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Louisiana has become the first state in the US to require the Ten Commandments to be displayed in every public school classroom.Republican Governor Jeff Landry signed the law into legislation on Wednesday requiring a poster-sized display of the religious directives in “large, easily, readable font” in all classrooms, from kindergarten (nursery) to state-funded universities. “If you want to respect the rule of law, you’ve got to start from the original lawgiver – which was Moses,” Governor Landry said.It comes during a new era of conservative leadership in Louisiana under Governor Landry, who replaced two-term Democratic Governor John Bel Edwards in…

Arvind Kejriwal, one of the key figures of the Indian opposition and a major critic of Prime Minister Narendra Modi, has been granted bail in his ongoing corruption case on Thursday. A court ruled that the Delhi chief minister could be released after rejecting a request from the Enforcement Directorate, India’s financial crime investigation agency, to hold the decision for 48 hours. He is expected to leave the Tihar Prison in Delhi once his bail bond is paid. Kejriwal was arrested in March ahead of India’s weekslong election. He was granted temporary bail by the Supreme Court in May to campaign in the elections,…

Turkey plans to impose tariffs on all cars imported from China. The Turkish Ministry of Trade announced that duties of 40% or at least $7,000 (€6,500) will be levied on every vehicle. The country already introduced a tariff on Chinese electric vehicles (EVs) last year. Starting July 8 on, tariffs on imported Chinese cars could total up to 50%. Many automotive industry representatives are very concerned by this move. Turkey’s domestic market is already volatile, and inflation has been very high in recent years. They fear that extra tariffs will drive up prices even further.Inflation has been soaring in Turkey, driving…

At least 21 people have died from a cholera in Nigeria’s densely populated Lagos State, a health official said on Thursday. The news came as the European Union announced it would pledge €750 million (more than $800 million) for the launch of the African Vaccines Manufacturing Accelerator (AVMA) scheme. The program, announced in Paris, aims to boost the production of vaccines in Africa to help the continent respond more independently to outbreaks, including the recent spate of cholera outbreaks that have hit many parts of Africa. Festivities feed cholera surge More than 400 cholera cases have been reported in Lagos State since the start of the…

Photographs show the Tenerife property where British teenager Jay Slater is believed to have been last seen before he went missing on Monday.A Snapchat video shared by the 19-year-old on Sunday night appears to show the property he visited in the northwestern mountain village of Masca after attending the NRG music festival. Mr Slater, from Oswaldtwistle near Blackburn in Lancashire, was holidaying with friends on the island before he went missing. Image: The property where Jay Slater is believed to have been last seen His friend Lucy Law told Wednesday’s UK Tonight programme on Sky News that she spoke to…

Canadian actor Donald Sutherland has died, his family announced on Thursday. He was 88. “With a heavy heart, I tell you that my father, Donald Sutherland, has passed away,” his son Kiefer Sutherland posted on social media. Sutherland won numerous accolades during his career spanning the 1960s through to the 2020s. A storied career on screen Sutherland was once one of the biggest stars in Hollywood thanks to his roles like Hawkeye Piece, the rascally army surgeon in “M*A*S*H,” or a quirky tank commander Sgt. Oddball in the film “Kelly’s Heroes.” He was known for his tall frame and piercing eyes, that helped him…

Pakistan’s polio eradication campaign is in disarray after the South Asian country of 240 million people reported the year’s fifth case of the highly infectious virus. It is another blow to the country’s efforts to eradicate the debilitating disease. Four polio cases were reported in the southwestern Balochistan province bordering Afghanistan, while a fifth case is the latest to be reported from the southern Sindh province, raising concerns about the feasibility of eradicating polio in the near future. “The cases this year are a striking reminder that no child anywhere would be totally safe from the crippling disease until Pakistan succeeded in eradicating polio completely,” said Malik Mukhtar…

Microsoft and Nvidia have quickly taken prime positions in the artificial intelligence revolution. The tech giants have a combined market value of $6.6 trillion (€6.16 trillion), making them two of the three largest companies in the world.  Microsoft’s recent success has been underpinned by its $13 billion bet on OpenAI, the startup behind the ChatGPT chatbot, while Nvidia can boast the world’s most  advanced chips that are vital to running high-end AI systems. But their good fortune means competition authorities in the United States are circling. Earlier this month, the US Department of Justice (DOJ) and the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) reached a deal on how to investigate the two firms’ dominant position in the AI…

A proposed finance bill sparked mass protests in the streets of Nairobi, as well as in and other parts of Kenya this week. Demonstrators, many of them young people, took to the streets Thursday morning in front of Kenya’s parliament building for the second time this week. Protesters claimed the bill’s tax hikes and levies would make the cost of living crisis worse. Police fired tear gas into the crowd and hundreds were arrested.  Nairobi: Protests against the proposed finance bill turned violentImage: Boniface Muthoni/ZUMAPRESS/picture alliance Gen Z take to the streets Bold young protesters referred to as Generation Z, or Gen Z — the…

Donald Sutherland, who appeared in films such as The Hunger Games and Kelly’s Heroes, has died. The Canadian actor, who was 88, also starred in MASH and won an Emmy for Citizen X. His son, fellow actor Kiefer Sutherland, posted on X: “With a heavy heart, I tell you that my father, Donald Sutherland, has passed away.”I personally think one of the most important actors in the history of film. Never daunted by a role, good, bad or ugly. He loved what he did and did what he loved, and one can never ask for more than that. A life…