Wed 30 July 2025: US President Donald Trump said on Tuesday he did not plan to attend the G20 summit in South Africa, rehashing debunked claims of white citizens being systematically persecuted and killed in the country. Asked aboard Air Force One if he planned to attend the leaders’ summit in November, Trump said: “No, […]
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Tue 29 July 2025: Global hunger fell in 2024 for a third straight year, but conflict and climate shocks deepened crises in Africa and the Middle East. Global hunger levels declined for a third consecutive year in 2024, according to a new United Nations report, as better access to food in South America and India […]
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Tue 29 July 2025: North Korea on Tuesday asked the US to accept its status as a nuclear weapons state before any new summit with President Donald Trump, state news agency KCNA reported. In a statement, Kim Yo Jong, the North Korean leader’s sister and vice department director of the Central Committee of the Workers’ Party of Korea, […]
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Tue 29 July 2025: The confirmed number of Palestinians killed in Israeli attacks since the start of the war on Gaza has risen to at least 60,034, according to the Health Ministry in the besieged and bombarded territory. In its latest daily update, the ministry said the bodies of 113 Palestinians, including one killed in […]
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Tue 29 July 2025: The Trump administration has announced that US federal employees are allowed to express and promote their religious beliefs in the workplace. The US Office of Personnel Management (OPM), the chief human resources agency for the federal government, issued a government-wide memorandum, directing federal agencies “to take affirmative steps to protect religious […]
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Mon 28 July 2025: Malaysia’s Prime Minister Anwar Ibrahim announced that Thailand and Cambodia have agreed to an immediate and unconditional ceasefire to end their border clashes starting at midnight on Monday.In a press conference after the peace talks, Ibrahim also expressed his “deep appreciation and gratitude” to the leaders of Thailand and Cambodia following […]
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Mon 28 July 2025: Trump, who was in Scotland for a trade deal with the EU, met the British Prime Minister Keir Starmer on July 28. When he was asked if he agreed with Netanyahu’s claim that there was no starvation in Gaza, Trump said, “I mean, based on television, I would say not particularly […]
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Mon 28 July 2025: The UN‘s top humanitarian official warned Sunday of an accelerating humanitarian disaster in Gaza, saying one in three people hasn’t eaten “for days” and children are “wasting away” amid severe food aid shortages. Tom Fletcher, under-secretary-general for humanitarian affairs and emergency relief coordinator, welcomed Israel’s decision to support a one-week scale-up of aid, including […]
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Mon 28 July 2025: There is increasing pressure in the US Congress to release sealed documents related to child sex offender Jeffrey Epstein, revealing divisions among Republicans as some lawmakers break ranks with US President Donald Trump, a report by Axios on Sunday indicated. The pressure follows renewed attention on the case of Epstein, the […]
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Sun 27 July 2025: Record-breaking temperatures scorched parts of the Mediterranean, Europe, Asia, the US, and the Middle East this week, with forecasters warning that the extreme heat will persist in the coming days. Data compiled by Anadolu showed that the heat, which began intensifying in early June, has returned across the Mediterranean and parts […]
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