World News Roundup: Philippines Calls China’s Election Influence Claim “Nonsense”; Dutch PM apologizes for easing COVID-19 restrictions as cases soar, more

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Philippines calls Chinese election influence claim “nonsense”

Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte’s office on Monday called “nonsense” a suggestion by a former foreign minister that Beijing could have helped determine the outcome of the 2016 election that brought the mercurial leader to power. Speaking at a forum on Monday, former Foreign Minister Albert del Rosario said a “most reliable international entity” had informed him that senior Chinese officials “were bragging about having been able to influence the Philippine elections of 2016 for Duterte to be president “.

Dutch PM apologizes for easing COVID-19 restrictions as cases soar

Dutch Prime Minister Mark Rutte admitted on Monday that restrictions on coronaviruses were lifted too early in the Netherlands and he apologized as infections reached their highest level of the year. Last Friday, Rutte reimposed restrictions on bars, restaurants and nightclubs in a bid to stop a wave of infections among young adults, just two weeks after most lockdowns in the then country were lifted. as cases were decreasing.

At the end of the symbolic war, the American general leaves his command in Afghanistan

US general in the war in Afghanistan Austin Miller will relinquish command on Monday, US officials said, symbolically ending America’s longest conflict, even as Taliban insurgents escalate. Miller will become the last American four-star general on the ground in Afghanistan at a ceremony in Kabul that will precede the official end of the military mission there on August 31, a date set by President Joe Biden as he seeks to exit. the American of the two-decade-old war.

The Orange Order of Northern Ireland holds parades on July 12 with high tensions over Brexit

Thousands of members of the Orange Order of Northern Ireland began parades in the area on Monday, with the peak of the annual march being closely watched this year amid the anger of pro-British trade unionists at the to post-Brexit trade barriers.

The July 12 parades were often the spark of violence, even after a 1998 peace deal largely ended three decades of conflict between Catholic nationalists seeking unification with Ireland and trade unionists. Protestants seeking to maintain the status quo.

North Korea calls US humanitarian aid ‘grim program’

US humanitarian aid is a “sinister political agenda” to put pressure on other countries, a North Korean researcher said, after suggestions from US allies such as South Korea that coronavirus vaccines or other aids could promote cooperation. The North Korean Foreign Ministry posted the criticism of US aid on an official website on Sunday, a clear indication that it reflects the thinking of the government.

Afghan Special Forces attacked the Taliban, only to find they had melted

Afghan Special Forces soldiers stopped for a short prayer Sunday evening on a deserted stretch of road in southern Kandahar province. They do this whenever they prepare to face Taliban militants in combat. The highly trained troops had been called in to flush out insurgents who had attacked regular forces and local police hours earlier, only to find that the Taliban had disappeared into the darkness, leaving behind a few wounded civilians and soldiers.

Cuba has biggest protests in decades as pandemic adds to woes

Singing “freedom” and calling for the resignation of President Miguel Diaz-Canel, thousands of Cubans joined street protests from Havana to Santiago on Sunday in the biggest anti-government protests on the communist-ruled island in years. decades. The protests erupted amid Cuba’s worst economic crisis since the fall of the Soviet Union, its former ally, and a record increase in coronavirus infections, with people expressing their anger over the commodity shortage , restrictions on civil liberties and the management of the pandemic by the authorities.

Pope Francis to stay in hospital for a few more days, Vatican says

Pope Francis has completed his post-surgical treatment but will remain in the hospital a few more days to refine his drug treatment and rehabilitation, the Vatican announced on Monday. When the Pope entered hospital on July 4 to have part of his colon removed, the Vatican said he would be left for about seven days barring complications.

South Africa to deploy army to quell violence as ex-chief Zuma faces court

South Africa will deploy troops to quell the violence that erupted following the imprisonment of former President Jacob Zuma, the military said on Monday, after days of riots and looting that have left the country dead. minus six dead. The unrest escalated when Zuma challenged his 15-month prison sentence in the country’s highest court after weekend unrest by pro-Zuma protesters in his home province of KwaZulu-Natal (KZN) and Gauteng, where the largest city in the country is located, Johannesburg.

Myanmar’s Suu Kyi faces new charges in Mandalay court (lawyer)

Myanmar’s ousted leader Aung San Suu Kyi faces four additional charges, filed in a court in Mandalay, the country’s second largest city, a member of her legal team said on Monday. Suu Kyi’s team had little information about the additional charges, but said they involved allegations of corruption, Min Min Soe told Reuters.

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