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Ukraine uncovers massive ‘corruption scheme’ in defence sector, makes arrestsUkrainian authorities have arrested several top officials in connection with a large-scale corruption scheme in the defence sector, involving the embezzlement of funds meant for military needsUkrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy. Reuters
Bangladesh interim govt to unveil ‘July declaration’ on first anniversary of Hasina’s ousterThe Bangladesh interim government of Muhammad Yunus on Saturday said it would unveil on August 5 the “July Declaration”, coinciding with the first anniversary of the ouster of then prime minister Sheikh Hasina’s Awami League regime.Muhammad Yunus, chief adviser of the Government of Bangladesh. Reuters
US-Israel strategy aims to end Gaza war, disarm Hamas: WitkoffPresident Trump’s Middle East envoy, Steve Witkoff, has assured families of Israeli hostages that the US is working closely with Prime Minister Netanyahu on a strategy to end the Gaza war.Palestinians climb onto trucks as they seek for aid supplies that entered Gaza through Israel in Beit Lahia, northern Gaza Strip. Reuters
Negotiations between Israel and Hamas for a ceasefire and the release of hostages stalled last week.
‘Everyone’s a loser’: From Canada to Laos, Trump’s sweeping tariffs spare no one, not even the USPresident Donald Trump’s tariff onslaught this week left a lot of losers – from small, poor countries like Laos and Algeria to wealthy US trading partners like Canada and Switzerland. They’re now facing especially hefty taxes – tariffs – on the products they export to the United States starting Aug. 7.
A Ukrainian lawmaker and a pair of local officials, as well as an unspecified number of National Guard personnel, have been caught in a major graft scheme that involved using state funds to buy drones and other military hardware at deliberately inflated prices in return for bribes, the country’s anti-corruption agencies said Saturday. Four people have been arrested.
Two videos of an emaciated Israeli hostage, Evyatar David, have been released by Hamas, after US special envoy Steve Witkoff this week met with the families of the hostages.
Deadly Myanmar junta airstrike hits rebel-held mining town kills 13 including monk, childMyanmar has been engulfed by civil conflict since the military seized power in a coup in 2021, prompting resistance from pro-democracy rebels who allied with long-active ethnic armed organisations.Men use a water cannon to search for rubies at the open pit of a ruby mine in Mogok. Reuters
Ukraine: War is ‘the price they have to bear to live in an independent sovereign state’
Several demonstrators have been detained after rival groups faced off over a hotel accommodating asylum seekers in north London, with police breaking up brief clashes.
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