Ukrainian residents had to seek shelter in an underground metro station as Russia launched an onslaught of drones and missiles at Kyiv in the early hours of Friday (4 July).

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Proponents say nitrogen gas executions are painless, while critics say it amounts to torture

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Donald Trump has warned that Vladimir Putin is “not looking to stop” the war with Ukraine following a “disappointing” phone call between the Russian and American leaders.

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Images from the scene show an enormous orange fireball in the sky over the Rome suburb of Prenestino

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President sparks fresh outrage after calling bankers ‘Shylocks’ – but insists he’s ‘never heard of’ the term used as an offensive term

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Russia launched 550 drones and missiles across Ukraine overnight in the largest aerial assaults since the war began

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Pakistan's top brewery has healthy financials despite an alcohol ban for Muslims in the Islamic country

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The Taliban assumed control of Afghanistan in August 2021

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States and rural health advocacy groups are sounding the alarm that Congress’ slashing of Medicaid will devastate already financially fragile rural hospitals

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The Trump administration wrongfully deported Kilmar Abrego Garcia to El Salvador in March

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Teresa Peroni was last seen with her then-boyfriend around July 4, 1983

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“We're gonna have a UFC fight on the grounds of the White House,” Trump said Thursday night in Iowa

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Popstar Katy Perry and actor Orlando Bloom have split

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The Idaho Maximum Security Institution houses some of the state’s most dangerous inmates — including convicted killer Chad Daybell

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The novelist and her husband were detained in 2022 and have since been under house arrest

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Republicans of all stripes vowed to hold the line and then didn’t. But the Freedom Caucus pulled off the biggest retreat of the week, writes John Bowden

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Julio César Chávez Jr. is the firstborn son and namesake of the man considered the best Mexican boxer in history

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The Trump administration has set a July 9 deadline for new tariff rates with numerous international trading partners

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The Supreme Court is clearing the way for the deportation of several immigrants who were put on a flight in May bound for South Sudan, a war-ravaged country where they have no ties

Vance Boelter is facing state and federal charges related to the June 14 shootings of two Minnesota lawmakers and their spouses

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