According to a senior Hamas official, the Palestinian terrorist organization is "losing faith" in U.S. diplomacy to broker a ceasefire in Gaza and will only take part in negotiations if they center on carrying out a specific plan that U.S. President Joe Biden unveiled in May.

The World Health Organization (WHO) has declared Monkeypox (Mpox) to be an international health emergency after a new strain of the virus has rapidly spread across Central Africa in only a few short months.