Washington News: Recently, Democratic presidential candidate Harris announced Minnesota Governor Waltz as his vice presidential running mate. She called Waltz a seasoned leader who will play an outstanding role in the election campaign.

It is reported that this yearWaltz, a 60 year old former member of the United States Army National Guard, implemented many beneficial policies during his tenure as governor of Minnesota, such as providing free school meals and supporting the extension of paid leave for workers, which had a great appeal to voters.

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01Nine UN employees involved in attack on Israel

United Nations Integrated News,On August 5th,Deputy Spokesperson for the United Nations Secretary GeneralexpressThe United Nations Internal Oversight Office has completed its investigation of the United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees in the Near EastAccording to the investigation of 19 staff members, evidence shows thatnineMale employees may have been involved in the attack.

In January of this year, Israel accused 12 employees of the engineering agency of participating in Hamas' attack on Israel, and UN Secretary General Guterres subsequently requested relevant agencies to investigate. Two months later, Israel filed terrorism charges against seven other employees of the engineering agency.

01Google is ruled to monopolize the search market

On August 5th, a US court ruled that Google had monopolized search and text advertising through an exclusive distribution agreement, making it the default option for people to use on their devices, in violation of US antitrust laws.

Currently, Google's parent companyAlphabet has stated that it will appeal the ruling. But some analysts believe that Google's defeat in this case could have a significant impact, and if Google is forced to divest its search business, Alphabet will lose its largest source of revenue.

02Portugal becomes a global hub for data exchange

According to the latest report released by the German Commercial Internet Exchange Center, Portugal has a network infrastructure of 100km long submarine cable, Internet exchange center and data center, and Portugal has become a hub for global data exchange, Xinhua News Agency reported.

The report points out that the four main international cable mooring stations in Portugal and the three main Internet data exchange centers in Lisbon are all concentrated at a radius ofWithin a 100 kilometer area, a large centralized and interconnected network infrastructure has been formed, which is not available in other countries. As of the beginning of this year, Portugal has 33 data centers, of which 20 are located near Lisbon.