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Texas House fails to establish quorum as dozens of Democrats flee state to block redrawn congressional map.Democratic state legislators in Texas have blocked a vote on a United States congressional map that favours their Republican rivals by leaving the state, preventing the state House of Representatives from establishing a quorum.The vote could not proceed on Monday afternoon, even as Republican Governor Greg Abbott threatened to remove the fleeing lawmakers from office and suggested that they could face charges. At least 100 legislators in the 150-member chamber needed to be present for the vote to proceed.It is not clear when the…

John Oliver opened his latest episode of Last Week Tonight with a look at the dire famine in Gaza, which Israeli leaders and American supporters continue to deny. Oliver honed in on former Fox News host Megyn Kelly, who denied the credibility of images from Gaza of emaciated children.“I kind of hoped we were done with Megyn Kelly as a society,” said Oliver to cheers, “and collectively, you actually don’t have to litigate this case one photo at a time. He cited reports from the United Nations, aid organizations and Israeli human rights groups all confirming the same thing: “What’s…

The National Health Insurance Scheme (NHIS) remains one of the most important social interventions in Ghana’s healthcare system. For many Ghanaians, it is a lifeline that removes the financial burden of paying for basic healthcare out of pocket. But while many people own an NHIS card, not everyone is fully aware of what it covers and what it doesn’t. With a valid NHIS card, patients can access both out-patient and in-patient services at accredited hospitals and health centres. Related Articles This includes consultations with doctors, laboratory tests, ultrasound scans, and prescribed medicines listed under the scheme’s approved drug list. Minor…

MONROVIA — .Dozens of angry workers at Liberia’s Ministry of Transport staged a protest Tuesday at the ministry’s headquarters, demanding the immediate cancellation of a controversial deal between the Government of Liberia and a newly introduced Lebanese company, Liberia Traffic Management (LTM). The staffers, holding placards with slogans like, “Stop Hurting Your Own People,” and, “We Cannot Sell Our Sensitive Data to a Lebanese Terrorist,” accused the company’s owner of being affiliated with Hezbollah, a group internationally classified as a terrorist organization and currently engaged in conflict with Israel. In a strongly-worded petition presented to the media, the protesting workers…

Saquon Barkley has declined an invitation to join Donald Trump’s council on sports, fitness, and nutrition, which is being revitalized under an executive order.Barkley, the 2,000-yard rusher for the Super Bowl champion Philadelphia Eagles, was on a list of sports personalities that included golfers Bryson DeChambeau and Nelly Korda, WWE executive Paul “Triple H” Levesque, football Hall of Famer Lawrence Taylor and retired New York Yankees great Mariano Rivera.Barkley confirmed on Monday that he had declined the invitation.“A couple months ago, it was brought to my team about the council,” Barkley told reporters after Monday’s Eagles practice session. “So I’m…

This summer the technology secretary, Peter Kyle, announced he was considering a two-hour “screen time” cap on children’s use of social media apps – a proposal that is not just insufficient, it’s outdated.Though appropriately placed at the start of the summer holiday – a time when kids’ screen time can increase, along with the onus on parents to ensure the safety of such engagement – Kyle’s announcement is linked to somewhat stale screen time guidance. We should indeed be thinking about moderating time on screens, but the proposed cap addresses only the quantity of consumption, not the quality. Fortunately, as…

Here are the key events on day 1,258 of Russia’s war on Ukraine.Here is how things stand on Tuesday, August 5:Fighting Three people were killed in a Russian attack on the Stepnohirsk community in Ukraine’s Zaporizhia region, the local military administration said on Telegram. Russia launched 405 attacks on 10 settlements in the region in the past day, the administration said on Monday. Russian drone attacks killed three people in the Chuhuiv district of Ukraine’s Kharkiv region, the regional prosecutor’s office said. The victims included a man killed when Russian drones caused a fire in his home in the village…

The 42-year-old was detained by the British Transport Police after disembarking from a flight from Portugal.Police in the United Kingdom have arrested the anti-Muslim and anti-immigrant activist Tommy Robinson on suspicion of assault, following an attack last month at London’s St Pancras station.The far-right campaigner, whose real name is Stephen Yaxley-Lennon, was arrested at about 6.30pm (17:30 GMT) on Monday evening at Luton airport, which is located north of the English capital.Robinson had just landed there on a flight from the Portuguese city of Faro.His detention comes a week on from the alleged assault at one of London’s main railway…

There’s that nagging voice again: “Put the phone away. No, really this time.” But we don’t; 84 percent of Americans say that they are online either several times a day or “almost constantly.”“On your deathbed, what kind of life do you want to look back on?” said Catherine Price, the author of “How to Break Up With Your Phone,” when we asked her how to stop the constant scrolling. “One in which you spent your time with people you love and on things that brought you meaning and joy? Or one that you spent staring down at your phone?”So how…

Hyojung KimBBC Korean in HapcheonBBC/Hyojung KimLee Jung-soon, 88, is one of many nuclear bomb survivors who now lives in Hapcheon, South KoreaAt 08:15 on August 6, 1945, as a nuclear bomb was falling like a stone through the skies over Hiroshima, Lee Jung-soon was on her way to elementary school.The now-88-year-old waves her hands as if trying to push the memory away.”My father was about to leave for work, but he suddenly came running back and told us to evacuate immediately,” she recalls. “They say the streets were filled with the dead – but I was so shocked all I…