign Palestinian state is established, in response to one of Israel’s key demands in talks about a ceasefire in Gaza. […]

Prominent Indian ex-MP gets life sentence for rape

Reporter USAugust 2, 2025

A court in southern India has sentenced a prominent politician in the state of Karnataka to life in prison for raping one of his domestic staff. The sentencing of Prajwal Revanna, who is from an influential political family in the state, took place on Saturday – a day after he was found guilty of sexually […]

After a blown deadline, what next for US-Canada trade?

Reporter USAugust 2, 2025

Jessica Murphy BBC News, Toronto EPA A self-imposed deadline for a new US-Canada trade deal came and went on Friday. So what happens next for these two deeply entwined neighbours? Canada and the US have been locked in a tariff war for six months and, despite talk of “intense” negotiations in recent weeks, a trade […]

Putin not swayed by Trump’s Ukraine war ultimatum

Reporter USAugust 2, 2025

Russian President Vladimir Putin has voiced hopes for further peace talks with Ukraine – but stressed his troops were “advancing on the entire front line”, despite the threat of looming US sanctions if a ceasefire was not agreed upon. “All disappointments arise from inflated expectations,” Putin said, in an apparent reference to Trump’s “disappointment” with […]

Thousands gather to watch 100th annual wild pony swim

Reporter USAugust 2, 2025

The Chincoteague wild ponies have made their annual swim across the Assateague Channel in Virginia for the 100th time. The tradition began in 1925 and sees “Saltwater Cowboys” on horseback round up the ponies, who then swim the channel and come ashore on the east side of Chincoteague Island. The event hosted by the Chincoteague […]

Russia is staying quiet on Trump’s nuclear move

Reporter USAugust 2, 2025

Could this be the first time in history a social media spat triggers nuclear escalation? President Donald Trump, offended by posts by former Russian President Dmitry Medvedev, says he’s ordered two nuclear submarines to move closer to Russia. So, how will Moscow respond? Are we on a path to a nuclear standoff between America and […]

Mali charges ex-PM Moussa Mara with undermining the state in X post

Reporter USAugust 2, 2025

A former prime minister of Mali, which is now under military rule, has been charged with undermining the credibility of the state over comments on social media. After a prison visit to see detained opposition figures in July, Moussa Mara declared on X his “unwavering solidarity with prisoners of conscience”. Mara, who served as prime […]

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