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Floods in Assam have displaced hundreds of thousands of people
Indian state battling floods braces for more rain
GUWAHATI — The flood-hit Indian state of Assam is on high alert as it braces for more rains in the coming days.The northeastern state has been inundated by flood waters for several days, affecting more than 600,000 people and killing at least 34.Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma has said the next few days could be "critical" as India's weather department has predicted more rainfall in some districts.Assam experiences large-scale destruction to life and property every monsoon due to flooding in its vast network of rivers.In 2022, floods displaced more than four million people and killed at least 45.The flood waters left behind a trail of destruction in Assam, as well as parts of neighboring Bangladesh — submerging villages, destroying crops and wrecking homes.On Monday,...
July 02, 2024

Indian state battling floods braces for more rain

The free, ad-supported service will compete with the likes of Netflix and Disney
Fox to launch free Netflix rival in UK
LONDON — Rupert Murdoch's Fox Corporation is entering the UK's highly competitive free, ad-supported video streaming market.Tubi will compete with the likes of Netflix, Disney+, ITVX and Channel 4's streaming platform as well as the BBC iPlayer.The platform has been quickly gaining market share in the US where, according to Fox, it has almost 80 million monthly active users.In the UK, Tubi says it will offer more than 20,000 films and TV series, including content from Disney, Lionsgate, NBCUniversal and Sony Pictures Entertainment.The platform will also include a selection of British, Indian and Nigerian content.UK viewers will be able to access content on the Tubi webpage and via a smartphone app.“Tubi has spent the last decade honing our approach to vast, free and fun...
July 02, 2024

Fox to launch free Netflix rival in UK

Ultra-Orthodox Jews in full time study have been exempt from conscription since the beginning of the state
Israel conscription rule stokes ultra-Orthodox fury
JERUSALEM — When Israel’s ultra-Orthodox or Haredi Jewish community gathers in force you realize just how large it is.Thousands of men and boys dressed in black and white are crammed into the streets of Mea Shearim — which is the heart of the ultra-Orthodox community — in Jerusalem for an angry protest against the military draft.It is the latest demonstration since the Supreme Court’s historic ruling that young Haredi men must be conscripted into the Israeli military and are no longer eligible for significant government benefits.Young men who are full-time students in Jewish seminaries, or yeshivas, tell me that their religious lifestyle is in jeopardy. They believe that their prayers and spiritual learning are what protect Israel and the Jewish people.“For 2,000 years we’ve...
July 02, 2024

Israel conscription rule stokes ultra-Orthodox fury

Damaged fishing boats rest on the shore after the passing of Hurricane Beryl at the Bridgetown Fish Market, Bridgetown, Barbados on July 1
Hurricane Beryl charges toward Jamaica after leaving Caribbean islands in ruins
BRIDGETOWN — Hurricane Beryl, now a potentially catastrophic Category 5 storm, has set its sights on Jamaica’s shoreline after leaving at least one person dead and inflicting ruin across entire islands in the Caribbean on Monday.Beryl is marching away from the Windward Islands after wreaking havoc on Grenada and St. Vincent and the Grenadines. By Wednesday afternoon, the storm is forecast to be hammering Jamaica with life-threatening winds and storm surge.The storm continues to smash records as it kicks off an exceptionally early hurricane season – now becoming the earliest Category 5 hurricane on record and only the second Atlantic storm of such strength to be recorded in July.Though Beryl’s destructive path has only just begun, several storm-battered communities across the...
July 02, 2024

Hurricane Beryl charges toward Jamaica after leaving Caribbean islands in ruins

Donald Trump called May's verdict in the New York case a 'disgrace'
Trump asks for hush money conviction to be overturned
WASHINGTON — Donald Trump's lawyers have asked for the former US president's conviction in his hush money criminal case to be set aside and his sentencing this month delayed, American media report.A letter sent by Trump's lawyers to the New York judge presiding over the trial reportedly cites Monday's Supreme Court ruling that granted the former president immunity from prosecution for official actions he took while in office.In May, Trump was convicted on 34 counts of falsifying business records. He will be sentenced on 11 July.He signed off the records during his White House tenure in 2017, which his lawyers say should be taken into account.Last year lawyers similarly argued that the allegations in the case involved official acts within the colour of his presidential...
July 02, 2024

Trump asks for hush money conviction to be overturned

Joe Biden
Biden issues warning about the power of presidency after Supreme Court’s immunity ruling
WASHINGTON — President Joe Biden on Monday condemned the Supreme Court’s decision which ruled that presidents have absolute immunity from prosecution for core official acts, and issued a stern warning over a possible second term for former President Donald Trump. “There are no kings in America. Each, each of us is equal before the law. No one, no one is above the law, not even the president of the United States,” Biden said in a speech from the White House. “(With) today’s Supreme Court decision on presidential immunity, that fundamentally changed. For all practical purposes, there are virtually no limits on what the president can do. It’s a fundamentally new principle and it’s a dangerous precedent because the power of the office will no longer be constrained by the...
July 02, 2024

Biden issues warning about the power of presidency after Supreme Court’s immunity ruling

The former president’s comments on 6 January 2021, before the Capitol riot, are likely to be deemed official actions
Trump win as top court deals blow to Jan 6 case
WASHINGTON — Shortly after the Supreme Court issued its decision on his claim of presidential immunity, Donald Trump took to social media to celebrate.“Big win for our constitution and democracy,” he posted on Truth Social. "Proud to be an American!”While Trump did not get the sweeping protections that he and his lawyers had sought, he got more than enough to achieve his immediate objective of delaying another trial until after November's election.The ruling from the six conservative justices dealt a serious blow to the federal criminal case against him on charges of attempting to overturn the results of the 2020 election.Special Prosecutor Jack Smith and his team will have to significantly restructure their case against the former president, and the evidence they can rely...
July 02, 2024

Trump win as top court deals blow to Jan 6 case

Protesters gather after the French election results in the first round of the legislative elections
France’s leftists worry about far-right gains, hope for second-round success
PARIS — Emotions were running high in Paris as left-wing voters gathered with leaders of the New Popular Front (NPF) coalition at the Place de la République in a post-election meeting that transformed into a mass protest against the far-right.The leftist coalition came in second in the first round of the snap legislative elections, according to early results, behind the far-right National Rally (RN) on Sunday.“I am dejected. I feel a bit like I’m going to cry. It was either do this [come to protest] or stay at home and cry. I am quite ashamed,” Eugénie, a 22-year-old in Paris, told Euronews.Her comments were echoed by other young protesters in the capital city who said they decided to join the NFP meeting as they were in shock and disturbed by the results.Young campaign activists...
July 01, 2024

France’s leftists worry about far-right gains, hope for second-round success

A sign indicates the entrance to the Patch Barracks of the United States Army and the headquarters of the US forces in Europe
US military bases in Europe on heightened alert amid possible terrorist threat
WASHINGTON — Several US military bases across Europe were put on a heightened state of alert over the weekend, with the level of force protection raised to its second-highest state amid concerns that a terrorist attack could target US military personnel or facilities, according to two US officials.The bases, including the US Army garrison in Stuttgart, Germany where US European Command is headquartered, raised their alert level to Force Protection Condition “Charlie” on Sunday, the officials said.That status “applies when an incident occurs or intelligence is received indicating some form of terrorist action or targeting against personnel or facilities is likely,” according to the US Army.One of the US officials, who is stationed at a base in Europe, told CNN they haven’t seen...
July 01, 2024

US military bases in Europe on heightened alert amid possible terrorist threat

Labour Party leader Sir Keir Starmer takes a selfie alongside staff during a visit to Window Supply Company in Bathgate, West Lothian, Friday June 21, 2024
UK poised for political shift as Labour sets sights on historic election victory
LONDON — The United Kingdom is heading to the polls on Thursday to elect 650 new members to the House of Commons, with opinion polls painting a picture of Labour dominance few would have thought possible in the previous vote in 2019.That election saw the then-prime minister Boris Johnson secure a solid Conservative majority in parliament and clinch a symbolic mandate to “get Brexit done.” He did so by winning over major Labour heartlands in the traditionally working class "red belt" of Northern England and the Midlands.The UK has since formally exited the European Union - but life after Brexit has been cruel for the Conservative party.Now, Labour and its leader Sir Keir Starmer are hoping to win back the pro-Brexit voters they lost in 2019, while Prime Minister Rishi...
July 01, 2024

UK poised for political shift as Labour sets sights on historic election victory

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