Author: News Desk

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…

London, UK: In a study, researchers have suggested that “brain fog” (cognitive dysfunction) symptoms linked with long COVID are comparable to ageing by 10 years. The study was conducted by researchers from King’s College London. They have investigated the impact of COVID-19 on memory and found cognitive impairment to be highest in individuals who had tested positive and had more than three months of symptoms. The study also found that the symptoms in affected individuals stretched back almost two years since the initial infection. “The fact remains that two years on from their first infection, some people don’t feel fully…

Brazil: Mr. Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva, President of Brazil, has signed a decree tightening restrictions on civilian access to guns in Brazil. There was a significant increase in registered users during the time Mr. Jair Bolsonaro served as Brazil’s president. According to the 2023 Brazilian Yearbook of Public Security, the number of registered gun owners in the country has increased to nearly 800,000, a substantial rise from the figure of less than 120,000 which was recorded in 2018. Under the new decree, individuals face limitations on the number of guns they can possess for personal safety. The limit has…