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Charlamagne tha God responds to Trump's 'racist sleazebag' remark
Radio host Charlamagne tha God responded on his show Monday to recent comments from President Trump calling him a βracist sleazebag,β mostly shrugging off the insults and saying he wants the president to succeed. βNow, the personal insults, I don't care. He called me a sleazebag. I looked up the definition of sleazebag, says it's...
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5 years after Beirut blast, victims struggle to rebuild lives as leaders evade blame
Five years ago, one of the largest non-nuclear explosions in history ripped apart Beirut's waterfront with a terrifying power. The blast, which many still refer to as "the bomb," was not terrorism, nor was it war. It was caused by issues that have plagued Lebanon for years, and still do: municipal incompetence and government corruption. Leila Molana-Allen reports.
Published on: August 04, 2025 | Source:Driver dies after crashing while trying to set record at famous Speed Week
Veteran driver Chris Raschke dies after a crash at Speed Week on Utah's Bonneville Salt Flats, with his team "deeply devastated" by the loss.
Published on: August 04, 2025 | Source:Jesuit priest describes seeing ICE agents target migrants at immigration court
The Trump administration has made sweeping changes to the countryβs immigration system. In recent months, ICE agents have been arresting migrants outside courtrooms and courthouses. William Brangham spoke with Father Brian Strassberger, a Jesuit Priest who serves migrants on both sides of the border, about what he saw at an immigration court hearing in Harlingen, Texas.
Published on: August 04, 2025 | Source:Trump escalates nuclear tensions as Russia deadline nears
President Trump is rattling the U.S.βs formidable nuclear saber amid his growing frustration with Russian President Vladimir Putin's refusal to halt the war in Ukraine, just days ahead of Trumpβs deadline for a ceasefire. Trump last week said he was moving two βnuclearβ submarines closer to Russia in response to threatening rhetoric from a top...
Published on: August 04, 2025 | Source:Gates Foundation pledges $2.5B for women’s health worldwide
The Gates Foundation has announced a new $2.5 billion pledge through 2030 for womenβs health initiatives worldwide. It comes at a time when the Trump administration is cutting major research and aid directed at women and maternal health. Amna Nawaz discussed the goals of this new funding with Dr. Anita Zaidi, president of the Gates Foundation's Gender Equality division.
Published on: August 04, 2025 | Source:Israel intercepts missile from Yemen
Israel intercepts missile from Yemen The Israeli military said late Monday evening, local time, that it has intercepted a missile coming from Yemen. Sirens were heard across several cities in Israel when the projectile was launched.
Published on: August 04, 2025 | Source:Trump eyes additional barriers to solar and wind energy
The Trump administration is eyeing additional barriers to the development of solar and wind energy on public lands. In a memo made public late Friday, the administration said that it would seek to block projects that take up a lot of room, calling wind and solar βhighly inefficient uses of Federal land.β The memo said...
Published on: August 04, 2025 | Source:Brazil's top court orders house arrest for Bolsonaro
Brazil's Supreme Court ordered house arrest for former President Jair Bolsonaro, who is standing trial for allegedly plotting a coup.
Published on: August 04, 2025 | Source:Amid Federal PFAS Rollbacks, New Jersey Scores Record $2 Billion DuPont Settlement
While the federal government is scaling back regulations on βforever chemicals,β New Jersey is holding polluters accountable, announcing a record-breaking $2 billion settlement with DuPont and several related companies with a $875 million payout and up to $1.2 billion in cleanup costs. The deal, which follows a two-month-long trial, is touted by New Jersey officials [β¦]
Published on: August 04, 2025 | Source:Texas governor orders arrest of Democrats who left state to avert redistricting vote
Ballot aimed at bolstering Republican majority in the House in midterm elections cancelled due to absent lawmakers
Published on: August 04, 2025 | Source:Disfigured, shamed and forgotten: The BBC visits the Korean survivors of the Hiroshima bomb
When the atom bomb was dropped, 140,000 Koreans were in Japan's Hiroshima city, many as forced labour.
Published on: August 04, 2025 | Source:Disfigured, shamed and forgotten: BBC visits the Korean survivors of the Hiroshima bomb
When the atom bomb was dropped 80 years ago, 140,000 Koreans were in Japan's Hiroshima city, many as forced labour.
Published on: August 04, 2025 | Source:Texas becomes battleground for Democratic presidential hopefuls
A slew of potential Democratic presidential candidates are taking front-line positions in the battle over Texas and redistricting, a fight with huge implications for the midterm elections that is giving ambitious politicians a chance to show their loyalty to the party base. California Gov. Gavin Newsom (D) and Illinois Gov. JB Pritzker (D), who could...
Published on: August 04, 2025 | Source:Milei vetoes pension, disability spending increases as Argentina feels cuts
Despite his austerity measures, the president's party is expected to do well in the crucial October mid-term elections.
Published on: August 04, 2025 | Source:Watch live: Texas Democrats speak in Chicago
Texas House Democratic Caucus Chair Rep. Gene Wu and other members of his party who fled to Illinois over the weekend are expected to speak Monday evening in Chicago. The House Democrats left Texas on Sunday in a bid to stop Republicans from proceeding with a redistricting effort that would give the GOP five more...
Published on: August 04, 2025 | Source:Hope for 'clean' truffle exports as producer axes banned chemical
As Australia's truffle industry continues to grow, a truffiere on the New South Wales Central Tablelands has become the first in the country to be certified free of a banned chemical.
Published on: August 04, 2025 | Source:FirstFT: Trump to βsubstantiallyβ raise tariffs on India over Russian oil purchases
Also in todayβs newsletter, Singapore tycoon pleads guilty in gifts scandal, and Tesla board awards $30bn of shares to Musk
Published on: August 04, 2025 | Source:Live: Household spending data may add weight to interest rate cut calls
Wall Street rallies with key indices up between 1.5 and 2 per cent. Household spending data will be closely watched a week out from the RBA's next rates decision. Follow the day's events and insights from our business reporters on the ABC News live markets blog.
Published on: August 04, 2025 | Source:Texas redistricting war escalates across the country
The decision by Texas Democrats to flee the state has ratcheted up tensions and started a new phase in the redistricting war around the country. Democrats from the Lone Star Stateβs Legislature fled to Illinois, New York and Massachusetts starting Sunday to avoid giving Republicans the quorum needed to pass a highly unusual effort for...
Published on: August 04, 2025 | Source:Expired or unfit products in Gaza causing food poisoning, civil defence says
Expired or unfit products in Gaza causing food poisoning, civil defence says The Gaza Civil Defence on Monday said it had transported to hospital nine people who were forcibly displaced to al-Mawasi, after they complained of ailments resembling food poisoning. The civil defence said this is likely attributed to canned food donations that are expired, not temperature-controlled, or even potentially tampered with. Four...
Published on: August 04, 2025 | Source:Former outback sheep station set to open as national park next year
Visitors will be able to access a vast array of wetlands, woodland and waterholes across the 430,000-hectare site in far west NSW, which is home to dozens of threatened species.
Published on: August 04, 2025 | Source:Grand Canyon Fire Is Now the Largest Burning in the Nation
A wildfire that has closed the North Rim of Grand Canyon National Park raged out of control over the weekend and is now the largest currently burning in the country. The Dragon Bravo fire has burned more than 123,000 acres and was only 13 percent contained as of Monday afternoon, according to a federal interagency [β¦]
Published on: August 04, 2025 | Source:Texas Democrats face $500 daily fines: What to knowΒ
Texas Democrats who fled their state on Sunday face $500 daily fines as they try to stall GOP efforts to redraw the Lone Star Stateβs congressional maps, along with Gov. Greg Abbott's (R) call for their arrest. Democrats are denying the Republican-led state House the numbers it needs to function and pausing progress on the...
Published on: August 04, 2025 | Source:Jaguar Land Rover names Tata Motors CFO as new chief executive
PB Balaji will take on the tricky task of navigating JLR towards an all-electric vehicle line up
Published on: August 04, 2025 | Source:Trump threatens India with 'substantial' tariff hike for buying Russian oil
The US president says India doesn't care "how many people in Ukraine are being killed" - but India calls the tariff threat "unjustified".
Published on: August 04, 2025 | Source:India calls Trump's tariff threat over Russian oil 'unjustified'
The US president threatened to "substantially" raise tariffs against India over its purchase of oil from Russia.
Published on: August 04, 2025 | Source:Live: Wong warns of risk 'there will be no Palestine left to recognise'
Foreign Minister Penny Wong says that without the development of a path to a two-state solution, there is a risk there will be "no Palestine left to recognise". Follow live.
Published on: August 04, 2025 | Source:Palestinians distraught over relatives missing at deadly Gaza aid sites
Many families face agonising wait to find out why loved ones never returned from distribution hubs run by notorious GHF.
Published on: August 04, 2025 | Source:Brazil Supreme Court orders house arrest of former President Bolsonaro
Justice Alexandre de Moraes says Bolsonaro violated pre-trial precautionary measures imposed by the court.
Published on: August 04, 2025 | Source:Live updates: Abbott takes action against Texas Dems who fled in redistricting fight
Texas Gov. Greg Abbott (R) on Monday directed the arrests of state House Democrats who fled the Lone Star State for blue states in an effort to stop the GOP's redistricting legislation. βTexas House Democrats abandoned their duty to Texans,β Abbott said in a statement. βBy fleeing the state, Texas House Democrats are holding hostage...
Published on: August 04, 2025 | Source:United Nations Security Council must issue binding resolutions to stop war on Gaza: Hamas
United Nations Security Council must issue binding resolutions to stop war on Gaza: Hamas In a recorded video message broadcast by Al Jazeera Arabic on Monday, Hamas senior representative Osama Hamdan called on the United Nations Security Council (UNSC) to issue firm and binding resolutions to rein in Israel and end the war on Gaza. "What is required is that the UN Security Council issue clear and binding resolutions...
Published on: August 04, 2025 | Source:Tasmania's election is over with no clear winner. This is what happens now
For Tasmanians wondering when they might have a parliament in place and some certainty about who will have the support to govern, it could still be weeks off. However, the official process is already underway.
Published on: August 04, 2025 | Source:Most stressed about grocery costs: Survey
A majority of Americans are stressed about grocery costs, according to a new survey from The Associated Press-NORC Center for Public Affairs Research. In the poll, 53 percent of respondents said that βthe cost of groceriesβ is currently βa major source of stress,β while 33 percent said it is βa minor source of stressβ and...
Published on: August 04, 2025 | Source:Abbott orders arrest of Democrats who fled Texas
Texas Gov. Greg Abbott (R) on Monday ordered the arrest of the Democrats who fled the Lone Star State in an effort to halt the advancement of new congressional maps that could benefit Republicans in next year's midterms. βTexas House Democrats abandoned their duty to Texans,β Abbott said in a statement. βBy fleeing the state,...
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