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Bangladesh’s leader Muhammad Yunus has been acquitted in a graft case filed by the nation’s Anti-Corruption Commission, just days after he was sworn in to run an interim government following the ouster of Sheikh Hasina. [time-brightcove not-tgx=”true”] A special court in Dhaka acquitted the Nobel Prize-winning economist along with 13 other people, The Daily Star reported on Sunday, citing an official with the anti-graft commission.

Indonesia’s President-elect Prabowo Subianto said he is committed to “continue, and if possible finish” the new capital, dispelling uncertainty as to whether the incoming leader will abandon the multibillion-dollar project of his predecessor to pursue his own policy agenda. [time-brightcove not-tgx=”true”] Prabowo, who will be sworn in as the country’s eighth president in October, estimated that the new capital will be “functionally running” in four to five years, he told reporters on Monday on the sidelines of a visit to the new capital city called Nusantara. He and incumbent President Joko Widodo are inspecting the new capital ahead of the Independence Day celebrations scheduled to be held at the area on August 17.

WASHINGTON — U. S. Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin has ordered a guided missile submarine to the Middle East and is telling the USS Abraham Lincoln aircraft carrier strike group to sail more quickly to the area, the Defense Department said Sunday. [time-brightcove not-tgx=”true”] The moves come as the U. S. and other allies push for Israel and Hamas to achieve a cease-fire agreement that could help calm soaring tensions in the region following the assassination of Hamas political leader Ismail Haniyeh in Tehran and a senior Hezbollah commander in Beirut. Read More: What Haniyeh’s Assassination Means for a Gaza Ceasefire Officials have been on the lookout for retaliatory strikes by both Iran and Hezbollah for the killings, and the U.

As part of its hybrid war strategy, Russia has been targeting Ukrainian grain silos, schools, hospitals, power plants, and more for two and a half years. Given the Kremlin’s failure to overrun Ukraine militarily, it has increasingly turned instead to making the country uninhabitable. This strategy isn’t new. But 2024 has seen wave after wave of basic infrastructure hit with previously unknown accuracy and ferocity.

COVID-19 is now the No. 10 cause of deaths for all age groups in the U. S. OregonLiveCOVID-19 falls to No. 10 cause of death in US The Associated PressAs Covid deaths drop, heart disease and cancer remain leading causes of death STATCOVID was 10th leading cause of death in 2023, down from 4th in 2022: CDC ABC NewsUS Top Ten Leading Causes of Death Revealed Newsweek

Why a growing mpox outbreak has the world worried again The Washington PostMpox outbreak puts Africa on brink of official public health emergency The GuardianU. S. responds to deadly new mpox strain AxiosWHO invites mpox vaccine manufacturers to submit dossiers for emergency evaluation World Health Organization (WHO)