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Kim Kardashian and Kanye West attend the Vanity Fair Oscar party in Beverly Hills during the 92nd Academy Awards, in Los Angeles, California, U.S., February 9, 2020

12:10 GMT 08 July 2020 / updated: 12:10 GMT US

Bringing Back ‘Fear and Love of God’ is at Heart of Kanye West’s Bonkers 2020 Presidential Manifesto

Chelsea Pensioners as they see the media after voting at a polling station in London.

UK Election Integrity Scrutinized as Millions of Voters May Still be Missing From Registers

Targeting of TikTok and Other Tech Firms Shows China is a 'Force to be Reckoned With', Analyst Says

Author J.K. Rowling poses for a portrait while publicizing her adult fiction book The Casual Vacancy at Lincoln Center in New York October 16, 2012

J.K. Rowling, Noam Chomsky Among a Crowd of Liberal Luminaries Now Decrying ‘Cancel Culture’

Russian S-400 air defence systems during the Victory Day parade rehearsal

Ankara Testing Russian-Bought S-400s on US-Made Fighter Jets in Turkey, Report Says

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Last update: 11:48 GMT 08.07.2020
11:48 GMT 08.07.2020
Middle East
Nasrallah Slams US Lebanon Envoy for Acting Like Colonial Officer, Warns Israel Over West Bank Plans
Previously, the Hezbollah chief called on the Lebanese political and militant movement to join forces with Hamas in Gaza to “confront” Israel’s “aggression against the Palestinian people” amid Tel Aviv’s plans to swallow up much of the West Bank.
Last update: 12:44 GMT 08.07.2020
12:44 GMT 08.07.2020
Business
Huawei Set to Top Samsung In Global Smartphone Sales for Third Month Despite US Trade War, Tech Ban
The world's largest IT equipment provider topped Samsung for smartphone shipments in April and May and is set to claim a third month as the global leader despite the US trade war and restrictions to US technologies, among other challenges.
Last update: 08:49 GMT 08.07.2020
08:49 GMT 08.07.2020
World
US Democrats Seeking to Ban Spending Funds for Control of Oil Resources in Iraq, Syria
WASHINGTON (Sputnik) - Democrats in the US House of Representatives have proposed a ban on spending the 2021 defence budget on the establishment by the US military of control over oil facilities in Syria and Iraq, according to the Fiscal Year 2021 Defence Funding Bill.
Last update: 11:02 GMT 08.07.2020
11:02 GMT 08.07.2020
UK
Hollywood Star Johnny Depp Denies Slapping Amber Heard After She Mocked His Winona Ryder Tattoo
In April 2018 The Sun newspaper wrote an article claiming US film star Johnny Depp had beaten his wife Amber Heard. Depp has always denied he committed he was guilty of domestic violence and is suing the paper for defamation in London.
Last update: 11:26 GMT 08.07.2020
11:26 GMT 08.07.2020
Viral
#RipJeffBezos: The Internet Mourns Billionaire Over False Claims He Drowned in Amazon (the River)
The founder of e-commerce giant Amazon, who is actually alive and well, has been trending on Twitter because of one big post-ironic joke. Social media users are now paying their tributes to the “late” billionaire (some of them are genuinely hilarious).
Last update: 10:27 GMT 08.07.2020
10:27 GMT 08.07.2020
US
Church of Scientology Receives Hundreds of Thousands in Paycheck Protection Money from Trump Admin
On Monday, the US government published a list of small business and nonprofit organisations which had earlier received loans under the Paycheck Protection Programme as a part of the Trump administration’s coronavirus relief act. The names of some of these beneficiaries turned out to be quite surprising to the public.
Last update: 03:26 GMT 08.07.2020
03:26 GMT 08.07.2020
World
Beijing to Join US-Russia Talks If US Cuts Nukes to Chinese Level, China's Foreign Ministry Says
BEIJING (Sputnik) - China is ready to join the disarmament talks with the United States and Russia if Washington agrees to reduce its nuclear arsenal to the Chinese level, Director-General of the Chinese Foreign Ministry's Arms Control Department Fu Cong said.
Last update: 04:35 GMT 08.07.2020
04:35 GMT 08.07.2020
World
COVID-19 Live Updates: Number of Confirmed COVID-19 Cases in US Rises by Record 60,000
Last week, the UK’s National Health Service (NHS) blamed Chancellor Rishi Sunak for failing to deliver on his previous promise to give the NHS “whatever it needs” to grapple with the impact of the coronavirus.