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Tim Walz accepted the nomination for US vice president in a Democratic National Convention speech that blended optimism with fierce critiques of Republican rival Donald Trump. The Minnesota governor, little known before his selection by vice president Kamala Harris, thanked…

US vice president Kamala Harris is trying to outmanoeuvre former president Donald Trump and address old vulnerabilities on her policy positions as she begins to fill in how she would govern if elected in November. Vice presidents rarely have policy…

Firefighters in Greece continued to battle scattered fires on Tuesday, hoping to contain the remains of the major wildfire that had burned into the northern suburbs of Athens, triggering multiple evacuations and leaving at least one person dead. Strong winds…

The Russian army is intensifying its attacks in eastern Ukraine, military authorities have said, even as the Kremlin’s forces try to check a surprise week-long incursion into Russia by Kyiv’s troops. Ukraine’s General Staff said on Tuesday that over the…

Cracks are widening in a public tiff between Israeli prime minister Benjamin Netanyahu and his moderate defence minister, the latest spat showing growing discontent with Mr Netanyahu’s handling of the war in Gaza at a sensitive time. Israel is bracing…

Berlin Zoo has announced that Meng Meng the panda is pregnant again, months after the first giant pandas born in Germany were sent to China. The zoo said on Tuesday that ultrasound scans over the weekend showed Meng Meng was…

A shop security guard has said he tried to save an 11-year-old girl as she was being attacked by a knifeman in London’s Leicester Square. The Metropolitan Police said a man, thought to be the only suspect, had been arrested…

Sweden has dropped its investigation into a backstage altercation in May involving the Dutch contestant in the Eurovision Song Contest who was expelled from the competition hours before the final. After fan favourite Joost Klein was booted out, organisers said…

How long does it take a large desert tortoise to get to the other side of a southern Arizona highway? It is still a mystery, after a state Department of Public Safety trooper recently helped rescue an escaped sulcata tortoise…

Barriers have been put up around Banksy’s latest artwork of piranhas swimming on a City of London police sentry box after the street artist confirmed it as his piece. The glass-paned box – which has been painted with what appears…