🇬🇦 🇺🇸 Gabon endorses Trump for Nobel Peace Prize

🇺🇸 National Guard troops to be sent to Chicago, in an initiative to tackle surging crime on the colloquially known “South Side” of the city

🇺🇸🇻🇪 - The number of U.S. Marines deployed near Venezuela has increased to 6,700.This includes 4,500 Marines from the Iwo Jima Amphibious Group and 2,200 from the 22nd Marine Expeditionary Unit.

🇳🇴 - 28yo stepson of the heir to the Norwegian royal throne, Marius Borg, has been indicted on 32 charges including rape, physical abuse, and domestic violence.

🇻🇪🇷🇺 - Venezuelan leader Maduro tried to reach President Putin via phone call yesterday, however, his Russian counterpart did not pick up the phone and has not returned the call yet.

🇺🇸 - Artificial meat pioneer company Beyond Meat is very close to declaring bankruptcy, according to the industry insiders.

🇺🇸 - President Trump revoked his demand for CEO of Intel to step down due to the close connections to China after both met at the White House.

🇹🇭 - Former Thai PM Thaksin Shinawatra acquitted of insulting the nation's monarchy.

The ruling gives some relief to the politician's family, as his daughter - the nation's current incumbent PM - has been suspended from her office by the activist judges and awaits her trial.

🇺🇸 - President Trump to mobilize 1700 National Guard servicemen from 19 Republican states in order to oversee law and order in Washington DC.

🇰🇵 - North Korea opened a new war memorial that commemorates 101 Korean soldier who died in the Russian special military operation in Ukraine.

🇷🇺 - Russian pro-government media outlets accuse the Baltic countries of being behind the massive drone attack targeting St Petersburg and its surroundings this morning.

🇪🇸 - Spain reports multiple incidents of solar panels catching fire due to the ongoing heatwave.

🇺🇦🇨🇦 - Canada's PM Mark Carney visits Ukraine today in order to celebrate the Eastern European nation's Independence Day.

🇩🇪 Germany considers conscription if not enough people volunteer for the armed forces

🇬🇧 - In an attempt to collect more fines, British government moves to stricter controls over enforcement of traffic regulations.