Covid origin: Republican senator Rand Paul promises further revelations that Fauci lied
In February, The Wall Street Journal published a report from the United States Department of Energy (DOE) which determined with a “low confidence” rating that Covid-19 originated from a lab in China.
Portugal on the brink of Euro 2024 nearly just a year after Ronaldo career seemed to be over
Not only has Ronaldo been the catalyst for a slew of soccer’s biggest names, such as Neymar and Karim Benzema, following him to the Saudi league, but he has helped Portugal to its best-ever performance in a European qualifying campaign with six wins from six matches in Group J.
Trial document: Trump gave penthouse size as 11,000 square feet, not 30,000 he later claimed
Weisselberg said on Tuesday he learned of the Trump Tower penthouse size discrepancy only when a Forbes magazine reporter pointed it out to him in 2016. He testified that he initially disputed the magazine’s findings but said he couldn’t recall whether he directed anyone to look into the matter.
Israel pounds Gaza with fiercest airstrikes ever in its 75-year conflict with Palestinians after shock Hamas attack
Gaza’s health ministry said Israel’s retaliatory airstrikes had killed at least 830 people and wounded 4,250. The strikes intensified on Tuesday night, shaking the ground and sending more columns of smoke and flames into the sky. The United Nations said more than 180,000 Gazans had been made homeless, many huddling on streets or in schools.
Everybody’s hiding their skeletons: A gloves-off debate on aid diversion, double standards
Shrinking government budgets and fear of a public backlash in big donor countries has heightened scrutiny on fraud and mismanagement among aid groups and donors. Recent cases of aid diversion – including in emergency responses in Somalia and Ethiopia – continue to hit the headlines. Aid groups expect donor budgets to be significantly tightened due to domestic politics and economic trends in the coming months, raising the stakes at a time when programmes are being slashed.
Trading Musevenism for Kyagulanyism: Uganda’s enduring identity politics and man-eat-man interests
One unswerving Kyagulanyism states that Kyagulanyism is Ugandanism, which is self-rediscovery and self-empowerment of everyone in order to reinstitute the sovereignty of the traditional nation states of Uganda. However, I have not yet come across a clear integration, articulation and clarification of these ideals, although I have several times heard Kyagulanyi Ssentamu, the political head of the new political party National Unity Party (NUP), currently the majority political party in the parliament of Uganda.
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Death toll rises to over 1,100, thousands injured as Israel and Hamas fighting intensifies
The UN Palestinian refugee agency, UNRWA, says it is near maximum capacity in accommodating internally displaced people in Gaza. The agency’s director of external communications, Tamara Alrifai, said on Monday that nearly 137,000 people have sheltered so far in over 70 UN schools around Gaza. Alrifai said the agency can host up to 150,000 people at up to 79 schools around the territory.
Manchester United fans block Old Trafford ticket office in latest Glazers protest
The only other party in the race that has made their interest public is Qatari billionaire Sheikh Jassim. United have had a horror campaign so far this season and have won three games in the Premier League prior to kick-off against Brentford.
Israeli rescue services puts number of civilians killed in Hamas attack at 200, 1,100 wounded
Israel’s opposition leader says he has proposed forming an emergency government with Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu. In a statement, Yair Lapid said he had met on Saturday with Netanyahu and suggested the prime minister replace his far-right coalition with a broad unity government of centrist parties.
US restricts trade with 42 Chinese entities over support for Russia’s military, defence base
Another seven entities from Finland, Germany, India, Turkey, United Arab Emirates and the United Kingdom were also added to the trade export control list. The circuits include microelectronics that Russia uses for precision guidance systems in missiles and drones launched against civilian targets in Ukraine, the Commerce Department said in a statement.
