VATICAN EXPELS REBEL CATHOLIC GROUP OVER UNAUTHORIZED ORDINATION

Thu 02 July 2026: Vatican stresses only pope may approve bishop consecrations to safeguard apostolic ties to Jesus’s original disciples. The Vatican says priests and lay Catholics who are part of a breakaway right-wing Catholic group that ordained bishops without Pope Leo XIV’s approval are in schism with the wider church and are now excommunicated. […]

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HERE’S WHAT’S HAPPENING IN SOUTH AFRICA TODAY | THURSDAY – 02 JULY 2026

Thu 02 July 2026: Here’s what’s happening in South Africa today:👇🏼 ◼️ Was Zuma looking for funding? Zuma told reporters in Haridwar, an ancient City in the northern state of Uttarakhand, that he had come to India to catch up with his “friend” and “brother”, Ajay. Zuma told the Indian media that South African authorities […]

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GERMANY CHARGES UKRAINIAN SUSPECT OVER NORD STREAM BLASTS, ALLEGES WAR CRIME

Thu 02 July 2026: German prosecutors have charged a Ukrainian man with leading the 2022 sabotage of the Nord Stream gas pipelines in the Baltic Sea, accusing him of committing a war crime, media reports said on Wednesday. Serhii K., a former Ukrainian soldier being held in pretrial detention in Hamburg, faces charges that include […]

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ISRAELI KNESSET ADVANCES BILL TO BAN MUSLIM CALL TO PRAYER OVER LOUDSPEAKERS

Thu 02 July 2026: The Knesset on Wednesday approved a bill that seeks to ban the broadcasting of the Muslim call to prayer (adhan) through loudspeakers, according to Israeli media. Israel Hayom daily reported that the Knesset approved the bill in its preliminary reading to tighten law enforcement against what it described as “mosque noise.” […]

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EIGHT SCHOOLGIRLS CHARGED WITH MURDER OVER KENYA DORM FIRE THAT KILLED 16

Thu 02 July 2026: Eight schoolgirls, accused of causing a dormitory fire that killed 16 fellow students at Utumishi Girls Academy, pleaded not guilty to murder charges before a Kenyan court on Wednesday. The minors appeared before High Court Judge Diana Kavedza in Kibera, Nairobi, where they denied 16 counts of murder linked to the […]

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EUROPE FACES RISING DEATH TOLL AMID SEVERE HEAT WAVE

Thu 02 July 2026: Although not every European country has published an official death toll from the past month’s scorching temperatures, the June heat wave is estimated to have left thousands of people dead across the continent. On Sunday, Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, director-general of the World Health Organization, said on US social media platform X […]

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PAKISTAN ISSUES JULY 10 ULTIMATUM TO UNDOCUMENTED AFGHAN NATIONALS

Wed 01 July 2026: Pakistan has set July 10 as the final deadline for undocumented Afghan nationals to leave the country, with authorities ordered to launch a nationwide crackdown on those who remain without legal status after the deadline expires. The Ministry of Interior has instructed provincial governments, police chiefs and the Islamabad administration to […]

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OVER 30 STUDENTS MISSING FOLLOWING DEADLY NIGERIA SCHOOL ATTACK

Wed 01 July 2026: The attacks targeted a secondary school in the northeastern town of Lassa, in Borno State. At least 37 students remain missing after gunmen raided their school in northeast Nigeria, according to local officials. The attack occurred on Monday when assailants from the Islamic State West Africa Province (ISWAP) group stormed a secondary […]

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HALAL CERTIFICATION COULD BE THE NEXT BLUEPRINT FOR GLOBAL SUSTAINABILITY STANDARDS, HALAL360 CEO SAYS

Wed 01 July 2026: ‘It’s not just for Muslims, it’s for the entire humanity,’ says Halal360 CEO as platform bids to reframe halal as global benchmark for clean consumerism Something that is not sustainable can never be halal,’ Mahmood Godel says ‘Muslims should not be the participants of the halal industry, but should be the […]

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