Hurricane Idalia Strengthens To Category 4 Storm As It Nears Florida
[Al Jazeera] Hurricane Idalia has strengthened to a dangerous category 4 storm as it steams towards Florida’s Big Bend region and threatens to unleash life-threatening storm…
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Gabon Army Officers Say They Have Seized Power After Election In Oil-rich Country
[Reuters] Military officers in oil-producing Gabon said they had seized power on Wednesday and had put President Ali Bongo under house arrest, after the Central…
US To Counter Growing Size Of China’s Military With ‘Autonomous Systems’
[Al Jazeera] The Pentagon plans to field thousands of drones and other high-tech military equipment within the next two years as the United States military…
Eminem Tells Republican Vivek Ramaswamy To Stop Rapping His Songs
[BBC] Rap star Eminem has asked aspiring Republican presidential candidate Vivek Ramaswamy to stop using his songs. The letter comes more than a week after…
3 Killed In Racially-Motivated Shooting At Dollar General Store In Jacksonville
[CBS] Three people were killed in a shooting Saturday afternoon at a Dollar General store in Jacksonville, Florida, that authorities said was racially motivated. The…
Russia Says Genetic Tests Confirm Prigozhin Died In Plane Crash
[Reuters] Russian investigators said on Sunday that genetic tests had confirmed that Yevgeny Prigozhin, chief of the Wagner mercenary group, was among the 10 people…
Niger Allows Mali, Burkina Faso Troops To Enter Its Territory In Case Of Attack
[Reuters] Niger has authorised Mali and Burkina Faso’s armed forces to intervene on its territory in case of an attack, the countries said in a…
Historic Trump Mugshot Released After Arrest In Atlanta, Georgia
[BBC] Donald Trump has surrendered in Georgia on charges of plotting to overturn the state’s 2020 election results in an arrest that saw the first…
First Republican Presidential Debate Highlights: Four Key Moments
[Reuters] Eight contenders for the 2024 Republican presidential nomination jockeyed for voters’ attention on Wednesday at the party’s first debate, while the front-runner Donald Trump, the former…
India Lands Chandrayaan-3 Craft On Moon, Asserting Its Place In Space Tech
[Al Jazeera] India has landed a spacecraft on the moon, as the country – the fourth to achieve a moon landing – cements its growing prowess…