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• Haiti: 40 people killed after migrant boat catches fire at sea

  19-07-2024 22:20
  
  Boat carrying more than 80 people was headed to Turks and Caicos as gang violence pushes Haitians to leave countryAt least 40 people have been killed at sea after a boat carrying Haitian migrants caught fire, the International Organization for Migration (IOM) in Port-au-Prince said on Friday.The boat, which was carrying more than 80 people, departed from Fort Saint-Michel in Haiti’s north and was headed for the Turks and Caicos Islands, the IOM said in a statement, citing the Caribbean nat
  
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• Israel defense minister says country will 'settle the score' after Houthi drone attack on Tel Aviv

  19-07-2024 22:02 via foxnews.com
  
  Israel’s defense minister struck an ominous tone Friday after an Iranian-made drone fired by Houthi rebels in Yemen struck Tel Aviv, telling Israeli media that Jerusalem would "settle the score.""I held an operational situation assessment this morning to review the steps required to strengthen our defense arrays in light of events overnight, as well as the intelligence and operational activities required against those responsible for the attack," Israeli Minister of Defense Yoav
  
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• National curfew imposed in Bangladesh after student protesters storm prison

  19-07-2024 21:11
  
  Army to be deployed to keep order after demonstrators free hundreds of prisoners and country is hit by serious unrestThe Bangladeshi government has declared a national curfew and announced plans to deploy the army to tackle the country’s worst unrest in a decade, after student protesters stormed a prison and freed hundreds of inmates.“The government has decided to impose a curfew and deploy the military in aid of the civilian authorities,” a government spokesperson said late on
  
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• Netanyahu, Israel blast UN court decision over illegal settlements ruling: 'Fundamentally wrong'

  19-07-2024 20:47 via foxnews.com
  
  The United Nation’s top court has ruled Israel’s settlements in the Palestinian territories are illegal, and they must be removed immediately."The State of Israel is under the obligation to bring an end to its unlawful presence in the Occupied Palestinian Territory as rapidly as possible," ICJ President Nawaf Salam said when he delivered the court’s findings on Friday, stressing that the "continued presence in the Occupied Palestinian Territory is illegal." The opinion is
  
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• Campaign crisis: Dems who have called for Biden to drop out or raised concerns about his health

  19-07-2024 20:36 via foxnews.com
  
  In the weeks since President Biden's catastrophic debate performance, panicked Democrats have increased pressure on the president to abandon his re-election bid. Top Democratic Party officials, megadonors, editorial writers and as many as 30 congressional lawmakers have urged the president to "pass the torch" to a new generation of leadership for fear that Biden cannot defeat Republican nominee former President Trump. Biden's top campaign aides have been working damage control with maj
  
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• Utah State fires football coach Blake Anderson for 'significant' contract violations

  19-07-2024 20:06 via foxnews.com
  
  Utah State fired football coach Blake Anderson Thursday for what it called "significant violations of his contractual obligations."The firing came more than two weeks after the school informed Anderson of its plans to terminate his contract due to actions in the spring of 2023 that violated "both his employment agreement and university policy." The school said it conducted an external review that found he failed to comply with Title IX policies regarding the reporting of sexual misconduct cases.
  
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• AOC calls 'bull----' on Democrats privately turning on Biden: Trump is a ‘neo-Nazi’

  19-07-2024 20:06 via foxnews.com
  
  Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez is calling out fellow Democrats for privately turning on President Biden, warning that former President Trump is a "neo-Nazi" who could once again rise to the White House if her party fails to rally behind their current leader. In a nearly hour-long Instagram Live video on Friday morning, Ocasio-Cortez claimed that while Biden "didn’t do too well, to say the least" in last month’s debate, his performance did not change much about people’s perc
  
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• Harvey Weinstein's new sexual assault trial set after rape conviction overturned

  19-07-2024 19:53 via foxnews.com
  
  Harvey Weinstein's rape retrial will begin on Nov. 12.The judge tentatively set the date after Weinstein appeared in a Manhattan courtroom Friday.The disgraced film producer wore a blue suit and tie with an American flag pin.Weinstein's pretrial hearing was set to discuss multiple aspects of the retrial, including text message evidence against him.HARVEY WEINSTEIN LAWYER ACCUSES PROSECUTORS OF DELAY TACTICS AS SEXUAL ASSAULT RETRIAL IS PUSHED TO NOVEMBERAfter the hearing, Weinstein's attorney, D
  
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• Donald Trump’s supporters saw two sides of him. Which one might govern?

  19-07-2024 19:51 via bbc.com
  
  Looking back at the Republican National Convention offers some clues, says Anthony Zurcher.
  
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• Trump compared to Fidel Castro by CNN, MSNBC after lengthy acceptance speech

  19-07-2024 19:44 via foxnews.com
  
  Multiple political commentators and reporters compared former President Trump's acceptance speech at the Republican National Convention to the speaking style of Cuban dictator Fidel Castro.Castro, who died in 2016, gave famously long speeches, including remarks in 1960 that went for 4 hours and 29 minutes at the United Nations. Trump spoke for about 92 minutes in a primetime nomination acceptance speech Thursday that went past midnight."Somewhere in hell, Fidel Castro is jealous," CNN's Paul Beg
  
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• Ignoring controversy, Democrats move forward with nominating Biden with a virtual roll call

  19-07-2024 19:41
  
  Democrats are in an unprecedented crisis over who should be their presidential candidate.
  
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• Teens' show-stopping prom outfits made only from duct tape score them $15K in scholarships

  19-07-2024 19:40 via foxnews.com
  
  Two high school students created prom outfits out of tape and won thousands of dollars in return. Monica Walsh and Isaac Cervantes were announced as the 2024 Duck Brand Stuck at Prom Scholarship Contest recipients after spending countless hours putting together a tuxedo and a dress out of tape. Walsh, from Dryden, Ontario, made a colorful prom dress — winning the title "Grand Prize Dress" — while Cervantes, from Pilot Point, Texas, made a blue tux, which earned him the
  
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• 2 oil tankers catch fire off Singapore, navy rescues crews

  19-07-2024 19:32 via foxnews.com
  
  Singapore's navy said on Friday, July 19, it had rescued crew members from two large oil tankers that caught fire about 34 miles northeast of the Singaporean island of Pedra Branca, near the world's biggest refueling port.The Maritime and Port Authority of Singapore (MPA) earlier said it was alerted to a fire on Friday at 6:15 a.m. onboard both a Singapore-flagged tanker, Hafnia Nile, and a Sao Tome and Principe-flagged tanker, Ceres I. The cause of the fires was not clear.SINGAPORE'S NEW PRIME
  
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• Tiger Woods misses the cut at British Open for third straight time at a major this year

  19-07-2024 19:23 via foxnews.com
  
  For just the second time in his career, Tiger Woods has missed the cut three consecutive times at a major.The 15-time major championship winner shot a 77 on Friday at Royal Troon, ending his first two days 14-over par. Woods, 48, only notched one birdie in his round Friday with any chance at making the cut vanishing after a double bogey on the second hole.CLICK HERE FOR MORE SPORTS COVERAGE ON FOXNEWS.COMWoods played in all four major tournaments this season for the first time since 2019. H
  
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• Majority of Trump security detail were not Secret Service, whistleblowers tell Sen. Hawley

  19-07-2024 19:12 via foxnews.com
  
  Whistleblowers inside the Department of Homeland Security have alleged that the majority of the security detail for former President Donald Trump were "not even Secret Service," according to a Republican lawmaker.Sen. Josh Hawley of Missouri relayed these claims in a public letter to Secretary of Homeland Security Alejandro Mayorkas on Friday outlining a series of security failures at Trump's fateful Butler, Pennsylvania, rally."Whistleblowers who have direct knowledge of the event have approach
  
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• Trump, Ukraine's Zelenskyy expected to speak by phone Friday

  19-07-2024 19:11
  
  A day after officially accepting the Republican nomination for president, Donald Trump is expected to speak by phone Friday with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy, a source familiar with the plan told NBC News.
  
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• Protesters made a tiny footprint at the RNC in Milwaukee

  19-07-2024 19:06
  
  MILWAUKEE — As Donald Trump entered the Fiserv Forum on Monday, the first night of the Republican National Convention, thousands of delegates and GOP faithful stood and raucously cheered.
  
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• Basketball trainer dishes on Caitlin Clark's popularity amid WNBA stardom

  19-07-2024 19:06 via foxnews.com
  
  Indiana Fever star Caitlin Clark has been one of the most polarizing figures in sports since she got drafted into the WNBA, through no fault of her own.Her name has been discussed in culture discussions, from race to likability and jealousy in the WNBA.Several WNBA players have seemed to go out of their way to take their shots at Clark, both on and off the court.CLICK HERE FOR MORE SPORTS COVERAGE ON FOXNEWS.COMClark was the victim of a flagrant foul on a blindside check by Chicago Sky's Chenned
  
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• Kamala Harris allies weighing how they could build a campaign if Biden exits

  19-07-2024 19:05
  
  Harris nor her aides are involved with the effort, but supporters are considering what strategic changes would be needed if Harris replaced Biden.
  
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• Eight more Democrats, including Pelosi allies, call for Biden to exit 2024 election

  19-07-2024 19:01
  
  Eight congressional Democrats called on President Joe Biden to step aside as the party’s nominee for the 2024 election on Friday.
  
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• Advocates and lawmakers want an Obamacare marketing plan for DACA recipients

  19-07-2024 18:50
  
  Immigration advocates are pushing the Biden administration to make sure DACA recipients know they are eligible for Affordable Care Act Insurance on November 1.
  
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• Trump shooting victim Corey Comperatore's funeral draws hundreds, security on high alert

  19-07-2024 18:48 via foxnews.com
  
  Hundreds of people lined a rural area of Pennsylvania waving American flags to honor local hero Corey Comperatore on Friday. The former Buffalo Township fire chief shielded his family from gunfire when a shooter opened fire during a Saturday rally for former President Donald Trump in Butler. "Get down," were reportedly his last words. Comperatore, 50, lost his life that day. He leaves behind his wife, Helen, and two daughters.His daughter called her dad a "true hero," and the massive c
  
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• Donald Trump takes clear stance on transgender athlete participation in women's sports in RNC speech

  19-07-2024 18:43 via foxnews.com
  
  Former President Donald Trump formally accepted the GOP presidential nomination on Thursday night, the final night of the 2024 Republican National Convention in Milwaukee. During his more than 90-minute speech, Trump addressed several policy issues, including a hot-button topic for many Americans. "We will not have men playing in women’s sports, that will end immediately," Trump said, drawing a loud round of applause from the crowd. The topic of a ban on transgender athletes part
  
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• FDA once again pushes back proposal to ban cancer-linked formaldehyde in hair relaxers

  19-07-2024 18:37
  
  The agency's self-imposed target date for proposing a ban on formaldehyde in hair products was pushed to July and will be pushed again to September.
  
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• Biden loyalists, Dem lawmakers admit it feels like ‘game over’ for president's campaign: Report

  19-07-2024 18:31 via foxnews.com
  
  Morale is plummeting among staff and Democratic officials still loyal to President Biden’s re-election campaign, CNN reported on Friday, with the fight over getting him to withdraw from the race or stay turning off many people involved.The outlet spoke to dozens of Democratic officials, White House and Biden campaign aides, as well as other Biden allies, some of whom have characterized the feeling surrounding Biden’s re-election bid as a "doom loop." The intra-party war over whether
  
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• Long lines and broken screens in airports after a global IT outage hits majors airlines

  19-07-2024 18:29
  
  Airports devolved into scenes of chaos early Friday after ground stops were issued because of a massive IT outage felt across the globe.
  
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• Oil tankers on fire after colliding close to Singapore, crew rescued

  19-07-2024 18:20
  
  Two large oil tankers were on fire on Friday after colliding near Singapore, the world’s biggest refuelling port, with two crew members airlifted to hospital and others rescued from life rafts, authorities and one of the tanker owners said.
  
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• Cheng Pei-pei, martial arts actor who starred in ‘Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon,’ dies at age 78

  19-07-2024 18:17
  
  Cheng Pei-pei, a Chinese-born martial arts film actor who starred in Ang Lee’s “Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon,” has died, her family announced Friday.
  
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• Democrat godfathers make Biden offer they hope he can't refuse

  19-07-2024 18:09 via foxnews.com
  
  Barack Obama, Nancy Pelosi and the rest of the Democratic Party commission seem prepared to make Joe Biden an offer he can’t refuse: One way or another, he’s dropping out of this race, they say, either with his consent or with his legacy destroyed.Just when Biden thought his candidacy was safe, after the assassination attempt on Donald Trump quieted talk of a swap at the top of the ticket, they pulled him back in, and now the pundits tell us that his campaign won’t survive the
  
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• 3rd Democrat senator calls on Biden to step aside as pressure accelerates

  19-07-2024 18:09 via foxnews.com
  
  Sen. Martin Heinrich, D-N.M., issued a statement on Friday calling on President Biden to drop out of the 2024 presidential race, becoming the 28th congressional Democrat to make such a call."Joe Biden is one of the most accomplished presidents in modern history. He has led our nation through unprecedented challenges with unwavering dedication and profound integrity. His years of service have made a lasting impact on the lives of countless Americans," the senator said in a statement.'THEY'RE INCO
  
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• Jenny McCarthy confesses she stole an item from the Pope's apartment: 'It's a whole story'

  19-07-2024 18:03 via foxnews.com
  
  Jenny McCarthy revealed that she stole a sacred item from the Pope during a trip to Italy.The 51-year-old TV personality, who was raised in a devout Catholic family, made the confession during a Wednesday appearance on the "Let’s Talk Off Camera with Kelly Ripa" podcast, "I stole a cross from the Vatican and gave it to my mother," "The Masked Singer" judge told host Kelly Ripa. "My mom's like, 'You know, this is not okay.'"JENNY MCCARTHY AND DONNIE WAHLBERG RENEW WEDDING VOWS EVERY YE
  
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• MSNBC guest admits there is a massive ‘enthusiasm gap’ between Trump and Biden: ‘I’ve heard horror stories’

  19-07-2024 18:02 via foxnews.com
  
  There is a currently a massive enthusiasm gap between former President Trump and President Biden leading Democrats to scramble for support, according to one MSNBC guest.During a Thursday appearance on "Deadline: White House," Tim Alberta, a staff writer for The Atlantic, said the Democratic base is "entirely lacking for intensity," and elected officials in battleground states are struggling to find volunteers."I've never seen an enthusiasm gap like the one we're witnessing in the summer of this
  
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• Israel shaken as fatal Houthi drone hits Tel Aviv after interception failure

  19-07-2024 17:57
  
  One dead and at least 10 injured, with human error blamed for allowing drone to escape multilayered air defencesAn Iranian-made drone sent by Yemen’s Houthi rebels struck Tel Aviv in the early hours of Friday, killing one person and wounding at least 10.The hit in Israel’s biggest city was startling, because the drone appeared to have crossed much of the country through the multilayered air defences that have intercepted almost all Houthi drones and rockets since the Gaza war began.
  
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• Five more House Democrats call on Biden to drop out, third US senator

  19-07-2024 17:52 via foxnews.com
  
  Five more House Democrats on Friday joined the growing number of congressional lawmakers who have called on President Biden to drop out of the 2024 election. In a joint statement, Reps. Jared Huffman, D-Calif., Marc Veasey, D-Texas, Chuy Garcia, D-Illinois and Marc Pocan, D-Wisc., urged Biden to "pass the torch to a new generation of Democratic leaders." "Mr. President, with great admiration for you personally, sincere respect for your decades of public service and patriotic leadership
  
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• Washington officials will vote to remove gray wolf from endangered species list

  19-07-2024 17:43 via foxnews.com
  
  The gray wolf population in Washington may no longer be considered to be endangered.The Washington Department of Fish and Wildlife (WDFW) is preparing to take a vote that may result in the removal of gray wolves from the state's endangered list."The status of species listed as endangered, threatened, or sensitive is supposed to be reviewed every five years by WDFW staff through what we call a periodic status review (PSR) process to assess available species information and recommend whether the s
  
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• Why ICJ ruling against Israel’s settlement policies will be hard to ignore

  19-07-2024 17:41
  
  Judgment challenges allies such as UK and US, which for years soft-pedalled on occupation of Palestinian territories• Israel’s settlement policies break international law, court findsThorough, detailed and all encompassing, the international court of justice’s advisory ruling on the illegality of the Israeli occupation of Palestinian territory and settlement building represents a stark refutation of Israel’s claims, and will have a profound impact for years to come.The ICJ
  
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• Hulk Hogan reveals why he had to come out in support of Trump: I said 'enough is enough'

  19-07-2024 17:40 via foxnews.com
  
  Hulk Hogan spoke about his electrifying speech at the Republican National Convention and what inspired him to speak in support of former President Trump.The wrestling legend said the crowd at the RNC felt like a wrestling crowd and that he didn't follow the teleprompter. "I felt a rumble, and so I started pushing the gas down and more. I pushed the gas pedal down the more they responded," Hogan told "Fox & Friends" Friday.Hogan said he sat back and was silent for years while watching "w
  
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• Reporter goes viral for her smooth mic toss when she was unknowingly still on-air

  19-07-2024 17:37
  
  A local news reporter is going viral after a blooper she posted caught the attention of the internet.
  
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• Israeli settlements violate international law, U.N.'s top court says in a landmark opinion

  19-07-2024 17:37
  
  Policies and practices used by Israel in its occupation of Palestinian territories are in breach of international law, the United Nations’ top court said in a landmark opinion Friday.
  
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• Surgeries and doctor's appointments canceled amid global IT outage

  19-07-2024 17:34
  
  U.S. hospitals were forced to cancel surgeries and appointments amid the global IT outage. There is no indication of criminal activity, but hospital systems are no stranger to massive computer outages.
  
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• Man sentenced for death of fiancée, an Ohio art student who went missing in 2011

  19-07-2024 17:34 via foxnews.com
  
  The fiancée of an Ohio art student who went missing nearly 13 years ago was sentenced Thursday to three years in prison.John Carter, 36, had been charged with two counts of murder when he was arrested in March 2023. He eventually pleaded guilty last month to involuntary manslaughter as part of a plea deal.The charges stemmed from the August 2011 disappearance of Katelyn Markham, who was last seen at her home in Fairfield, Ohio. At the time, Markham was a few weeks away from finishing her
  
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• Washington Post deletes 'unacceptable' post scolding American hostage parents for not being critical of Israel

  19-07-2024 17:31 via foxnews.com
  
  The Washington Post came under fire after it scolded the parents of an American hostage in Gaza for not publicly criticizing Israel's "assault" there and admitted Friday that its social media post was "unacceptable.""Omer Neutra has been missing since the Oct. 7 attack on Israel. When his parents speak publicly, they don't talk about Israel's assault on Gaza that has killed over 38,000 Palestinians, according to local officials. Experts have warned of looming famine," the Post wrote on X. T
  
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• New poll reveals what Democrats think of Harris as president

  19-07-2024 17:17 via foxnews.com
  
  With President Biden's future uncertain, a majority of Democrats say the country would be in good hands if his vice president were to take over the White House. A new poll from the AP-NORC Center for Public Affairs Research found that about six in 10 Democrats believe that Vice President Kamala Harris would do a good job as president herself. About two in 10 Democrats don’t believe she would, and another two in 10 say they don’t know enough to say.The survey comes as an increasi
  
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• How the Secret Service protects presidents — and what went wrong at the Trump rally

  19-07-2024 17:10
  
  The Secret Service’s advance planning for public events is an intricate, multi-layered process. The Trump assassination attempt exposed potential missteps.
  
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• Fox News Digital thumps CNN, NY Times, other major news brands in key metrics during second quarter

  19-07-2024 16:50 via foxnews.com
  
  Americans relied on Fox News Digital for information and analysis during the second quarter of 2024, helping it finish as the No. 1 news organization in both multiplatform minutes and multiplatform views during a historic three-month period. The second quarter saw President Biden begin to face ongoing questions about his mental fitness for office after his debate debacle against former President Trump on June 27.  The quarter also featured Trump’s "hush money" trial and guilty ve
  
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• Vietnam’s Communist leader dies aged 80 creating power vacuum

  19-07-2024 16:05
  
  Nguyen Phu Trong was one of the country’s longest-serving politicians and known for anti-corruption driveNguyen Phu Trong, the general secretary of Vietnam’s ruling Communist party and the country’s most powerful politician, has died aged 80, creating a power vacuum.Trong died early on Friday afternoon “after a period of illness”, according to his medical team, state media reported. Continue reading...
  
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• What caused the global Microsoft outage? A humble software update

  19-07-2024 15:40
  
  A routine software update caused cascading chaos Friday that has engulfed global businesses from airports and banks to retail and law enforcement.
  
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• Biden's family starts discussing his possible exit plan from the 2024 race

  19-07-2024 15:39
  
  Members of President Joe Biden’s family have discussed what an exit from his campaign might look like, according to two people familiar with the discussions.
  
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• Nguyen Phu Trong, Vietnam's top Communist Party leader, dead at 80

  19-07-2024 15:30 via foxnews.com
  
  Vietnam's ruling Communist Party chief Nguyen Phu Trong died on Friday after holding the country's most powerful position for 13 years. He was 80.He died in the early afternoon "due to old age and serious illness," the Communist Party said in a statement on its website, without elaborating further on the nature of the illness.The statement cited information from Trong's medical team, saying he died "after a period of illness, despite being wholeheartedly treated by the Party, the State, a collec
  
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• Japan asks young people why they are not marrying amid population crisis

  19-07-2024 15:01
  
  Consultation launched as surveys show people have little chance to meet partners and worry about high cost of living The Japanese government has begun to consult young people about their interest in marriage – or lack thereof – as Japan continues to struggle with a demographic crisis that is expected to result in a sharp population decline over the next decades.The Children and Families Agency, launched in April 2023, held its first working group meeting on Friday to support young pe
  
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