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With the votes counted, Netanyahu appears to be the new Israel’s leader.
Israel PM Benjamin Netanyahu is expected to return to power as PM and his alliance with far-right parties appears likely. The new government hopes to save Mr Netanyahu from prosecution and potential prison time, since right-wing parties have an absolute majority in the Knesset. Netanyahu has ruled Israel for the past 15 years, making him…
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I’m done with the social networking site.
Twitter CEO Elon Musk on Thursday said he has lifted the suspensions of some high-profile journalists from the platform, including BBC’s Nick Paton Walsh, who were suspended last week. However, he didn’t reveal the journalists’ real-time location. Earlier, a poll asked if Musk should “Unsuspend accounts who doxxed my exact location in real-time”. Over 58.7%…
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Musk has sold 22 million of his Tesla shares for billions of dollars.
Billionaire Elon Musk, who is buying Twitter in a deal valued at about $4 billion, will reportedly keep Twitter’s headquarters in San Francisco. Musk and Twitter had first announced their plans to sell the platform in June, with Musk saying that he wanted to buy Twitter for the second time in his career. Twitter was…
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The group was badly hurt in the assassination attempt.
A Russian citizen who is closely linked to the Wagner group led by Yevgeny Prigozhin has been injured in an assassination attempt in the Central African Republic, according to Prigozhin and Russian officials. It contained a note saying that next time he would receive his son’s head if ‘the Russians don’t get out of the…
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A student at UCLA was sentenced for his part in the Capitol riot.
UCLA student Christian Secor, who participated in the US Capitol riots along with hundreds of protesters in January 2021, has been sentenced to over three years in prison. Secor pleaded guilty to rioting and trespassing and had asked for a two-year probation sentence with no prison time. US Capitol Police Inspector Tom Lloyd, who gave…
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Residents of Kherson know Russia is still a threat even though there are cheering crowds in the streets.
Russian forces on Saturday broke into the home of a Ukrainian businessman in Ukraine’s capital Kiev, his wife said. The man said he was not home at the time but the Russian forces had broken into the house within hours of them leaving. More than 200 Ukrainians were killed when the Russians occupied Borodianka shortly…
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Sununu says they are moving on from Trump.
Former US President Donald Trump and Florida’s current Governor Ron DeSantis will hold rallies in Florida on Sunday in preparation for the Republican presidential primary, which could take place in the spring. The rally in Florida is scheduled to take place at 3:00 pm (local time). Trump has already said that he would run for…
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A group of Hong Kong adolescents were sentenced in the first security case involving children.
Yvonne Li, who graduated from Rotterdam University in the Netherlands last year, said she found it “absurd” that Chinese students in the Netherlands took part in anti-government protests in China. Li said, “What we were doing is completely legal here…but we were still afraid of being seen by other Chinese students.” Li further said, “My…
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The World Cup win shared by Africa and the Arab world.
Kenya’s football team will face South Korea in the quarter-final of the ongoing World Cup on Thursday. This will be Kenya’s maiden appearance in a World Cup semi-final, having lost in the round-of-16 stage in the previous three editions. The last time an African team reached the World Cup semi-finals was in 1974 when Ghana…
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World leaders need to give life a chance and invest in protecting the planet.
As the United Nations Convention on Biodiversity (UN-B) kicked off in Montreal, Canada on Tuesday, US President Donald Trump said it is “time for us to show the world that we have no tolerance for any kind of global extinctions”. “It’s time for us to demonstrate that we can do it together,” he added.
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This election is personal for a lot of Americans.
A New Yorker who lost her father to Covid-19 has said that the violence is everywhere and it feels like it’s only a matter of time before she’s a victim. “It feels like it’s only a matter of time before I’m a victim,” she added. “The violence is everywhere…and it feels like it’s only a…
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Zero- Covid is speeding up China’s state of vigilance.
In an apparent bid to lower public expectation about any policy changes ahead of the party Congress, China’s mouthpiece People’s Daily has said that the “essence of persisting with dynamic zero-Covid is putting people first and prioritising life”. China has reduced the amount of time travellers entering the country must spend in quarantine and removed…
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Africa and the Arab world share ecstasy at a World Cup win.
Morocco were the first African country to reach the semi-finals of World Cup after defeating South Korea 2-1 in a penalty shootout on Saturday. The victory was the first time that an African team has reached the semi-finals of the World Cup and the first time an African team has reached the final of the…
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Lionel Messi is looking to inspire La Celeste.
Argentina and Netherlands will face each other in the World Cup knockout stages for the third time after they faced off in 1998 and 1978. They last met in the semi-finals eight years ago, a goalless game that Argentina ultimately won on penalties. Both the teams have lost their last two matches at the World…
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GOP senators are having a hard time understanding how they failed to win back the Senate.
Senator Rob Portman on Monday said it was “time to move on from the pet issue” after he spoke at a Donald Trump rally days before the November 8 US elections. Portman added that it was time for the party to “better candidate recruitment” and “stick with the issues”. The Ohio Senator was referring to…
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Biden pledges the US will work with Asian nations.
US President Joe Biden has said that he has spent “more time with China’s President Xi Jinping than any other world leader”. “I think it’s more, how can we find ways to communicate about those issues where we have deep fundamental differences of perspective or concerns, but we need to be having continued and ongoing…
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The elections are not over until the votes are certified.
Tammy Patrick, a senior adviser at the Democracy Fund, spent a decade working as an election official in Arizona, mostly as a federal compliance officer. She said the nuts and bolts of how elections are run haven’t changed a lot since her time there. Patrick said distrust could be the reason why more people dropped…
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Health panels advise against screening kids for anxiety.
A panel of medical experts on Tuesday recommended for the first time that all kids under the age of 18 are screened for anxiety. “The earlier you identify symptoms, the earlier you intervene, and that reduces the amount of time a child is suffering,” a researcher said. In June, the Biden administration called the recent…
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Biden had a meeting with a Chinese leader.
Top officials from the US government and the Taliban met in-person in Afghanistan for the first time since the death of al-Qaedafounder Ayman al-Zawahiri, reports said on Sunday. The meeting came as US Vice President Joe Biden was in Cambodia for the East Asia Summit. Earlier, Biden urged Cambodian PM Hun Sen to “reopen civic…
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The CNN projection shows that Democrat DavidTrone will win the 6th Congressional District in Maryland.
Former US Senator Rick Santorum said it was time for President Donald Trump to move on from his “pet issue”. Santorum compared Trump to Moses in the Bible, adding that it was time to move on from the President’s “pet issue”. “I hope that (Trump) does a postmortem…and thinks what this means to his message,”…
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Trump was subpoenaed by the committee.
Former US President Donald Trump filed a lawsuit against the House committee investigating the US Capitol attack on Monday, claiming he should be immune from testifying about the time he was president. Trump’s lawsuit comes days after the committee subpoenaed him to appear before it on January 6. He has also challenged both the legitimacy…
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There are three reasons why China may become more assertive.
US President Joe Biden and Chinese President Xi Jinping will meet face-to-face for the first time during the G20 summit in China. The last time the US president shook hands with the leader of China was more than three years ago. Biden has said his administration will be less flexible or maneuverable on China.
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The Jan. 6 Committee voted to subpoena Trump.
The US House Select Committee on the January 6 Capitol attack has given ex-President Donald Trump more time to turn over documents it subpoenaed. The panel had voted unanimously on Thursday to subpoena the ex-President for documents related to the attack. The former President had claimed that he should not have to testify about his…
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A big deal is the Apple iPhone 14 Plus review.
The iPhone 14 Plus includes Crash Detection and Emergency SOS via satellite, among other features. The feature has gotten even better since launch with support for Live activities, which let you view things like your real-time workout progress in the Steps app or live sports scores via Apple TV right at the top of the…
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Houston police are searching for people who saw the killing of Takeoff.
American rapper Kanye West took to social media to mourn the death of his friend, rapper Takeoff, and wrote, “I don’t know how many times I’ve said this before but it’s one more time. I’m in love with you.” He added, “I’ll never forget your smile. I’ll never forget your big heart.” Takeoff passed away…