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Trump eyeing early announcement of 2024 White House run
Trump first ran for the White House and won in 2016, beating Democrat Hillary Clinton. He had earlier swept aside a large and wide field of Republicans in the primaries, that included Jeb Bush of the clan of Bushes. He sought re-election in 2020 but lost comprehensively to Democrat Joe Biden. The 2024 run will be his third, if he does get into it. Trump remains extremely popular in the Republican party with his poll numbers in the 80s.
US confirms talks on unblocking Afghan assets
As the Taliban government seeks to get the Da Afghanistan Bank (DAB) assets, the Joe Biden administration wants assurances that the money would be spent on helping the Afghan people, Pajhwok News reported. The State Department said the United States renewed its pledge of $55 million in fresh aid for the earthquake survivors in Afghanistan.
T.Raja Kumar takes over as FATF chief
Kumar has replaced Marcus Pleyer who was holding the post till now, and will discharge his service for next two years. "Raja Kumar starts as FATF President today. He will focus on enhancing the effectiveness of global anti-money laundering & counter-terrorist financing measures, improving asset recovery and other initiatives," FATF tweeted while making the announcement on Friday.
Pakistan registers protest on India's recent blocking of Twitter accounts
"The Indian Charge d'Affaires in Islamabad was called to the Ministry of Foreign Affairs today and a strong demarche was made on the Indian government's blocking of access to content of 80 accounts on Twitter including accounts of Pakistan's diplomatic Missions in Iran, Turkey, Egypt, UN-New York and the national broadcaster Radio Pakistan, by activating geo-blocking and censorship laws,"
Most Twitter handles supporting Zubair from M-E, Pakistan: Delhi Police
"We found it during social media analysis that most of the Twitter accounts supporting Zubair after his arrest were from countries like the UAE, Bahrain, Kuwait and Pakistan," a senior Delhi Police official told IANS. The 33-year-old fact-checker is currently under police custody and is being interrogated over one of his objectionable tweets which he posted in 2018.
Life becomes miserable in Pakistan as inflation at 13-yr high
Consumer Price Index (CPI) shows that June 2022 proved the most expensive month in the past 13 years, Samaa TV reported. In June, inflation rose 21.32 per cent compared to June 2021 (year-on-year increase) and 6.32 per cent compared to the previous month (month-on-month increase). Such a drastic change in CPI was last seen in December 2008 when year-on-year inflation stood at 23.3 per cent.
FBI offers $100K for info on Crypto Queen's whereabouts in fraud case
The FBI, which added her to its 'Ten Most Wanted Fugitives' list, said that Ignatova is being sought for her alleged leadership of a massive fraud scheme that affected millions of investors worldwide. In 2014, Ignatova and her partner founded OneCoin, a Bulgarian-based company that was marketed as a new virtual currency that would be the "Bitcoin killer".
Protesters storm Libyan Parliament
A BBC report said that the protesters on Friday also set fire to part of the building as images posted online showed thick columns of smoke. Meanwhile, the protesters in Tripoli called for fresh elections and their demand was backed by the head of the interim unity government, Abdul Hamid Dbeibah, who said all the country's institutions needed to be changed.
Russian strikes in Odesa kill 21 people
In a statement, the State Emergency Service of Ukraine (DSNS) said 16 people were killed when one missile hit a nine-storey building in the village of Serhiyivka on Friday night, the BBC reported.A separate strike on a holiday resort in the same village led to five fatalities, including the 12-year-old child.According to the DSNS, 38 people, including six children, were also injured in the strikes, which Russia has again denied of firing.
Biden to end filibuster in Congress on women's abortion rights
Biden condemned on Thursday the SC verdict overturning the Roe 1973 ruling upholding a woman's right to abortion as "outrageous behavior" saying for the first time that he supported ending the filibuster on the issue as protection to women and a broader constitutional right to privacy. He was speaking at a Press Conference in Madrid on the last leg of his G7 visit to Bavaria in Germany and other countries.
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