NEWS WORLD: 07/27/23

Thursday, July 27, 2023

Trump accused of asking staffer to delete footage in classified documents case July 27, 2023 at 01:08PM

Donald Trump asked a staffer to delete camera footage at his Florida estate in an effort to obstruct the federal investigation into his possession of classified documents, according to an updated indictment unsealed Thursday that adds new charges against the former president and names an additional defendant.

US intelligence report says China likely supplying tech for Russian military July 27, 2023 at 07:11AM

Putin claims fighting intensifies in southeastern Ukraine, with Russia inflicting heavy losses July 27, 2023 at 06:21AM

Fierce fighting raged Thursday in southeastern Ukraine, where a Western official said Kyiv has launched a major push and Russian President Vladimir Putin said “hostilities have intensified significantly.” Battles in recent weeks have taken place on multiple points along the over 1,000-kilometer (over 600-mile) front line as Ukraine wages a counteroffensive with Western-supplied weapons and Western-trained troops against Russian forces who invaded 17 months ago.

Kuwait executes 5 prisoners July 27, 2023 at 03:00AM

Kuwait said on Thursday it executed five prisoners, including an inmate convicted over the bombing of a Shiite mosque in 2015 that killed 27 people and was claimed by the Islamic State group. The inmates were hanged at the Central Prison, Kuwait's Public Prosecution said in a statement.

Weekly US applications for jobless benefits slide to lowest level in 5 months July 27, 2023 at 02:50AM

The number of Americans applying for jobless benefits slid last week to its lowest level in five months, further evidence that the US labor market continues to defy the Federal Reserve's attempts to cool it off. US applications for unemployment benefits fell by 7,000 to 221,000 for the week ending July 22, from 228,000 the week before, the Labor Department reported Thursday. That's the fewest since February.