UK: Dan Poulter, a former UK health minister, leaves PM Rishi Sunak's party
Prime Minister Rishi Sunak of Britain is facing further challenges. The announcement that Dan Poulter, a practicing physician and former health minister, is leaving the Conservative Party and soon joining the Labour Party has shocked many in the party.
Voyager 1 and NASA reestablished communication after a months-long pause.
NASA's Voyager 1 spacecraft is sending back information regarding the condition and state of its onboard engineering systems for the first time since November. On November 14, 2023, Voyager 1 ceased transmitting usable science and engineering data back to Earth. The probe and its twin, Voyager 2, are the only spacecraft to have ever flown in interstellar space.
Google's representatives in New York and California organized employee protests and rallies against the company's billion-dollar contract with Israel. Our next report will cover this topic.
Flash flood warnings and heavy rain sweep the gulf.
The rain is coming down hard. Major highways in the United Arab Emirates have flooded, leaving cars abandoned on Dubai's roads. The rain that began overnight left massive piles on the streets, while gusts of wind disrupted planes at Dubai International Airport.
Rishi Sunak promises more tax cuts as Tories unveil summer election manifesto
Discharging the Conservatives' General Election program, Rishi Sunak seeks to turn around his party's dismal performance after his premature death at D-Day observances. He promises to remove the capital gains tax on landlord sales to tenants, decrease national insurance once more, offer "protected pensions," and cut immigration in half in his ideas.
UN: By 2050, 2 billion children will experience heatwaves.
The tremendous heat waves affecting East Asia and the Pacific have raised concerns for over 243 million youngsters, according to a warning from the UN. Stay tuned for additional information!
Antarctic seals support Southern Ocean research for British scientists.
The British scientists are back from an innovative expedition, but this isn't your regular study. In reality, these scientists have enlisted the aid of a few surprising partners in their mission to discover the mysteries of the Southern Ocean. Watch to find out more!
"Systematic torture": In an Israeli jail, being a Palestinian
Israel increased the number of arrests it made in the occupied West Bank and the abuse of its overcrowded jail system. Former Palestinian inmates describe how Israeli jail guards routinely mistreated them, forcing them to kneel, depriving them of necessities, and torturing them. Concerning trends are shown in the growing number of Palestinian inmates, including women and children. The Palestine Prisoners' Society draws attention to the extent of mistreatment and dehumanization committed by Israeli security personnel, who even brag about their acts in video footage that Israeli TV's Channel 13 broadcasts, exposing appalling circumstances within the jails. Families of inmates suffer because of this; some of them never make it out alive. The anguish that the families of deceased Palestinians go through is made worse by Israeli authorities' refusal to release their bodies.
Morocco's rising forest fire risk and outdoor cooking increase forest risk.
Cooking out in the open is a joint family pastime in Morocco, but the consequences can be tragic. Therefore, tourists should be warned about the hazards of a forest fire.
Russia: Thousands of people are forced to flee a region affected by flooding due to dam bursts
According to a Russian news source that cited the plant's press department, the Orsk oil refinery in Russia stopped operating on Sunday after the city's dam broke on Friday night, flooding the nearby Orenburg area. See to learn more.
Voting for the EU Parliament has begun on the third day of the elections.
On the third day of the European Parliament elections, voters in Slovakia, Italy, and other EU countries are casting their ballots. In these elections, far-right and populist parties want to gain ground throughout the 27-member Block.
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