Mon 29 July 2024: The warring parties in the conflict in Sudan have engaged in widespread sexual and gender-based violence in the capital Khartoum, an NGO has reported. Forces commanded by both the Rapid Support Forces (RSF) and the Sudanese Armed Forces (SAF) have regularly carried out rape and gang rape among other crimes since […]
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Mon 29 July 2024: The US, UK, and France, along with several other countries, issued urgent travel advisories Sunday asking their citizens to avoid or leave Lebanon immediately as tensions escalate with Israel considering military action against the Lebanese Hezbollah group following a rocket strike in the occupied Golan Heights. The US Embassy in Lebanon […]
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Mon 29 July 2024: More than half of people feel worse off now than they did five years ago, according to a survey of 6,000 people, showing that the cost of living crisis continues to bite. A study by price comparison website Compare the Market found that 53 percent of people feel poorer than they […]
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Mon 29 July 2024: Nicolas Maduro, 61, has been declared the winner of Venezuela’s presidential election by the electoral authority, setting the stage for a significant political showdown over the country’s future. Opposition leader Maria Corina Machado, who was barred from running, claimed opposition candidate Edmundo Gonzalez won 70% of the vote and urged the […]
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Sun 28 July 2024: A rapidly spreading fire in northern California, known as the Park Fire, has become one of the largest in the state’s history, authorities reported Saturday. The blaze has scorched more than 350,000 acres (142,000 hectares), making it the seventh-largest wildfire ever recorded in California, according to the state agency Cal Fire. […]
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Sun 28 July 2024: US Secretary of State Antony Blinken said on Sunday he does not want to see an escalation of conflict on Israel’s northern border after Israel accused Hezbollah of killing 12 children and teenagers in a rocket attack in the Israeli-occupied Golan Heights, Reuters reports. Israel said on Sunday it would strike hard […]
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Sun 28 July 2024: A Bangladeshi student organization has pledged to restart demonstrations that led to a violent police response and nationwide unrest unless their detained leaders are released by Sunday. Last week’s turmoil, which resulted in at least 205 deaths according to AFP’s compilation of police and hospital data, marks one of the most […]
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Sun 28 July 2024: Russian President Vladimir Putin cautioned the United States on Sunday that if Washington deploys long-range missiles in Germany starting in 2026, Russia will respond by stationing similar missiles within striking distance of the West. Earlier this month, the U.S. and Germany announced the deployment of long-range fire capabilities in Germany in […]
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Sun 28 July 2024: US Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump on Saturday laid out his plan to ensure that the US will be the crypto capital of the planet and the Bitcoin superpower of the world. “If crypto is going to define the future, I want it mined, minted and made in the USA,” he told Bitcoin […]
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Sat 27 July 2024: A rocket struck a soccer field in Majdal Shams, a Druze town in the Golan Heights, killing at least 10 children, and injuring 24, the IDF reported on Saturday. Israel claims Hezbollah is behind the attack “Ten people in serious condition are being evacuated via Israel Air Force helicopters and MDA […]
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