Malaysia's Mahathir Mohamad lost a power struggle to a little-known ex-interior minister on Sunday in a surprising outcome of a Parliament vote. Muhyiddin Yassin will be sworn in on Sunday as the new Prime Minister, according to the Malaysian Palace.&nbsp;Muhyiddin's coalition is dominated by the multi-ethnic country's Muslim majority and includes the United Malays National Organisation, a scandal-plagued party.&nbsp;Muhyiddin, a former Mahathir ally, had joined forces with UMNO in a bid to win power. His coalition also includes a hardline Muslim party that is pushing for Islamic laws. The current crisis began when Mahathir and Anwar's&nbsp;alliance, which stormed to a historic victory two years ago collapsed a week ago.

Malaysia's Mahathir Mohamad lost a power struggle to a little-known ex-interior minister on Sunday in a surprising outcome of a Parliament vote. Muhyiddin Yassin will be sworn in on Sunday as the new Prime Minister, according to the Malaysian Palace. Muhyiddin's coalition is dominated by the multi-ethnic country's Muslim majority and includes the United Malays National Organisation, a scandal-plagued party. Muhyiddin, a former Mahathir ally, had joined forces with UMNO in a bid to win power. His coalition also includes a hardline Muslim party that is pushing for Islamic laws. The current crisis began when Mahathir and Anwar's alliance, which stormed to a historic victory two years ago collapsed a week ago.

Billionaires Elon Musk, Jeff Bezos and Bill Gates are among several high-profile individuals targeted by hackers on Twitter in an apparent Bitcoin scam. The official accounts of Barack Obama, Joe Biden and Kanye West also requested donations in the cryptocurrency. The fake tweets offered to send $2,000 for every $1,000 sent to a bitcoin address. The tweets were deleted just minutes after they first were posted. All verified Twitter accounts marked with a blue tick have now been stopped from posting any tweets, and there are reports that password reset requests are also being denied. Twitter said it was looking into the incident.

Body-camera footage made public on Wednesday from two Minneapolis police officers involved in George Floyd's arrest captured a panicked and fearful Floyd pleading with the officers in the minutes before his death, saying &ldquo;I'm not a bad guy!" as they tried to wrestle him into a squad car.&nbsp;A few minutes later, Floyd was seen face-down on the street, the cameras recorded his fading voice, saying, &ldquo;I can't breathe&rdquo; before he goes still.&nbsp;The recordings from Officers Thomas Lane and J Kueng are part of the criminal case against them and two other officers in Floyd's May 25 death.&nbsp;Derek Chauvin, who held his knee against Floyd's neck for nearly eight minutes, is charged with second-degree murder, while three other officers have been charged with aiding and abetting.

The Chinese government has strongly opposed the UK's ban of Huawei's 5G kit, calling it a "groundless" move. Foreign Ministry spokeswoman added Beijing would "take measures to safeguard" the "legitimate interests" of Chinese companies. The US, meanwhile, has welcomed the move and announced new restrictions against the firm. US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo said the US would curb travel access for some of Huawei's workers. The UK on Tuesday announced a ban on the purchase of Huawei's 5G kit and said all existing equipment by the Chinese technology giant be stripped out of mobile networks in the UK by 2027.

US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo said on Wednesday that he is confident that the world's free nations will join together to face the challenges from China to India and other countries in Asia.
While replying to a question about the Chinese confrontation with India in the Ladakh region, he said that India was "an important partner" of the US.&nbsp;He mentioned India's ban on 56 Chinese apps from operating on cell phones within the country because of the threat to the country's security.&nbsp; &nbsp; On China's claims to the maritime territories of Asian countries and aggressive actions there, he said that the US "will use the tools&nbsp;it has&rdquo;.

PTI, London:&nbsp;British Prime Minister Boris Johnson on Wednesday confirmed an independent inquiry into the government's handling of the COVID-19 pandemic, some time in the future.
Pressed on the issue during the weekly Prime Minister's Questions (PMQs) session in the House of Commons, Johnson made the commitment to hold a probe for the first time, having previously dismissed Opposition demands for an immediate investigation.
&ldquo;I do not believe now, in the middle of combating the pandemic, is the right moment to devote huge amounts of official time to an inquiry,&rdquo; he said in Parliament.
"But of course we will seek to learn the lessons of this pandemic in the future and certainly we will have an independent inquiry into what happened," he said.
Johnson went on to commit himself to an independent inquiry in his reply, but did not mention that it would essentially be a public inquiry, which would be much wider and involve public hearings and witnesses giving evidence under oath.

Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro, who is in self-isolation after he tested positive for the novel coronavirus, was reportedly bitten&nbsp;while strolling through the grounds of his official residence on Monday.
The Daily Mail reported that Bolsonaro decided to feed&nbsp;large flightless birds,&nbsp;rhea, but as he did so one of the bird bit his hands in full view of the country's press.&nbsp;He was seen shaking his hand in pain after the incident.&nbsp;
On Monday, the Brazilian President had announced plans to take another test, saying that he could not stand being in&nbsp;what he called &lsquo;horrible&nbsp;isolation&rsquo;.&nbsp;&nbsp;
Bolsonaro has often appeared in public to shake hands with supporters and mingle with crowds, at times without a mask. He has said that his history as an athlete would protect him from the virus and that it would be nothing more than a &ldquo;little flu&rdquo; if he were to contract it.
He has also repeatedly said that there is no way to prevent 70% of the population falling ill with COVID-19 and that local authorities' efforts to shut down economic activity would ultimately cause more hardship than allowing the virus to run its course.
Bolsonaro&nbsp;also likened the virus to a rain that will fall on most people and saying that some, like older people, must take greater care.
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PTI,&nbsp;Beijing: China on Wednesday warned the US that it will &ldquo;definitely hit back&rdquo; with sanctions if Washington goes ahead with the implementation of President Donald Trump&rsquo;s 'Hong Kong Autonomy Act' to end the preferential treatment to the former British colony.
President Trump has signed an executive order to end the preferential economic treatment for Hong Kong after China introduced a controversial national security law in the Asian trading hub to curb autonomy and democratic freedoms.
Reacting to Trump&rsquo;s announcement of signing the 'Hong Kong Autonomy Act', Chinese Foreign Ministry spokesperson Hua Chunying said the US should not implement it.
"We urge the US side to correct its mistake, not to implement the so-called 'Hong Kong Autonomy Act' and immediately stop meddling in Hong Kong affairs and China's internal affairs in any way," she told a media briefing here.
&ldquo;This act smears our law on safeguarding national security in Hong Kong Special Administrative Region (HKSAR). If the US insists on going on the wrong path, China will definitely hit back,&rdquo; she said.
The US attempt to obstruct China's national security legislation for the HKSAR will be to no avail and China will make necessary responses to protect its legitimate interests and impose sanctions on relevant US personnel and entities, she said.
"This US move has grossly interfered in China's internal affairs and seriously violated international law, as well as the basic norms governing international relations," she said.
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Almost as abruptly as it was announced, it appears rapper Kanye West&rsquo;s bid to become the next president of the United States has been called off. Kanye reportedly dropped out of the 2020 presidential race less than two weeks after announcing his bid for the White House. On Tuesday, Steve Kramer, a member of West&rsquo;s campaign team, told New York Magazine&rsquo;s Intelligencer, that after putting together a 180-strong campaign team in Florida, the rapper would allegedly no longer be contesting the election. Kramer didn't elaborate on the exact reasons but said Kanye has told his campaign team to get everything cancelled. The reports come days after a US presidential poll suggested that the rapper would gain less than 2% of votes if he ran against President Donald Trump and Democratic nominee Joe Biden.

PTI, Washington;&nbsp;US president Donald Trump&nbsp;launched a twin attack on China on Tuesday. Trump said he issued an order to end Hong Kong&rsquo;s special status with the US. The president also signed a legislation that would sanction Chinese officials responsible for cracking down on political dissent in Hong Kong.
&ldquo;No administration has been tougher on China than this administration,&rdquo; Trump declared at the White House.
Trump, speaking in the Rose Garden, announced both moves, and used the event to repeat attacks on his Democratic opponent, Joe Biden, portraying him as having been cozy with China during his time as vice president.
The Hong Kong Autonomy Act was passed unanimously by the Congress, Trump said, adding that the law gives his administration powerful new tools to hold responsible the individuals in the entities involved in extinguishing Hong Kong's freedom.
"Their freedom has been taken away, their rights have been taken away and with it goes Hong Kong in my opinion, because it will no longer be able to compete with free markets. A lot of people will be leaving Hong Kong I suspect and we are going to do a lot more business because of it because we just lost one competitor," Trump said.
The president also said he signed an executive order ending US preferential treatment for Hong Kong.
"Hong Kong will now be treated the same as mainland China. No special privileges, no special economic treatment and no export of sensitive technologies," Trump declared.
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PTI, Washington: The US administration has agreed to rescind its July 6 rule, which temporarily barred international students from staying in the United States unless they attend at least one in-person course, a federal district court judge said on Tuesday.
The U-turn by the Trump administration comes following a nationwide outrage against its July 6 order. A series of lawsuits were filed by a large number of educational institutions, led by the prestigious Harvard University and Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT). the lawsuits sought a permanent injunctive relief to bar the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) and the US Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) from enforcing the federal guidelines barring international students attending colleges and universities offering only online courses from staying in the country.
As many as 17 US states and the District of Columbia, along with top American IT companies such as Google, Facebook and Microsoft, joined MIT and Harvard against the new visa norm in seeking an injunction to stop the entire rule from going into effect.
"I have been informed by the parties that they have come to a resolution. They will return to the status quo," Judge Allison Burroughs, the federal district judge in Boston, said in a surprise statement at the top of the hearing on the lawsuit.
The announcement comes as a big relief to international students, including those from India. In the 2018-2019 academic year, there were over 10 lakh international students in the US. According to a recent report of the Student and Exchange Visitor Program (SEVP), 1,94,556 Indian students were enrolled in various academic institutions in the US in January.

Delivering a major blow to the Chinese technology giant, Britain will bar new deployments of Huawei equipment in its high-speed 5G network, the government said on Tuesday. The decision to unplug from Huawei, will delay Britain&rsquo;s rollout of 5G service by two to three years and cost billions of dollars.&nbsp;Britain said it will phase out over the next seven years the small amount of Huawei 5G equipment installed in recent months. For slower 3G and 4G mobile phone systems, the British government said providers should remove and replace most of the older Huawei gear over the next few years.

The liftoff of the United Arab Emirates' Mars orbiter was postponed until Friday due to bad weather at the Japanese launch site.&nbsp;The orbiter named Amal, or Hope, is the Arab world's first interplanetary mission.&nbsp;
 The launch was scheduled for Wednesday from the Tanegashima Space Center in southern Japan, but the UAE mission team announced the rescheduled date on Twitter.&nbsp; Mitsubishi Heavy Industries' H-IIA rocket will carry UAE's craft into space.
Mitsubishi launch official&nbsp;Keiji&nbsp;Suzuki had said on Monday a postponement was possible as intermittent lightning and rain were forecast over the next few days. Heavy rain has fallen for more than a week in large areas of Japan, triggering mudslides and floods and killing more than 70 people, most of them on the southern main island of Kyushu.&nbsp;
Hope is set to reach Mars in February 2021, the year the UAE celebrates 50 years since its formation. A successful Hope mission would be a major step for the oil-dependent economy seeking a future in space.&nbsp;

PTI, New Delhi: France will soon announce an "exceptional package" for India, including ventilators and expertise, as part of its efforts to jointly combat the Covid-19 pandemic, the French envoy to India said on Tuesday.&nbsp;In his message on the French National Day -- Bastille Day, French Ambassador to India Emmanuel&nbsp;Lenain&nbsp;said that since the beginning of the Covid-19 crisis, the two countries have shown exceptional solidarity.
&nbsp; "India has provided much needed equipment and drugs to French hospitals. Friendship is a two-way road and France has reciprocated,"&nbsp;Lenain&nbsp;said.&nbsp;
The French development agency AFD has granted an exceptional loan of 200 million euros (Rs 1,600 crore) to provide social services to the most vulnerable population in India, he said.&nbsp;
"We are going to announce soon an exceptional package comprising serological test (kits), ventilators and some expertise," the French envoy said in the message posted on all social media handles of the French Embassy here.&nbsp;

China in its attempt to cover up the number of its soldiers killed in the Galwan clash with the Indian Army is even denying burials for its soldiers, according to a US intelligence assessment. Reports say that Beijing is pressuring the families of soldiers who died in Galwan face off to not conduct burials and in-person funeral ceremonies.
The bloody brawl between Chinese and Indian troops took place on June 15 in which both sides suffered casualties. India, in contrast, accepted that 20 of its soldiers have been martyred in the clash. They are being hailed as heroes.
Even after the one month of the incident, China has still not disclosed how many of its soldiers were killed in the incident.
According to the US intelligence assessment, China is not accepting that its soldiers have been killed in the showdown in order to cover up an episode that Beijing appears to consider a blunder, reported the US News.
The Chinese government has acknowledged the deaths of only a few officers so far. Indian intercepts have revealed that the Chinese side suffered 43 casualties including the dead and seriously injured.
American intelligence believes that 35 of the Chinese soldiers were killed in the showdown.

PTI, Washington: US president Donald Trump's visa policy for international students is facing a stiff challenge. As many as 17 states and the District of Columbia filed a lawsuit on Monday against the new curbs on international students.
At the same time, more than a dozen top American technology companies, including Google, Facebook and Microsoft, have joined a lawsuit filed by the Harvard University and the Massachusetts Institute of Technology challenging the rule that bars international students from staying in the United States unless they attend at least one in-person course.
Attorney generals of the states that have challenged the rule have called the Trump administration's move "cruel, abrupt, and unlawful action to expel international students amidst the pandemic that has wrought death and disruption across the United States".
The lawsuit seeks an injunction to stop the entire rule from going into effect.
The tech companies, along with the US Chamber of Commerce and other IT advocacy groups, asserted that the July 6 ICE directive will disrupt their recruiting plans. They have added that it will make it impossible to bring on board international students that businesses had planned to hire, and disturb the recruiting process on which the firms have relied on to identify and train their future employees.
Asserting that international students contribute substantially to the US economy when they reside in the United States, the legal brief said the departure of these students threatens the ability of US educational institutions to sustain critical mass -- which they need in order to maintain their standards of excellence, to train the American students who will make up the talent pool available to amici and other US companies in the future, and to perform the research that keeps US businesses on the cutting edge of innovation.

In a diplomatic setback for India, Iran has dropped New Delhi from the Chabahar rail project. The Hindu news paper reported that four years after India and Iran signed an agreement to construct a rail line from Chabahar port to Zahedan, along the border with Afghanistan, the Iranian government has decided to proceed with the construction on its own. Tehran has cited delays from the Indian side in funding and starting the project.
The development comes as China finalises a massive 25-year, $400 billion strategic partnership deal with Iran, which could cloud India&rsquo;s plans.
Officials told The Hindu that the entire project would be completed by March 2022, and that Iranian Railways will proceed without India&rsquo;s assistance, using approximately $400 million from the Iranian National Development Fund.
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PTI, Washington: The United States has categorically rejected the territorial claims made by Beijing in South China Sea. Asserting that the "Chinese predatory world view" has no place in the 21st century, the Trump administration has stated that it has no legal grounds to unilaterally impose its will on the region.
"The world will not allow Beijing to treat the South China Sea as its maritime empire. America stands with our Southeast Asian allies and partners in protecting their sovereign rights to offshore resources, consistent with their rights and obligations under international law," US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo said in a major policy announcement.
The United States, he said, stands with the international community in the defence of freedom of the seas and respect for sovereignty and rejects any push to impose "might makes right" in the South China Sea or the wider region.
Pompeo said China cannot lawfully assert a maritime claim -- including any exclusive economic zone (EEZ) claims derived from Scarborough Reef and the Spratly Islands -- vis-a-vis the Philippines in areas that a tribunal found to be in the Philippines' EEZ or on its continental shelf.
The US, he said, rejects any Chinese claim to waters beyond a 12-nautical mile territorial sea derived from islands it claims in the Spratly Islands (without prejudice to other states' sovereignty claims over such islands).
Also, China has no lawful territorial or maritime claim to (or derived from) James Shoal, an entirely submerged feature only 50 nautical miles from Malaysia and some 1,000 nautical miles from China's coast, Pompeo said.

The United States on Monday reported close to 60,000 new coronavirus cases. According to a real-time tally by Johns Hopkins University, the country reported 59,222 in the last 24 hours.
That put the total number of cases in the US, the nation hardest-hit by the global pandemic, at more than 3.36 million, the tracker said on Tuesday.
411 new deaths were also reported during the same time, bringing total fatalities to 135,582.
The country has seen a resurgence of cases in the so-called Sun Belt, stretching across the south from Florida to California.

The United Nations has said the ranks of the world's hungry grew by 10 million last year and has warned that the Covid-19 pandemic could push as many as 130 million more people into hunger this year.&nbsp;
 The grim assessment in the latest edition of the State of Food Security and Nutrition in the World, which is an annual report was released on Monday by the five UN agencies that produced it.&nbsp;
The report said: Preliminary projections suggest the pandemic &ldquo;may add an additional 83 million to 132 million people to the ranks of the undernourished in 2020."&nbsp;
It further said &ldquo;unprecedented Desert Locust outbreaks" in Eastern Africa are compounding the problem.&nbsp;
The UN agencies estimated that nearly 690 million people, or nearly 9% of the world's population, went hungry last year, an increase of 10 million since 2018 and of nearly 60 million since 2014.&nbsp;
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Over 80 millionaires on Monday urged governments around the world to tax the super-rich much more to help fund the global recovery from the coronavirus outbreak. In an open letter, the group, calling themselves "Millionaires for Humanity", said they should be taxed higher, 'immediately, substantially, permanently'. Signatories, included Ben and Jerry's ice cream co-founder Jerry Greenfield, screenwriter Richard Curtis and filmmaker Abigail Disney. US entrepreneur Sidney Topol and New Zealand retailer Stephen Tindall also signed. The letter said, as Covid-19 strikes the world, millionaires have a critical role to play in healing our world. "We are not the ones caring for the sick in intensive care wards. We are not driving the ambulances that will bring the ill to hospitals. We are not restocking grocery store shelves or delivering food door to door. But we do have money, lots of it. Money that is desperately needed now and will continue to be needed in the years ahead"

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