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Palestinians inspect a vehicle damaged in an Israeli airstrike, in the Israeli-occupied West Bank, on Aug 3.
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Strikes kill Palestinians in Gaza, West Bank militants
An Israeli airstrike on a school sheltering displaced persons in Gaza City killed at least 15 Palestinians on Aug 3, hours after two strikes in the occupied West Bank killed nine militants including a local Hamas commander, Hamas said.
The Israeli military said the first of two West Bank airstrikes hit a vehicle in a town near the city of Tulkarm, targeting a militant cell it said was on its way to carry out an attack.
A Hamas statement said one of those killed was a commander of its Tulkarm brigades, while its ally Islamic Jihad claimed the other four men who died in the strike as its fighters.
Hours later, a second airstrike in the area targeted another group of militants who had fired on troops, Israel’s military said, during what it described as a counter-terrorism operation in Tulkarm.
Ukraine says it sank Russian sub in occupied Crimea
Ukraine’s military said on Aug 3 it had sunk a submarine in Russian-occupied Crimea, attacked a southern Russian airfield and hit oil depots and fuel and lubricant storage facilities in Belgorod, Kursk and Rostov regions.
“A Russian submarine went to the bottom of the Black Sea,” the defence ministry said in a post on X, naming the vessel as the B-237 Rostov-on-Don attack submarine.
The military’s general staff said the attack on Crimea’s Sevastopol port also significantly damaged four launchers of the S-400 anti-aircraft “Triumf” defence system.
Trump agrees to Fox News debate with Harris on Sept 4
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US Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump has agreed to a Fox News debate with Democratic US vice-president Kamala Harris on Sept 4, he said in a post on social media platform Truth Social on Aug 2.
“Rules will be similar to the rules of my debate with Sleepy Joe, who has been treated horribly by his party, but with a full arena audience,” Trump said, referring to President Joe Biden, who has since dropped his re-election bid.
The post was removed for a few minutes before being reposted, with Trump deleting his proposal for a “major” town hall gathering on the same date if Ms Harris was “unwilling or unable to debate”.
Indonesian kills neighbour who asked why he was not married
PHOTO: SOUTH TAPANULI REGENCY POLICE
A 45-year-old man in Indonesia allegedly killed his 60-year-old neighbour after he was hurt and became annoyed by the latter’s persistence in asking him why he was not married.
Indonesian media reported that the incident took place in South Tapanuli regency, located in North Sumatra, on July 29.
The victim was a retired civil servant named Asgim Irianto, said the region’s Assistant Police Commissioner (AKP) Maria Marpaung on July 31, according to Indonesian media outlet Detik Jogja.
Alfred beats US favourite Richardson to 100m Olympic gold
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St Lucia’s Julien Alfred stunned US favourite Sha’Carri Richardson to win the Olympic women’s 100m gold medal on Aug 3, etching her name into history to claim the Caribbean nation’s first ever medal at the Games.
Alfred - who had never finished on the podium at a major outdoor championship prior to the Aug 3 final - conjured a superb race to win in 10.72sec as Richardson took silver in 10.87sec and compatriot Melissa Jefferson won bronze in 10.92sec.
Richardson, the reigning world champion over 100m, had been hotly tipped to become the first American to win the coveted Olympic crown since Gail Devers in 1996.
