Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, the Director General of the World Health Organization, announced on Wednesday that he is calling for an emergency committee meeting due to a rise in human monkeypox cases. "The WHO chief announced the convening of an emergency committee to assess if the monkeypox outbreak, spreading beyond the Congo, is a global health emergency." The committee will convene at the...

Kamala Harris, the US Vice President and Democratic nominee for president, announced that she has selected Minnesota Governor Tim Walz to be her running mate. She posted about it on social media X. Harris pointed out that he has "accomplished much for working families while serving as a governor, coach, teacher, and U.S. military veteran." Walz described Harris' offer as "the most prestigious...

Venezuela's Attorney General Tarek William Saab stated that an investigation has been launched into opposition figure Maria Corina Machado and former presidential candidate Edmundo Gonzalez, reports the Associated Press. The written statement from the attorney general reads that Machado and Gonzalez wrongly announced a winner of the presidential election that was not in line with the one...

The U.S. is getting ready to implement a new regulation that will increase its power to limit exports of semiconductor manufacturing equipment from specific nations to China, according to two sources reported by Reuters. The new rule currently only exists in a draft version and could be modified. Exports from Israel, Taiwan, Singapore, and Malaysia will be impacted by the new regulations, say the...

Experts advised reducing outdoor physical activity if signs such as irritated eyes, coughing, and a scratchy throat appear. Meteorologists said that the air quality in Paris deteriorated on Wednesday, July 31. Ozone was the primary pollutant. Experts advise that in case of symptoms (such as itchy eyes, cough, sore throat, etc.), it is best to reduce outdoor physical activity. Prior to the...

The Palestinian movement acknowledged his passing and placed the blame on Israel. Ismail Haniyeh, the chief of the political bureau for the Palestinian Hamas movement, was assassinated in Tehran early on Wednesday morning, according to a statement from the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC).  The message claims that Haniyeh and one of his bodyguards were slain during an attack on...

The Organization of American States (OAS) has been requested by the governments of Argentina, Ecuador, Dominican Republic, Panama, Guatemala, Peru, Paraguay, Uruguay, and Costa Rica to conduct an urgent meeting about the outcomes of the Venezuelan presidential election, reports EFE. These nations urge that the OAS meet right away and that the election results be thoroughly reviewed. The...

The foreign ministries of Belgium, France, and Norway urged their residents living in Lebanon to depart after the shelling of the Golan Heights on Sunday. "The Foreign Ministry advises against traveling to Israel, Jerusalem, the Palestinian territories, or Lebanon due to recent events in the area, including the landing of a rocket on a soccer field in Majdal Shams," stated the Belgian Foreign...

Ukraine's long-term issuer default rating (IDR) has been lowered from “CC” (high probability of default) to “C” (default is unavoidable) by the international rating agency Fitch. According to the agency, a process akin to default has begun in Ukraine. "Fitch believes that the agreement in principle reached on July 22 between the government and some holders of Eurobonds on the terms of debt...