Thu 23 July 2026: The European Commission fined Google €890 million ($1.02 billion) on Thursday for breaching the EU’s Digital Markets Act (DMA) through self-preferencing in search results and restrictions imposed on app developers. The commission imposed a €460 million (about $525 million) fine after finding that Google favored its own shopping, hotel, transport, and […]
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Thu 23 July 2026: Trenches intended to hold crocodiles are being dug around a high-security wing of a prison in southern Israel housing Hamas members, according to an Israeli media report on Wednesday. The trenches are being dug around the Ketziot prison and will extend about 170 meters, daily Yedioth Ahronoth reported. A local official […]
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Thu 23 July 2026: The play symbol is one of the world’s most recognisable icons. Across languages, writing systems, and cultures, a single right-pointing triangle is widely understood as “start”. Yet there’s nothing about this simple geometric icon that inherently suggests the start of something. So why does it carry this meaning? The emergence of […]
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Thu 23 July 2026: The Trump administration is deliberating military options in Mali against al-Qaeda affiliate JNIM. The potential intervention in West Africa highlights internal White House debates over expanding armed operations while countering Russian influence in the Sahel. Senior officials in Washington are actively considering military intervention in Mali, opening a potential new front […]
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Thu 23 July 2026: Global hunger has declined, yet millions of people are still going hungry. The number of hungry people around the world is falling. According to the latest United Nations State of Food Security and Nutrition in the World report, an estimated 645 million people faced hunger in 2025, 14 million fewer than in […]
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Thu 23 July 2026: President Vladimir Putin said Wednesday that the Russian economy remained resilient despite “external attempts to destabilize the fuel and energy sector.” Putin said at a meeting on economic issues in Moscow that recent difficulties in the energy market were temporary and would not affect the broader economy. Russia’s economy expanded 0.3% […]
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Thu 23 July 2026: A U.S. judge has scheduled a trial date for former Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro and his wife Cilia Flores, who were both seized from Venezuela during a U.S. military operation in January 2026. Judge Alvin Hellerstein set a trial date on Wednesday for June 1, 2027. Both Maduro and Flores have […]
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Thu 23 July 2026: The US and Saudi Arabia have signed a nuclear cooperation agreement, the US Energy Department said Wednesday. US Energy Secretary Chris Wright and Saudi Energy Minister Prince Abdulaziz bin Salman signed the peaceful nuclear cooperation agreement, commonly known as a 123 Agreement, along with a bilateral safeguards agreement, the agency said […]
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Thu 23 July 2026: Here’s what’s happening in South Africa today:👇🏼 ◼️ DIRCO dismisses Ghanian nationals’ ‘opportunistic’ petition to ICC: The Department of International Relations and Cooperation has dismissed two Ghanaian nationals’ petition to the International Criminal Court as opportunistic. They have asked the court to open a preliminary investigation into attacks against foreign nationals […]
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Thu 23 July 2026: More than 2,300 Israeli settlers and members of far-right groups have stormed the Al-Aqsa Mosque compound in occupied East Jerusalem in one of the largest incursions this year as they mark a Jewish holiday, Palestinian officials say. Far-right Israeli National Security Minister Itamar Ben-Gvir also entered the site under heavy police protection on Thursday for […]
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