Russia's platform economy "threatened" by Ukrainian drone strikes, warns Russian paper.

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Russian missile and drone barrage in Ukrainian capital region kills 17 | CBC News

Russian missile and drone strikes on Kyiv and the surrounding region killed 17 people and wounded 42 others overnight into Wednesday, Ukraine's state emergency service said.

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Let’s call Trump’s approach to Iran what it is: kindergarten diplomacy | Moustafa Bayoumi

Amid stop-and-start threats and with a divided staff, it’s clear Trump has no idea how to end a war that shouldn’t have begun

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Nolan Wells went to an island with friends and never came home. His death has renewed debate over race and justice in Mississippi

Uncertainty around the investigation into the death of the 18-year-old, whose body was found after a 4 July boat trip with friends, has led some to question whether justice will be meted out equally

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El Niño could push 50m people into acute hunger before end of next year

UN forecasters warn of worsening conditions in 45 countries currently experiencing severe food insecurity

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Drone find at German airport leads to flight disruption. A runway is still closed

Authorities say a drone sighting and the discovery of a suspicious object at Germany’s Leipzig/Halle Airport led to flight disruption during the night.

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Trump says deal to reopen Strait of Hormuz could come as early as Wednesday

U.S. President Donald Trump says a deal on the Strait of Hormuz could come as early as Wednesday or Thursday.

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'A lifelong wound': What happens when kids are parentified

Eve was an adult when she realised she grew up in a home where the child-adult relationships were reversed.

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'List of doom' outlines birds facing extinction if deadly flu spreads

A list of thousands of Australian species have been ranked by threat level as the deadly H5 bird flu spreads.

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The Danube river is so low that Nazi warships are emerging

Europe's second-longest river is carrying less water than it has in decades, revealing shipwrecks and shutting down nuclear reactors.

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Death By Deportation: The Silent ICE Killings No One Is Counting

The death toll is quietly rising behind the ICE deportation machine.

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Trump’s whiny Truth Social tirade against Iran reads like a bitter breakup text

Not even the president can answer why his latest efforts to reach a deal with Iran will go any differently. Monday’s outburst suggests that he’s too angry to care, writes John Bowden

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Trump challenged with cold reality by allies Todd Blanche and Jeanine Pirro

A president used to bending US politics to his will faces two stinging losses in a matter of days, writes the BBC's Anthony Zurcher.

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Canadian vigilantes confronted him. Nearly two years later, he pleaded guilty in a U.S. sex case | CBC News

The FBI investigated a New York man in 2024 after Canadian 'vigilantes' confronted him and warned he had travelled to sexually abuse a minor. It took another two years and a girl’s disappearance for t...

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Trump slams oil companies for ‘making too much money’ from his war on Iran

US president hits out at ExxonMobil and Chevron, saying they should ‘give some of that back to the public’

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Musk likely to face tough questions during SpaceX's first earnings call as a public company

SpaceX shares are down by half from their June peak as investors worry Musk may have oversold them on its future prospects.

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Arson suspect arrested as Spokane battles devastating wildfires

The fire that sparked Saturday is one of several burning around Spokane. They are among the most destructive blazes in state history, destroying at least 700 structures and forcing roughly 67,000 peop...

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US vow to dismantle the International Criminal Court labelled 'very worrying'

The Trump administration has vowed to dismantle the International Criminal Court "brick by brick", but analysts warn it's a move that has more to do with local politics than genuine concerns about the...

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What are the Russian papers saying about the Moscow restaurant bombing?

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Iran denies talks with US underway after Trump comments

US President Doanld Trump president said a fresh round of talks to end to the war would begin on Monday. Iranian authorities later dismissed the statement, saying they are only in talks with Oman. Fol...

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