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USSS director resignation, ‘vaccine-like’ HIV drug and humanoid Tesla robots

US Secret Service Director Kimberly Cheatle resigns, Kamala Harris secures enough delegates’ support to be the Democratic nominee for president, Hamas and Fatah agree to form a future unity government, Hungary is blocked from hosting an upcoming EU meeting over its Ukraine peace mission, the UN warns that the threat of terrorism is `resurging’ in Syria, twin landslides in Ethiopia kill over 200, an affordable ‘vaccine-like’ HIV drug shows promise, cybersecurity start-up Wiz reportedly walks away from a $23B deal with Google, a Sam Altman-backed study found that people receiving basic income work less, and Tesla prepares to launch humanoid robots next year.
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$50M Harris funds, USSS director hearing and Bangladesh quota cut

Democrats raise nearly $50M after Biden's withdrawal, The director of the Secret Service is questioned over the Trump shooting, Israel orders the evacuation of part of the humanitarian zone in Gaza, Bangladesh's top court cuts job quotas after deadly protests, Iran and Sudan exchange ambassadors after eight years, The US Navy reports the first air-to-air victory for a female fighter pilot, At least six are killed in a shooting at a care home in Croatia, The Biden Administration grants $4.3B in climate funds, Nipah virus kills a teenager in India, and a watchdog warns that AI is being used to spread more child sexual abuse material.
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Global IT outage, Houthi Tel Aviv attack and Kamala Harris betting favorite

A Windows update causes a global IT outage, Yemen's Houthis take responsibility for a fatal drone attack on Tel Aviv, while the International Court of Justice rules that Israel’s presence in Palestinian territories is 'unlawful,' Russia jails US journalist Gershkovich for 16 Years for espionage, Donald Trump delivers a major speech to close out the Republican National Convention, Kamala Harris is now the favorite for the Democratic nomination among market prediction platforms, while an appeals court blocks the remaining provisions for Biden’s student loan forgiveness plan, A UN report says women in Haiti face an alarming level of violence, Extinction Rebellion’s founder is jailed for 5 years in the UK over a climate protest, and a report ties surging global electricity demands to air conditioning and AI.
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JD Vance speech, paused US-China talks and UK COVID inquiry

Ursula von der Leyen is reelected president of the European Commission, Democrats report that Biden is 'receptive' to calls for him to drop out of the presidential race, JD Vance makes his first speech as Trump’s vice presidential pick, China suspends it arms control talks with the US, Germany decides to halve its military aid to Ukraine, Israel’s Knesset rejects a two-state solution, the Wall Street Journal dismisses the new chair of a leading Hong Kong journalist group, South Korea’s supreme court approves health benefits for same-sex couples, a UK COVID inquiry finds flaws in the government’s pandemic preparedness, and the UK approves pet food made out of lab-grown meat. 
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Iran-Trump allegations, Malaysia cyberbullying tragedy and AI-YouTube scraping probe

US authorities claim Iran is allegedly plotting a threat to Donald Trump, while Boris Johnson meets Trump to discuss supporting Ukraine, King Charles outlines the UK government’s new priorities, Malaysia is taking steps to address cyberbullying after the death of a TikTok influencer, a human rights report alleges arbitrary abuse of children in El Salvador's prisons, Pres. Joe Biden is reportedly considering proposing major reforms to SCOTUS, while some Democrats condemn a plan to virtually nominate Biden before the Democratic convention, Nikki Haley and Ron DeSantis endorse Trump at the Republican National Convention, Elon Musk says he’ll move X and SpaceX out of California over transgender laws, and Apple and Nvidia reportedly trained AI models on YouTube captions without permission.
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Rumored Musk Trump contribution, defected N.Korean diplomat and global vaccination drop

Biden admits that his ‘bull's-eye’ comment on Trump was a 'mistake,' Elon Musk denies rumors that he has pledged $45M a month to a pro-Trump super pac, Ukraine’s Zelenskyy backs Russia’s attendance at the next peace summit, Gaza aid blocking groups reportedly receive donations from Americans and Israelis, a senior North Korean diplomat defects to the South, a jailed Greek mayor is temporarily freed to take his oath as an EU lawmaker, Colombia’s soccer federation president faces battery charges, England and Wales see their largest population growth in 75 years, the WHO reports that global childhood vaccinations dropped during the pandemic, and a study finds that climate change is making Earth's days longer.
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Trump VP pick, classified docs dismissal and new malaria vaccine

Donald Trump picks JD Vance as his running mate, The secret service faces scrutiny over the Trump rally shooting, A judge dismisses the former president’s classified docs case, Israel says it hit a Hamas military leader in a strike that killed 90, Pakistan bans ex-Prime Minister Imran Khan's party, EU representatives plan to boycott Hungary's Foreign Affairs Summit, Voters head to the polls in Rwanda, China's economy grows slower than expected, OpenAI whistleblowers allege NDAs prevent them from airing safety concerns, and a new malaria vaccine is rolled out in Africa.
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Brazil espionage intrigue, Biden NATO summit remarks and reconstructed mammoth genes

Police in Brazil say a ‘parallel' spy agency snooped on Bolsonaro rivals, Democratic Party uncertainty continues after Joe Biden’s NATO summit events, Russia warns of a military response to a US missile deployment in Germany, Benjamin Netanyahu denies that Israel is considering leaving the Egypt-Gaza border, The recent UK election reportedly had its lowest voter turnout since universal suffrage in 1928, The House GOP votes to reverse Biden's Title IX expansion, Donald Trump asks a judge to vacate his hush money conviction, The EU accuses X of violating digital content rules, Wildfires in California have reportedly increased by five times in 2024, and scientists reconstruct a wooly mammoth's genetic code.
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Kenyan cabinet reshuffle, US inflation drop and China green energy lead

Hollywood’s George Clooney pressures Biden to drop out of the presidential race, the US House approves a bill to prevent non-citizens from voting, Kenya’s president dismisses his entire cabinet, Israel and Hamas allegedly signal their acceptance of an 'interim governance' in Gaza, over 40 activists are handed life sentences in the UAE,Russia bans The Moscow Times, US inflation falls for the first time since 2020, the founder of the defunct hedge fund Archegos is convicted of fraud, China’s wind and solar expansion surpasses two-thirds of the world’s combined total, and a cathedral in France’s Rouen catches fire.
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Modi-Putin meeting, indefinite Samsung strike and autism microbiome diagnosis

Congressional Democrats hit an impasse on Biden's presidential run, Nikki Haley encourages her delegates to vote for Trump, Russian Pres. Vladimir Putin hosts India's Narendra Modi, French prosecutors probe Marine Le Pen’s campaign funding, Liberia’s president takes a 40% salary cut, Samsung workers announce an indefinite strike, Microsoft quits OpenAI’s board, A BBC journalist’s wife and daughters are killed in a crossbow attack, Moscow issues an arrest warrant for Alexei Navalny's widow, and researchers find that stool samples could diagnose autism.
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