Aljazeera says that Tong Ying-kit buzzed his motorcycle past a cheering crowd and angry police is not in question, nor that his bike crashed and injured three police.
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Arab News says in his first interview as Lebanon’s PM-designate, Najib Mikati promised the Lebanese people he will “tell the truth about everything.”
France24 says at least 57 migrants drowned after their boat sank off Libya, the latest tragedy on the dangerous Mediterranean Sea crossing to Europe.
BBC News says Prime Minister Boris Johnson has promised to cut crime by tackling drug misuse and using electronic tagging on more burglars after release.
TRT World says crews battling a large fire that has incinerated more than 190,000 acres in northern California braced for the possibility that smoke columns could spawn lightning storms.
Aljazeera says the United States will continue to carry out air raids in support of Afghan forces, a senior US military commander has said, amid an increase in attacks by the Taliban.
Arab News says the first direct commercial flight between Israel and Morocco landed in Marrakesh on Sunday, more than seven months after the countries normalized diplomatic relations.
France24 says Tunisia’s president dismissed the government and froze parliament, prompting crowds to fill the capital in support of a move that dramatically escalated a political crisis.
The Guardian says more than 550 migrants have been intercepted attempting to cross the Channel as the home secretary reaffirmed her “unwavering determination” to stop the journeys.
BBC News says Adam Peaty wrote his name into the history books once again as he powered to 100m breaststroke gold in Tokyo to become the first British swimmer to defend an Olympic title.
BBC News says the government has announced it will not search the private email account of former Health Secretary Matt Hancock for discussions on official business
The Guardian says New Zealand is shutting down the quarantine-free travel bubble with Australia for two months, as the country grapples with a number of serious outbreaks of Covid-19
France24 says the most troubled Olympics in history finally get underway in Tokyo on Friday, struggling to emerge from Covid-19 after a postponement following a build-up marred by scandal
Arab News says the Eastern Province municipality carried out 1,314 inspection tours in one day across shopping malls, commercial centers and stores to monitor compliance with Covid rules
Aljazeera says rioting in South Africa this month has claimed 337 lives, the government said on Thursday, marking a further jump in the death toll from the 276 announced the previous day
The Independent says is there a series more charming than Ted Lasso? Not that I’ve seen. The Apple TV+ comedy, a paragon of positivity, follows a college-level American soccer coach (Jason Sudeikis)
VOA says the U.S. has averaged more than 26,000 new COVID-19 cases per day over the past week — more than double the number it was a month ago
TRT World says hundreds of workers have fled businesses in northern Haiti after demonstrations near the hometown of assassinated president Jovenel Moise
Aljazeera says Harvey Weinstein pleaded not guilty in a Los Angeles court on Wednesday to four counts of rape and seven other sexual assault counts
Arab News says at least three people have been shot dead, one of them a police officer, in a week of rioting and protests over water shortages
France24 says piles of cars were strewn across a central Chinese city Thursday as shocked residents picked through the debris of a historic deluge
BBC News says the show director of the Olympics opening ceremony has been dismissed, one day before the event is due to be held.
VOA says the delta variant of the coronavirus (COVID-19) now accounts for 83% of new cases in the U.S., according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC)
Aljazeera says the Canadian province of British Columbia (BC) has declared a state of emergency amid a surge in wildfires that have forced hundreds of people from their homes
Aljazeera says twelve people were killed in the underground rail system of Zhengzhou as torrential rain lashed China’s central province of Henan forcing tens of thousands to flee
