UK must drop legal challenge against ICC arrest warrant for Netanyahu: HRW

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London: Human Rights Watch said the new British government should withdraw its legal challenge to the International Criminal Court’s arrest warrants for Israeli leaders. Former British prime minister Rishi Sunak challenged the court’s warrants for Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and Defense Minister Yoav Galland earlier this year. The ICC’s chief prosecutor, Karim Khan, said … Read more

Kamala Harris gains ground in polls as Trump tries to brand her a Marxist

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HOUSTON, Texas: Vice President Kamala Harris launched a campaign offensive on Thursday to the nation’s largest teachers union, promising to “fight for the future,” and a new poll shows her narrowing the gap with Republican rival Donald Trump. Harris’s rapid rise as a possible successor to 81-year-old President Joe Biden as the Democratic nominee in … Read more

US military, seeking strategic advantages, builds up Australia’s northern bases amid China tensions

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Abuja: President Bola Ahmed Tinubu and the Nigerian military warned on Thursday against Kenya-style violence in protests over rising living costs next week, with the military saying it would prevent “anarchy”. Kenya was rocked by deadly protests that forced the government to scrap a new tax. Nigeria's economic reforms sent food inflation soaring by 40 … Read more

Canada women’s football coach removed by Canadian Olympic Committee over drone controversy

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Paris: Can't you tell the difference between a massage and a balance beam? AFP Sport takes a look behind the scenes at the artistic gymnastics competition that begins in earnest at the Paris Olympics on Saturday. Men compete in six events: floor, pommel horse, rings, vault, parallel bars and horizontal bar. The women's division consists … Read more