A German agency has announced to quit X, previously known as Twitter, over increasing hate and intolerance on the platform. Germany’s Federal Anti-Discrimination Agency accused the platform of not regulating anti-minority sentiment, putting many lives in danger.
The US government averted the much-anticipated government shutdown after a deal. The last-minute deal between the republicans and the democrats was welcomed by both parties. The senate and the house agreed to fund the government temporarily for 45 days after passing the bill.
In an effort to reduce burden on the National Health Service, Wales has reduced the speed limit to 20 miles per hour. The Ministers Have argued that the decision to lower the speed limit will reduce death toll and noise pollution across the nation.
The US government has launched a tree plantation project worth $1 billion to mitigate the impact of climate change. Communities around the United States will share the fund in order to plant trees to reduce the extreme heat. The money will be available to the public in the form of 385 grants to people across all 50 states.
The Norfolk police department officials stopped a car for carrying a huge bull in the passenger seat. The police were shocked as they couldn’t believe the car could carry such an animal. The police said they thought they would find a small calf after hearing from the locals, but what they found out, it was a huge bull.
Physicians removed a 8cm long live worm from the brain of an Australian woman. The neurosurgeons were shocked to see a living worm inside a human brain. Something which has never happened in the past.
An explosive drone hit a high skyscraper in the Russian capital, Moscow. Videos circulating on social media showed a huge explosion as the under-construction skyscraper was being targeted by military UAVs. While it is obvious that the attack has been orchestrated by Ukraine, the Russian neighbor has not claimed responsibility.
The British Museum has sacked one of its own employees for stealing artifacts from the Museum. The stolen items include jewelry, gold, gems and other precious stones. The suspect responsible is a staff member of the British Museum in London, an impressive tourist destination in the UK. The Museum said they were working with investigative experts to recover the stolen or any damaged artifacts.
German Defense Minister has said that the country’s armed forces cannot attract fresh recruits. The Bundeswehr, the armed forces of Germany, is struggling big time to find new recruits amid increasing Russian threat from the eastern border. The German armed forces are increasingly worried about the public’s interest in joining the military, the ministry said.
Thailand police have discovered the dismembered body of a German businessman who was reported missing on 4 July. The 62-year-old businessman named Hans-Peter Mack went missing on 4 July and Thai police were investigating his disappearance. Mack’s dead body was discovered in a freezer at a house in the southern city of Thailand, Nong Prue.
Some of the major cities in the Southeast US have come under severe heat waves in recent days with some places recording 115 degrees. At least 13 deaths were reported in Texas and Louisiana due to extreme heat waves, according to the authorities.
A teenager Natasha Kulviwat won $50,000 at the Regeneron International Science and Engineering Fair for her project where she studied brains of those who committed suicide. The 16-year-old spent around 6 months in a laboratory at Columbia University where she studied the brain tissues to investigate if there was something measurable in the brain to explain the phenomenon.
