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China on Thursday urged its citizens in Lebanon to leave ‘as soon as possible’, according to an embassy statement, the day after an Israeli strike in the country killed a senior Palestinian militant.’Recently, the situation on the Lebanese-Israeli border has continued to be tense, and security circumstances in Lebanon are …

WASHINGTON — Former US President and Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump launched a fierce attack on Vice President and Democratic candidate Kamala Harris’s immigration and border policies on Wednesday. Speaking at a rally in Asheboro, North Carolina, Trump claimed Harris would lead the country into disaster, likening her potential presidency …

Parents hide children from mandatory evacuations as Ukraine says Russia advancing fast on key city  CNN The Kremlin is close to crushing a vital Ukrainian town  The Economist Russia Pushes Forward in Ukraine’s East as Kursk Offensive Slows  The New York Times Ukraine warns Russia advancing fast on key eastern city as Moscow …

Canada’s freight rail network shut down operations on Thursday, locking out close to 10,000 workers after the country’s two operators failed to reach labor agreements, the union said.’Despite months of good faith negotiations … parties remain far apart, and both CN and CPKC have began their lockout,’ Teamsters Canada Rail …

LONDON — A new study warns that deaths from extreme heat in Europe are projected to rise sharply in the coming decades, potentially adding 55,000 fatalities annually by the year 2100 if significant action to combat climate change is not taken. This increase would represent a 13.5% rise in temperature-related …

5 bodies recovered from sunken superyacht off Sicily as search continues  ABC News Lynch Yacht Sinking Off Sicily Proves as Baffling as It Is Tragic  The New York Times Entrepreneur Mike Lynch’s body found in yacht wreckage; 1 still missing  The Washington Post Italian divers find 5 more bodies, 1 still missing after …

Azerbaijan’s President Ilham Aliyev (right) next to his wife Mehriban Aliyeva meeting with Russian President Vladimir Putin (left) at their home in Baku yesterday. (AFP) Russian President Vladimir Putin arrived in Azerbaijan’s capital Baku yesterday for a two-day state visit, Russian news agencies reported. Russian television broadcast images of the …

LONDON — Wanted Peruvian gang leader Gianfranco Torres-Navarro has been arrested in the US, officials say. Torres-Navarro, 38, was detained in New York state after entering the country illegally at the Texas-Mexico border, a statement from the Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) agency said. He is believed to be the …

Oil tanker ablaze and adrift in Red Sea after multiple attacks  BBC.com Oil tanker abandoned, adrift and ablaze after Red Sea attack  CNBC Greek oil tanker on fire and adrift after multiple attacks in Red Sea  Al Jazeera English Ship hit by suspected Houthi missiles in Red Sea, leaving vessel “not under command,” …

Seventeen people were killed and others were injured in an explosion at a pharmaceutical factory in the state of Andhra Pradesh, in southern India. Local authorities said that the explosion led to the injury of 35 people, and they were transferred to a local hospital for treatment. The fire broke …