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Verity is a free daily news publication that helps you consume the news from new and better angles, so that you can discover the whole truth behind every major news story. Visit our website at www.verity.news
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A suspect is detained in the Charlie Kirk murder, Russia and Belarus launch their “Zapad” military exercise, Benjamin Netanyahu signs a West Bank settlement expansion plan, China exports the Fengqiao surveillance model to the Solomon Islands, South Sudan's vice president is charged with treason and murder, Ghana accepts the first West African deportees from the U.S., California passes a bill banning masks for federal agents, the U.K. economy fails to grow in July, a study links major fossil fuel companies to deadly heatwaves, and Albania appoints an AI-powered government minister. Sources: www.verity.news
Brazil's Bolsonaro is found guilty of plotting a coup, the U.K. sacks its ambassador to the U.S., Tehran and the U.N.’s nuclear watchdog agree to resume inspections at Iranian facilities, Venezuela alleges that those killed in a U.S. boat strike were not gang members, Netanyahu formally nominat3es Major General David Zini to serve as the head of the Shin Bet, global press freedom reportedly hits a 50-year low, a watchdog probes the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, Musk challenges AP's race capitalization rules, Prince Harry meets King Charles for the first time in more than a year, and a NASA rover finds potential signs of past life on Mars. Sources: www.verity.news
Conservative influencer and organizer Charlie Kirk is assassinated, Poland shoots down Russian drones in its airspace, the EU Chief proposes Israeli sanctions and payment pauses, Cuba experiences a new nationwide blackout, the U.S. Supreme Court will hear President Trump’s tariff case in November, while a judge blocks Trump's firing of Fed Governor Cook, federal charges are filed in the Charlotte light rail stabbing death, a South Korean woman is acquitted in a self-defense case from 1964, Sweden launches the world's first AI music license for training and Larry Ellison over takes Elon Musk for the title of world’s richest person. Sources: www.verity.news
Israel targets Hamas leaders in a strike on Doha, Nepal's prime minister resigns amid violent social media ban protests, Macron names Sébastien Lecornu as France’s new prime minister, A House panel releases an alleged letter from Trump to Epstein, A new poll finds that Gen Z’s gender gap widens beyond just politics, U.S.test scores hit a historic low in math and reading, Ethiopia opens Africa's largest dam, Eightco Holdings’ stock surges over 5,700% on a $250M investment in Sam Altman’s Worldcoin, A train-bus collision kills at least 10 and injures dozens in Mexico, and a Boston-based AI company launches a "near telepathic wearable" device. Sources: www.verity.news
French Prime Minister Bayrou is ousted in a no-confidence vote, Japan's Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba resigns, The opposition wins Buenos Aires’ legislative election, Six are killed in a shooting at Jerusalem bus stop, 890 people are arrested in the U.K. at a pro-Palestine protest,  Boko Haram kills over 60 in a Nigeria village attack, The U.S. Supreme Court allows the LA immigration raids to resume, The U.S. will send 300 Hyundai workers back to South Korea, A judge blocks the Trump Admin's ending of Venezuelan and Haitian temporary protected status, Erin Patterson is sentenced to life in the Australian mushroom murder trial, and Russia's cancer vaccine shows 100% efficacy in clinical trials. Sources: www.verity.news
David Lammy is named the U.K.’s new Deputy Prime Minister in a major cabinet reshuffle, A report alleges that U.S, Navy SEALs killed North Korean civilians in a 2019 attempted mission, Anutin Charnvirakul is elected Thailand’s prime minister, Mali files an International Court of Justice case against Algeria over a drone downing, A Gaza boy said to be "gunned down" is allegedly found alive, ICE raids a Georgia Hyundai plant, arresting 475 workers, President Trump will direct the Pentagon to use “Department of War” as a secondary title, DOJ opens a criminal investigation into Fed governor Lisa Cook, The EU fines Google $3.45 billion for anti-competitive ad practices, and a new study posits a link between air pollution and dementia. Sources: www.verity.news
Putin and Xi are heard on a hot mic discussing immortality, RFK Jr. faces bipartisan questioning before the Senate Finance Committee, 26 nations pledge post-war security guarantees for Ukraine, a report alleges that one-in-four Gaza detainees are identified as militants, at least 15 are killed in a funicular tram crash in Portugal’s Lisbon, a mass stabbing in Canada’s Manitoba leaves at least two dead, Florida plans to end all vaccine mandates, Texas’ Senate passes a bill allowing citizens to sue abortion pill providers, a judge blocks Trump's $2.2B Harvard funding freeze, and the world's largest illegal sports streaming site is shut down. Sources: www.verity.news
China holds a military parade with Vladimir Putin and Kim Jong Un, the U.S. military strikes an alleged Tren de Aragua drug boat, killing 11, the Thai government seeks House dissolution as the opposition backs a rival's Prime Minister bid, U.K. Deputy Prime Minister Rayner admits to stamp duty underpayment, the Trump administration lifts a hold on a $2M ICE spyware contract, U.S. deportees to Eswatini are allegedly held without charge, Jeffrey Epstein survivors hold a news conference with Congressional representatives, a judge orders Google to share search data but rejects breaking up the tech giant, an AI surveillance startup says it can end crime in America, and a new study calculates sea level rise at only 1.5 mm per year. Sources: www.verity.news
Trump moves Space Command’s headquarters to Alaska, Belgium announces plans to recognize the State of Palestine, Von der Leyen's plane is allegedly hit by GPS interference, Romania's coalition faces no-confidence votes, a judge rules that Trump's LA military deployment was illegal, British comedian Graham Linehan is arrested over an X post on trans issues, Burkina Faso passes a law banning homosexuality, a landslide kills over 1,000 in Sudan's Darfur region, over a thousand “Workers Over Billionaires” protests take place across the U.S., and Meta adds new safeguards to its AI products. Sources: www.verity.news
China hosts the largest-ever Shanghai Cooperation Organization (SCO) summit, A powerful earthquake causes widespread casualties in Eastern Afghanistan, President Donald Trump mulls a U.S.-led Gaza relocation effort, Guyana-Venezuela tensions mount ahead of the Guyanese general election, Houthis raid U.N. offices in Yemen and detain 11 staff, Vladimir Putin reiterates the need for “root Causes” to be addressed for Ukraine peace, France’s Prime Minister Bayrou defends budget plans ahead of a confidence vote, Norway and the, U.K. agree to a major warship deal, Trump reportedly considers an Executive Order mandating voter IDs, Rudy Giuliani is hospitalized after car accident in New Hampshire, and xAI sues an ex-engineer over alleged Grok trade secret theft. Sources: www.verity.news
Thai Prime Minister Paetongtarn Shinawatra is removed from office, South Korea's ex-First Lady Kim Keon-hee is indicted on bribery charges, Trump reportedly names Jim O'Neill as acting CDC director, the U.S. ends a tariff exemption on shipping packages under $800, a UK court overturns an order to close an asylum hotel, Trump revokes Kamala Harris' Secret Service protection, Canada’s Quebec plans a bill to ban public prayer, a grand jury rejects felony charges against a U.S. man in a sandwich assault case, Poland moves to build Europe's  first small modular nuclear reactor, and researchers develop a new AI tool to predict disease risks. Sources: www.verity.news
Trump hosts post-war Gaza talks, The White House fires the CDC’s director, North Korea’s Kim and Russia’s Putin agree to attend a military parade in Beijing, Japan’s trade envoy cancels a trip to Washington, Anthropic forms a national security advisory council, Nvidia’s Q2 revenue beats expectations at $46.7 billion, The FDA limits COVID-19 vaccine access to seniors and high-risk groups, The U.S. directs dozens of states to remove trangender content from their school materials, A Japanese city proposes a 2-hour daily limit on screen time, and a Canadian study finds that animal protein isn’t linked to a higher risk of death. Sources: www.verity.news
Trump's 50% tariffs on India take effect, Brazil's Bolsonaro is placed under 24-hour surveillance, the U.S. reportedly offers air and intelligence support to police Ukraine's post-war security, Denmark summons its senior U.S. envoy over an alleged Greenland influence operation, Two children are killed in a shooting during Mass at a Minneapolis Catholic school, Trump seeks the death penalty for all D.C. murder cases, U.K. sex crime convictions are found to have risen faster among foreign nationals, RFK Jr. reaffirms his commitment to revealing findings on the cause of autism in September, a whistleblower alleges DOGE officials uploaded social security data to a cloud server, and OpenAI faces a wrongful death lawsuit over a teenager’s suicide. Sources: www.verity.news
Trump fires Federal Reserve Governor Lisa Cook, Australia expels Iran’s ambassador, France’s François Bayrou calls for a confidence vote, Trump threatens to sue California over its redistricting plans, Cambodian lawmakers pass a law allowing the revocation of citizenship, Australian police conduct a manhunt for a gunman who killed two officers, Elon Musk sues Apple over its App Store AI rankings, Sinaloa Cartel co-founder 'El Mayo' Zambada pleads guilty in New York, the U.S.’ first human case of screwworm since 1982 is confirmed in Maryland, and a new blood test shows promise in detecting ovarian cancer in its early stages. Sources: www.verity.news
Trump hosts South Korean President Jae-Myung Lee at the White House, An Israeli strike kills five journalists at a Gaza hospital, Typhoon Kajiki forces mass evacuations in Vietnam, Trump threatens military deployment to Baltimore, Zelenskyy says Ukraine can strike Russia without US permission, Israel strikes Yemen's capital after a Houthi cluster bomb attack, Trump signs an order to end cashless bail nationwide, China Evergrande is delisted from the Hong Kong exchange, An expert challenges the UK Met Police claims on facial recognition bias, and Chinese scientists transplant a pig lung into a human for the first time. Sources: www.verity.news
The U.N. reports famine in Gaza City, The FBI raids the home and office of former national security adviser John Bolton, An Egypt-Saudi summit addresses the Gaza crisis amid energy deals, The EU parliament sues the Council of the EU over a €150 billion defense loan bypass, A report suggests that the U.S. military is planning strike plans against Mexican cartels, A U.S. judge orders the dismantling of “Alligator Alcatraz,” Jerome Powell signals a possible September rate cut from the Federal Reserve, The White House lists Smithsonian exhibits it finds objectionable, Meta signs a $10 billion+ cloud deal with Google for AI infrastructure, and hackers are reportedly using the Flipper Zero to target car security systems. Sources: www.verity.news
A Ukrainian man is arrested in Italy for his alleged involvement in the Nord Stream pipeline attacks, an appeals court throws out Trump’s $500 million civil fraud penalty, Brazilian police claim that Bolsonaro drafted an Argentina asylum request, a report alleges that 83% of Palestinians killed in Gaza were civilians, a Copa Sudamericana soccer match is abandoned in Argentina following violence between fans, Trump orders the U.S.-Mexico border wall to be painted black to deter climbers, a judge rejects the Trump administration’s request to unseal Epstein grand jury files, researchers estimate that space-based solar power could cut Europe’s energy costs by 15%, Target’s CEO steps down amid a decline in sales, and daily reading rates for pleasure among Americans decline over 40%. Sources: www.verity.news
Israel begins mobilizing for its Gaza offensive, Trump rules out sending US troops to Ukraine, S&P Global Ratings affirms the U.S.’ AA+ credit standing, Former Malian prime minister Maiga is charged with embezzlement, UK inflation h its a 19 month high of 3.8%, A bus crash kills 79 Afghan deportees returning from Iran, A French streamer dies during a live broadcast, The White House joins TikTok, Trump revokes the security clearances of 37 intelligence officials, and scientists create a honeybee 'superfood.' Sources: www.verity.news
Pierre Poilievre wins the Alberta, Canada by-election, Russia and Ukraine trade fresh attacks after the Trump-Zelenskyy meeting, Israel revokes visas for some Australian diplomats, Iran’s president visits Armenia for diplomatic talks, Norway’s Crown Princess' son is indicted on 32 charges, the U.S. DOJ will hand over the Epstein files to Congress starting Friday, a Texas Democrat stays overnight in the state House Chamber amid the redistricting dispute, Tulsi Gabbard claims the U.K. will drop its Apple encryption backdoor demand, 40 are missing after a tragic boat accident in Nigeria, and Oklahoma will require New York and California teachers to pass a test from PragerU. Sources: www.verity.news
Donald Trump hosts Volodymyr Zelenskyy at the White House and pledges U.S. security support, Iran is reportedly hunting U.K. spies using a list from the Taliban following a major leak, Rodrigo Paz Pereira wins the first round of the Bolivian election, M23 pauses peace talks with the DRC, A Hong Kong court hears final arguments in the Jimmy Lai trial, The Taliban marks its anniversary with male-only celebrations, Texas Democrats end their walkout over redistricting, President Trump plans an Executive Order to ban mail-in ballots for 2026, Newsmax pays $67 million to settle the Dominion defamation case, Spain activates 1,900 troops amid a wildfire outbreak, and new study suggests that Ketamine has no clear benefit for chronic pain, Sources: www.verity.news
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