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Israel shoots drones at Lebanon amid escalation fears
Two civilians were reportedly killed by Israeli drone attacks in southern Lebanon as the border crisis escalated. The Israeli attack was the first lethal response to a missile attack on Saturday that Israel claims killed 12 children and youths in the Israeli-occupied Golan Heights. The strike has heightened fears that the battle in Gaza would develop into a regional conflict. According to Lebanon's state media, one strike hit a motorcycle near the border, killing two riders and wounding a kid. Two other people were hurt in a separate strike in southern Lebanon.
Ratcliffe supports new 100,000-seat stadium as Manchester United decides
Sir Jim Ratcliffe wants Manchester United to decide on their stadium plans by December. He prefers a new facility with a capacity of 100,000 that will cost more than £2 billion and take six years to finish. That would be built close to Old Trafford, enabling the use of the current arena until the new one is completed. One of the most critical aspects of the build's look is that it is associated with the club. The other alternative is to rebuild Old Trafford, which would significantly decrease revenue because sections of the stadium would be closed while being renovated, or United would have to play elsewhere while construction is underway.
Israeli ministers authorize Netanyahu’s Hezbollah reprisal
Israel's security council has given Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and his defense minister the authority to determine when and how to respond to a deadly rocket attack blamed on the Lebanese Shia militant group Hezbollah by Israel and the United States. Ministers convened an emergency session following Saturday evening's strike on the Israeli-occupied Golan Heights, which murdered 12 Druze children and teens. Hezbollah has denied responsibility. It was the deadliest cross-border incident in months of gunfire between the two sides.
First campaign week, Harris raises $200m and recruits 170,000 volunteers
According to her team, Kamala Harris' campaign raised $200 million in the week after Biden's endorsement, and the vice president appears to be boosting interest in her candidacy. Harris, for President, stated that approximately 66% of the total came from first-time contributions, citing "unprecedented grassroots support." On Sunday, former Vice President and climate activist Al Gore backed Harris, and more than 170,000 volunteers have signed up to assist the Harris campaign with phone banking, canvassing, and other get-out-the-vote operations, according to Michael Tyler, the campaign's communications director.
Regulators pressure Elon Musk’s X for Grok AI data harvesting
Elon Musk's X platform is under fire from data regulators after discovering that users consent to their postings being used to construct artificial intelligence systems through a default setting on the app. The UK and Irish data watchdogs said they had contacted X without their knowledge regarding the apparent attempt to obtain user consent for data collection.
UNRWA is about to become a terrorist organization under Israeli legislation
Neither the provisional measures ordered by the International Court of Justice (ICJ), the United Nations' highest judicial organ, to halt its "plausible" genocide in Gaza, nor the damning advisory opinion of the same court ordering it to end its illegal occupation of Palestine and apartheid policies against Palestinians, gave Israel pause. The Prosecutor of the International Criminal Court (ICC)'s request that arrest warrants be issued for Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and his Defense Minister Yoav Gallant had no impact on its actions. In reality, not even the growing condemnation from some of its supporters is forcing Israel to reconsider its homicidal apartheid and genocidal tactics.
Russia wants to boycott the Olympics, but athletes ‘desperate’ to compete
Last year, the International Olympic Committee declared that individual Russian and Belarusian athletes who qualified for the Olympics might compete, but only as neutrals. In terms of artistic swimming, Russia is an Olympic superpower. For the past six games, the national team has won every single event, both team and duet.
France travel chaos is expected to extend all weekend
Three of ten French high-speed trains will be canceled on Saturday following a series of "coordinated" arson attacks. The national rail firm SNCF said that services that do run will be delayed by up to two hours on three major lines that run into and out of Paris. Eurostar customers will also suffer continued disruption on Saturday, with a fifth of international trains canceled during the Olympic Games opening weekend.
EuroMillions: UK winner claims £24 million lottery jackpot
This is the second time a British-based winner has won the top prize this month. A single UK ticket holder won the £24 million EuroMillions jackpot in Friday's lottery draw. The lucky winner became a multi-millionaire overnight after matching all five main numbers (04, 19, 23, 35, 37) and the two bonus numbers (04 and 08).
The opening ceremony lights up Paris in a unique flair
The 2024 Olympics began dramatically in Paris, with hundreds of participants sailing along the River Seine past colorful entertainers on bridges, banks, and rooftops in an extravagant opening ceremony. For the first time, the "greatest show on Earth" began on a waterway rather than a stadium. The nearly four-hour spectacle culminated in French judo great Teddy Riner and sprinter Marie-Jose Perec lighting a cauldron shaped like a hot air balloon that rose high into the Paris sky.
Kamala Harris makes history as hectic week disrupts US election
The phone line was a little blurry, and the voice on the other end sounded gravelly after several days of COVID-19 seclusion. However, the poignancy of the message and the moment itself could not have been clearer: "I'm watching you, kid." "I love you," the speaker stated. On Monday, Joe Biden made a pleasant call to his vice president, Kamala Harris, at the Democratic Party's campaign headquarters in Delaware, signaling a generational shift in US politics, a symbolic passing of the torch from parent to progeny.
Where are millionaires and how is wealth distributed globally?
According to the 2024 UBS Global Wealth Report (PDF), at least 58 million US-dollar billionaires worldwide account for 1.5 percent of the global adult population. The report examined 56 markets that account for 92% of global wealth. The United States has the most significant number of millionaires, with over 21.95 million people possessing wealth in seven digits or more. China is a distant second with 6.01 million millionaires, followed by the United Kingdom (3.06 million), France (2.87 million), and Japan (2.83 million).
