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Chad said it had begun withdrawing from the Rome Statute after two decades in the International Criminal Court, following similar moves by Venezuela and three Sahel governments.
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Confirmed Ebola cases in Congo reached 2,973 with 1,309 deaths as workers at a Bunia treatment center joined strikes over unpaid compensation and difficult conditions.
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French police detained a man accused of attacking three women with two knives in northwestern Paris after bystanders intervened and held him for an off-duty officer.
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South Korea's government proposed a tax overhaul aimed at stimulating investment, supporting strategic industries and improving market participation during a period of weak domestic momentum.
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German police shot and killed the suspected Berlin Pride attacker after locating him in a suburban garden, while prosecutors disclosed an earlier Islamic State-related conviction.
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Wildfires in southwest France forced more than 250,000 people from their homes, burned about 42,000 hectares in Gironde and pushed toward the Bordeaux metropolitan area.
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Russian and Ukrainian authorities reported civilian deaths and injuries from overnight attacks in Ukraine and Russia's Belgorod and Rostov regions.
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UNESCO added Normandy's D-Day landing beaches and Greece's Mount Olympus to the World Heritage List during its meeting in South Korea.
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Russian and Ukrainian officials reported a combined fifteen deaths in separate weekend attacks in occupied Zaporizhzhia and Ukraine’s Sumy region, following a major strike near Kyiv.
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A van drove into a crowd at a Berlin LGBTQ+ event, killing one person and injuring sixteen as police detained and identified a suspect.
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Wildfires in France and Spain forced more than 250,000 people from their homes, with a major fire threatening Bordeaux and emergency crews confronting heat, wind and multiple active fronts.
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Typhoon Noul reached southern China with destructive wind and rain, leading authorities to evacuate more than 700,000 people and cancel flights.
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Wildfires in Spain and France forced roughly 80,000 people to evacuate as crews confronted fast-moving flames, extreme heat and dangerous wind conditions.
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A Czech military helicopter crashed during a training operation, prompting an emergency response and a formal investigation into the aircraft, mission and conditions.
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The U.N. refugee agency said 144 migrants were dead or missing after two boat incidents off Mauritania, including a vessel that ran out of fuel and remained stranded at sea for weeks.
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Secretary of State Marco Rubio met Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov in Manila and said the United States remained willing to help end the war in Ukraine, while describing prior mediation as unsuccessful or unfruitful.
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The Democratic Republic of Congo reported 1,031 confirmed deaths among 2,473 cases in an Ebola outbreak driven by the Bundibugyo strain.
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Wildfires in Spain have burned more than 32,000 hectares during a heat wave that pushed temperatures toward 42 degrees Celsius.
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French health authorities estimated about 5,700 excess deaths during June’s heat wave, a toll far larger than early incident counts could show.
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The United States is preparing a phased reopening of its embassy in Libya, beginning with a security project after years of operating diplomatic functions from outside the country.
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Paris’s Louvre reopened the Apollo Gallery after a major theft, restoring public access but leaving the central investigation unresolved and the stolen French crown jewels absent.
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Greek police opened an investigation after tourists were stabbed in Athens, a public-safety case whose circumstances and motive were still developing.
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A new humanitarian aid flight arrived in Cuba as families and hospitals continued to face shortages intensified by economic crisis and fragile infrastructure.
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Foreign ministers from the United States, Japan, India and Australia met as the Iran war disrupted energy planning and disputes in the South China Sea remained active.
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The Vatican’s handling of allegations against former Jesuit artist Marko Rupnik is exposing gaps in how church law addresses alleged spiritual and sexual abuse of adults.
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Teams in Taiwan began excavating a site believed to contain Japanese soldiers who died during World War II, combining historical records, archaeology and diplomatic coordination.
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Ukraine launched more than 400 drones toward Moscow in a large long-range attack as Russian missiles and drones continued to kill civilians and expose gaps in Ukraine’s air defenses.
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Southeast Asian foreign ministers are preparing to call for the full reopening of the Strait of Hormuz as the region’s energy-importing economies confront war-driven shipping risk alongside unresolved security disputes closer to home.
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Latin American governments are mobilizing firefighters and reviewing water, transport and power contingencies as El Niño strengthens in the Pacific and raises the probability of disruptive weather in the coming months.
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Asian shares mostly rose Tuesday, led by a strong rebound in South Korean chip and artificial-intelligence stocks after heavy selling, while oil prices eased amid continuing Middle East uncertainty.
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China’s top anti-corruption body said China Development Bank President Ouyang Weimin is being investigated for suspected serious violations of discipline and law, without publishing the acts under review.
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Ukraine sent more than 400 drones toward Moscow, according to Russian officials, while Russian strikes killed six people in Ukraine, marking a large reciprocal attack cycle with casualties and infrastructure damage on both sides.
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China’s top anti-corruption body said China Development Bank President Ouyang Weimin is under investigation for suspected serious discipline and law violations, but released no detail about the alleged acts.
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Jingye said it is seeking compensation and reserving international arbitration rights after Britain nationalized British Steel, extending a dispute over jobs, industrial capacity and the valuation of the Scunthorpe works.
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British prosecutors authorized additional charges against Andrew and Tristan Tate involving alleged sexual violence, trafficking and abusive material, while the brothers remain subject to an extradition process from the United States.
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Southeast Asian foreign ministers opened talks with the U.S.–Iran war, Myanmar’s unresolved conflict and South China Sea tensions competing for attention, exposing how a distant energy shock can compound the region’s own security divisions.
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A Russian attack on Kyiv killed one person and wounded 16, according to Ukrainian officials, as ballistic missiles and drones again tested the capital’s defenses and emergency services.
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Ukrainian drones hit warehouses and other sites across Russia, killing nine people and wounding more than 80, according to Russian authorities cited by Associated Press.
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Rescuers in Chongqing searched for survivors after a landslide killed eight people and left 34 missing, while southern China prepared for more rain and further slope danger.
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Taiwanese President Lai Ching-te told his governing party that democratic Taiwan must not become part of China, placing political resilience and Beijing’s pressure at the center of the island’s domestic debate.
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Cuban artist and dissident Luis Manuel Otero Alcántara arrived in the United States after five years in prison, ending his detention while beginning a new period of exile and advocacy.
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Britain’s change of governing leadership now moves from an internal party contest to the practical work of forming a government and setting an agenda.
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Skyroot’s Vikram-1 launch marks a major test for India’s private space sector and its effort to compete for smaller satellite missions.
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A fast-moving flood struck Muong Than village, producing deaths, injuries and infrastructure damage while additional heavy rain remained in the forecast.
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Europe’s immediate heat eased in some areas, but Spain and other countries continued to battle fires and longer-lived water stress.
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The latest port attacks threaten people, commercial vessels and Ukraine’s ability to move goods through the Black Sea.
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The toll is potentially one of the year’s largest migrant-sea disasters, but the agencies stress that casualty figures remain preliminary.
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The dispute brought a long-running sovereignty conflict into a tournament governed by rules limiting political messages.
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The protest signals domestic political strain over leadership changes while the country remains under sustained Russian attack.
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The vote advances President José Antonio Kast’s economic program while showing that implementation depends on negotiation rather than an unchanged executive blueprint.
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The split between export strength and softer overall growth highlights the challenge of relying on external demand while domestic momentum cools.
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El Salvador began a mass proceeding against alleged MS-13 members under the emergency security system that has jailed tens of thousands of people.
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Officials in Lithuania, neighboring Baltic states and Poland warned NATO to prepare for Russian hybrid attacks and a possible limited military test.
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China reported 4.3% economic growth as exports tied to artificial intelligence helped counter weak domestic consumption and continued property-sector strain.
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Asian shares fell sharply, led by a more than 6% drop in South Korea, as renewed U.S.-Iran fighting and shipping disruption pushed energy risk back into markets.
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Reuters reported that the Iran war is accelerating financial pressure across European aviation and may drive consolidation among crisis-weary airlines.
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The Democratic Republic of Congo's Ebola outbreak surpassed 2,000 confirmed cases as health teams struggled to trace transmission of the rare Bundibugyo strain.
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China reported 4.3% year-over-year economic growth in the second quarter, a slowdown that undershot expectations and the government's annual objective.
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The family of American seismologist Youlin Chen is pressing for his release after nearly two years in Chinese detention without a completed trial.
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Major wildfires drove evacuations south of Paris and left communities in Spain identifying the dead and searching for people still missing.
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An expert panel recommended barring children under 13 from social media while the European Union considers broader age restrictions and platform duties.
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Officials raised the death toll from the fire at Bangkok's Rong Beer Na Ladprao venue to 30, making it the city's deadliest such blaze in 17 years.
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Hungary's Parliament passed a constitutional amendment to remove President Tamás Sulyok and begin reversing parts of Viktor Orbán's political system.
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Ukraine joined Denmark, France, Germany, Italy, the Netherlands, Norway, Spain, Sweden and Britain in a coalition focused on ballistic-missile defense.
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China's Communist Party expelled senior official Ma Xingrui, making him the third member of the current Politburo removed during Xi Jinping's anti-corruption campaign.
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Oil prices surged Monday after renewed U.S. and Iranian strikes threatened shipments through the Strait of Hormuz and pushed Asian shares lower.
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Russian missile and drone strikes killed eight people and wounded dozens as Ukraine renewed calls for faster weapons deliveries from partners.
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Ukraine, France, Germany, Britain and six other European countries announced a coalition to develop shared defenses against ballistic missiles as Russian attacks intensify pressure on Ukrainian cities and infrastructure.
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A fire at the Rong Beer Na Ladprao music bar killed at least 28 people and injured more than 70, with many victims found in windowless bathrooms as Thai authorities investigate why patrons could not reach usable exits.
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Russia and Ukraine traded another large wave of missiles and drones, with civilian deaths in Ukraine and competing claims about damage to Russian shipping.
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Pakistan's government is expanding security operations in Balochistan after a week of insurgent violence and retaliatory raids.
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The Bahamas temporarily suspended Flamingo Air's operating certificate after a Cessna 402 crash killed all 10 people aboard.
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A wildfire in southern Spain killed 12 people, injured six and forced roughly 1,000 residents to evacuate during another severe European heat wave.
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China and Taiwan prepared for Typhoon Bavi after earlier storms killed dozens in southern and central China.
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Sikh organizations and residents are screening a film about disappearances and extrajudicial killings after Indian authorities blocked its normal distribution.
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AP reported that Syria announced arrests of IS-linked suspects after bombings near a high-profile French visit wounded dozens.
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AP reported that Bangladesh relocated Rohingya refugees after landslides killed children at Cox's Bazar camps.
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AP reported that Ukrainian drone attacks hit Russian oil facilities and set tankers ablaze in the Sea of Azov.
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AP reported that Ukrainian drones struck Russian oil facilities and set two tankers ablaze in the Sea of Azov as the war's energy front widened.
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AP reported that Bangladesh authorities used loudspeakers, volunteers and community leaders to relocate Rohingya refugees after deadly landslides.
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AP reported that Syria announced arrests tied to Damascus bombings that wounded dozens during a high-profile French visit.
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The alliance wanted to showcase defense capacity; the day instead highlighted unresolved questions about sovereignty, U.S. commitments, and Europe’s burden-sharing.
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The attack showed the security limits facing Syria's post-Assad government even as Western engagement resumes.
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Beijing called the launch routine, but the test suggested a more visible sea-based nuclear deterrent in the Pacific.
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AP reported that NATO planned to showcase new military projects worth billions at its Ankara summit. The display comes after renewed Russian strikes exposed air-defense gaps in Ukraine.
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AP reported that Tropical Storm Maysak killed two people, caused dam breaches, and forced tens of thousands to evacuate in southern China and Vietnam.
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Russia opened NATO summit week with a major attack on Kyiv and nearby areas, exposing Ukraine's shortage of ballistic-missile defenses and sharpening the summit's agenda.
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Super Typhoon Bavi made landfall near Guam, bringing destructive winds to U.S. Pacific territories still recovering from an earlier storm.
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AP reported that Venezuelan medics fear the aftermath of twin earthquakes will trigger a widening medical crisis, with hospitals damaged or undersupplied and displaced residents facing poor sanitation. Guardian reporting from the disaster zone described distrust of official figures and an uneven state response.
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Guardian reporting on Europe’s severe heat wave emphasized the scale of exposure and the continent’s continuing preparedness gaps. The reporting focused on older residents, housing that traps heat, public-health systems, and city-level measures such as cooling plans and checks on vulnerable neighbors.
