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Sen. Cory Booker (D-NJ) gives a passionate response after Sen. Tommy Tuberville (R-AL) called for a vote on an amendment that would punish local jurisdictions that defund the police.

Dufftown (United Kingdom) (AFP) – A distillery in the Highlands of Scotland is using waste from its whisky production process to create biofuel for trucks. Managers at the distillery say the fuel has the potential to save about 250 tons of carbon emissions for trucks on the road.

Kitech, a Rwandan start-up has scooped an international award through a competition by Global Startup Ecosystem.

Albany (United States) (AFP) – Embattled New York Governor Andrew Cuomo announces his resignation after 11 women accused him of sexual harassment. New-Yorkers welcome his resignation, with one of them saying it was "a long time coming" and another qualifying it as "the wisest thing he's done in a long time".

President Joe Biden says he finds it "disingenuous" that some of the same governors who complain of federal overreach on coronavirus measures are now pushing to ban or nullify mask mandates imposed by localities and schools in their states. (Aug. 8)

Prince Andrew is being sued in a New York court by Virginia Giuffre who alleges he sexually assaulted her on multiple occasions when she was a teenager. CNN's Nina Dos Santos reports from London.

A Canadian entrepreneur was sentenced to 11 years in prison Wednesday in a spy case linked to Beijing's effort to push his country to release an executive of tech giant Huawei. (Aug. 11)

Washington (AFP) – US President Joe Biden urges Afghanistan's leaders to unite as US troops withdraw from the country.

CNN's Nick Valencia reports on the rise in cases of Covid-19 in children as the Delta variant surges through to US.