Officials in the Ukrainian capital didn’t provide an exact number of drones that attacked the city. But Ukraine’s air force said that across the country, eight Shaheds and three Kalibr cruise missiles were launched by the Russians.
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Baltimore block party shooting leaves 2 dead and 28 injured, including 3 critically hurt, police say
Nine victims were transported by ambulance and 20 victims walked into area hospitals with injuries from the shooting, Baltimore Police Department Acting Commissioner Richard Worley said.
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Pope’s pick to handle sex abuse allegations has refused to believe some victims, U.S. group says
The Vatican announced the pontiff had picked Monsignor Victor Manuel Fernández, archbishop of Argentina, to head the Holy See’s watchdog office for doctrinal orthodoxy.
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Biden to shore up NATO allies following failed mutiny in Russia
Biden plans to hold talks with U.K. Prime Minister Rishi Sunak before heading to Vilnius, Lithuania, for the 74th NATO summit, and ending in Finland with a gathering of Nordic leaders.
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Americans divided over landmark Supreme Court decisions in poll
Recent rulings by the Supreme Court, including last year’s decision on abortion rights, ‘signal a dangerous creep towards authoritarianism and centralization of power,’ Representative Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, a Democrat from New York.
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Guns for domestic abusers, agency power next up at Supreme Court
Here are the cases to watch.
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Grandmother of French teen shot dead by police officer pleads with rioters to stop
The grandmother of 17-year-old Nahel, identified only as Nadia, said in a telephone interview with French news broadcaster BFM TV, ‘Don’t break windows, buses … schools. We want to calm things down.’
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Australia is the first nation to let patients with depression or PTSD be prescribed psychedelics
Scientists in Australia were surprised by the move, which was announced in February but took effect July 1. One scientist said it puts Australia ‘at the forefront of research in this field.’
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Twitter users run into service issues after Elon Musk imposes daily limits on reading tweets
The crackdown began to have ripple effects early Saturday, causing more than 7,500 people at one point to report problems using the social media service.
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Macron scraps trip amid rioting across France, as loved ones bury teen slain by police
In the violence sparked by the teen’s death on Tuesday, some 2,400 persons have been arrested since the riots began.