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Shootings and other violence during the extended July 4 weekend have left at least 33 people dead across the US, including 11 in Chicago, and injured dozens more nationwide, authorities said. July 4 is historically one of the nation’s deadliest…

Nato leaders plan to pledge next week to keep pouring arms and ammunition into Ukraine at current levels for at least another year, hoping to reassure the war-ravaged country of their ongoing support and show Russian President Vladimir Putin that…

Two people were killed and three others injured in an attack that broke out during a neighbourhood July 4 gathering in a US beach city, police said Friday. The county coroner removed two bodies from the crime scene at Huntington…

Texas officials are urging coastal residents to prepare as Beryl moves toward the Gulf of Mexico after leaving a trail of destruction that has killed at least 11 people. Some Texas counties have already issued voluntary evacuation orders in low-lying…

Hurricane Beryl swirled ashore on Mexico’s Yucatan Peninsula near the resort town of Tulum as a Category 2 storm early on Friday, whipping trees and knocking out power after leaving a trail of destruction and at least 11 dead across…

Malfunctioning fireworks veered into the stands at a crowded US football stadium and struck members of the audience during a Fourth of July celebration, sending up to six people to hospital, according to authorities and the event organiser. The accident…

Imprisoned Russian opposition politician Vladimir Kara-Murza has been transferred to a prison hospital. His lawyers have been unable to visit him there since Thursday, his wife and one of his lawyers said on Friday. The development comes as the Kremlin…

A spokesman for Hamas has said that the group’s proposed amendments to the most recent US proposal for a ceasefire in Gaza “have been met with a positive response by the mediators” but “the official Israeli position has not yet…

US president Joe Biden, scrambling to defuse a political crisis over his shaky debate performance, will participate in a television interview on Friday that will be closely watched for signs of whether his mental acuity is failing. Mr Biden will…

Child serial killer nurse Lucy Letby has been sentenced to another whole-life order for the attempted murder of a baby girl. Earlier this week, Letby, 34, was found guilty at Manchester Crown Court of the attack on the newborn infant…