Venezuelan police move in on gang-run Caracas
Al Jazeera :Venezuelan security forces have entered certain areas in the capital, Caracas, seeking to end days of deadly fighting with armed gangs.No official death...
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Biden under pressure to respond to escalating U.S. troops
Politico :A series of Iranian-backed militia attacks against Americans in Iraq and Syria is piling new pressure on President Joe Biden, with some Republicans criticizing...
Tajikistan earthquake kills 5
Al Jazeera :At least five people have died after an earthquake struck eastern Tajikistan, according to authorities in the mountainous country. The magnitude 5.9 quake...
Lebanon struck by power cut as major plants shut down
BBC Online :Lebanon’s two main power plants were switched off on Friday, plunging much of the country into a near-total blackout.The shutdown – caused by...
Illinois becomes first US state to require Asian-American history in schools
Reuters :Illinois Governor J.B. Pritzker signed a bill on Friday requiring public schools to teach Asian-American history, the first such step by a US state...
8 killed in Mogadishu suicide bombing
Al Jazeera :At least eight people have been killed and nine others wounded after a suicide car bombing targeted a convoy carrying Mogadishu’s police chief,...
Masking no longer mandated for inoculated US students
AFP :Students and teachers vaccinated against Covid-19 will not need to wear masks in US classrooms when school resumes in the fall, health authorities said...
Hackers disrupt Iran’s rail service with fake delay messages
AP :Iran’s railroad system came under cyberattack on Friday, a semi-official news agency reported, with hackers posting fake messages about train delays or cancellations on...
Southern Africa hoped it was through the worst of Covid-19 after the Delta variant arrived
CNN :Patients are crammed into every corner of the hospital’s emergency room ward. They lie on beds and gurneys, or sit slumped in wheelchairs. Many...
Teenager makes history at US spelling bee
BBC Online :A teenage basketball prodigy has become the first African American to win the US Scripps National Spelling Bee.Zaila Avant-garde, a 14-year-old from New...
Pfizer to seek US authorization for Covid booster shot as Delta variant spreads
Reuters :Pfizer Inc plans to ask US regulators to authorize a booster dose of its Covid-19 vaccine within the next month, the drugmaker’s top scientist...
Israel says it is targeting Hamas’s cryptocurrency accounts
Al Jazeera :Israel has said it will begin seizing cryptocurrency accounts used by the Palestinian Hamas group to raise money for its armed wing.Israeli Defence...