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Chinese Communist Party pays millions of dollars to US publications for buying media influence: Report
China daily is a state-run English newspaper that also serves as a propaganda tool for the CCP. According to the US Justice Department files, the Chinese news outlet paid several hundred thousand dollars to some of the most prominent newspapers and magazines in the US in order to buy influence. These news publications include Time magazine, Foreign Policy magazine and the Los Angeles Times.
29 killed, 17 missing in Philippines military plane crash
Rescuers are still looking for 17 unaccounted people, said Joint Task Force Sulu Commander Major General William Gonzales. "We remain to be hopeful that we could find more survivors. Our search and rescue are still ongoing," he said. The plane carrying army personnel crashed and burst into flames earlier on Sunday while attempting to land at the Jolo airport.
Global Covid-19 caseload tops 183.7mn
In its latest update on Monday morning, the University's Center for Systems Science and Engineering (CSSE) revealed that the current global caseload, death toll and the total number of vaccine doses administered stood at 183,729,671, 3,975,948 and 3,190,517,708, respectively. The US continues to be the worst-hit country with the world's highest number of cases and deaths at 33,716,933 and 605,526, respectively.
Three major wildfires raging in N.California
The Lava Fire in Siskiyou County, which started on June 24, has burned nearly 24,460 acres with 24 per cent contained as of Saturday, Xinhua news agency quoted the California Department of Forestry and Fire Protection (Cal Fire) as saying. The Tennant Fire, which broke out on the eastern side of the Klamath National Forest on June 28, was around 10,012 acres.
Palestinian killed by Israeli soldiers in West Bank
In a statement, the Palestinian Ministry of Health said that 20-year-old Mohammed Hassan from the Qusra village, southeast of Nablus, was killed on Saturday after being shot on his chest by Israeli soldiers, reports Xinhua news agency. Witnesses said that Hassan was at the roof of his house and died from a stray gunshot fired by Israeli soldiers during clashes with Palestinian demonstrators in the village.
3 civilians, 24 Taliban militants killed in Afghanistan
In Laghman province, nine militants were killed and 17 wounded after Afghan National Defense and Security Forces (ANDSF) targeted their position in Alishing district on Saturday night, the Ministry said in a statement. On Saturday afternoon, three civilians were killed and 30 others wounded during fierce clashes in Omarzai, a locality near Mehtarlam, capital of Laghman.
Israel strikes Gaza after incendiary balloons launched
The sources said that late Saturday night, the Israeli war jets fired two missiles at a military training post south of Gaza city that belongs to al-Qassam Brigades, the armed wing of the Islamic Hamas movement, Xinhua news agency reported.Several missiles also targeted various Hamas military posts in northern and western Gaza, said the sources. No injury was reported.
Hassan Rouhani demands US apology for downing Iranian airliner in 1988
Addressing a meeting on Saturday, Rouhani said: "The US government has to know that it committed a very big crime in the Gulf in 1988." US apologies, compensation, and an explanation about the reason why awards were given to "the killers and perpetrators of this great crime" are still expected, Rouhani noted.
US set to fall short of Joe Biden's vaccination goal
"Among the locations recently closed are mass-vaccination sites at Chicago's United Center, Boston's Reggie Lewis Center and a handful of large-scale clinics throughout New York. "But it also means easier access to shots at retail pharmacies, which no longer require appointments or screen recipients based on need.
Enforced disappearances in Balochistan spike during Imran Khan period
The Baloch activists seek to gain attention of the UN Human Rights Council, UN rapporteurs and UN treaty bodies to the issue of enforced disappearances being done with impunity in Balochistan. The families allege that Pakistan's spy agencies are behind enforced disappearances, tortures and killings of these missing persons.
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