detoxed.news

July 25

Politics and elections

The Supreme Court of the Philippines rules that the impeachment complaint against Vice President Sara Duterte, filed by the lower house of Congress in February, is unconstitutional.
Source: Reuters external link

Disasters and accidents

At least six students are killed, around 19 others are seriously injured, including eight critically, and over 32 are trapped under debris when a school collapses due to continuous rainfall in Piplodi, Jhalawar District, India.
Source: The Indian Express external link
source's featured photo

July 24

International Relations

French president Emmanuel Macron announces that France will recognize Palestine as a state starting September, citing reasons such as to an immediate end to the war and helping the humanitarian crisis.
Source: AP external link
source's featured photo

Armed conflicts and attacks

Cambodian and Thai troops exchange fire near the Prasat Ta Muen Thom site near the border. Fourteen people are killed and 46 more are injured in Thailand.
Source: Al Jazeera external link
source's featured photo

Disasters and accidents

An Angara Airlines Antonov An-24 operating as Angara Airlines Flight 2311 en route to Tynda crashes into a forested area in Amur Oblast, Russia, killing all 48 occupants, including five children.
Source: Reuters external link
At least twelve people are killed, several others are missing, and 157 are injured in a explosion at an ammunition depot in Maarrat Misrin, Idlib Governorate, Syria.
Source: AP external link
source's featured photo

Law and crime

The International Criminal Court convicts Patrice-Edouard Ngaïssona and Alfred Yekatom, leaders of the Anti-balaka militia alliance, of multiple counts of war crimes and crimes against humanity and sentences them to 12 and 15 years in prison respectively for their roles in various massacres against civilians throughout the civil war in the Central African Republic.
Source: AP external link
source's featured photo
Hungary bans Irish rap trio Kneecap for three years ahead of a music festival, citing a national security threat over their alleged support for Hamas and Hezbollah.
Source: The Times of Israel external link

July 23

Law and crime

Bryan Kohberger is sentenced to four consecutive life sentences in prison without parole after pleading guilty to the murders of four University of Idaho students in 2022.
Source: The New York Times external link
A specialized court in Antioquia, Colombia, sentences seven former Chiquita executives to 135 months in prison and fines them COP$13.876 billion (US$3.4 million) for financing the now-defunct AUC paramilitary group.
Source: Infobae external link
A mass shooting in Maguiresbridge, Northern Ireland, leaves three people dead and another seriously injured.
Source: BBC News external link
Indonesian National Police arrest 44 people suspected of starting forest fires across the country, which contribute to the Southeast Asian haze.
Source: AP external link

International relations

India announces it will resume issuing tourist visas for Chinese citizens, ending a five-year suspension imposed following the 2020 border skirmishes between the two countries.
Source: The Straits Times external link

Health and environment

The Gambia reports its first case of mpox and announces an outbreak.
Source: Hurriyet Daily News external link

Disasters and accidents

At least ten firefighters and rescue workers are killed and 14 others are injured in a wildfire in Eskişehir Province, Turkey.
Source: CTV News external link
Two people are killed and hundreds of others are evacuated in a fire in Limassol, Cyprus. The fire brigade chief says the fire was arson.
Source: Cyprus Mail external link
One person is killed by Tropical Storm Wipha in Nghệ An province, Vietnam.
Source: AP external link
Six Northeastern University students are killed and one teacher is injured after the collapse of protective grates over a flotation cell at the Wunugetushan gold mine near Manzhouli, Inner Mongolia, China.
Source: South China Morning Post external link

July 22

International relations

U.S. president Donald Trump announces a trade deal with Japan on Truth Social that would let Japan invest $550 billion into the United States and reduce the tariffs to 15%.
Source: CNBC external link
President Trump announces a trade agreement with Philippine president Bongbong Marcos that sets a 19% tariff on Philippine exports to the United States, while U.S. goods entering the Philippines will be exempt from tariffs.
Source: Reuters external link

Politics and elections

The Ukrainian parliament adopts a law placing the National Anti-Corruption Bureau and the Specialized Anti-Corruption Prosecutor's Office under the Prosecutor General, sparking widespread protests across the country, the largest since the 2022 Russian invasion. Despite calls to veto the law, President Volodymyr Zelenskyy signs the law.
Source: The Kyiv Independent external link

Armed conflicts and attacks

At least ten people are killed after Jubaland forces claim they have taken full control of the Beled Hawo District headquarters as well as the entire city, following heavy fighting with the Somali National Army from the Federal Government of Somalia.
Source: Garowe Online external link
Three Haitian National Police officers are killed and one is missing after a gang attack in Liancourt, Artibonite department, Haiti.
Source: The Haitian Times external link
Source: Reuters external link

Disasters and accidents

Flash flooding kills three people and leaves 15 others missing in Gilgit-Baltistan, Pakistan.
Source: AP external link
A head-on collision between a minibus taxi and a truck kills 17 people and injures several others in Harare Province, Zimbabwe.
Source: AP external link