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North Korea: South Korea and Japan have stated that North Korea has fired two ballistic missiles into the sea off its east coast. The launch came hours after a nuclear-powered United States submarine arrived at a naval base in South Korea. “In its third round of launches since last week, North Korea fired the missiles consecutively from an area near its capital, Pyongyang. Both missiles travelled about 400 kilometres (248 miles) before landing in waters off the Korean Peninsula’s eastern coast,” South Korea’s Joint Chiefs of Staff stated. According to the South Korean military, North Korea’s missile launches are a…
United States: Mr. Elon Musk has revealed the new logo for Twitter, choosing a “minimalist art deco” X. The Twitter owner’s new move comes as part of rebranding the platform. The Twitter owner noted that the design would be altered, tweeting that it “probably changes later and certainly will be refined.” Ms. Linda Yaccarino, Twitter’s CEO, confirmed the change by tweeting the design with the message “X is here! Let’s do this.” https://twitter.com/lindayacc/status/1683353772917940225?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw%7Ctwcamp%5Etweetembed%7Ctwterm%5E1683353772917940225%7Ctwgr%5Ecebd984a2da85dcb807a57a123660967c032e1dd%7Ctwcon%5Es1_&ref_url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.theguardian.com%2Ftechnology%2F2023%2Fjul%2F24%2Felon-musk-reveals-the-new-twitter-logo-x Mr. Musk sought design ideas from his 149 million followers on Twitter and appeared to have selected a logo he had flagged in a flickering video posted…
North Korea: The United Nations (UN) military has begun to talk to officials in Pyongyang about the missing American soldier, Mr. Travis King, who crossed the border into North Korea last week. “A conversation has commenced with the KPA through the mechanism of the armistice agreement,” Lieutenant General Mr. Andrew Harrison, Deputy Commander of United Nations Command in South Korea, stated. UN Command is the multinational military force established to support the Republic of Korea during and after the Korean War. It was the first international unified command in history and the first attempt at collective security pursuant to the…
Russia: Russia has reportedly ‘suppressed’ a Ukrainian drone attack on Moscow. The attack came a day after Ukraine vowed to “retaliate” for a Russian missile attack on the Black Sea port of Odesa. The strikes caused no serious damage or casualties, Moscow Mayor Mr. Sergei Sobyanin said. According to Russian state media outlets, a drone hit a high-rise business centre on Likhacheva Avenue in Moscow. “On the morning of July 24, an attempt by the Kyiv regime to launch a terrorist attack using two unmanned aerial vehicles against facilities on the territory of the city of Moscow was thwarted,” Russia’s…
New Zealand: Ms. Kiri Allan, Minister of Justice of New Zealand , has resigned after police charged her with reckless driving and resisting arrest after a car crash. The New Zealand Prime Minister Mr. Chris Hipkins stated that “Ms. Allan was involved in the crash shortly after 9 PM on Sunday in Wellington, and she was detained at the central police station before being released four hours later.” Ms. Allan was charged with careless use of a motor vehicle and refusing to accompany a police officer, and she has been summoned to appear in court at a later date. The minister…
Spain: Spain is likely to be heading towards a hung parliament following the national election result on 23rd July 2023. The results have left both right-wing and left-wing parties without a straightforward path to forming a new government. The conservative Popular Party (PP) had won the elections, but it failed to secure a clear majority. The snap election was called by Prime Minister Mr. Pedro Sánchez after his Socialist Party’s dismal performance at the local elections in May 2023. The bloc that was expected to potentially support Mr. Sanchez consisted of 172 seats, while the right bloc, led by the…
United States: The Hollywood blockbusters Barbie and Oppenheimer have earned a combined $235.5 million for their opening weekend in North America by attracting moviegoers in record numbers. The film Barbie, directed by Ms. Greta Gerwig and produced by Warner Bros., achieved the highest-grossing opening of 2023 by generating an impressive $155 million in ticket sales. Mr. Christopher Nolan’s Oppenheimer, chronicling the life of J. Robert Oppenheimer, the father of the atomic bomb, earned $80.5 million, marking one of the most successful openings for a biographical drama to date. ‘Barbenheimer,’ coined through social media to refer to the simultaneous release of…
United States: Mr. Elon Musk has posted on Twitter that the social media platform will be changing its logo to an “X” and “all the birds will be disappearing from the platform.” In a series of tweets shared on his official account, Mr. Musk stated that “soon we shall bid adieu to the Twitter brand and, gradually, all the birds.” In the same series, the former Twitter CEO posted “Paint It Black,” before launching a user poll to “Change default platform colour to black.” “If a good enough X logo is posted tonight, we’ll make it go live worldwide tomorrow,”…
Israel: Mr. Benjamin Netanyahu, Israeli Prime Minister, will undergo an emergency procedure to receive a pacemaker, a surgery scheduled just before the Knesset, Israel’s unicameral parliament, is set to vote on a controversial judicial reform bill. According to a statement from the PM’s office, the procedure is scheduled to happen at Tel Hashomer Hospital. The Prime Minister will be sedated during the surgery. “During the procedure, the Minister of Justice and Deputy Prime Minister Mr. Yariv Levin will take his place,” the statement added. The 73-year-old Mr. Netanyahu earlier posted on Twitter that he would be fitted with the device,…
Russia: Mr. Vyacheslav Gladkov, the governor of Russia’s Belgorod region, has stated that Ukraine attacked a village near the Ukrainian border with cluster munitions but that there were no casualties or damage. The governor’s comments came during a daily briefing on his Telegram channel without providing visual evidence. There was no immediate comment from Ukrainian authorities. “In Belgorod district, 21 artillery shells and three cluster munitions from a multiple-launch rocket system were fired at the village of Zhuravlevka,” Mr. Gladkov noted. Ukraine received cluster bombs from the United States in July, but the country has previously pledged to use them only…