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Average temperatures across the U.S. soared to record heights between June and August in 2026, a new report found.
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Average temperatures across the U.S. soared to record heights between June and August in 2026, a new report found.
Norway bade its final farewell to Harald V on Wednesday as crowds lined the streets and foreign royals and leaders converged on Oslo for the funeral of the long-serving king, who was remembered as a popular monarch with a down-to-earth touch.

The investigation, which follows a broadcast by Channel 4 News, is being folded into the inquiry that has been under way into other donations.

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A Russian drone strike on a shopping centre in the northern Ukrainian city of Sumy killed two people and injured 20, four of them seriously, Regional Governor Oleh Hryhorov said.

Houthis say Saudi Arabia carried out more than 40 airstrikes in Yemen after a major Houthi missile and drone attack on Saudi oil facilities.

The coast guard spokeswoman said some people may still be trapped inside. Read more at straitstimes.com.
The facilities, which were located in three different parts of the Strip, were utilized by Hamas to "store weapons, explosive devices, anti-tank missiles, and additional military equipment."
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The United States banned a broad swath of Canadian alcoholic beverages, motorcycles and dairy products from import on Tuesday, sharply escalating an already acrimonious trade spat.

Russia pummelled Kyiv with drones and missiles on Tuesday, resuming its air attacks on the Ukrainian capital after a brief halt for the visit of U.S. peace negotiators, and killing five people, Mayor Vitali Klitschko said.

OpenAI's claim that it solved parts of Navier-Stokes equations has quickly stirred controversy.

The Middle East war intensified with Iranian-backed Houthis in Yemen launching strikes on several Saudi cities, further embroiling a U.S. ally in the conflict, while U.S. forces hit multiple Iranian oil tankers and Iran targeted a U.S. base in Jordan.

Israel will close the British consulate in Jerusalem in response to UK sanctions on West Bank settlements, the country's foreign minister says

New York City has released 170,000 documents it says show officials knew the air quality around the World Trade Center after 9/11 was dangerous to breathe, but they didn't warn local residents.

Third-year University of Iowa student suffered severe brain damage after collapsing shortly before marching band’s half-time performance

Nicaragua accuses Germany of facilitating genocide by providing Israel with political, financial, military support | Anadolu
Israel bans entry of 12 British officials and MPs, including Jeremy Corbyn and Zarah Sultana • FM's countermeasures also include termination of British training of PA security forces in Ramallah
The targets include Iranian airlines and operators in Malaysia, Turkey, Kazakhstan and the United Arab Emirates, including Mahan Air.

Houthi rebel offensive against government forces on west coast leads to some of deadliest clashes in years

Lebanon’s Health Ministry says Israel’s air force carried out two strikes early Monday on a southern Lebanese village, killing at least nine people, including children.
A Philippine court on Monday ordered the arrest of a former House speaker and cousin of President Ferdinand Marcos Jr on charges of plunder, after allegations he took about $118 million in kickbacks from government flood-control projects.

Thousands attend Belgrade funeral of former Bosnian Serb army general convicted of orchestrating Srebrenica genocide.

The U.S. Southern Command has sunk another Ecuadorian vessel that the U.S. alleged was linked to the criminal group Los Choneros.
Oman has rescued 16 crew members from a Saudi oil tanker attacked by Iran in the Strait of Hormuz, providing medical care and logistical support to those aboard

Russia and North Korea have opened their first road bridge across the Tumen River as political, economic and military ties between the two countries deepen.

European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen announced on Monday a partnership deal with Greenland worth €200 million ($232.5 million), which she said highlighted the strategic importance of the Arctic island for the European Union.

Kenya's government offered a temporary amnesty to undocumented East African nationals after hundreds of Burundians flocked to their country's embassy in Nairobi on Monday seeking travel documents, fearing a crackdown on small-scale traders from abroad.

Houthi rebels in Yemen have accused Saudi Arabia of striking a prison in the north, killing seven, including a child, as tensions escalate between the Iran-backed group and Saudi-backed Yemeni forces.

A further five people are injured, the mayor says. The Boeing plane caught fire after leaving the runway at almost 130mph.

For the first time, Trump's top envoys take their peace push to Kyiv — after talks with Putin in Moscow.

The Alternative for Germany (AfD) party has secured a historic victory in the eastern region of Saxony-Anhalt, the closest a far-right party has come to holding power in a German state since World War II.

Storm, which may make impact as soon as Monday, is third system in weeks to threaten state during hurricane season

Two women killed in an air attack on Arab Salim, and two people killed in strike on Nabatieh al-Fawqa.

An Israeli strike killed a man and his 8-year-old daughter in the Gaza Strip on Sunday, health officials said.

Formula One leader Kimi Antonelli won his home Italian Grand Prix after a sensational race from 19th to first on Sunday in a massive blow for Mercedes teammate and closest championship rival George Russell.

An avalanche on one of Russia’s highest mountains has killed 11 climbers and left six others missing after a large mass of snow and ice swept down Mount Mizhirgi in the North Caucasus

Indonesia halted operations at its main international airport outside Jakarta on Sunday after ash spewed from the Anak Krakatoa volcano more than 150 kilometers

A fuel tanker explosion in western Iran has killed 11 people and injured seven others. State media reports the accident happened near a traffic police station close to Sanandaj, about 248 miles west of Tehran.

Trump's push to end the fighting, now in its fifth year, has lost momentum as U.S. attention has been focused for the last six months on its war with Iran.

The 128 states party to a framework that regulates or bans weapons considered as indiscriminate, or causing too many injuries, agreed on a document on Saturday that could pave the way to international rules on autonomous weapons.
