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Benjamin Netanyahu delivers remarks to the US Congress, Emmanuel Macron says France’s caretaker government will stay on through the Olympics, a plane crash in Nepal claims 18 lives, with the pilot as the sole survivor, a New Zealand probe reports that over 200K people have been abused in state care, Uganda detains dozens of anti-government protesters, Kamala Harris holds her first campaign rally following Biden’s step-down, while t...

US Secret Service Director Kimberly Cheatle resigns, Kamala Harris secures enough delegates’ support to be the Democratic nominee for president, Hamas and Fatah agree to form a future unity government, Hungary is blocked from hosting an upcoming EU meeting over its Ukraine peace mission, the UN warns that the threat of terrorism is `resurging’ in Syria, twin landslides in Ethiopia kill over 200, an affordable ‘vaccine-like’ HIV dru...

Democrats raise nearly $50M after Biden's withdrawal, The director of the Secret Service is questioned over the Trump shooting, Israel orders the evacuation of part of the humanitarian zone in Gaza, Bangladesh's top court cuts job quotas after deadly protests, Iran and Sudan exchange ambassadors after eight years, The US Navy reports the first air-to-air victory for a female fighter pilot, At least six are killed in a shooting at a...

A Windows update causes a global IT outage, Yemen's Houthis take responsibility for a fatal drone attack on Tel Aviv, while the International Court of Justice rules that Israel’s presence in Palestinian territories is 'unlawful,' Russia jails US journalist Gershkovich for 16 Years for espionage, Donald Trump delivers a major speech to close out the Republican National Convention, Kamala Harris is now the favorite for the Democratic...

Ursula von der Leyen is reelected president of the European Commission, Democrats report that Biden is 'receptive' to calls for him to drop out of the presidential race, JD Vance makes his first speech as Trump’s vice presidential pick, China suspends it arms control talks with the US, Germany decides to halve its military aid to Ukraine, Israel’s Knesset rejects a two-state solution, the Wall Street Journal dismisses the new chair...

US authorities claim Iran is allegedly plotting a threat to Donald Trump, while Boris Johnson meets Trump to discuss supporting Ukraine, King Charles outlines the UK government’s new priorities, Malaysia is taking steps to address cyberbullying after the death of a TikTok influencer, a human rights report alleges arbitrary abuse of children in El Salvador's prisons, Pres. Joe Biden is reportedly considering proposing major reforms ...

Biden admits that his ‘bull's-eye’ comment on Trump was a 'mistake,' Elon Musk denies rumors that he has pledged $45M a month to a pro-Trump super pac, Ukraine’s Zelenskyy backs Russia’s attendance at the next peace summit, Gaza aid blocking groups reportedly receive donations from Americans and Israelis, a senior North Korean diplomat defects to the South, a jailed Greek mayor is temporarily freed to take his oath as an EU lawmake...

Donald Trump picks JD Vance as his running mate, The secret service faces scrutiny over the Trump rally shooting, A judge dismisses the former president’s classified docs case, Israel says it hit a Hamas military leader in a strike that killed 90, Pakistan bans ex-Prime Minister Imran Khan's party, EU representatives plan to boycott Hungary's Foreign Affairs Summit, Voters head to the polls in Rwanda, China's economy grows slower t...

Police in Brazil say a ‘parallel' spy agency snooped on Bolsonaro rivals, Democratic Party uncertainty continues after Joe Biden’s NATO summit events, Russia warns of a military response to a US missile deployment in Germany, Benjamin Netanyahu denies that Israel is considering leaving the Egypt-Gaza border, The recent UK election reportedly had its lowest voter turnout since universal suffrage in 1928, The House GOP votes to rever...

Hollywood’s George Clooney pressures Biden to drop out of the presidential race, the US House approves a bill to prevent non-citizens from voting, Kenya’s president dismisses his entire cabinet, Israel and Hamas allegedly signal their acceptance of an 'interim governance' in Gaza, over 40 activists are handed life sentences in the UAE, Russia bans The Moscow Times, US inflation falls for the first time since 2020, the founder of th...

Congressional Democrats hit an impasse on Biden's presidential run, Nikki Haley encourages her delegates to vote for Trump, Russian Pres. Vladimir Putin hosts India's Narendra Modi, French prosecutors probe Marine Le Pen’s campaign funding, Liberia’s president takes a 40% salary cut, Samsung workers announce an indefinite strike, Microsoft quits OpenAI’s board, A BBC journalist’s wife and daughters are killed in a crossbow attack, ...

Hungary’s Viktor Orbán makes a surprise visit to China, Rishi Sunak names an interim shadow cabinet, the NATO summit is underway in Washington, DC, a Lancet letter suggests direct and indirect Gaza deaths could eventually amount to 186K, Russia claims a Kyiv hospital was hit with a Ukrainian air defense missile, the Republican Party platform drops a 40-year call for national abortion limits, polls show Trump leading Biden, and with...

A left coalition wins the most seats in the French elections, A Russian missile attack kills dozens in Ukraine, Western mercenaries are accused of killing Russian POWs, Israel is alleged to have invoked the 'Hannibal Directive' on Oct. 7, Biden tells Congressional Democrats that he's staying in the race, Japan and the Philippines sign a defense deal, Yuriko Koike wins a third term as governor of Tokyo, Boeing agrees to plead guilty...

Sir Keir Starmer becomes the UK’s first Labour prime minister since 2010, Biden faces pressure from donors to drop out of the US presidential race, Iran holds a run-off to choose its next president, Hungary's Prime Minister Viktor Orbán visits Moscow, Putin says he takes Trump's comments on ending the war in Ukraine 'seriously,' Brazilian police recommend charges against former Pres. Jair Bolsonaro, A mass leak targets 3M Syrian re...

Exit polls suggest a landslide win for Labour in the UK election, Israel reportedly approves the largest West Bank seizure in 30 years, Hezbollah fires 200 rockets into Israel, NATO approves $43B in aid for Ukraine, an American citizen is sentenced to 12 years in Russia on drug charges, a pro-Palestine senator quits Australia’s Labor Party, the EU raises tariffs on Chinese electric vehicles, General Motors agrees to pay $146M in pe...

Ukraine is reportedly told it must address corruption before NATO membership can proceed, Pres. Biden engages with Democratic governors regarding presidential election concerns, the first UN-sponsored talks on Afghanistan with the Taliban conclude in Qatar, French candidates drop out of the election runoff to try to stop the National Rally party, Benjamin Netanyahu denies claims that Israel’s military wants a cease-fire, the US dep...

Trump’s hush money sentencing is postponed, Former Trump lawyer Rudy Giuliani is disbarred, Hungary's Viktor Orbán makes his first war-time visit to Ukraine, A Reform UK candidate defects to the Conservative Party, India enacts three new criminal laws, Israel instructs Palestinians to evacuate Khan Younis, The UN declares Pakistan’s Imran Khan arbitrarily detained, A judge releases transcripts of Jeffrey Epstein’s 2006 grand jury p...

SCOTUS rules Trump has ‘absolute immunity’ on official acts, Marine Le Pen’s National Rally leads in France’s parliamentary elections, Pres. Ramaphosa unveils a new coalition government in South Africa, the director of al-Shifa hospital in Gaza is released from Israeli detention, the DOJ is reportedly set to criminally charge Boeing and seek a plea agreement, Biden and Trump raise millions post-debate, SCOTUS rules in favor of a tr...

Joe Biden and Donald Trump square off in a high-profile presidential debate, Iran votes for a new president in snap elections, right-wing British activist Tommy Robinson is arrested in Canada, North Korea reportedly executed a 22-year-old for disseminating K-pop, Ursula von der Leyen is nominated for a second European Commission term, the US is reportedly preparing to evacuate Americans from Lebanon, the US Supreme Court limits fed...