ISIL-backed rebels kill dozens in a week of attacks in DR Congo
A week of attacks by ISIL-backed rebel group Allied Democratic Forces has killed more than 50 people in eastern DR Congo
In Gaza City, we are saying goodbye
Forced expulsion is looming and we know this time we may never see our homes again.
‘Skibidi,’ ‘Tradwife,’ and 6,000 Other New Words Are in the Dictionary Now – Gizmodo
- ‘Skibidi,’ ‘Tradwife,’ and 6,000 Other New Words Are in the Dictionary Now Gizmodo
- Cambridge Dictionary adds ‘skibidi’ and ‘tradwife’ among 6,000 new words AP News
- Over 6000 new words added to the Cambridge Dictionary Cambridge University Press & Assessment
- 'Skibidi,' 'tradwife' and 'broligarchy' are among the latest additions to the Cambridge Dictionary. Do you know what these words mean? yahoo.com
- Cambridge Dictionary adds more than 6,000 words, including skibidi and delulu NPR
Israel to respond by Friday over Gaza truce plan accepted by Hamas
Israel under pressure to accept ceasefire proposal that is said to be almost identical to earlier US-backed plan
Israel has said it will deliver its response to international mediators by Friday over a new Gaza ceasefire plan accepted by Hamas amid mounting pressure for a truce in a war that has claimed more than 62,000 Palestinian lives.
After mass protests in Israel demanding a deal to secure the release of the remaining 20 living Israeli hostages held in Gaza, it appeared that Hamas had reduced its demands over a prisoners-for-hostages exchange as well as over the scope of an Israeli-demanded “security buffer zone”.
Continue reading...Israel attacks displacement shelters to force Palestinians to southern Gaza
Israel is ethnically cleansing the central neighborhood of Zeitoun in Gaza by bombing homes and displacement centres.
Department of Justice to begin handing over Epstein files to Capitol Hill – US politics live
DoJ agrees to provide Congress documents from the Epstein sex trafficking investigation, says House lawmaker on Monday
Today will be an arguably quieter day for the president – his only agenda item today is a bill signing at 1pm ET. This won’t be open to the press, but we’ll let you know if that changes.
Otherwise, White House press secretary Karoline Leavitt will hold a press briefing, also at 1pm ET today.
Continue reading...Mediators optimistic Israel will accept ceasefire deal that is ‘almost identical’ to one they earlier agreed – as it happened
Qatar says no breakthrough has yet been made but Hamas has given ‘positive response’
The UN’s human rights office on Tuesday condemned a far-right Israeli minister for taunting a Palestinian prisoner in his cell and sharing the footage online, Reuters reports.
National security minister Itamar Ben-Gvir published a video on Friday last week showing him confronting Marwan Barghouti, the most high-profile Palestinian detainee in Israeli custody.
Continue reading...Maine police officer detained by Ice agrees to leave US
Jon Luke Evans had been employed by local police after federal database confirmed his eligibility to work
A Maine police officer arrested by immigration authorities has agreed to voluntarily leave the country, US Immigration and Customs Enforcement (Ice) said on Monday.
Ice arrested the Old Orchard Beach police department reserve officer Jon Luke Evans, of Jamaica, on 25 July, as part of the agency’s effort to step up immigration enforcement. Officials with the town and police department have said federal authorities previously told them Evans was legally authorized to work in the US.
Continue reading...Shein mulls China return for Hong Kong listing after London IPO stalls
Fast-fashion retailer considered £50bn float in London but has not received backing from Chinese authorities
The online fast-fashion retailer Shein is understood to be considering moving its base back to China from Singapore in a move expected to pave the way for a Hong Kong listing rather than a UK one.
The business, which was founded in China and moved its headquarters to Singapore in 2022, had been considering a £50bn float in London after failing to win approval from regulators in the US for a New York flotation.
Continue reading...How Trump falsely claims US is the ‘only country’ that uses mail-in voting
Trump opposes postal voting, claiming inaccuracies, but many countries use the system.
Netanyahu lashes out at Albanese as ‘weak politician who betrayed Israel’ as diplomatic row escalates
Israel’s prime minister accuses Australian leader of ‘abandoning’ Jews as tension escalates over visa cancellation and Palestinian recognition
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Benjamin Netanyahu has launched an extraordinary broadside against Anthony Albanese, labelling Australia’s prime minister “weak” in a social media post, hours after local Jewish groups called for calm in diplomatic relations.
“History will remember Albanese for what he is: A weak politician who betrayed Israel and abandoned Australia’s Jews,” read a post on X from the account of Israel’s prime minister, on Tuesday evening Australian time.
Continue reading...Texas police hunt convict ‘mistakenly’ freed from jail
Police say the man was sentenced to jail for assaulting a family member and evading arrest.
European leaders discuss Ukraine security guarantees after Trump talks
Leaders continue flurry of diplomacy amid uncertainty over whether Putin-Zelenskyy meeting will be agreed
European leaders are holding fresh talks after their White House meeting with Volodymyr Zelenskyy amid uncertainty over Vladimir Putin’s readiness to meet the Ukrainian president.
The so-called “coalition of the willing” will first meet virtually, co-chaired by Keir Starmer and Emmanuel Macron, before joining a video conference hosted by the European Council president, António Costa.
Continue reading...‘We’re all going backwards’: dismay as Trump undoes Biden student-debt plan
Borrowers say higher repayments under changed Save plan means placing life on hold and creating further anxiety
When Faith, a 33-year-old in Burlington, North Carolina, went back to get her master’s degree in higher education administration in 2020-21, she hoped it would accelerate her career growth and maybe even help her get on the housing ladder.
Now, Faith has federal student loan debts of $38,113, and a repayment schedule that is much more demanding than she realized so she feels like the program stalled her progress.
Continue reading...Russia Responds To Washington Talks With Mass Drone And Missile Strikes On Ukraine – Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty
- Russia Responds To Washington Talks With Mass Drone And Missile Strikes On Ukraine Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty
- Russia launches largest attack of August on Ukraine after Trump-Zelenskyy meeting ABC News
- Russia bombards Ukrainian city hours after Washington summit Reuters
- Ukraine hit by multiple Russian strikes amid US-led push for end to war Al Jazeera
- Russia Strikes Ukraine Hours After White House Meetings The New York Times
Netanyahu: Australia PM a ‘weak politician who betrayed Israel, abandoned Australian Jews’ – The Times of Israel
- Netanyahu: Australia PM a ‘weak politician who betrayed Israel, abandoned Australian Jews’ The Times of Israel
- Netanyahu slams Australia PM, says he 'betrayed Israel and abandoned Australia's Jews' Fox News
- Netanyahu lashes out at Albanese as ‘weak politician who betrayed Israel’ as diplomatic row escalates The Guardian
- Israel boots Australian diplomats, orders close look at visa requests as ties sour The Times of Israel
- Netanyahu says Israel ‘betrayed’ by Australia as relations plunge Al Jazeera
Young chatty workers disturbing older colleagues ‘not age harassment’, tribunal rules
Workers in their 20s and 30s that may annoy by socialising found not to be breaking workplace equality rules
Older employees who are disturbed by younger, more boisterous colleagues in the workplace are not victims of age harassment, an employment tribunal has ruled.
Employees in their 20s and 30s may annoy more mature co-workers by chatting, socialising and looking at their phones but they are not breaking workplace equality rules, the tribunal said.
Continue reading...Ukraine cuts off Putin’s pipeline profits—Europe’s Druzba oil deliveries halted after yesterday’s drone assault – Euromaidan Press
- Ukraine cuts off Putin’s pipeline profits—Europe’s Druzba oil deliveries halted after yesterday's drone assault Euromaidan Press
- Russian oil flows to Hungary and Slovakia halted after Ukrainian attack Reuters
- Ukraine Says It Made Fresh Attack on Russian Oil Pipeline System Bloomberg.com
- Budapest threatens Kyiv with electricity cut after strikes on pipeline Euronews.com
- NATO Ally Issues Warning to Ukraine After Russia Pipeline Strike Newsweek
Unraveling claims Russia created online ‘marketplace’ for kidnapped Ukrainian children – Snopes
- Unraveling claims Russia created online 'marketplace' for kidnapped Ukrainian children Snopes
- Trump says he discussed missing children with EU chief The Hill
- Allies to push for the return of Ukrainian children abducted by Russia Euronews.com
- Trump, EU's von der Leyen discuss plight of children in war Reuters
- Ukraine’s first lady demands return of thousands of kidnapped children as peace terms with Russia are considered New York Post
Florida man who fatally stabbed friend over Trump convicted of second-degree murder
Donald Jamesbrown Henry and Shawn Popp got into a fight over ‘Trump going bankrupt’ when the latter was attacked
A Florida man who fatally stabbed a friend during an argument in 2022 over Donald Trump’s businesses having gone bankrupt, is facing possibly spending the rest of his life in prison after being convicted of murder.
Donald Jamesbrown Henry, 38, awaits a sentencing hearing tentatively scheduled for October after jurors found him guilty on Friday of second-degree murder in the killing of Shawn Popp, whose death came to be regarded by some as an example of the havoc that politics can wreak on interpersonal relationships in the US.
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