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…
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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…
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…
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…
Taliban Order Afghanistan’s Hair And Beauty Salons To Shut
[BBC] The Taliban have ordered hair and beauty salons in Afghanistan to shut in the latest restriction faced by women. A Vice and Virtue Ministry…
Philadelphia Shooting: Five Killed And Two Wounded After Man Opens Fire
[BBC] Five people have been killed and two children wounded after a man wearing a bullet-proof vest opened fire in the US city of Philadelphia….
Eight-year Election Ban For Brazil’s Jair Bolsonaro
[BBC] Brazil’s Supreme Electoral Court has voted 5-2 to bar ex-president Jair Bolsonaro from running for office for eight years. Mr Bolsonaro was found guilty…