The Daily Populous

Thursday July 24th, 2025 day edition

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Clashes between Thai and Cambodian troops at their disputed border have killed at least 12 people, Thai authorities say.

Most of the casualties were civilians from three Thai provinces, according to Thailand's army, which also reported that several people were wounded.

It escalated quickly, with Thailand accusing Cambodia of firing rockets and Bangkok carrying out air strikes on Cambodian military targets.

Both countries have asked their citizens near the border to leave the areas, with Thailand evacuating 40,000 civilians to safer locations.

We're in the middle of evacuating," Sutian Phiwchan, a local resident of Ban Dan district in Thailand's Buriram province near the Cambodian border, told the BBC.

Thailand claims that it began with Cambodia's military deploying drones to conduct surveillance of Thai troops near the border.

Cambodia says Thai soldiers initiated the conflict when they violated a prior agreement by advancing on a Khmer-Hindu temple near the border. »

Donald Trump’s name reported to feature in DoJ files about Jeffrey Epstein

Authored by theguardian.com

Donald Trump faced a fresh crisis on Wednesday as it was reported that his name appears in US justice department files about Jeffrey Epstein and the Congress subpoenaed testimony from the sex offender’s partner in crime Ghislaine Maxwell.

This is nothing more than a continuation of the fake news stories concocted by the Democrats and the liberal media.”.

In June Elon Musk, a billionaire friend-turned-foe of the president, tweeted that Trump is “in the Epstein files”. »

Rainbow Six Siege underperforms to leave Ubisoft net bookings 'below expectations'

Authored by gamedeveloper.com

Consolidated Q1 net bookings fell by 2.9 percent year-on-year to €282 million ($330.8 million), which Ubisoft confirmed was below its guidance.

Back catalog net bookings stood at €260 million ($305 million), up 4 percent year-on-year and 6 percent excluding partnerships.

The company said that consolidated downturn was due to the underperformance of Tom Clancy’s Rainbow Six Siege X and "unfavorable" exchange rates. »

‘A fatal mistake’ — Ukrainian soldiers slam Zelensky’s anti-corruption crackdown

Authored by kyivindependent.com
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Ukrainian soldiers in Dnipropetrovsk Oblast, Ukraine, on June 14, 2025, amid the Russian invasion of Ukraine.

An unknown number of Ukrainian soldiers have already fallen defending the country while fighting for the future of democratic Ukraine.

The Ukrainian soldiers who spoke to the Kyiv Independent said they would continue fighting regardless of the future developments in the capital. »

Democrats Rename GOP 'Pedophile Protection Party' After Breaking Report of Trump in Epstein Files

Authored by latintimes.com

In the wake of a report claiming that Attorney General Pam Bondi previously informed President Trump he appeared in the Jeffrey Epstein files, Democrats have escalated their rhetoric, branding Republicans the "Pedophile Protection Party.".

While WSJ noted that the context of Trump's appearance in the files is unknown and the report does not implicate him criminally, Democrats jumped on the breaking news.

"No wonder the Pedophile Protection Party shut Congress down early," the official Democratic account wrote on X, sharing the article. »