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UN Secretary General Antonio Guterres will name Swedish diplomat Hans Grundberg as his new Yemen envoy, according to diplomatic sources. The appointment of Grundberg has to be approved by the UN Security Council. If he is approved, Grundberg, who has been the European Union’s Ambassador to Yemen since 2019, will replace British diplomat Martin Griffiths. Yemen has been beset by violence and chaos since 2014, when the Houthi rebel group overran much of the country, including the capital, Sana’a. The crisis escalated in 2015 when a Saudi-led coalition launched a devastating air campaign aimed at rolling back Houthi territorial gains.…

French tycoon Bernard Arnault surpassed Jeff Bezos as the world’s richest person once again after the Amazon founder’s net worth fell $13.9 billion in one day. Arnault, whose subsidiaries consist of high-end fashion companies such as Louis Vuitton, Sephora, Moet & Chandon, and Tiffany & Co., held a net worth at $195.8 billion as of Monday, while Bezos’s stood at $192.6 billion. Bezos momentarily lost the title of the world’s richest person on July 20 when his Blue Origin rocket launched him into suborbital space. He lost the title again this week when Amazon’s stock fell 7% after the company reported a slimmer second-quarter…

An independent investigation into New York Governor Andrew Cuomo found that he sexually harassed multiple women, Attorney General Letitia James announced in a statement Tuesday, saying Cuomo’s conduct “corrodes the very fabric and character of our state government.” The lengthy report into the Cuomo’s behavior stemmed from months of allegations from multiple women, and found that “Governor Cuomo harassed multiple women, many of whom were young women, by engaging in unwanted groping, kisses, hugging, and by making inappropriate comments,” James said. The report stated that Cuomo’s sexual misconduct was not limited to his current and former staffers, but includes other state employees…

Barack Obama has come under fire for inviting nearly 500 people to his 60th birthday party in Martha’s Vineyard, even as US health officials warn of the dangers of large gatherings during the pandemic. The former president will have at least 200 staff on hand at his Massachusetts home this weekend to cater to the 475 invited guests, including Oprah Winfrey, George Clooney and Steven Spielberg, according to reports. The party will be outdoors at the Obamas’ $17 million, 12-hectare waterfront property, where all guests will be asked to present proof of vaccination and a negative Covid-19 test. There are…

A 26-year-old woman was arrested Wednesday after allegedly confessing to killing her elderly roommate in Maryland. Julia Birch was charged with first-degree murder in the death of 92-year-old Nancy Ann Frankel, Montgomery County police said. Officers responded to a 911 call at about 8:20 a.m. Wednesday morning at the home in Kensington. During an interview with police, Birch allegedly confessed to killing Frankel and calling police after. The two women were roommates, according to police. Officers found evidence at the residence that supported Birch’s statement and she was subsequently arrested, according to Montgomery police. An autopsy is being conducted on Frankel…

Amazon on Friday disclosed it has received notice of a €746 million (U.S. $887 million) fine in Luxembourg under the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) for unlawful processing of personal data. The fine, which has yet to be confirmed by the Luxembourg National Commission for Data Protection (CNPD), would completely shift the enforcement landscape of the EU’s landmark privacy law. The total is more than double the combined amount of the 741 penalties handed out under the GDPR to date, according to Privacy Affairs, and nearly 15 times larger than the €50 million penalty Google was hit with in France…

Gymnast Simone Biles withdrew from the individual all-around competition at the @tokyo2020 Olympics on Wednesday, a day after she shocked the world by pulling out of the team event and put a sharp focus on mental health at the Games. American Biles will be evaluated to see if she can take part in the individual apparatus competitions, USA Gymnastics said in a statement on Twitter. Biles made the decision so she “can focus on her mental health,” the organisation said, adding that it supported her “wholeheartedly”. He talked about how much order levitra online more pleasant his female was with…

World Bank says 50% of Nigerian youths want to leave the country. This was disclosed by the World Bank in a study titled “Of Roads Less Traveled: Assessing the Potential for Migration to Provide Overseas Jobs for Nigeria’s Youth,” which was released this week on its website. Nigeria placed third in West Africa among the nations polled, trailing only Liberia (70 percent) and Sierra Leone (60 percent) in terms of respondents who would relocate permanently to another country. A larger number of young Nigerians are looking to leave the country in search of a brighter economic future. This is according…

In a social media post, Tencent-owned WeChat, known as Weixin in China, said the suspension was related to an upgrade of security technology “according to relevant laws and regulations” Tech giant Tencent Holdings’ WeChat, China’s most popular messaging app, said it was suspending registration of new users in mainland China until early August as it was undergoing a technical upgrade. The development comes amid a widening crackdown by Chinese regulators on technology and private tutoring companies. In a social media post, WeChat, known as Weixin in China, said the suspension was related to an upgrade of security technology “according to…

More than three months after winning an election which sparked a constitutional crisis, Samoa’s first female prime minister was finally able to take office on Tuesday. A smiling Fiame Naomi Mata’afa sat in the chair her predecessor had been reluctant to relinquish after 22 years in power. She held her first Cabinet meeting, with members of her FAST Party dressed in the distinctive red clothes that party members and supporters often wear. Fiame, 64, said they were ready to begin their work. That could include a reset of the island nation’s relationship with China. On the campaign trail, Fiame had…