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An official "is no longer employed at the US embassy in London" after he declared his support for England ahead of Friday's World Cup clash with the United States. Before the goalless draw in Qatar, the embassy posted a video on its official Twitter account, joking that its spokesman Aaron Snipe had been sacked before the game. Regarding the tweet, the Embassy said it was "sad" to announce his departure, "but some things are more important than diplomacy." In the video, Snipe can be seen walking into the office wearing an England scarf, where he receives disgusted looks from a…

Heavy rain triggered landslides early Saturday on the southern Italian island of Ischia, which left up to 12 people missing as it tore a muddy swath through a port city, collapsing buildings and dragging cars into the sea.Italy's interior minister said no deaths were confirmed, appearing to contradict an earlier announcement by another senior official."At the moment there are no confirmed deaths," Interior Minister Matteo Piantedosi said, speaking from the fire emergency coordination center.Italian Deputy Prime Minister Matteo Salvini, who is also infrastructure minister, had earlier said eight deaths had been confirmed, speaking to reporters at the inauguration of a…

With Iran's protests dragging on for a third month, the government's crackdown is intensifying in ethnically Kurdish areas in the country's northwest, according to government, local officials and human rights activists. At least 42 people have been killed over the past week while protesting in Kurdish cities as a result of "direct fire from Iranian government forces," the Kurdish human rights group Hengaw said on Tuesday. The group, which focuses on human rights in Iranian Kurdistan, said at least 1,500 people were injured.The authorities restrict media coverage of the demonstrations, making independent reporting on the protests difficult, if not impossible.…

Billionaire Elon Musk said Friday he would support Ron DeSantis in 2024 if the Florida governor, who recently reached a second term, ran for president.Earlier this month, DeSantis defeated Democratic opponent Charlie Crist by nearly 20 percentage points to be re-elected as Florida governor and cemented himself as the top rising star of the Republican Party.Political pundits have been giving high marks to DeSantis, who is seen as a potential challenger to former President Donald Trump in the field of 2024 Republican presidential candidates. Trump announced 10 days ago that he would run again in the 2024 election.“My preference for…