The new election in France
Macron dismisses left-wing candidate – focuses on Olympics
French President Emmanuel Macron on Tuesday rejected the prime ministerial candidate put forward by the left-wing New People's Front alliance, reports AFP.
According to Macron, the "split" parliament must agree on a candidate, but not until after the Olympics, which are held in Paris.
- Of course we have to concentrate on the Olympic Games until mid-August, he says to the France 2 television channel.
The Left Alliance, which became the largest in the summer elections, presented Lucie Castets as its candidate just before Macron appeared on the television program.
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The verdict against Menendez
Convicted bribery senator Bob Menendez resigns
Democratic New Jersey Senator Bob Menendez will leave office on August 20 after being convicted of
multiple corruption charges, the Washington Post reports.
"While I fully intend to appeal the jury's verdict, all the way to the Supreme Court, I do not want the Senate involved in a protracted process that steals time from its important work," his resignation letter reads.
Menendez was convicted on July 16 for, among other things, taking bribes and acting as an agent of the Egyptian government. He has said he will appeal the verdict. The penalty has not yet been announced.
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The election in the United States|The shots against Trump
The head of the Secret Service resigns after the assassination attempt on Trump
Secret service director Kimberly Cheatle is resigning after criticism of the handling of the assassination attempt on Donald Trump, reports CNBC.
In an email to the agency's employees, which AP has seen, Cheatle writes that it is with a "heavy heart" that she announces her resignation.
"I take full responsibility for the security breaches," she writes.
After the shooting of Trump on July 13, more and more voices calling for her resignation have been raised, including when Cheatle was questioned in Congress on Monday.
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The protests in Bangladesh
"The protests are no longer about the quota system"
The protests in Bangladesh are no longer about the heavily criticized quota system for government jobs. The prominent photographer and activist Shahidul Alam writes in Al Jazeera.
According to him, a list of demands from the students who were driving the protests is now circulating. They are demanding that Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina admit responsibility for the mass murder of students and apologize publicly. Police officers who were on the scene when students were killed must be fired. They also request that educational institutions be reopened.
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The death toll continues to rise in Ethiopia – 229 dead
The death toll continues to rise after Monday's landslide in a remote part of Ethiopia, and is now up to 229, writes AFP. This makes it the country's deadliest landslide ever.
The search operation continues in the affected area and the death toll is feared to rise further. Desperate residents search for survivors with shovels and their bare hands.
Landslides are common during the country's rainy season, which started in July and is expected to last until mid-September.
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