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  Vice President Kamala Harris is riding a wave of voter enthusiasm heading into the Democratic National Convention, which has transformed the race against former President Donald Trump with three months to go. The four-day convention in Chicago begins Monday, about a month after President Biden’s reelection campaign concluded, as a growing number of Democrats question the 80-year-old’s ability to …

  Hamas has dismissed speculation of progress on a ceasefire agreement between Israel and Gaza as wishful thinking after US President Joe Biden said he was feeling “optimistic”. After two days of U.S.-backed talks in Qatar, President Biden said Friday: “We are closer than ever.” On Saturday, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s office said that Israeli negotiators had expressed “cautious …

A Tunisian court has sentenced rapper Karim Gharbi, also known as K2Rhym, to four years in prison in absentia for allegedly buying voter signatures to qualify for the upcoming presidential election. The court also fined Gharbi 5,000 dinars (about $1,600) and stripped him of his voting rights. Gharbi, who lives abroad, has announced his intention to run in the presidential …

    Mohammad Abu Al Qumsan trembled and gasped in disbelief. His eyes glazed over before he collapsed in the courtyard of Al Aqsa Martyrs Hospital in central Gaza. Palestinian twins Aysal and Aser were killed in an Israeli strike east of Deir al-Balah in central Gaza on August 14, three days after they were born. At least 115 children …

  According to official data, the inflation rate in the UK has risen for the first time this year. Overall, prices rose 2.2% in the year to July, slightly above the Bank of England’s 2% target, which has been in place since May. The increase had been widely expected and is due to the fact that gas and electricity prices …

The European Union has issued a stern warning to Elon Musk, urging him to curb the spread of harmful content on his social media platform, X, ahead of his live interview with former US President Donald Trump. EU Internal Market Commissioner Thierry Breton reminded Musk of his legal obligations under the Digital Services Act to police and remove illegal content …

  Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky has admitted for the first time that his army is conducting a cross-border offensive in Russia’s western Kursk region.   https://www.theconclaveng.com/we-cannot-sabotage-dangote-refinery-after-investing-billions-of-naira-in-it-nnpc/ In his video address on Saturday evening, Zelensky said the Ukrainian military was moving the war to the “territory of the aggressor.” Kiev launched its surprise attack on Tuesday, rapidly advancing more than 10 …

By Neha Tandon Sharma Via X / @RicardoBSalinas There are some superyachts that haven’t budged an inch, like the ill-fated Alfa Nero or the mighty Dilbar, and then there are some superyachts that you wish hadn’t budged an inch. A prime example is Steve Jobs’ widow Laurene Powell’s $140 million superyacht Venus, which rammed (read: just touched down and went) …

An ATR-72 plane with 62 passengers crashed in the city of Vinhedo in the state of São Paulo, Brazil, on Friday. The plane, operated by Voepass Linhas Aéreas, was heading to Guarulhos in São Paulo from Cascavel, in Paraná state when it crashed. Video of the incident on social media showed the plane plummeting to the ground before disappearing into …

A fire on Wednesday killed a 69-year-old man suffering from Alzheimer’s disease in a residential area of ​​the Philippine capital. The Bureau of Fire Protection said Thursday the fire that broke out at 5:30 p.m. local time in a district of Manila quickly swept through at least 20 homes and displaced 50 families out of a population of 200. The …