Fri 26 July 2024: Typhoon Gaemi, which brought heavy rainfall and floods, has caused significant destruction in the Philippines, China, Taiwan, and Japan, resulting in the deaths of 21 people in Manila, local media reported on Friday. Impact in the Philippines The death toll in the Philippines rose to 21 as Typhoon Gaemi, locally known […]
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Fri 26 July 2024: Before Donald Trump’s “historic” speech in Bitcoin Conference on Sunday, the price of Bitcoin jumped by 4.5% within last 24 hours from $64,000 level to over $67,000 as of 0730GMT. Trump’s keynote speech in Nashville, US is expected to be “historic” by event organizer Brandon Green, saying that no one knows […]
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Fri 26 July 2024: The acting Minister of Defense Mohammad Yaqoob Mujahid (son of Mullah Mohammad Omar) said Thursday just as there is terrestrial sovereignty, airspace sovereignty will be secured soon. Addressing an “appreciation ceremony” for security forces, Yaqoob said that if anyone looks at Afghanistan with disrespect, the Islamic Emirate will respond using available […]
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Fri 26 July 2024: South African police have detained 95 Libyan nationals for questioning on suspicion of receiving training at a secret military camp. Police said on Friday that they had carried out a morning raid on the alleged military camp, located at a farm in White River in Mpumalanga province in the north of […]
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Fri 26 July 2024: One of worst mass killers in South Africa’s history is free from prison – and he is ready to speak. Thirty years since his atrocities, his victims are still fighting for closure and justice. In the late 1980s, private security guard Louis van Schoor fatally shot dozens people in the South […]
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Fri 26 July 2024: A human rights advocate in the United Kingdom (UK) has said while he supports policing and the justice system, brutality is something people will not tolerate. Akhmed Yakoob was responding to an outrageous incident at the Manchester Airport. In a now-viral video that has sparked widespread outrage and condemnation, a police officer is […]
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Fri 26 July 2024: A fierce wildfire has devastated the western Canadian tourist town of Jasper, potentially destroying up to 50 percent of its structures. Firefighters are working tirelessly to save as many buildings as possible. Evacuation and Impact on Tourism Jasper, located in the mountainous Jasper National Park in Alberta, was evacuated on Monday. […]
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Fri 26 July 2024: An assisted dying group anticipates the first use of a portable suicide pod in Switzerland within months, offering a method of death without medical supervision. The space-age Sarco capsule, unveiled in 2019, induces death by hypoxia through nitrogen replacement and costs $20 per use. The Last Resort organization sees no legal […]
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Fri 26 July 2024: An asteroid as large as a stadium is moving towards Earth and will soon fly by our planet. Its massive size and the distance at which it will travel mean that it is considered potentially dangerous. The latest warning has been issued by NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory as part of its […]
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Fri 26 July 2024: UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres drew attention Thursday to the growing danger of heat to the world. “Heat is estimated to kill almost half a million people a year, that’s about 30 times more than tropical cyclones. “We know what is driving it — fossil fuel-charged, human-induced climate change. And we know […]
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