NewsProtests erupt at Capitol, Menendez resigns amid scandals

Protests erupt at Capitol, Menendez resigns amid scandals

It happened while you were sleeping. Here is what global agencies reported overnight from Tuesday to Wednesday.

It happened at night. Commotion at the Capitol.
It happened at night. Commotion at the Capitol.
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8:54 AM EDT, July 24, 2024

  • Demonstrators protesting against the war in Gaza attempted to occupy an office building at the Capitol before the planned speech by Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu to both houses of Congress. Capitol Police arrested several dozen people. This is one of many protests about the Israeli Prime Minister's visit to the USA.
  • Kamala Harris began her election campaign on Tuesday. The Vice President spoke at her first campaign rally and set the main goal of her presidency.
  • American Democratic Senator Bob Menendez resigned from his congressional seat following a conviction for corruption, including bribery and acting as an agent for the Egyptian government. Menendez is the former head of the U.S. Senate Foreign Relations Committee.
  • Police in Kenya have been searching for three days for more than twenty 110-pound barrels of highly toxic sodium cyanide being transported by a truck that overturned near Nairobi.
  • There is fear that six people died, and seven are missing after a fishing vessel flying the flag of Saint Helena sank off the coast of the Falkland Islands - reported The Guardian.
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