Sun 21 July 2024: Russia said on Sunday that it prevented a pair of US strategic bombers from crossing its border. A statement by the Russian Defense Ministry said the country’s “means of airspace control” detected a group of air targets over the Barents Sea as they were approaching the border. The statement said Russian […]
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Sun 21 July 2024: Bangladesh’s Supreme Court has reduced the controversial government job quota system that led to deadly nationwide protests. Although the streets have calmed following the ruling, student leaders vow to continue demonstrations until their demands, including the release of those jailed and the resignation of officials responsible for the violence, are met. […]
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Sun 21 July 2024: A massive IT outage is currently affecting computer systems worldwide. In Australia and Aotearoa New Zealand, reports indicate computers at banks, media organisations, hospitals, transport services, shop checkouts, airports and more have all been impacted. Today’s outage is unprecedented in its scale and severity. The technical term for what has happened to the affected computers […]
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Sun 21 July 2024: The US Capitol Police said Friday that there will be an increased law enforcement presence at the Capitol for Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s address to Congress next week. Netanyahu is expected to face protests from both outside demonstrators and members of Congress, with some lawmakers vowing to boycott the speech, […]
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Hawks in Limpopo received information about suspicious activities taking place at the farm. Photo SPAS Twitter Sun 21 July 2024: South African police have uncovered an industrial-scale meth lab and arrested four suspects, including two Mexicans, in one of the country’s biggest-ever drug busts. The laboratory was discovered on a farm in Groblersdal, a small […]
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Sat 20 July 2024: Bangladesh imposed a nationwide curfew to suppress student-led protests against government job quotas, with military and police patrolling Dhaka’s largely empty streets. Soldiers established checkpoints after the government enforced the curfew to prevent further demonstrations exacerbated by economic insecurity. Violence and Casualties The protests have turned deadly, with dozens killed and […]
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Sat 20 July 2024: A global tech outage that was related to a software update by cybersecurity firm CrowdStrike affected nearly 8.5 million Microsoft devices, Microsoft said in a blog on Saturday. “We currently estimate that CrowdStrike’s update affected 8.5 million Windows devices, or less than one percent of all Windows machines,” it said in the […]
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An explosion amid airstrikes in Houthi-controlled al-Hudaydah in western Yemen, July 20 2024 (Scrren grab) Sat 20 July 2024: Al Masirah TV, the main television news outlet run by Yemen’s Houthi movement, says a series of air strikes have targeted the Red Sea port city of Hodeidah. The attacks targeted oil refineries, the report said. […]
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Sat 20 July 2024: The man who shot former US President Donald Trump in the ear during a rally in Pennsylvania flew a drone over the rally site just hours before Trump appeared on stage, according to NBC news. The drone, reportedly a DJI model, provided the 20-year-old gunman, Thomas Crooks, an aerial perspective that […]
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Sat 20 July 2024: A new COVID-19 variant, LB.1, hit Australia as health experts warned that it could spread faster than previous variants, local media said on Saturday. The country’s health department spokesperson said that there had been confirmed cases of LB.1 in Australia, SBS News reported. Health experts also warned that the new variant […]
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