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Flames and smoke plume rise as firefighters continue to tackle the Park Fire near the northern Sacramento Valley city of Chico, California, U.S. July 25, 2024. — Reuters pic

Pacific Northwest wildfires force thousands to evacuate, smoke spreading across vast regions

This handout picture released by the Israeli army on July 25, 2024, shows Israeli troops on the ground in the Gaza Strip during operations amid the ongoing conflict between Israel and Hamas. —Israeli army handout via AFP

Palestinian and Jewish protesters march together in rare Israel peace march

Kamala Harris, the likely Democratic presidential nominee after Biden dropped out of the election race on Sunday, did not mince words about the humanitarian crisis gripping Gaza after nine months of war between Israel and Hamas militants. — Reuters pic

Harris pushes Netanyahu to ease suffering in Gaza: ‘I will not be silent’

The typhoon — the strongest to hit Taiwan in eight years — had already forced authorities on the island to close schools and offices, suspend the stock market and evacuate thousands of people. — Reuters pic

Typhoon Gaemi sinks ship off Taiwan, nine sailors missing as storm heads for China

Alice Leal Guo, the mayor of Bamban, where the raided scam centre was metres from the municipal hall, has been accused of human trafficking and money laundering in relation to the operation. — AFP pic

Scam central: Inside the sinister world of Philippine fraud rings, from fake Filipino mayor to trafficked Malaysian workers

The vessel sank as heavy rains fuelled by Typhoon Gaemi and the seasonal monsoon lashed Manila and surrounding regions in recent days. — AFP pic/Philippine Coast Guard

Philippine tanker carrying 1.4 million litres of oil capsizes in Manila Bay, authorities rush to contain 7km oil spill

A Cambodian court fined an opposition leader six billion riels today for defaming the ruling party by claiming democracy had regressed since Hun Manet took power last year. — Reuters pic

Cambodia’s opposition leader slammed with RM6.8m fine for defaming PM Hun Manet

 Former US President Barack Obama plans to endorse Vice President Kamala Harris as the democratic presidential candidate soon, NBC News reported today. — AFP pic

NBC News: Obama to endorse VP Kamala Harris for president soon

Donald Trump launched a volley of attacks against US Vice President Kamala Harris yesterday, calling her a ‘radical left lunatic’ in his first rally since she became the de facto Democratic Party nominee for November’s election. — AFP pic

Trump fires at Kamala, calls her a ‘radical left lunatic’ in first rally since Biden’s departure

Protestors at Capitol Hill. — AFP pic

Netanyahu calls for support sparks backlash from Democrats as he demands global unity against Iranian ‘axis of terror’

Thousands of demonstrators angry over the war in Gaza marched on the US Capitol yesterday as Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu asked lawmakers for steady support as his forces fight Hamas. — AFP pic

Thousands march in Washington to protest Netanyahu, call for ‘citizen’s arrest’

US President Joe Biden told Americans yesterday that he had dropped out of the 2024 election to unite his party and his country, saying in a historic Oval Office speech that it was in defence of democracy. — AFP pic

Biden says he’s no ‘lame duck’ in remaining six months of presidency, time to pass the torch to ‘younger voices’

Earth withered through a second-straight day of record-breaking temperatures on July 22, the EU’s climate monitor said yesterday, as parts of the world suffer devastating heatwaves and wildfires. — AFP pic

It’s getting hot in here: Global temperature record broken again on July 22

French President Emmanuel Macron yesterday dismissed a left-wing alliance’s push to name a new prime minister after snap elections, saying parties in a fractured parliament must come together to build a broad coalition after the Paris Olympic Games. — AFP pic

Macron puts off naming new French prime minister until after Paris Olympics

A demonstrator holds a banner with a portrait of Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu as families of Israeli hostages gather ahead of his address to a joint meeting of Congress, at the National Mall in Washington July 23, 2024. — Reuters pic

Israel intensifies Gaza raids ahead of Netanyahu’s US Congress address

New Zealand Prime Minister Christopher Luxon apologised and promised reforms today after a public inquiry found some 200,000 children, young people and vulnerable adults were abused in state and religious care over the last 70 years. — AFP pic

‘Nearly one-in-three’: New Zealand PM apologises, vows reform after report finds 200,000 abused in care