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Japan’s ruling Liberal Democratic Party (LDP), to which the slain former prime minister Shinzo Abe also belonged, is expected to dominate today’s legislative elections. Former Prime Minister Shinzo Abe’s assassination two days ago has overshadowed the parliamentary election. In many ways, it shouldn’t come as a surprise that his party, which has ruled Japan for the majority of the past seven decades, is poised to win. Voter turnout may have boosted after Abe’s death and shifted the focus of the election. During a speech in support of a local candidate in Nara, Japan’s longest-serving leader was gunned down on Friday…

Disgraced Sri Lankan President Gotabaya Rajapaksa has announced he will resign July 13 after protesters stormed his residence and set the Prime Minister Ranil Wickremesinghe’s house on fire. Rajapaksa’s decision to resign on July 13, was revealed by Parliament Speaker Mahinda Yapa Abeywardena. There were fireworks displays in Colombo in celebration of the president’s decision. In the early morning, Rajapaksa was evacuated from the presidential palace in Colombo after thousands of protesters stormed it and demanded his resignation. Hundreds of protesters packed into rooms and corridors in the president’s house, shouting slogans against the disgraced 73-year-old leader, according to a…

In the early hours of Sunday, 15 people were killed and nine injured when gunmen opened fire at a bar in the Soweto township in South Africa. As the carnage unfolded shortly after midnight, unknown gunmen penetrated the Orlando East tavern in the township, on the outskirts of Johannesburg. They shot at its patrons, police and witnesses said. Four people were killed and eight were wounded in a second apparently random shooting around 20:30 on Saturday in Pietermaritzburg, about 500 km southeast of Soweto. Police said the unknown gunmen fled the scene in both cases and are currently on the…

In the capital of Sri Lanka, thousands of protesters stormed the official residence of President Gotabaya Rajapaksa. After months of protests over mismanagement of the country’s economic crisis, demonstrators from all over the country marched to Colombo demanding his resignation. He has already been moved to a safer location, according to reports. The Sri Lankan Prime Minister Ranil Wickremesinghe on Saturday offered to resign in order to make way for an all-party government to take over the country. Protests have intensified throughout the country in order to bring about the resignation of the government led by Gotabaya Rajapaksa for mishandling…

A ruling party source told Kyodo News on Friday that Japanese former Prime Minister Shinzo Abe was killed while delivering a speech two days before a national election in Nara. At approximately 11:30 a.m., Japan’s longest-serving leader was attacked from behind by a 41-year-old man in front of Kintetsu Railway’s Yamato-Saidaiji Station, police said. Two shots were fired before he collapsed. Blood was seen on his shirt when he was rushed to the hospital. This is being seen as a shocking act of violence in a country with one of the world’s lowest rates of gun crime. The shooting suspect…

Prime Minister Boris Johnson announced today that he was resigning from his position as leader of the Conservative Party. In a press conference held at the government headquarters in London, Johnson announced that a new party leader will be chosen next week. As Prime Minister, he will continue to serve until a new leader is chosen. Today, I have appointed a cabinet to serve until a new leader is in place, he said. In the wake of a series of ethics scandals, Johnson’s turbulent tenure as prime minister came to an end Thursday. The resignation of nearly 60 government officials…

One million pilgrims are expected to arrive in Mina today to celebrate Tarwiyah (watering) Day as part of preparations for Hajj season 2022. This year’s Hajj operational plan has been completed by the Ministry of Hajj. As per the directives and aspirations of the wise leadership, the Hajj Security Forces announced their readiness to ensure the safety and security of pilgrims during the Hajj season. Mina’s health sector provides access to health care through four hospitals and 26 health centers with 550 beds. In addition, it has ambulance services, which include 100 small ambulances and 75 large ambulances. Additionally, it…

Investigators from several law enforcement agencies converged on a rural site east of Atlanta on Wednesday seeking clues to an explosion they say heavily damaged the Georgia Guidestones, a peculiar granite monument locals call America’s Stonehenge according to media reports. The Georgia Bureau of Investigation (GBI) reported on its Twitter feed that unknown individuals detonated an explosive device before dawn on Wednesday, destroying a large portion of the structure. Elbert County Chamber of Commerce and the state’s travel site list the gray monoliths, erected in 1980 in a large field, as a tourist attraction near Elberton, Georgia.

A lawsuit filed by 15 black Tesla employees alleges they were subject to racial abuse and harassment at its factories. Workers claimed that colleagues, managers, and human resources employees made racist comments and behaved offensively on a regular basis, according to the lawsuit filed in a California court. Tesla’s lawsuit alleges harassment mainly occurred at its Fremont factory in California, including the use of the N-word and terms such as slavery or plantation and making sexual comments. In this suit, the automaker is accused of blatant, open and unembellished race discrimination in its standard operating procedures. According to the lawsuit,…

Indian Defence Research and Development Organization (DRDO) successfully completed the first flight of an autonomous flying wing technology demonstrator from Karnataka’s Aeronautical Test Range at Chitradurga. It marks a major milestone for India’s secretive unmanned combat aerial vehicle (UCAV) program, under which the stealth wing flying test bed (SWift) is being developed as a technology demonstrator. In India, the program is linked to the development of the fifth-generation stealth fighter, dubbed the advanced medium combat aircraft, or AMCA. The flight was performed in fully autonomous mode. The aircraft performed flawlessly, including takeoff, waypoint navigation, and a flawless landing. A small…