Trump announces Ohio Senator J.D. Vance as running mate

Trump announces Ohio Senator J.D. Vance as running mate

  • J.D. Vance is a one-time harsh critic who became one of Trump’s most loyal supporters in Congress
  • One of the least experienced VP picks in modern history, the one-term senator is further to the right than the ex-president on many issues
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Biden says it was a ‘mistake’ to say he wanted to put a ‘bull’s-eye’ on Trump

Biden says it was a ‘mistake’ to say he wanted to put a ‘bull’s-eye’ on Trump

  • “Look, how do you talk about the threat to democracy, which is real, when a president says things like he says?” Biden said
By AP ·

A Palestinian woman reacts next to a child after an Israeli air strike on a UN school sheltering displaced people. video

Israel hits Gaza from land, sea and air as Hamas halts talks

  • Eyewitnesses said the Israeli army had shelled the Al-Mughraqa area and the northern outskirts of the Nuseirat refugee camp in central Gaza
  • Hamas said on Sunday it was withdrawing from ceasefire talks
By AFP ·

NEOM-KAUST partnership to target insects threatening Saudi Arabia’s 36 million palm trees

NEOM-KAUST partnership to target insects threatening Saudi Arabia’s 36 million palm trees

  • Salman Al-Wahib warns that summer is an especially dangerous time because rising temperatures and humidity levels provide conditions for the pests to thrive and contribute to the spread of bacteria and plant mold
By Tamara Aboalsaud ·

Vehicles drive along a road, on the day of the parliamentary elections, in Damascus, Syria July 15, 2024. (REUTERS)

Israeli drone strike along Lebanon-Syria border kills Syrian businessman close to the government

  • Israel, which has vowed to stop Iranian entrenchment in its northern neighbor, has carried out hundreds of strikes on targets in government-controlled parts of Syria in recent years, but it rarely acknowledges them
By AP ·

Russian-US journalist Gessen sentenced to 8 years jail in absentia

Russian-US journalist Gessen sentenced to 8 years jail in absentia

  • Masha Gessen is accused of spreading false information about the Russian military’s killing of civilians in Ukraine

Russian-US journalist Gessen sentenced to 8 years jail in absentia

Russian-US journalist Gessen sentenced to 8 years jail in absentia

  • Masha Gessen is accused of spreading false information about the Russian military’s killing of civilians in Ukraine