VOA says U.S. authorities identified the Pentagon police officer stabbed to death at a transit station outside the building the day before and were digging into the background of the attacker.
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TRT World says President Jair Bolsonaro should be investigated for unproven claims that Brazil’s electronic voting system is riddled with fraud.
Aljazeera says the World Health Organization is calling for a moratorium on COVID-19 vaccine boosters until at least the end of September.
Arab News says the UN was urged on Wednesday to take action against Tehran after two Iranian attacks on shipping in the Gulf in less than a week.
France24 says Turkey is battling the worst wildfires in its history, President Erdogan said, as fires spread to a power station in the country’s southwest after reducing swathes of coastal forest to ashes.
BBC News says fully-vaccinated passengers returning to England, Scotland and Northern Ireland from France will no longer need to quarantine after Sunday.
VOA says a Pentagon police officer was killed during an attack at the Pentagon public transit hub Tuesday, gunfire was exchanged and there were multiple injuries.
TRT World says the Turkish government has said a vast majority of forest fires that have ravaged the south of the country for almost a week have been contained.
Aljazeera says Ahmadullah Azadani climbed on the roof of his house and awaited something that would have been unthinkable in the city even a week earlier.
Arab News says Australia’s New South Wales reported one of the country’s youngest deaths from COVID-19 on Wednesday, as daily infections lingered near a 16-month high.
BBC News says an emotional Sky Brown broke down in tears after becoming Great Britain’s youngest Olympic medal winner of all time.
France24 says public anger in Lebanon is mounting a year after the August 4, 2020, Beirut blast, with a stalled investigation, crippling economic crisis and political sclerosis.
VOA says a third police officer who responded to the January 6 riot at the U.S. Capitol died by suicide last week, the District of Columbia Metropolitan Police Department said Monday.
TRT World says the US has finally reached Joe Biden’s goal of getting at least one Covid-19 shot in the arms of 70 percent of American adults – a month late and amid a fierce surge by the delta variant.
Aljazeera says the death toll from last month’s floods in central China has risen to 302 with dozens of people still missing, according to officials, tripling the number of fatalities reported last week.
Arab News says Morocco will lengthen its night curfew, starting two hours earlier at 9 p.m from Tuesday, as it tightens restrictions to counter a surge in coronavirus infections, the government said.
France24 says Simone Biles will make her bid for an individual gold medal at the Tokyo Olympics on Tuesday, while the men’s 400m hurdles and women’s 200m finals take centre stage on the track.
BBC News says a proposal to create an “amber watch-list” of countries at risk of moving to red in the travel traffic light system has been abandoned, a government source has told the BBC.
Aljazeera says Afghan forces fought fierce street battles and bombed Taliban positions as the group’s fighters swarmed major cities amid an intensifying offensive.
TRT World says millions of Americans have found themselves faced with the threat of homelessness as a nationwide ban on evictions expires amid surging cases.
VOA says the top U.S. infectious disease expert Dr Anthony Fauci said that the country is facing “some pain and suffering” with the surging delta variant of the coronavirus.
Arab News says unvaccinated employees within the Saudi public, private, and nonprofit sectors will have their leave days deducted until they receive a COVID-19 jab.
France24 says rescue ships picked up more than 700 people trying to cross the Mediterranean in makeshift vessels this weekend off the coasts of Libya and Malta.
BBC News says people who were fully vaccinated in the US or European Union will no longer have to isolate when arriving in the UK from an amber list country.
Arab News says the tourism sector in Jordan has gradually started to show signs of a positive trend after a near collapse due to the COVID-19 pandemic, tourism officials said.