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A joint investigation will establish responsibility for the incident that left at least two people dead and 15 injured and impose severe sanctions against the peacekeepers involved. The incident came days after demonstrators took to the streets in several towns in eastern Congo to demand the departure of the UN mission. (Reuters) The Democratic Republic of Congo has launched an investigation after the UN peacekeeping mission in the country, MONUSCO, admitted that its troops killed two people in a shootout in a town on the border with Uganda. “Two compatriots died and 15 were wounded following shots fired by peacekeepers from a contingent of the MONUSCO intervention brigade from Uganda,” said Patrick Muyaya Katembwe, the DRC’s minister in charge of communication and media and government spokesman on Sunday. He announced the opening of a joint investigation with MONUSCO to establish responsibility for the incident, learn

Senegal President Macky Sall’s ruling coalition says it won 30 of the country’s 46 administrative departments, giving it a majority in parliament following Sunday’s legislative election. Sunday’s polls were an important test for Sall after local elections in March saw the opposition win in major cities, including Dakar, Ziguinchor in the south and Thies in the west. (AFP) President Macky Sall’s ruling coalition claimed victory in Senegal’s legislative elections but the opposition rejected the assertion as a “prefabricated majority”. “We won 30 departments” out of the 46 in the west African country and overseas constituencies, Aminata Toure, head of the presidential coalition, told reporters late on Sunday. “This undoubtedly gives us a majority in the National Assembly.” “We have given a majority in the National Assembly to our coalition president”, Sall, she added, without giving the number of seats won by her camp or

NEW You can now listen to Fox News articles! A North Carolina pilot died under mysterious circumstances Friday afternoon, officials said. Charles Hew Crooks, 23, was one of two people onboard the small, 10-person plane Friday but it landed with just one person in Wake County, North Carolina, WRAL reported. Authorities say Crooks either jumped or fell from the plane in midair without a parachute. According to the report, the remaining co-pilot safely conducted an emergency landing at Raleigh-Durham International Airport after reporting to air traffic control that the plane had lost its right wheel and was taken to the hospital with minor injuries. NORTH CAROLINA MAN CHARGED IN KILLING OF FORT BRAGG SOLDIER Wake County Emergency Management chief of operations Darshan Patel speaks with a group of reporters on July 29, 2022. (Wake County Government/Twitter) Dozens of first responders were at the Raleigh-Durham International Airport and several other officer

LONDON: When a newspaper headline begins with the prefix “revealed,” most readers are sufficiently familiar with media shorthand to know that they are expected to react to the article that follows with surprise, or perhaps even concern. But when the UK’s Guardian newspaper ran a story in 2020 headlined “Revealed: Saudi Arabia may have enough uranium ore to produce nuclear fuel,” the real surprise was that the story was getting on for 50 years old. Saudi Arabia’s plans to develop a nuclear energy industry were not hatched overnight or in secret. The reality is that the Kingdom has been slowly, steadily and responsibly treading the complex regulatory and technical path toward the adoption of peaceful nuclear power for decades. It is clear that having moved cautiously and prudently, the Kingdom is now ready to embrace a technology that has come of age, in an era when access to clean energy has never been more essential. IAEA Director General Rafael Mariano Grossi. (AFP)

The declaration will allow US officials to implement measures to fight against the virus that spreads through prolonged and close skin-to-skin contact and sharing bedding, towels and clothing. New York had recorded 1,345 cases as of Friday, according to data compiled by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. California had the second-most, with 799. (Reuters) Officials in New York City have declared a public health emergency due to the spread of the monkeypox virus, calling the city “the epicentre” of the outbreak. The announcement on Saturday by Mayor Eric Adams and health Commissioner Ashwin Vasan said as many as 150,000 city residents could be at risk of infection.  In the last two days, New York Gov Kathy Hochul declared a state disaster emergency declaration and the state health department called monkeypox an “imminent threat to public health.” New York had recorded 1,345 cases as of Friday, according to

The numbers were drawn Friday night for the Mega Millions, which is worth a historic $1.28 billion. The winning numbers were 67-45-57-36-13 and the Mega ball of 14. For only the third time in the 20-year history of the American lottery game, the big prize has reached the billion-dollar mark. The jackpot has grown to an estimated $1.28 billion — a cash value of $648.2 million — after no ticket matched all six numbers drawn Tuesday night, according to a press release from Mega Millions. If won, it will be the second-largest jackpot in Mega Millions history, behind only the record $1.537 billion won in South Carolina on Oct. 23, 2018 — the world’s largest lottery prize ever won on a single ticket. Friday night’s Mega Millions drawing will mark the 30th in this jackpot run, which began on April 19. A woman checks off the numbers chosen for her Mega Millions lottery tickets at a 7-Eleven convenience store in Chino Hills, California, on July 28, 2022. Ringo Chiu/AFP via Ge

Sat, 2022-07-30 04:49 RIYADH: In a change of tradition, the new cover of the Holy Kaaba in Makkah was installed early Saturday, at the dawn of the new Islamic year of 1444. It used to be that the Kiswa was replaced once a year during Hajj, specifically on the morning of Dhul Hijjah 9 after the pilgrims go to Mount Arafat, in preparation for receiving worshippers the next morning, which coincides with Eid Al-Adha. Main category:  Saudi Arabia Source Source link https://www.news.qm.com.pk/new-kaaba-cover-installed-on-eve-of-islamic-new-year-1444/?feed_id=130339

Musk’s counter-suit was submitted along with a legal defence against Twitter’s claim that the billionaire is contractually bound to complete the deal he inked in April to buy Twitter. The Tesla boss wooed Twitter’s board with a $54.20 per-share offer, but then in July announced he was “terminating” their agreement. (Reuters) Elon Musk has filed claims against Twitter as he fights back against the tech firm’s lawsuit demanding he be held to his $44-billion buyout deal. Musk’s counter-suit was submitted along with a legal defence against Twitter’s claim that the billionaire is contractually bound to complete the deal he inked in April to buy Twitter, the Chancery Court in the state of Delaware said in a notice on Friday. The 164-page filing was submitted as being “confidential”, meaning the documents were not accessible by the public, the notice indicated. Rules of the court, however, require Musk to submit a public vers

Moscow and Kiev accuse each other of bombing a jail holding Ukrainian prisoners in Russian-held territory, with Ukrainian President Zelensky calling attack “a war crime” as fighting enters its 157th day. A Russian military truck drives past an unexploded munition in the Russia-controlled village of Chornobaivka. (Reuters) Saturday, July 30, 2022 Ukraine claims killing scores of Russians in Kherson fighting The Ukrainian military has said it had killed scores of Russian soldiers and destroyed two ammunition dumps in fighting in the Kherson region, the focus of Kiev’s counter-offensive in the south and a key link in Moscow’s supply lines. Rail traffic to Kherson over the Dnipro River had been cut, the military’s southern command said, potentially further isolating Russian forces west of the river from supplies in occupied Crimea and the east. Ukraine has used Western-supplied long-range missile systems to badly damage

In an interview with IRNA reporter on Saturday, Hossein Ashuri added: Today, after the announcement of a citizen’s message that a Nissan car was stuck in the flood of Shahrak Vahdat river, the agents of Fardis Fire Stations 103 and 108 arrived at the scene of the accident. He stated: In this incident, a middle-aged man was driving a car around the Shahrak Vahdat river, he got caught due to heavy flooding in the Shahrak Vahdat river, and in order not to drown, he stood on top of the car. May got out of the car safely. He said: Civil services and fire department of Fardis municipality are taking action to remove the car from the flood. The head of the Fardis Fire Organization warned all citizens to refrain from traffic on the banks of the rivers until the weather conditions stabilize, and if they see any accidents, report them to the 125 system. Source Source link https://www.news.qm.com.pk/save-the-nissan-dr

The British defence ministry says the move shows Russian forces are under pressure and that the mercenaries are unlikely to make up for the loss of regular infantry units. Russia continues to carry out strikes against targets across Ukraine while trying to take control of the entirety of the industrialised Donbass region in the east. (Reuters) Russia has tasked mercenaries to hold sections of the frontline in Ukraine in a sign it is running short of combat infantry, Britain’s Ministry of Defence has said, as Kiev steps up a counter-offensive in the south. The British defence ministry said in an intelligence update on Friday that Russia is relying more on the forces from its private military company Wagner Group for frontline duties. “This is a significant change from the previous employment of the group since 2015, when it typically undertook missions distinct from overt, large-scale regular Russian military activity,”