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Thames Water, which has 16 million customers in southern England, forecasts it will face 1.4 billion pounds in pollution fines and penalties over the next five years. — Reuters pic

‘Extremely stressed’: Thames Water warns of collapse without overhaul of UK water rules

Former Brazil president Jair Bolsonaro plans to challenge the incumbent president Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva in the country’s 2026 election. — AFP pic

Despite ankle monitor, defiant ex-Brazil president Jair Bolsonaro says only he can stop China and beat Lula

Microsoft, a major contractor to the US government, has had its systems breached by Chinese and Russian hackers. — AFP pic

Microsoft drops China-based engineers from Pentagon cloud work after backlash

Warsaw’s main airport had earlier reported disruptions to aircraft takeoffs, according to state news agency PAP, but later said planes were departing. — Reuters pic

Poland probes air traffic outage for sabotage as flights resume at Warsaw airport

Francesco Bagnaia crossed the line with the fastest time of one minute and 52.303 seconds in mostly sunny conditions in Brno, Czech Republic today. — Reuters pic

Bagnaia snatches first pole of Czech MotoGP season, Marquez crashes on final lap

Myanmar’s national flag flutters at half-mast outside the City Hall in Yangon on July 19, 2025, on the 78th Martyrs’ Day that marks the anniversary of the assassination of independence leaders, including general Aung San, father of the currently deposed and imprisoned leader Aung San Suu Kyi. — AFP pic

Myanmar junta chief attends Aung San memorial for first time since 2021 coup, daughter Suu Kyi remains jailed

Festival-goers gather before the burnt main stage during its dismantling, as they attend the first day of the Tomorrowland electronic music festival, in Boom, northern Belgium on July 18, 2025. — AFP

Belgian prosecutors investigate death of woman at Tomorrowland’s opening night

A firefighter is seen in front of a fire in a forest at Rambutan village, in Ogan Ilir, South Sumatra province, September 11, 2019. — AFP pic

Indonesia says 46 hectares of forest burning across north, west Sumatra

Former South Korean president Yoon Suk Yeol arrives at court for a hearing on his arrest warrant in Seoul, July 9, 2025. — Reuters pic

S. Korea’s Yoon Suk Yeol indicted on multiple charges including abuse of power

Demonstrators march during a “Hands off the EPA” rally outside the Environmental Protection Agency offices in Ann Arbor, Michigan, on Earth Day, April 22, 2025. — AFP pic

Trump administration tackles climate crisis by firing EPA researchers studying it

A New York cityscape skyline drawing signed by Donald Trump and dated 2004, created for the Capuchin Food Pantry’s Doodle for Hunger charity auction, as listed on Sotheby’s website in January 2020. — Reuters pic

The Art of Denial: Trump’s disputed claims on drawing ability in Epstein note clash with auction records

Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. speaks during a press conference at the United States Department of Agriculture in Washington on July 14, 2025. — AFP pic

US withdraws from WHO pandemic response plan, claims sovereignty concerns

Venezuelan migrants who were jailed in El Salvador get off a plane at Simon Bolivar International Airport in Maiquetia, Venezuela July 18, 2025. — AFP pic

Shackled and paraded, now home: El Salvador frees 252 Venezuelan migrants in US prisoner swap

Bedouin and tribal fighters deploy at the western entrance of Syria's Druze heartland of Sweida on July 18, 2025. — AFP pic

Israel, Syria announce ceasefire after days of conflict in Druze area

A girl runs from the scene after Israeli strikes hit a school sheltering displaced people at the Bureij refugee camp in central Gaza on July 17, 2025, in this screen grab from a video obtained by Reuters. — Reuters pic

US reveals plan for release of 10 hostages amid Gaza ceasefire talks

A protester holds a sign featuring a photo of US Attorney General Pam Bondi and a quote referencing the Epstein files during a ‘Good Trouble Lives On’ demonstration against the Trump administration in Los Angeles on July 17, 2025. — AFP pic

Trump, Epstein, why MAGA is in turmoil: Key facts you need to know