19 KILLED AS BANGLADESH AIR FORCE AIRCRAFT CRASHES INTO DHAKA COLLEGE CAMPUS

Mon 21 July 2025: A Bangladesh Air Force training jet on Monday crashed into a college campus in the capital Dhaka, killing at least 19 people, according to the Fire Services. More than 100 others suffered burn injuries, an official said. Most of the victims were students and staff at the college, while the pilot […]

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TRUMP TO IMPOSE TARIFFS ON CHINA, INDIA, BRAZIL OVER RUSSIAN OIL PURCHASE

Mon 21 July 2025: US Senator Lindsey Graham said on Sunday that China, India, and Brazil would soon face consequences due to their continued oil purchases from Russia. “Putin, your turn is coming. You know, Donald Trump is the Scottie Scheffler of American politics and foreign diplomacy, and he’s about to put a whooping on your a**,” Graham, […]

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CLIMATE CRISIS CAUSING FOOD PRICE SPIKES AROUND THE WORLD, SCIENTISTS SAY

Mon 21 July 2025: Report finds extreme climate events linked to price hikes for rice, corn, cocoa, coffee, potatoes and other food items. South Korean cabbage, Australian lettuce, Japanese rice, Brazilian coffee and Ghanaian cocoa are among the many foods that have been hit by price hikes following extreme climate events since 2022, a team […]

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ICE TO TARGET ALL UNDOCUMENTED IMMIGRANTS, THEIR EMPLOYERS IN SWEEPING CRACKDOWN

Mon 21 July 2025: US Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) will arrest anyone found living in the country unlawfully, regardless of their criminal history or lack thereof, and is ramping up enforcement against employers hiring unauthorized workers, the agency’s acting director, Todd Lyons, said Sunday. Under orders from the Trump administration, ICE has reinstated wide-ranging […]

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LEBANON HANDS ITS RESPONSE TO US PROPOSAL ON DISARMING HEZBOLLAH

Mon 21 July 2025: Lebanese President Joseph Aoun on Monday delivered his country’s formal response to a US proposal aimed at disarming the Hezbollah group in exchange for an Israeli withdrawal from southern Lebanon, a senior political source told Anadolu. The presidency confirmed that Aoun met with US Envoy Tom Barrack at the presidential palace […]

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POPE LEO CALLS FOR END TO ‘BARBARITY OF WAR’ AFTER STRIKE ON GAZA CHURCH

Sun 20 July 2025: Pope Leo called for an end to the ‘barbarity of war‘ on Sunday as he spoke of his profound pain over an Israeli strike on the sole Catholic church in Gaza. Three people died and several were injured, including the parish priest, in the strike on the Holy Family Church compound in Gaza City on Thursday. […]

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UNCERTAINTY GRIPS GLOBAL ECONOMY IN TRUMP’S FIRST 6 MONTHS OF SECOND TERM

Sun 20 July 2025: – Trump’s policies triggered back-and-forth reactions in US stock markets: first falling at record pace before soaring to record highs – Some major tech firms saw steep declines before climbing to all-time highs; gold surged, oil dropped Six months into his second term, US President Donald Trump has returned to the […]

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ISRAEL IS STARVING GAZA CIVILIANS, INCLUDING 1 MILLION CHILDREN: UNRWA

Sun 20 July 2025: The UN agency for Palestinian refugees (UNRWA) on Sunday once again accused Israeli authorities of using starvation as a weapon of war against the civilian population of Gaza. In a statement on X, UNRWA said: “The Israeli Authorities are starving civilians in Gaza. Among them are 1 million children.” It renewed […]

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TSUNAMI ALERT LIFTED AFTER 7.4 MAGNITUDE QUAKES STRIKE RUSSIA’S PACIFIC COAST

Sun 20 July 2025: The Pacific Tsunami Warning Center (PTWC) has lifted the tsunami alert for Russia’s Kamchatka Peninsula following three earthquakes, the largest registering a magnitude of 7.4, that struck off the nearby Pacific coast. The United States Geological Survey (USGS) reported that the quakes, which included magnitudes of 6.7 and 5.0, occurred on […]

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RUSSIAN LAWMAKERS URGE WHATSAPP BAN FOR SECURITY REASONS

Sat 19 July 2025: Anton Gorelkin, First Deputy Chair of the Duma Committee on Information Policy, stated in a written announcement that WhatsApp, as a Meta product, could soon be included in the list of apps from “unfriendly countries” subject to restrictions. He commented, “It’s time for WhatsApp to prepare to leave the Russian market.” […]

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