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Man who wanted to seize power struck White House barrier with truck - More

The Associated Press
UPS strike looms in a world grown reliant on everything delivered everywhere all the time

BBC News
AI scanner used in hundreds of US schools misses knives

ABC News
Biden and McCarthy sound optimistic on debt ceiling deal - More

The Associated Press
How the rest of the world's economy would be affected if the U.S. defaults on its debts

The Associated Press
Trump sued for defamation again by E. Jean Carroll over post-verdict attacks

The Associated Press
Trump makes video appearance in New York criminal case - More

ABC News
Antique grenade found in a grandfather’s belongings kills father, injures two

BBC News
Ron DeSantis thinks his feud with Disney will pay off

CNN News
Riots break out in Cardiff after teenage boys die in car crash - More - More

The Guardian
UK arms sales reach record £8.5bn as global tensions escalate

The Guardian
UK special forces have operated secretly in 19 countries since 2011

BBC News
Prince Harry loses challenge to pay for police protection in UK - More

BBC News
France bans short-haul flights to cut carbon emissions

The Associated Press
Pope’s Ukraine peace envoy blasts war as a ‘pandemic’ that affects everyone

The Associated Press
Unable to fight now, two Ukrainian amputees walk to raise funds for a military hospital

CNN News
The latest on Russia's war in Ukraine

The Associated Press
Russia fights alleged incursion from Ukraine for second day

Global News
The Wagner Group: How a private militia has grown to shape the war in Ukraine

The Associated Press
The cyber gulag: How Russia tracks, censors and controls its citizens

The Associated Press
Sudan’s UN envoy urges warring generals to honour ceasefire

The Associated Press
Street traders offer a better bargain than stores as Zimbabwe’s currency crumbles

The Associated Press
Turkey’s president maintains popularity despite economic turmoil

The Associated Press
Israel demolishes home of Palestinian behind Tel Aviv attack

The Associated Press
US GBU-57 Massive Ordnance Penetrator briefly reappears amid tensions

The Associated Press
Imran Khan presses legal fight, gets protection from arrest in multiple terrorism cases

The Associated Press
South Korean experts visit Fukushima nuclear plant before treated water is released to sea

ABC News
Super Typhoon Mawar set to hit Guam as potentially 'catastrophic' storm

ABC News
Survivors of 1972 Uruguay plane crash revisit their tale of going to the extremes to live

The Associated Press
Pope sends Vatican official to Bolivia as abuse allegations escalate

The Guardian
Bird flu: H5N1 virus in Brazil wild birds prompts animal health emergency

The Associated Press
Colombia suspends cease-fire with holdout rebel group

The Associated Press
Mexicans near Popocatepetl stay vigilant as volcano’s activity increases - More

International Commentary

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