Wed 17 July 2024: Angry over US arms sales to Taiwan, China on Wednesday said it has decided to suspend consultations with Washington over arms control and non-proliferation, state media reported. “The US has ignored China’s firm opposition and repeated representations, continuing to sell arms to Taiwan, and engaging in a series of negative actions that seriously harm China’s […]
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Wed 17 July 2024: US President Joe Biden is behind Republican nominee Donald Trump in all seven major swing states, according to a poll released Tuesday. The YouGov poll for the Times/SAY24 shows Biden trailing in Arizona, Georgia, Michigan, Nevada, North Carolina, Pennsylvania, and Wisconsin from July 4-12, the week following the presidential debate and […]
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Wed 17 July 2024: The foundations of the international legal order, strategic stability and the UN-centric system of global politics are being put to the test, Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov said Tuesday. “It will be impossible to resolve the conflicts that are multiplying and without getting to the root causes and restoring faith in […]
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Wed 17 July 2024: The United States received intelligence from a human source in recent weeks about an Iranian plot to try to assassinate former President Donald Trump, CNN reported on Tuesday, citing people briefed on the matter. CNN reported that there was no indication that the 20-year-old who tried to assassinate Trump on Saturday was connected to the plot. Law […]
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Tue 16 July 2024: Internet personality Andrew Tate will remain in Romania as he awaits trial on charges of human trafficking, Reuters reported. A Romanian court of appeal on Tuesday overturned a previous ruling that allowed him to leave the country. Tate, along with his brother Tristan and two Romanian female suspects, was indicted in […]
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Tue 16 July 2024: The death toll from heavy rains in eastern Afghanistan increased to 47 on Tuesday, with 350 people injured, according to local officials. Severe storms struck Nangarhar province on Monday evening, causing extensive damage by uprooting trees and collapsing buildings. Saifullah Khalid, head of Nangarhar’s disaster management authority, confirmed the updated figures […]
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Tue 16 July 2024: President Joe Biden is at risk of losing a critical labor endorsement as the 1.3 million-member Teamsters union contemplates not supporting any candidate in the U.S. presidential race, Reuters reported quoting two people familiar with the matter. The International Brotherhood of Teamsters has yet to finalize its decision, which is expected […]
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Tue 16 July 2024: France has been grappling with concerns and controversies in the lead up to the Olympics 2024, which are set to get under way in Paris on July 26. Hijab ban for French athletes The host nation has barred its athletes from wearing the hijab – a headscarf worn by some Muslim […]
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Japan Tuesday completed the release of the seventh batch of treated radioactive water into the sea from the crippled Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant. Tokyo Electric Power Company Holdings Inc. discharged around 7,800 tons of water, which had begun on June 28, Tokyo-based Kyodo News reported. The operator reported no abnormal tritium levels in nearby […]
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Tue 16 July 2024: Israeli soldiers are plagued by nightmares, the economy is collapsing, and diplomacy eroding, former Defense Minister Avigdor Lieberman said Monday. “Nine months have passed since the deadly surprise attack by Hamas on the state of Israel and its people, and it seems as though nothing has changed within the Israeli leadership,” Lieberman wrote […]
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