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Musk slams Wikipedia, says it's 'losing objectivity'
According to The New York Post, Wikipedia blocked users from revising its "recession" page after visitors to the site engaged in a frantic editing war over the definition of the term, which is being disputed by the Biden administration following the latest economic data showing a drop in GDP. A Wikipedia user edited the "recession" page to remove references to the standard definition of the term.
Pakistan concerned at Indian water release
"I think we will have to check, as what you are referring to is very recent, so need to check with our Indus Waters Commission whether such decision to release water or the flood data was shared by the Indian side in a timely manner or not," The Express Tribune quoted Foreign Office spokesperson Asim Iftikhar as saying.
US House passes bill to ban assault weapons after 18 years
The legislation passed on Friday night would prohibit the sale, manufacture, transfer, or possession of semiautomatic assault weapons and large-capacity ammunition feeding devices. But it would allow the possession of any semiautomatic assault weapon lawfully possessed on the date of enactment and the sale or transfer of any semiautomatic assault weapon lawfully possessed on the date of enactment following a background check.
Pakistani generals are Islamising secular Baloch society: Rights activist Qambar Malik Baloch
The BHRC has been diligently collating Pakistan's excesses on women, students and men placing records before UN agencies and senior politicians in Europe. India Narrative meets with Qambar Malik Baloch, General Secretary of the HRCB, who says that it is not easy to get information from a tightly-controlled province like Balochistan where only the Pakistani army has the last word.
Trump, Republican committees at loggerheads
Trump will lose RNC funding for legal bills if he announces 2024 candidacy, says Fox News in a report claiming that top-level Republicans have encouraged the former leader not to announce his 2024 candidacy until after the mid-terms of the House of Representatives' elections. Trump tried to preempt the January 6 Capitol riot panel reports expected in September.
Hitler's watch sold for $1.1million in US auction
The timepiece made by German watch firm Huber, which has a swastika and the initials AH engraved on it, was sold to an anonymous bidder at the Alexander Historical Auctions in Maryland, according to the BBC. The auction house which deals with historic autographs, documents, and photographs, militaria from all conflicts, and important relics, says the watch was given to Hitler most likely on April 20, 1933.
Biden approves disaster declaration for Kentucky over deadly flooding
Biden has ordered federal aid to supplement Kentucky and local recovery efforts in the areas affected by severe storms, flooding, landslides, and mudslides, Xinhua news agency quoted the White House as saying later Friday. "Damage assessments are continuing in other areas, and more counties and additional forms of assistance may be designated after the assessments are fully completed," it added
162 structures destroyed in California's largest wildfire of 2022
The Oak Fire, ignited a week ago in central California's Mariposa County, has rapidly grown to the largest wildfire so far this year in California. The fire burned over 19,200 acre (77.7 square km) with 45 per cent containment as of Friday morning, according to the California Department of Forestry and Fire Protection (Cal Fire) on Friday.
7 dead in UAE floods after heavy rains
The UAE Interior Ministry has extended its condolences to the families of the victims who are of various Asian nationalities, Al Salem Al Tunaiji, Director General of the Ministry's federal operations, said in a tweet on Friday. Al Tunaiji added that 80 per cent of those who were evacuated have returned to their homes, noting the rescue operations are still ongoing in the affected three Emirates.
Kate Bedingfield stays as White House Communications Director
"After much thought, discussion and reflection, I've decided to stay," she wrote on Friday in a note sent to her colleagues. A longtime aide to US President Joe Biden, Bedingfield previously announced that she would leave the White House this summer, Xinhua news agency reported. "I regretted my decision to leave," Bedingfield tweeted on Friday afternoon.
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