The approval was also announced on the same day the United Nations announced a two-month extension of the ceasefire in Yemen, where the Saudi-led coalition and the Houthi rebel group have, until recent months, been locked in a bloody, years-long conflict that has killed thousands of citizens. According to a press release from the US State Department, the agency has approved the potential sale of PATRIOT MIM-104E Guidance Enhanced Missile-Tactical Ballistic Missiles (GEM-T) and related equipment to Saudi Arabia for approximately $3....

The Biden administration on Thursday approved the completion of the Trump-funded US-Mexico border wall in an open area of ​​southern Arizona near Yuma, where four large gaps make it among the busiest corridors for illegal crossings. The Department of Homeland Security said in a statement that work to complete the project near Morelos Dam will better protect migrants who could be injured if they slip down a slope or drown while wading through a low section of the Colorado River....

Brazilian police have accused a German diplomat of beating his husband to death and trying to cover up the incident as an accident. Police arrested Uwe Herbert Hahn, consul at the German consulate in Rio de Janeiro, on Saturday. Hahn initially ruled his husband’s death an accident, telling authorities that Walter Henri Maximilien Biot fell and fatally hit his head in Rio de Janeiro, according to the Straits Times. “The consul’s version of events, that the victim suffered a fall, is inconsistent with the conclusions of the forensic report,” police said....

It’s a semi-western adaptation of the 2010 bestselling novel by Japanese author Kotoro Isaka and directed by David (Deadpool 2) Leitch, all about a bunch of weird killers on a train, their murderous fates clashing chaotically, and it all ends up having more relationship between them than they think. With the whips and crash zooms, the flashbacks, the shouts, the stylized punchups, the shootings and stabbings and the inter-titles introducing the silly characters and the jihadists – two of whom are cockneys and serious West Ham fans – this is disturbingly like something from Guy Ritchie....

The state-run NTV television channel showed a video of a wrecked Shaun Pinner, 48, saying he was serving in Ukraine’s 36th Marine Brigade “which surrendered several days ago”. Aiden Ashlin, a British man who fought with Piner in the besieged port of Mariupol, appeared handcuffed and bruised in a clip released last week. Only Piner’s head and shoulders, with a long-sleeved blue top, appeared in the new video, where he appeared to be sitting....

Both men have been described as “close” to current Chelsea owner Roman Abramovich, who has already been sanctioned by the United Kingdom and the European Union. While Mr. Tenenbaum was hit with a property freeze, Mr. Davidovich, described by Forbes as “Mr. Abramovich’s much lower right hand,” received both a property freeze and a travel ban. UK Foreign Secretary Liz Trace has announced that the government will freeze the couple’s assets – estimated at a total of 10 10 billion – on Thursday afternoon, making it the largest asset commitment in UK history....

Imagine that you are a child whose entire home—the entire school, the entire village, the entire way of life, everything — was brutally destroyed in the war. This is the situation of many Ukrainian children right now. As the Russia-Ukraine war receives less attention than before, many people have stepped up to help the less fortunate—and many did so at first and continue to do so. RUSSIA-UKRAINE WAR: FAITH LEADER SAYS HUMAN LIFE ‘SACRED THAN LAND OR RESOURCES’ In Warsaw, Poland, a 5-year-old girl’s drawing at a summer camp recently caught the eye of one of her counselors....

China earlier announced that military drills were being conducted by its navy, air force and other units in six zones around Taiwan, which Beijing claims as its own territory to annex by force if necessary. The drills were prompted by a visit to the island by US House Speaker Nancy Pelosi this week and are intended to publicize China’s threat to attack the self-governing island republic. Along with its moves to isolate Taiwan diplomatically, China has long threatened military retaliation for the island’s moves to establish de facto independence with the support of key allies, including the US....

Sign up now for FREE unlimited access to Reuters.com Register Aug 1 (Reuters) – Alibaba Group Holding Ltd ( 9988.HK ) said on Monday it would work to maintain its New York Stock Exchange listing alongside its Hong Kong listing after the Chinese e-commerce giant placed on Deletion Watchlist by US Authorities . Alibaba shares fell 4.5 percent in a mostly flat Hong Kong market ( .HSI ) in early trade, after falling 11....

A top Chinese government propagandist has warned that China’s military could attack the plane carrying House Speaker Nancy Pelosi if it is accompanied by US fighter jets on a much-anticipated stop in Taiwan on her upcoming visit to Asia. Pelosi left Friday for a tour that could include a controversial stop in Taiwan, the self-governing island republic at the center of rising tensions between Beijing and Washington. In a now-banned tweet, Hu Xijin, a columnist for China’s state-run Global Times, wrote: “If US fighter jets escort Pelosi’s plane to Taiwan, it is [an] invasion....

Retrouvez les dernières informations sur la canicule et la sécheresse dans notre direct En cas d’urgence, un système de distribution d’eau potable était alors improvisé. “En trois heures, les 700 habitants ont été approvisionnés en bouteilles”, raconte le maire, Arnaud Foquet-Lemaître, à franceinfo. L’eau courante a finalement été rétablie au lendemain de l’incident, survenu le 16 juillet, grâce à un camion-citerne venu remplir les réservoirs des communes voisines. L’eau est aussitôt déclarée « impropre à la consommation », le limon de la veille ayant souillé le château d’eau et les canalisations....

“It’s happened to a lot of people. I don’t know anyone who took Paxlovid who didn’t get it again,” he said. “It’s the hottest rebound since JLo tested positive for second Affleck case.” Experts say rebound infections are caused by “drug exposure insufficiency” – as not enough drug gets into infected cells to stop all viral replication. “So Covid is emerging right away, so the White House is trying to give Paxlovid to Biden’s poll numbers,” Colbert said....

A fire sparked by lightning at an oil warehouse raged out of control Saturday in the city of Matanzas, where four explosions and flames injured nearly 80 people and left 17 firefighters missing, Cuban authorities said. Firefighters and other experts were still trying to put out the fire at the Matanzas supertanker base, where the fire started during a storm on Friday night, the Ministry of Energy and Mines said on Twitter....

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