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Joe Biden nominates close ally Los Angeles Mayor Eric Garcetti as envoy to India
The White House also announced on Friday that Biden was nominating a career diplomat, Peter Haas, as the ambassador to Bangladesh. Garcetti tweeted, "Should I be confirmed, I'll bring this same energy, commitment, and love for this city to my new role and will forge partnerships and connections that will help strengthen Los Angeles' place on the world stage."
Joe Biden urges Russia to act against ransomware attacks
Biden in the call noted "the ongoing ransomware attacks by criminals based in Russia that have impacted the US and other countries around the world," the White House said in a statement. President Biden underscored the need for Russia to take action to disrupt ransomware groups operating in Russia and emphasized that he is committed to continued engagement on the broader threat posed by ransomware,"
52 killed, over 100 missing in massive Bangladesh food factory blaze
The blaze broke out at the Shezan Juice Factory in Rupganj, an industrial town 25 km east of the capital, on Thursday afternoon 5 p.m (local time) and was still burning nearly 25 hours later, Fire Service's Director Operation, Lt Col Siddique Mohammed Zulfiqar Rahman told IANS on Friday afternoon. President Abdul Hamid and Prime minister Sheikh Hasina expressed deep shock and sorrow over the tragedy.
Taliban militants surround major Afghan cities
Afghan commando units were back on patrol Thursday in the capital of Badghis Province in western Afghanistan, just a day after they beat back Taliban militants who tried to storm the city. Unverified videos posted on social media appeared to show Taliban fighters speeding towards the centre of the Qala-i-Naw city on motorcycles. Amid the chaos, there was a jailbreak at the local prison.
IMF backs new SDR allocation for pandemic recovery
"I will now present the new SDR allocation proposal to the IMF's Board of Governors for their consideration and approval. If approved, we expect the SDR allocation to be completed by the end of August," The allocation would be implemented and become effective 21 days after the Board of Governors' approval, sometime in late August, according to the IMF.
17 suspects arrested over assassination of Haitian Prez
At least 28 people participated in the murder of the Haitian president, including 26 Colombians and two Haitian Americans, Leon Charles, director of Haiti's National Police at a press conference here on Thursday. Eight other people have fled and three assassins were killed in the shootings with security forces, added the official. Moise was shot dead on Wednesday at his residence during an early morning raid by a group of gunmen.
Aid team blocked from assisting Palestinians expelled from homes: UN
The razing of 27 residential and animal structures and water tanks on Wednesday in the Palestinian herding community of Humsa Al Bqai'a is the first of its kind since February, the OCHA said in a statement on Thursday. The Israeli Civil Administration (ICA) and the military also took food, milk for children, clothes, hygiene materials and toys. The action involved 11 homes for about 70 people, including 36 children.
Agreement on Nile dam can and must be reached: UNEP
While shared watercourses have been the cause of dispute, they can also be the foundation for cooperation and well-planned hydraulic infrastructure on a shared river course can be a source of enhanced collaboration and need not be a zero-sum game, she told the Security Council on Thursday during a briefing on the Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam (GERD), whose construction is nearing completion.
Heatwave in US, Canada virtually impossible without climate change'
The global warming made the extreme temperatures at least 150 times more likely to occur, Xinhua news agency quoted a USA Today report published on Thursday as saying citing a study conducted by leading scientists. "In the US, heat-related mortality is the No. 1 weather-related killer," said the study's co-author Kristie L. Ebi of the Center for Health and the Global Environment at the University of Washington.
Boris Johnson announces withdrawal of UK troops from Afghanistan
"All British troops assigned to NATO's mission in Afghanistan are now returning home," Johnson told the House of Commons, lower house of the British parliament. The Prime Minister would not disclose the exact timetable of the departure for security reasons, but added that most of the 750 remaining British troops had already left, the Xinhua news agency reported.
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