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Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan has intensified his rhetoric against Israel. Erdogan issues open threat to invade Israel suggesting Turkey will intervene militarily on behalf of the Palestinians, as it has done in other conflicts. Analyst Michael Rubin (@mrubin1971) cautions that Turkey’s…

In a televised address in the early hours of Thursday morning (25/7), US President Joe Biden explained to Americans his reasons for dropping out of the campaign for re-election to the presidency in November. He characteristically said that he did so to…

Around 200,000 children, young people and vulnerable adults in New Zealand have suffered abuse or violence in public and religious care settings over the past 70 years, according to official research published on Wednesday (24/7). New Zealand’s Prime Minister Christopher Laxon described…

On Tuesday, July 23, Kimberly Chitle announced her resignation as head of the Secret Service, admitting mistakes in operations on the day of Donald Trump’s assassination attempt by shooting during a speech. “We failed,” Chitle told a House committee, taking full responsibility…

Kamala Harris has secured the support of a sufficient number of delegates at the Democratic Party convention – at least 1,967 – to be held in Chicago in August, and is now considered a lock to be the party’s nominee in the…

An IT issue caused by a faulty update began wreaking havoc with Windows machines worldwide early Friday morning, knocking companies and banks offline and grounding planes at various airports. An update from cybersecurity provider CrowdStrike caused the problem. The issue seems to…

In a historic and unexpected turn of events, President Joe Biden has announced his withdrawal from the 2024 presidential race, endorsing Vice President Kamala Harris to be the Democratic nominee. The decision, which Biden described as being in “the best interest of…

Assassination attempt on Trump – Two dead, assassins killed. Turmoil unfolded on Saturday evening US time when former US president Donald Trump was reportedly injured by an assassination attempt during a campaign rally in Pennsylvania at 7 am AEST. Gunshots interrupted Trump’s…

According to the latest UN estimates, the world population in 2023 will be 8.04 billion people. India is the country with the largest population with 1.43 billion, followed by China with 1.42 billion and the US with 339.5 million. Together, these three…