Thu 16 July 2026: US Vice President JD Vance said Wednesday that disgraced late sex offender Jeffrey Epstein “seemed to be connected” to elements of the “Israeli deep state” as well as the “highest levels of American intelligence,” while also acknowledging the Trump administration mishandled its response to the case. Asked on “The Joe Rogan […]
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Thu 16 July 2026: An exceptional 1,305-carat diamond was discovered in the Karowe diamond mine in Botswana, according to the tenement’s Vancouver-based owner. “The recovery of our 10th diamond exceeding 1,000 carats is another extraordinary milestone for Karowe, ” William Lamb, Lucara Diamond president and chief executive officer, said Monday. “No diamond mine in history […]
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Thu 16 July 2026: Israel’s Supreme Court on Wednesday froze the implementation of a newly passed law that bars the arrest of ultra-Orthodox Jews who evade mandatory military service, one day after the legislation was approved by the Knesset. The temporary order means the law will not take effect until the court issues a further […]
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Thu 16 July 2026: Here’s what’s happening in South Africa today: 👇🏼 ◼️ Ramaphosa to learn fate of Phala Phala interdict bid within a week: Ramaphosa wants the inquiry stopped from commencing its work until the same court rules on his bid to set aside the report behind it. The report found he has a […]
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Thu 16 July 2026: The Yemeni army said on Wednesday evening that it had repelled a Houthi attack on military positions in Al-Jawf province in northern Yemen. September Net, the official news outlet of the internationally recognized government’s Defense Ministry, said the Houthi attack targeted military positions on the Qanaw front in eastern Al-Jawf province. […]
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Wed 15 July 2026: Outgoing British Prime Minister Keir Starmer delivered an emotional farewell in the House of Commons, telling MPs that “this is the end of my political journey” as he made his final appearance at Prime Minister’s Questions before leaving office. He was responding to a question from Labour MP Carolyn Harris, whom […]
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Wed 15 July 2026: Israeli occupiers stormed the Al-Aqsa Mosque in occupied East Jerusalem on Wednesday morning, chanting provocative songs and slogans inside its courtyards, the Jerusalem Governorate said, Anadolu reports. The governorate published video footage showing occupiers inside the mosque compound during the incursion. Since 2003, Israeli police have allowed Israeli occupiers to enter the […]
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Wed 15 July 2026: UN health agency warns of underreported cases while doctors at outbreak epicentre threaten to go on strike. The true number of Ebola cases in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) is likely at least double the official tally, according to a World Health Organization (WHO) official. The WHO has confirmed […]
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Wed 15 July 2026: The Presidency has dismissed what it describes as a sustained misinformation campaign aimed at portraying South Africa as isolated from the rest of the African continent, following recent anti-illegal migration protests. Addressing a media briefing at the Union Buildings on Wednesday, Presidential Spokesperson Vincent Magwenya said the campaign sought to paint […]
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Wed 15 July 2026: Artificial intelligence (AI) companies are increasingly purchasing thousands of used books, digitizing them to train large language models and destroying the original copies, according to media reports, fueling debate over copyright protections. Since early this year, antiquarian booksellers across Europe have reported unusually large orders from the Canadian company Zoom Books, […]
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