Mon 08 July 2024: The UK has unveiled a new Border Security Command to enhance border protection and dismantle criminal smuggling gangs profiting from small boat crossings. Announced shortly after the Labour Party’s election victory and Yvette Cooper’s appointment as Home Secretary, the initiative aims to intensify efforts against organized immigration crime. The Home Office […]
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Mon 08 July 2024: Ukrainian officials say a Russian missile attack has struck Okhmatdyt National Specialised Children’s Hospital in Kyiv. The hospital is the biggest children’s medical facility in the country. Russia, which says it only strikes military targets, has not commented on the allegation. Russia’s daylight strikes across various Ukrainian cities included the use […]
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Far-left La France Insoumise founder Jean-Luc Melenchon, right, clenches his fist with other party members after the second round of the parliamentary elections in Paris Mon 08 July 2024: A coalition of left-wing parties in France has secured the most seats in the recent high-stakes legislative elections, surpassing both the far right and President Emmanuel […]
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Sun 07 July 2024: A persistent heatwave is endangering more than 130 million people in the United States, with record-breaking temperatures expected from coast to coast, according to forecasters. The National Weather Service (NWS) warns that temperatures could soar above 100 degrees Fahrenheit (38 degrees Celsius) in regions including the Pacific Northwest, Mid-Atlantic, and Northeast. […]
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Sat 06 July 2024: Donald Trump’s organisation has announced a deal it struck with a Saudi developer for the establishment of a high-rise tower in the Saudi coastal city of Jeddah, extending the former US president’s brand name to the Gulf and Middle East. In a statement this week by Eric Trump, the former president’s […]
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Sat 06 July 2024: It seems, Labour owes much of its landslide, not to the electorate’s embrace of Starmerism, but its complete rejection of the Tories. It is the morning after the night before, and the United Kingdom has a new government. Keir Starmer’s Labour Party has won the general election in a landslide, securing […]
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Fri 05 July 2024: The Labour Party has secured a landslide victory in the UK election to end 14 years of Conservative rule. “We did it!” Keir Starmer, the Labour leader and incoming prime minister, said in his victory speech. “Change begins now.” Outgoing Conservative Prime Minister Rishi Sunak concedes defeat, says he will step down as leader […]
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Thu 04 July 2024: Australia’s McDonald’s restaurants are cutting their breakfast hours due to a shortage of eggs brought on by a bird flu outbreak. Due to “current industry challenges” with securing eggs, the fast food giant said this week that it will temporarily stop its breakfast service at 10:30 a.m. instead of midday as […]
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Thu 04 July 2024: Russian President Vladimir Putin on Thursday said a multipolar world has become a reality, with international structures like the Shanghai Cooperation Organization (SCO) and the economic bloc BRICS serving as its main pillars. Speaking at a meeting of the SCO Council of Heads in Astana, Kazakhstan, Putin said these associations act […]
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Thu 04 July 2024: Bitcoin slid to a two-month low on Thursday, extending a month-long decline, as uncertainty over U.S. presidential elections and reports of bitcoin supply from a defunct Tokyo-based crypto exchange weighed on the market, Reuters reported. Bitcoin fell over 2% to $57,843, its lowest since May 2, and has lost more than […]
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