Thu 18 July 2024: Ursula von der Leyen on Thursday won support from lawmakers for a second term as the president of European Commission, the executive arm of the EU. The 720-member European Parliament approved her candidacy in a 401-284 vote. There were 15 abstentions and seven void votes. Von der Leyen, who led the […]
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Thu 18 July 2024: US President Joe Biden tested positive for COVID-19 while campaigning in Las Vegas, Nevada, the White House announced Wednesday. He exhibited “upper respiratory symptoms,” such as a runny nose, cough, and “general malaise,” but felt okay during his first campaign stop. A subsequent test confirmed the positive result. Spokesperson Karine Jean-Pierre […]
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Thu 18 July 2024: Israel’s parliament has passed a resolution that overwhelmingly rejected the establishment of a Palestinian state, Israeli media reported. The resolution passed in the Knesset with 68 votes in favour and just nine against it early on Thursday. It said that a Palestinian state would pose “an existential danger to the State […]
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Thu 18 July 2024: Since the early 2000s, Kenya has come up with legislative changes and thrown a tremendous amount of funding at a range of reforms to improve the relationship between police and citizens. Specifically, these reforms have been aimed at addressing impunity and human rights abuses. Police reform was a crucial part of president Mwai Kibaki’s […]
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Thu 18 July 2024: TikTok owner, ByteDance, on Wednesday lost its court challenge against its designation as a gatekeeper under landmark European Union rules, in a boost for antitrust regulators seeking to curb the power of Big Tech, Reuters reported. Under the EU Digital Markets Act (DMA), gatekeepers are required to make their messaging apps interoperate with […]
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Thu 18 July 2024: A woman dies every two hours during pregnancy or childbirth in Yemen as a result of their inability to access the necessary healthcare, the United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA) warned yesterday. Marking World Population Day, UNFPA said on X that Yemen suffers from high rates of preventable maternal deaths. ⚠️#Yemen suffers […]
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Thu 18 July 2024: A former CIA employee, Sue Mi Terry, has been charged by US prosecutors for allegedly spying for South Korea in exchange for luxury gifts, according to the US Department of Justice. Terry, who worked for the US government from 2001 to 2011, began her “secret agent” activities in 2013, passing confidential […]
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Wed 17 July 2024: The US military announced on Wednesday the conclusion of a floating pier mission that had been delivering aid to the Gaza Strip. “The maritime surge mission involving the pier is complete. So, there’s no more need to use the pier,” stated Vice Admiral Brad Cooper, Deputy Commander of Central Command Navy, […]
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Wed 17 July 2024: The United States military says ISIL (ISIS) is trying “to reconstitute” as the number of its attacks in Syria and Iraq is on track to double that of the previous year. The armed group has already claimed 153 attacks in both countries in the first six months of 2024, US Central […]
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Wed 17 July 2024: The Iranian Foreign Ministry spokesman denied an allegation by CNN regarding Iran’s involvement in the recent attempted assassination against former US President Donald Trump. US RECEIVED INTEL OF IRANIAN PLOT TO ASSASSINATE TRUMP – CNN Nasser Kana’ani said, the Islamic Republic of Iran strongly rejects any involvement in the recent armed […]
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