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REUTERS/Yves HermanAs NATO’s 75th anniversary summit kicked off in Washington this week, China’s defence ministry made a surprise announcement. Even without the drills - which appear to be among the largest exercises China has ever conducted on the European continent - China was always set to be on the agenda at the NATO summit. After the leak of a draft of the NATO summit communiqué that used similar language, Chinese officials responded furiously. Blinken said the US was working to break down barriers between allies in Europe, Asia and worldwide. This week’s Washington summit yielded a deal to release additional US-made Patriot air defence missiles to the government in Kyiv.

The rally aims to resist a hit to the fundamental spirit of the Liberation War and violence by uniting the pro-independence peopleAn organisation of Liberation War veterans has called a rally in Dhaka against “insult to the freedom fighters during student protests against government job quotas. The freedom fighters will also protest against “violence, anarchy, an evil attempt to topple the government and insult to the freedom fighters in the name of the student movement” in the rally at Baitul Mukarram National Mosque’s South Gate at 3pm on Thursday. He said the rally would aim to resist a hit to the fundamental spirit of the Liberation War and violence by uniting the pro-independence people. He said the Appellate Division’s status quo has temporarily made ineffective a High Court verdict reinstating quotas in government jobs. The government doesn't want anyone dead while the BNP and the Jammat have taken over the movement and gathered at Shapla Chattar.

Detective Branch chief Harunor Rashid says that police have approval to clear university residential halls and no leniency will be given to students who stay after the deadline. He made the remarks to the media outside the residence of the Dhaka University vice chancellor amid the ongoing quota reform protests around 4:45pm. The DB chief came to the TSC area on the campus in the afternoon to monitor the situation in the area. According to the instructions of the Dhaka University Syndicate, students have until 6pm to leave their residential halls. The protesters attempted to breach police barriers again and reach the TSC area, pelting law enforcers with bricks.

DHAKA, July 17, 2024 (BSS) – BFUJ- Bangladesh Federal Union of Journalists today expressed deep concern over the attacks on journalists during the ongoing quota reform movement and demanded bringing the people responsible for attacks under trial. “Journalists are being attacked while performing their professional duties to gather news on the situation developing over the quota system in government jobs. As the apex body of journalists, the BFUJ expresses deep concern over the attacks,” said a BFUJ statement issued here today. In the statement, BFUJ President Omar Faruque and Secretary General Dip Azad said journalists were attacked in different parts of the country in the last several days when they were collecting news of the movement demanding quota reform. Noting that cameras and vehicles of different media were vandalized, they said the journalist society will not accept attacks on media people while performing their professional duties.

The information was provided by the Prime Minister’s Press WingPrime Minister Sheikh Hasina is set to address the nation amid the ongoing tensions surrounding the quota movement. The prime minister's address will begin at 7:30pm on Wednesday and be broadcast by the national media, her office said. The premier usually addresses the nation at the start of the year, ahead of holidays, or days of national significance. The Prime Minister's Office did not make any comment on the content of her speech. However, an official at the PMO said she may speak about the 'emerging situation'.

General Daily Insight for July 17, 2024 Let the good times roll! Cancer June 21 – July 22 You’re bringing in assets through current consistency. For instance, if you’ve been going for a daily walk, you may notice that you’ve got an abundance of new energy. Virgo August 23 – September 22 You’re creating peace, but you may struggle to defend it from someone else. Libra September 23 – October 22 You’re creating peace among the people around you.

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At least 26 dead in Peru after bus plummets into ravineLIMA, July 17, 2024 (BSS/AFP) - A bus plummeted into a ravine in southern Peru Tuesday, killing at least 26 people, according to police in the Andean country plagued by deadly road accidents. Another 14 people were injured in the early-morning crash, highway safety official Jhonny Valderrama told AFP, updating an earlier toll of 21 dead and 20 wounded. "We don't know if my brother is in the hospital or dead. Seventeen people died in a similar bus crash on the same road in May. Seventy percent of road accidents in Peru are due to human factors such as driver incompetence or fatigue, according to official data.

REUTERSGuo Wengui, an exiled Chinese businessman and outspoken opponent of Beijing's communist government, was convicted on Tuesday in his US trial on charges of stealing hundreds of millions of dollars from online followers. Guo was convicted on nine of the 12 criminal counts he faced, including racketeering conspiracy and wire fraud, in a trial that lasted seven weeks. "Thousands of Guo's online followers were victimized so that Guo could live a life of excess," Damian Williams, the U.S. Attorney in Manhattan, said in a statement after the verdict. After Kamaraju spoke, prosecutor Juliana Murray told jurors that the defense lawyer was correct that Guo cared about the anti-CCP movement. Earlier in the trial, jurors were allowed to hold keys to the Lamborghini that authorities found in a garage on Guo's Connecticut estate.

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Dhaka University has been closed indefinitely and students have been instructed to leave their residential halls by 6:00 pm. Dhaka University will be closed indefinitely and students must leave residential halls by 6pm, Bachar said. The emergency syndicate meeting began amid tight security on campus by Border Guard Bangladesh and other law enforcing agencies. After an hour, the vice chancellor and other Syndicate members emerged from the meeting but did not speak to the media. A second meeting was then held and Pro VC Bachar announced the university closure afterwards.

The decision was taken by the Syndicate after deadly violence surrounding the ongoing quota reform movementDhaka University has been closed indefinitely and students have been instructed to leave their residential halls by 6pm. Dhaka University will be closed indefinitely and students must leave residential halls by 6pm, Bachar said. The emergency syndicate meeting began amid tight security on campus by Border Guard Bangladesh and other law enforcing agencies. The meeting was to determine when students would be instructed to leave their residential halls. The notice also said that when residential halls reopen, any free seats would be allotted based on merit.

The decision was taken after violent clashes between quota protesters, pro-Awami League groups, and policeBangladesh has decided to close primary schools in city corporation areas amid tensions surrounding the quota reform protests across the country. The government had previously closed secondary schools, colleges and universities. In consideration of the safety of children, all government primary schools in the city corporation areas of all eight divisional cities under the Ministry of Primary and Mass Education, primary schools run under the Children Welfare Trust, and learning centres run by the Bureau of Non-Formal Education will remain closed until further notice, the Primary and Mass Education Ministry said on Wednesday. At least six people were reported dead amid day-long clashes surrounding the quota reform protest on Tuesday. The Ministry of Education had closed schools and colleges indefinitely over the violence.