Sat 20 July 2024: Elon Musk formally endorsed Trump’s candidacy after the former president survived a shooting in Pennsylvania [File: Apu Gomes /Getty Images] Tech billionaire Elon Musk has said he plans to donate approximately $45m each month to a new super political-action committee (Super PAC) supporting Donald Trump‘s election bid, according to a United States […]
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Sat 20 July 2024: The two-week-long anti-quota protests in Bangladesh have turned violent after groups linked to the ruling party attacked student protesters in the capital, Dhaka. More than 400 people were injured on Monday and Tuesday during attacks on protesters who are against the government job quota system amid rising unemployment in the South Asian nation.The protests began on […]
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Sat 20 July 2024: A Russian court has sentenced US journalist Evan Gershkovich to 16 years in prison, concluding the espionage trial of the Wall Street Journal reporter in Yekaterinburg. The prosecution had initially demanded an 18-year prison term. The trial, which started on June 26, was held behind closed doors. Press freedom advocates, global […]
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Fri 19 July 2024: Poliovirus has been detected in samples of sewage water in the densely populated Gaza Strip, placing “thousands” of Palestinians at risk of contracting the highly infectious disease that can cause paralysis. Gaza’s Ministry of Health said it had detected “component poliovirus type 2” in coordination with UNICEF, the United Nations children’s agency. […]
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Fri 19 July 2024: A widespread technical glitch linked to a Microsoft outage caused disruptions across various sectors globally, from airlines to banks. The cascade of failures began in the US and spread to Asia, impacting major companies such as McDonald’s, United Airlines, and LSE Group. The exact cause of the outage remains unclear, but […]
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Fri 19 July 2024: Turkiye and Niger agreed to boost cooperation on energy, mining, intelligence and defence, after the West African nation asked Western military personnel to leave and terminated the mining contracts of many Western countries, Reuters reports. Turkiye’s Foreign Minister Hakan Fidan, along with Defence Minister Yasar Guler, Energy Minister Alparslan Bayraktar, and head of […]
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Fri 19 July 2024: Thousands of students wielding sticks and rocks clashed with armed police in Dhaka, as Bangladesh authorities shut down some mobile internet services to curb protests against civil service hiring quotas. At least 32 people were reported dead during the protests on Thursday across Bangladesh, with authorities blocking mobile services nationwide. In […]
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Fri 19 July 2024: Electronic prescription provider MediSecure has revealed that the personal data of approximately 12.9 million Australians were leaked during a cyber security incident earlier this year, Xinhua reported. On April 13, MediSecure discovered that a database server had been encrypted by suspected ransomware, before the incident was first notified to the public […]
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Fri 19 July 2024: US President Joe Biden could announce his decision to end his re-election campaign as soon as this weekend, according to a report published Thursday. The Axios news website based its reporting on comments from several top Democrats who said privately that rising intra-party pressures, including from leadership and close friends, “will […]
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Fri 19 July 2024: British Prime Minister, Keir Starmer, on Thursday announced an £84 million (nearly $109 million) funding package for humanitarian and development projects in Africa and the Middle East to tackle the migration crisis, Anadolu Agency reports. Addressing a press conference after the European Political Community summit in Oxfordshire, Starmer said “this funding is a […]
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