The Malawi government said that Vice President Saulos Chilima will be honored with a state funeral after he died in a plane crash along with eight other people. President Lazarus Chakwera had already announced 21 days of national mourning on Tuesday, when the wreckage of the small military plane carrying Chilima and a former first lady was discovered in a mountainous area in the country’s north.
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Russia Is Continuing To Press Its Attack Around Bakhmut
Russian forces are continuing to press their offensive in the area around Ukraine’s Donetsk region city of Bakhmut. The Ukrainian General Staff said Russian forces launched more than 100 attacks across the front line, including around Lyman, Bakhmut, Avdiyivka, and Shakhtarsk. Russia also reportedly carried out 29 air strikes and four missile strikes in the Donetsk region over the last 24 hours.
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Hilary storm begins battering southern California
The US National Hurricane Center says the centre of tropical storm Hilary has now moved into southern California. The storm has winds up to 50mph (85km/h), warning that catastrophic and life-threatening flooding is likely in parts of the south-western US and Mexico’s Baja California peninsula through Monday.
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Joe Biden withdraws from the 2024 U.S Presidential Election
President of the United States, Joe Biden decided to withdraw from the 2024 Presidential Election contest on Sunday, July 21, 2024. This decision makes him the first presidential candidate in US history to withdraw at the last minute in an election.
