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Russia says Ukrainian drone attack kills seven, at logistics centre
Ukraine soldier. Credit: The Times A Ukrainian drone attack on a logistics centre in western Russia killed seven people and wounded 24, the regional governor said Saturday, as the Moscow region was again targeted by a wave of drones. Ukraine has been striking a range of targets in Russia, which Kyiv says is fair retribution…
Wildfire smoke from Canada and Minnesota pushes further into US, engulfing DC in eerie haze
NEW YORK (AP) — Millions of people in the Great Lakes, Northeast and Mid-Atlantic states muddled through another day of unhealthy air from uncontrolled wildfires on Friday, as smoke enveloped the nation’s capital in a gloomy, eerie haze. Air quality warnings were expected to remain in effect through Saturday across a wide swath of the U.S., but there’s potential…
China Landslide Leaves Eight Dead, 34 Missing
Footage shared by CCTV showed a huge buildup of rocks and dirt covering part of a residential and commercial street at the bottom of a mountain in the region. Rescue workers search for survivors at the site of a landslide in Pengshui County in Chongqing, China on July 17, 2026. A landslide in southwest China…
France’s Parliament Adopts Assisted Dying Law
The law establishes a right to assisted dying for some adults suffering from an incurable condition. A screen displayed the result of the voting session on the assisted dying law after the vote at the National Assembly, France’s lower house of parliament in Paris on July 15, 2026. France’s parliament adopts assisted dying law on…
Trump’s intelligence nominee Jay Clayton clashes with Democrats over 2020 election
WASHINGTON — President Donald Trump’s pick to head the nation’s intelligence agencies struggled to win Democratic support in a contentious confirmation hearing Wednesday where he clashed repeatedly with them over the 2020 election. Democrats asked Jay Clayton, the U.S. attorney for the Southern District of New York and a former Securities and Exchange Commission chairman, over…
Next UK PM Urged To End Labour Party’s ‘Boys Club’
The Labour Party, despite having more equality mechanisms in place than the main opposition Conservatives, has yet to elect its first female leader. Labour MP and challenger for leader of the Labour party, Andy Burnham, laughs as he delivers a speech in Manchester, northern England, on June 29, 2026. As Andy Burnham prepares to become…
US, Iran Exchange Blows In Rekindled Mideast War
The rekindled fighting came a month after a preliminary deal was signed that aimed to end the conflict, which broke out in late February with massive US-Israeli strikes on Iran. This US Navy handout photo released on July 15, 2026 and taken on June 30 by US Central Command Public Affairs shows a US Sailor…
Trump limits foreign students to four-year US stay
US President Donald Trump (Photo by ALEX WONG / GETTY IMAGES NORTH AMERICA / Getty Images via AFP) The administration of United States President Donald Trump has finalised a new rule limiting most foreign students and exchange visitors to a maximum stay of four years in the country unless they obtain an extension from the…
Ebola Spreading In DRC ‘Faster Than Any Previous Outbreak,’ WHO Chief Warns
More than 2,000 cases including 796 deaths have been confirmed in the DR Congo since the outbreak was declared on May 15, making it “now the third-largest Ebola outbreak on record”, WHO chief Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus told reporters, warning that “in the past month, it had expanded faster than any previous outbreak”. Local healthcare workers…
Bitter Row Splits Ukraine’s Military Leadership After Defence Minister Ousted
Protests are relatively rare in wartime Ukraine, which has seen society rally behind the military and, mostly, Zelensky. Protesters chant slogans and wave a Ukranian national flag as they take part in a demonstration against Ukraine’s President Volodymyr Zelensky’s decision to dismiss Ukraine’s Defence Minister Mykhailo Fedorov, in Kyiv on July 16, 2026, amid the…
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