Jerry Fisayo-Bambi
World
US claims billions lost to tariff evasion through third countries
The US loses billions in annual revenue to the practice of routing goods through intermediate countries to disguise their origin, a White House report has estimated. Peter Navarro said US Customs was already using AI to identify offenders.
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Europe News
Total Solar Eclipse: what will happen in the year's stellar spectacle?
Maximum totality will occur off Iceland’s west coast. By the time it reaches a small patch of Portugal and then Spain with its massive crowds, totality will have dwindled to a minute or so. The spectacle will end in the Mediterranean.
North Korea
North Korea launches missile toward sea ahead of US-South Korea drills
A ballistic missile fired from the North’s eastern coastal Wonsan area around 6am flew more than 700 kilometres, South Korea’s Joint Chiefs of Staff said. Seoul condemned the test and warned it remains ready to repel any provocation in cooperation with the US.
USA
Trump confirms Secret Service took him off Air Force One in Turkey
“They wanted me to go on a different flight, a different plane,” Trump told reporters after returning from an event in Ohio. “I guess there was a threat out there. I didn’t really ask too much about it,” he said. “I get a lot of threats.”
Health news
Trump signs order that calls for fewer childhood vaccines
The order recommends giving all childhood vaccinations at separate visits whenever feasible, which had earlier been blocked by a federal judge, and dividing the measles, mumps, and rubella vaccine into three distinct single injections
Europe News
New temperature record in July hit 900 million people
Last month saw the highest average temperature ever recorded and alarming soil humidity figures across Western Europe, Copernicus said.
Regions home to 900 million people underwent their hottest July on record, including the Sahel, Central America, France, and Spain.
Cuba
Cuba plunged into nationwide blackout in 10days as fuel runs low
Fuel has been scarce across Cuba since January, when US President Donald Trump threatened to impose tariffs on any nation that supplies or sells oil to the island, exacerbating the island's continuing financial and economic crises.
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