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• By-election results were announced today for three assembly constituencies following votes cast on July 30, 2026. • Key outcomes include the BJP retaining the Manjalpur seat in Gujarat, while the Congress party secured a victory in Datia, Madhya Pradesh. • In Bihar's Bankipur seat, Jan Suraaj Party founder Prashant Kishor won in his electoral debut, breaking decades of BJP dominance in the area.

• The Khmer Rouge maintained its seat at the United Nations despite committing genocide, illustrating how Cold War geopolitics often superseded humanitarian concerns. • Great powers prioritized strategic conflict and diplomatic maneuvering over international law, effectively using the Cambodian atrocity as a pawn in a larger geopolitical game. • This legacy highlights a critical failure in global governance, where the effectiveness of international law was limited by a lack of political will among powerful nations.

• Democrats are prioritizing Virginia’s 2nd Congressional District as a critical target in their effort to regain control of the U.S. House of Representatives during the November midterm elections. • The race for the 2nd District features several candidates, including physician and lawyer Nila Devanath, physicist and veteran Bill Fleming, and former international development staffer Patrick Mosolf. • Simultaneously, three Republican candidates are challenging Democratic incumbent Rep. Eugene Vindman in the 7th Congressional District, though the Cook Political Report rates this seat as likely Democratic.

• Barisan Nasional (BN) won 18 seats in the Negeri Sembilan election, while Pakatan Harapan (PH) and Perikatan Nasional (PN) secured 11 and 7 seats respectively. • PH election director Amirudin Shari stated that the decision to revamp the state's PH leadership rests with coalition chairman Anwar Ibrahim. • State PH chairman Aminuddin Harun defended his leadership and urged voters to prioritize development over racial rhetoric.

• Hongkong Land’s Singapore Central Private Real Estate Fund is acquiring Wheelock Place from Wharf Real Estate Investment Company. • The transaction for the commercial property is valued at S$1.1 billion. • This significant acquisition is expected to impact the trading of securities for several companies, including Hongkong Land, on Friday, July 31.

Mayor announces resignation of Shon Barnes after city officials faced criticism over response to Sunday shootingSeattle’s police chief has resigned amid criticism of the city’s response to a fatal shootout at a food festival last weekend, Katie Wilson, the mayor, said on Thursday.The announcement followed hours of speculation about whether Shon Barnes would step down, as some of his supporters said he had rebuffed Wilson’s request that he resign. Continue reading...

Police link shooting to gang violence but have not said who might have fired bullets that killed bystanders on SundayBullets that fatally struck two bystanders during a shootout at a Seattle food festival last weekend do not appear to have come from the gun that a 15-year-old arrested at the scene was firing, police said in court documents filed on Wednesday.The teen sprayed an untraceable “ghost gun” into a crowd, authorities say. Preliminary ballistics testing did not match the bullets recovered from the deceased bystanders to that weapon. Continue reading...