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A huge column of fire erupts after reported Israeli strikes on the rebel-held port city of Hodeidah in Yemen.
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Israeli jets strike Houthi targets in Yemen
Israeli fighter jets struck Houthi military targets in the area of Hodeidah port in Yemen on July 20, the Israeli military said, a day after a drone launched by the Iranian-backed group hit Israel’s economic hub Tel Aviv.
Al-Masirah TV, the main television news outlet run by Yemen’s Houthi movement, reported that the strikes were directed against oil facilities in the port and caused fatalities.
Hodeidah residents told Reuters by phone that explosions were heard throughout the city during an intensive bombardment and Al-Masirah TV said civil defence forces and firefighters were trying to extinguish fires in the port’s oil tanks.
Israel’s military spokesperson said the port had been used by the Houthis to receive weapons shipments from Iran. The targets, more than 1,700 kilometres from Israel, included dual-use sites like energy infrastructure, he said.
Gaza hospital says newborn saved from dead mother’s womb
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A Gaza hospital said on July 20 it saved a baby boy from his mother’s womb after she died from wounds sustained in an Israeli strike.
Ola Adnan Harb al-Kurd, who was nine months pregnant, barely survived a punishing night of missile strikes that rescue services across the Hamas-run territory said killed more than 24 people, including six members of the same family.
But by the time Kurd reached Al-Awda Hospital, she was “almost dead”, according to surgeon Akram Hussein.
Trump’s former doctor gives new details on gunshot wound
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Donald Trump’s former physician Ronny Jackson said on July 20 that the former president is recovering as expected from a gunshot wound to his ear that he suffered last week, but noted intermittent bleeding and said Trump may require a hearing exam.
The bullet fired by a would-be assassin at a July 13 Trump rally in Pennsylvania came “less than a quarter of an inch from entering his head” before striking the top of Trump’s right ear, said Dr Jackson, a Republican congressman from Texas who served as physician to presidents Trump and Barack Obama.
Five days after narrowly escaping assassination, Trump on July 18 accepted the Republican Party’s presidential nomination for the Nov 5 election.
Kim Si-woo hits longest hole-in-one in Open history
South Korea’s Kim Si-woo made the longest hole-in-on in Open history when he aced the 238-yard par-three 17th in his third round at Royal Troon on July 20.
Kim, who shot a level-par 71, selected a three iron from his bag and struck his ball to the front fringe where it rolled across the putting surface and dropped in the hole.
“I’ve had about six holes-in-one before but this is the most memorable,” he said of his moment of magic on the 17th which had never witnessed a hole-in-one in previous Opens at Troon.
Tech outage was good test for Paris Games systems
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A global tech outage that affected operations in many sectors and also hit parts of the Paris Olympics operations proved to be a good test ahead of the Games, the International Olympic Committee said on July 20.
A software update by global cybersecurity firm CrowdStrike, one of the largest operators in the industry, triggered systems problems that grounded flights, forced broadcasters off air and left customers without access to services such as healthcare or banking.
It also affected some operations of the organisers of the Paris Games.
