Ukraine ‘Deserves’ NATO Membership, Turkey’s Erdogan Says
[Al Jazeera] Turkey supports Ukraine’s NATO membership aspirations, Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan told his Ukrainian counterpart Volodymyr Zelenskyy, but he also urged for a…
July 2023
Latvia Swears In Edgars Rinkevics As EU’s First Openly Gay President
[BBC] Latvia’s long-serving foreign minister Edgars Rinkevics has become the first openly gay head of state of a European Union nation. Mr Rinkevics, who had…
Dutch Coalition Government Collapses In Migration Row
[BBC] The Dutch government has collapsed because of a disagreement between coalition parties over asylum policies, Prime Minster Mark Rutte has said. The four parties…
Caricom Governments Agree To Have Free Movement Of People By March Next Year
[CMC] Caribbean Community (Caricom) leaders ended their three-day summit in Trinidad on Wednesday night agreeing to have the free movement of all categories of people…
Severed Human Leg Found Hanging From Mexican Bridge
[CBS] A violent drug cartel is suspected of leaving a severed human leg found hanging from a pedestrian bridge Wednesday in Toluca, just west of Mexico…
Ten Million Join Meta’s Twitter Rival, Zuckerberg Says
[BBC] Ten million users signed up for Meta’s newly launched Threads app in its first seven hours, the company’s chief Mark Zuckerberg says. He pitched…
Be Vigilant, Drive With Extreme Care; Police Tell Motorists
Police are imploring motorists to adhere to traffic regulations, especially speeding controls, in the wake of at least two fatalities that were as a result…
Nine People Wounded In Washington, DC, Mass Shooting
[Al Jazeera] Nine people have been injured, including two juveniles, in a mass shooting in Washington, DC, police say, amid Independence Day celebrations across the…
Climate Change: World’s Hottest Day Since Records Began
[BBC] The world’s average temperature reached a new high on Monday 3 July, topping 17 degrees Celsius for the first time. Scientists say the reading…
Early Morning Shooting Leaves One Dead And Another Injured
Police have confirmed the identity of the young man who was gunned down early this morning, July 4. The shooting incident left one male dead…