Chaitanya Baghel, son of ex-Chhattisgarh CM Bhupesh Baghel, got arrested by the Enforcement Directorate. This arrest relates to the alleged liquor scam in Chhattisgarh. Raids occurred at Baghel's residence in Bhilai. Baghel criticized PM Modi, linking the arrest to his son's birthday. The ED alleges a Rs 2,161 crore scam involving government officials and liquor businessmen.

Prime Minister Narendra Modi, during his visit to East Champaran, lauded Operation Sindoor's success and contrasted his government's development initiatives with the previous RJD era, accusing them of neglecting Bihar. He inaugurated projects worth over ₹7,200 crore and flagged off Amrit Bharat trains.

Dattatreya Hosabale emphasizes the need to address both external and internal pollution. He highlights the importance of lifestyle changes and moral transformation. Bhupender Yadav stresses balance in human-nature relations, referencing India's cultural traditions. He mentions Mission LiFE promoting sustainable development. Yadav says India's values offer solutions to ecological challenges. Global frameworks are now recognizing these values.

MNS chief Raj Thackeray criticized the recent violence in the Maharashtra Assembly, decrying the decline in political decorum and demanding accountability. He questioned the obsession with power and the silence of critics who usually target MNS workers. Thackeray also warned against wasting public funds on such incidents and the potential for future escalation, urging impartial action from the state government.

This paper has been drafted to assist the European Parliament's Committees on Budgets (BUDG) and Budgetary Control (CONT) in the context of their work on an implementation report on the Rule of Law Conditionality Regulation. Based on publicly available information, it provides an overview of EU reports and academic papers on the implementation of the Regulation. It examines three key interlinked concerns: (1) potential legal gaps in the Regulation; (2) the use of 'smart conditionality' to ensure that funds reach end beneficiaries; and (3) the links between the EU's rule of law reports and the Rule of Law Conditionality Regulation. The paper also outlines how Parliament's recent resolutions and questions have addressed these three issues. Source : © European Union, 2025 - EP

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The Jamaica Cultural Development Commission (JCDC) is being urged to deepen its collaboration with schools to ensure that commemorative events, such as those honouring the national heroes are not isolated from academic grounding. Custos of...

WESTERN BUREAU: Oral Johnson, who was held with 23 pounds of cocaine during a police operation in Coral Gardens, St James, on April 26, 2022, was sentenced to nine months’ imprisonment in the St James Parish Court on Wednesday. Johnson, a bar and...

Minister without Portfolio in the Ministry of Economic Growth and Job Creation, Matthew Samuda, says the Government has allocated $350 million to lessen the impact of the dry spell affecting several regions across the island. Addressing a special...

DWAYNE GRANT, as a police officer, is serving and protecting the Jamaican people, but, he’s also preserving and telling the checkered stories of black people in his art, art that is provocative, revealing, “bold”, and embracing black spirituality....

WESTERN BUREAU: Hanover Custos Lennox Wayne Anderson-Jackson was officially conferred with the Order of Distinction (OD) in the rank of Commander in a public installation ceremony at Rusea’s High School in Lucea on Thursday. Anderson-Jackson, a...

President William Ruto has maintained that he has a better plan for Kenya, stating that the country needs peace and unity, not chaos and division.

Mogadishu (HOL) — The Governor of Banadir Region and Mayor of Mogadishu, Hassan Mohamed Hussein Muungaab, met Thursday with the Chairman of the Independent National Electoral and Boundaries Commission, Abdikarim Ahmed Hassan, to strengthen collaboration on the ongoing voter registration campaign in the capital.

Rome (HOL) — The Commander of the Somali National Army (SNA), Lieutenant General Odawaa Yusuf Raage, is on a working visit to Italy, where he met with senior Italian military officials to strengthen bilateral defense cooperation.

The RIC troika was conceptualized by former Russian PM Yevgeny Primakov in the 1990s Read Full Article at RT.com

The project, which aims to link Los Angeles and San Francisco, has been beset by rising costs and delays. Gov. Gavin Newsom called the pulling of funds “illegal.”

On Thursday night, Republicans on the House Rules Committee sought to defuse political pressure around the explosive Epstein issue by adopting a non-binding resolution to possibly consider releasing the Epstein files in the future. It won’t have the force of law and may never come up for a vote.

A director within Papua New Guinea's newly formed NRL franchise stands down amid corruption concerns relating to business dealings at a state-owned oil company.

Residents of a suburban cul-de-sac in east London say they were shocked when heavily-armed police officers in tactical gear descended on their quiet street and later laid drug manufacturing and smuggling charges against a father and son who had lived on the street for years. 

[CAF] With just under three weeks to go until the kick-off of the 2024 TotalEnergies CAF African Nations Championship (CHAN) in East Africa, Central African Republic (CAR) head coach Sébastien Ngato is rallying his side for what promises to be a historic campaign.

[New Times] A geoscience laboratory, designed to test mineral quality and composition before export and for other purposes, is set to be fully operational in the 2026/27 fiscal year, The New Times understands.

[New Times] A new injectable drug known as lenacapavir could change how millions of people across the world and Africa in particular access HIV protective drugs, which historically have hard to come by.

Denise Richards made a bombshell accusation against estranged husband Aaron Phypers as he claims he never abused her.

Devyn Michaels, now 47, stunned a Las Vegas courtroom on Thursday after previously pleading guilty to beheading her on-again off-again boyfriend, Johnathan Willette, 46.

No Group 1 winner emerged at the latest Toto cascade draw on Thursday (July 17), resulting in 12 lucky punters in Group 2 sharing the grand prize of about $12.8 million.This means that the 12 lucky punters will each get a share of about $1.2 million. The winning numbers of Thursday's draw were 7, 8, 17, 29, 32, 42, and the additional number was 1.The past three draws saw no Group 1 winners, which resulted in the grand prize snowballing to about $12.8 million. PHOTO: Screengrab/Singapore Pools According to Singapore Pools, the Group 1 jackpot will be rolled only up to four times. The Group 1 jackpot will be shared equally among Group 2 winners thereafter.

Three Singapore-registered cars and a public bus were involved in an accident along the Causeway on Thursday (July 17), after one of the cars reportedly drove into the bus lane.In a video shared on Facebook after the accident, a damaged grey car is filmed straddling two lanes, with a white car behind and a black car in front. The accident had crumpled the right side of the grey vehicle and caused its rear tyre to be detached.Another clip shows visible damage on the rear bumper of the black car. A Causeway Link bus involved in the accident is seen stationary along the bus lane.Johor police said in a statement on Thursday that the incident occurred at about 11.19am, when the vehicles were travelling to Woodlands Checkpoint.Investigations found that a grey BYD car had suddenly turned into the bus lane, causing the bus to collide with the right side of the car as it could not stop in time.The grey car then skidded and hit two other Singapore-registered cars in the left lane.The police said there were no injuries, and all the drivers involved have lodged a report. Investigations into the accident is ongoing.

SINGAPORE - In a first for Singapore, autonomous vehicle (AV) firm WeRide has been given permission to operate a self-driving shuttle bus service in Resorts World Sentosa (RWS) without any safety personnel on board.Singapore's Land Transport Authority (LTA) gave the firm the green light after extensive testing and safety assessments of WeRide's remote operations and on-road performance here, said the Guangzhou-based company on July 17.The company said this is also the first time in South-east Asia that AVs have been given permission to operate without an onboard safety officer.Its eight-seater driverless bus, fitted with a suite of cameras and light detection and ranging sensors, has been plying a fixed 12-minute route within the RWS integrated resort since June 2024.The company said it has completed thousands of trips and ferried tens of thousands of passengers without any incident.In January, WeRide was allowed to remove the steering wheel and pedals from the vehicle, but a safety officer was still required to be on board to intervene in case of an emergency.

According to the Brazilian leader, he was outraged by the fact that «this attack on the country was supported by many Brazilian politicians»

In an open letter to the ex-president on the Truth Social network, US leader said: «I have seen the terrible treatment you are receiving at the hands of an unjust system turned against you»

According to the Gaza Strip’s Health Ministry, 58,667 people have been killed and 139,974 injured since the latest onset of hostilities with Israel

ON the day 19 years ago when I accepted a job offer from the Daily Mail I took the youngest of our four sons aside and told him that I could at last afford to send him to Dulwich College

Mohammed Fahir Amaaz, 20, was filmed hitting two policewomen and a male officer who were trying to detain him for headbutting a passenger at a Starbucks café minutes earlier.

Emergency services, including five helicopters, rushed to the scene on the A396 in Somerset to free passengers who had become trapped inside the bus.

President Donald Trump sent a salacious birthday message to Jeffrey Epstein that included a risqué hand-drawn picture of a naked woman with a cryptic message inside, according to a new report.