Zelensky sacks Ukraine’s top army commander after days of protests
Oleksandr Syrskyi is dismissed after days of unrest over the removal of popular Defence Minister Mykhailo Fedorov.
Police officers arrested for allegedly seeking roadside bribe from Nigeria’s anti-corruption boss
They are accused of stopping Musa Aliyu at a fake roadblock and telling him to drive to a cash machine.
India’s ‘cockroach’ protest continues a day after police crackdown
Delhi witnessed overwhelming violence on Monday, with at least 60 protesters wounded. Police said 118 of their men were also injured.
At least 41 dead after ferry capsizes off Guyana
The number of people rescued after the MV Barima turned over rose by eight to 77, but dozens remain missing.
Second Ohio house of horrors ‘covered in poo’ discovered after 16 ‘feral’ kids saved
A second property linked to the Siders family, who were arrested after 16 children were found living in squalid conditions in Hamden, Ohio, has been
Deep-sea snails ride surface currents to reach distant hydrothermal vents
The finding shows how life spreads between isolated deep-sea vents — and how closely those ecosystems are tied to the sunlit ocean.
An experimental oral vaccine may prevent invasive bacterial diarrhea
Shigella causes about 450,000 U.S. infections each year. An experimental oral vaccine protected adults in a small human trial.
White House advisers scramble to derail Trump’s ‘barrage’ of new tariffs: report
Faced with the possibility that the Republican Party is headed for a wipeout in the November midterms, White House insiders are attempting to head off
Todd Blanche is ‘daring’ retiring GOP senator to defy Trump: legal expert
Todd Blanche has thrown down the gauntlet to challenge a retiring Republican senator to defy President Tweety McTreason and vote against his confirmation as attorney
GM beats Q2 earnings and announces gas-powered Cadillacs as nearly $11 billion EV retreat nears completion
General Motors beat Wall Street’s second-quarter estimates by 37 cents a share on Tuesday, raised its full-year earnings guidance for the second time this year
The biggest data-centre deal in history just closed, then got $5bn bigger
On Tuesday, a group of the world’s most powerful investors finished buying a company most people have never heard of. The price tag explains why
Apple and the changing of the guard
As Apple gears up to anoint John Ternus the new company CEO in September (while current leader Tim Cook takes a seat on the board) the company
US AI testing institute chief steps down within three months
The head of the US government’s AI testing institute, Chris Fall, has resigned about three months after taking charge of the Center for AI Standards
Lebanon’s goal to end hostilities with Israel ‘forever’, says president
Lebanese President Aoun told Trump that Lebanon’s “ultimate objective” is to end hostilities with Israel “forever”.