Is Israel relenting in its ban on Gaza evacuates?
Israeli officials have agreed to allow at least 19 children from Gaza to leave the region for medical treatment, most of them cancer patients, on Thursday. Israel and Egypt agreed to allow at least 19 sick children, most of them cancer patients, to leave Gaza for medical treatment on Thursday, Israeli and Palestinian officials said.
The Supreme Court ruled that the communications between the Biden administration and social media companies were not illegal
The US Supreme Court has ruled that the plaintiffs in a case against former President Joe Biden’s administration cannot sue for allegedly forcing social media companies to remove posts they didn’t like. The plaintiffs didn’t adequately establish standing and the case was sent to lower courts, where a new decision will be issued. The House Judiciary Committee had found that the administration “coerced companies”.
The tax bill was withdrawn by the president
Kenyan President William Ruto has said he will not sign into law a controversial tax bill that has sparked protests across the country. Human rights bodies have announced a rise in the death toll after Tuesday’s deadly protests outside parliament. The protesters have vowed to march on Thursday across the country to call for the resignation of the President and all members of parliament who voted for the bill.
The Supreme Court told the US government how to interact with social media companies
US Supreme Court Justice Sam Alito has said the majority of the court allowed a “successful campaign of coercion” to stand as an “attractive model for future officials who want to control what people say, hear, and think”. In his dissenting opinion, Alito further said the case shows the “need for social media companies to be prepared for the government’s coercive tactics”.
The Assange Saga is over
WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange is not a US citizen and is not eligible for citizenship in the country, according to a US State Department report. Assange was arrested in December last year during a visit to the UK where he’d been seeking to avoid extradition to the US. Assange has been accused by Sweden of sex crime and has been wanted by the US.
The saga of the WikiLeaks founder is over
The US has dropped the criminal case against Wikileaks founder Julian Assange for leaking classified information, prosecutors said in a letter to a US court. The prosecutors have received a request for a guilty plea from the man who would like to plead guilty. The indictment accused Assange of trying to get and publish secret reports about the wars in Afghanistan and Iraq.
China sent the first-ever samples from the far side of the Moon back to Earth
China’s Chang’e-6 spacecraft has landed on the Moon’s far side, where soil samples were extracted from the surface and taken back to Earth. The samples have been sent back to Earth as part of China’s “first-of-its-kind effort” to collect lunar samples. Chang’e-6 will be launched to Moon’s south pole in the first half of next year.
China has returned samples from the far side of the moon
China’s Chang’e 6 sent back the first soil samples taken from the far side of Moon. The samples will be sent to Earth for further analysis, China’s official Xinhua News Agency said. The samples were taken by Chang’e 6 after it landed on the far side of the Moon in June.
It was a week of extreme weather in the US
A massive dust storm called a haboob has swept through Mexico’s Surfside Beach, creating mudslides and damaging several houses. The city of Surfside Beach is on extreme weather during thetropical storm Alberto. It’s among the many extreme weather events, including storms and droughts, that are becoming more common as a result of climate change.
In the U.S, it is a week of extreme weather
The Mescalero Apache Tribe in the United States has declared a state of emergency due to two wildfires in the Lincoln National Forest. Both theSouth Fork and the Salt Fire started on the reservation where the tribe’s president declared a state of emergency. Officials said, “Go now, do not attempt to gather belongings or protect your home.”