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Jul 27, 2024 - World

Kamala Harris is the presumptive Democratic presidential nominee. And while she will not be the Democrat's first woman nominee, nor the first person of colour, she faces the compounding challenge of being both.

Jul 27, 2024 - World

A tweet claiming responsibility for a global Microsoft outage triggered a meme fest on X. Today, the same man has returned with another post, this time taking credit for the chaos that ensued after three arson attacks on France's railways.

Jul 27, 2024 - World

Israeli military says it is planning a military operation in Khan YounisReuters has the following breaking news line: at least 12 Palestinians were killed on Saturday in an Israeli attack on a school housing displaced people west of Gaza’s Deir al-Balah, Gaza’s civil defence service said.There has been no comment yet from the Israeli military.By recognising Palestine, we recognise a sovereign people who cannot have their land stolen by illegal settlements or be subjected to the inhumane bombardment that we are seeing right now.We need two states living side by side … we recognise the spirit of Palestinians and their dream of self-determination, and it will never be broken.” Continue reading...

Jul 27, 2024 - World

The state’s wildfires have already torched more than 1m acres. Experts say heat, dry conditions and lightning are to blameOregon’s wildfire season is off to an explosive start with more than 1m acres charred in less than a month, as experts warn that extreme heat and unusual lightning strikes are creating “catastrophic conditions” for fires to ignite and spread.The state is currently home to the largest wildfire burning in the US. By Friday afternoon, the Durkee fire had burned nearly 290,000 acres (117,000 hectares) and was only 20% contained. The fire had forced evacuations, shut down a major interstate highway and even produced its own weather system. Continue reading...

Jul 27, 2024 - World

US vice-president has been called a ‘border czar’ by Trump and a ‘champion for Dreamers’ by immigration advocatesThis week the House passed a Republican-led resolution condemning Kamala Harris for her role in the Biden administration’s handling of migration, part of a ramped up effort to portray the presumptive Democratic nominee as dangerously lax on border security.Following Joe Biden’s decision to bow out of the presidential race, Donald Trump has also unleashed a barrage of fresh attacks on the US vice-president’s record on immigration, a politically volatile issue expected to play a central role in the November presidential election. Continue reading...