Europe

An orca moves along the rudder of the Team JAJO entry in The Ocean Race on June 22, 2023, as the boat approaches the Strait of Gibraltar.
World
Peta Rasdien

Notorious pod of killer whales may be behind boat attack

Orcas have rammed and sunk another boat with reports pointing to it being the work of a pod led by a killer whale dubbed White Gladis. 

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Gunmen have ambushed a prison van, killing two prison guards and helping a prisoner to escape. (EPA PHOTO)
World
Staff Writers

Two guards killed as gang frees prisoner in France

Two prison guards have been killed in an attack on a van transporting a prisoner in northern France.

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King Charles handed over the role of Colonel-in-Chief of the Army Air Corps to Prince William. (AP PHOTO)
World
Rebecca English

King praises Wills as he’s made head of Harry’s old corps

Britain’s King Charles dubbed Prince William “a very good pilot indeed” as his heir was made Colonel-in-Chief of the Army Air Corps, which younger son Harry served with in Afghanistan in an Apache attack chopper.

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An image of an infant in an extremely dangerous situation at a Taylor Swift concert has shocked the internet.
Music
Max Corstorphan

Alarming image from Taylor Swift concert shocks online

An extremely concerning image from Taylor Swift’s Eras Tour in Paris has sparked outrage online with fans expressing concern.

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The Belem, the ship carrying the Olympic flame, enters the Old Port in Marseille en route to Paris. (AP PHOTO)
Europe
Clotaire Achi and Julien Pretot

Famous flame arrives in France and signals start of Olympic festival

150,000 people, including French President Emmanuel Macron, have turned out to welcome the Olympic flame on it’s arrival after a 12-day sailing trip from Greece.

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Ukrainian servicemen load Grad rocket launch tubes.
World
Staff writers

Russia advancing on Donetsk with 121 battles in 24 hours

News of the new losses came with Russia still trying to take over the whole of the eastern Ukrainian region of Donetsk

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People with auto-brewery syndrome produce the same type of alcohol as the one in alcoholic drinks. (Lukas Coch/AAP PHOTOS)
Europe
Charlotte Van Campenhout

Man whose body creates alcohol acquitted of drink-driving

A Belgian man — who also happens to work at a brewery — has been acquitted of drink-driving as he has a rare medical condition where his body produces alcohol.

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An overnight attack in Ukraine comes amid a Russian airstrike campaign.
World
Staff Writers

Ukraine claims strike on Russian ship as village ‘seized’

Russian forces say they have taken control of a settlemen in Ukraine's east, as Kyiv claims a hit on a Russian rescue ship.

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This image provided by Planet Labs PBC shows the Zaporizhzhia Nuclear Power Plant in Southern Ukraine on Wednesday, July 5, 2023. Ukraine and Russia are accusing each other of planning to attack one of the world's largest nuclear power plants. But neither side provided evidence to support their claims of an imminent threat to the facility in southeastern Ukraine that is occupied by Russian troops. (Planet Labs PBC via AP)
World
Staff writers

Fears mount as Ukraine reportedly attacks nuclear plant

There was no immediate reaction from Ukraine to the latest Russian allegations.

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Amit Soussana, who was held hostage by Hamas.
World
The New York Times

Amit was a hostage in Gaza. She says she was sexually abused

Amit Soussana is the first Israeli to speak publicly about being sexually assaulted during captivity after the Hamas-led raid on southern Israel. Warning: Distressing content.

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Dilovar Islomov, one of the three suspected accomplices in the March 22 terrorist attack on the Crocus City Hal.
World
Bloomberg

Moscow attack suspects paraded in court as two plead guilty

Russian authorities showed footage of four men charged in court with carrying out the deadly Moscow concert hall attack after interrogations that traced their origins to Tajikistan.

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The US and UK on Monday accused hackers linked to the Chinese state of being behind ‘malicious’ cyber campaigns..
World
CNBC

US & UK accuse Chinese hackers of ‘malicious cyber campaign’

British Deputy Prime Minister Oliver Dowden on Monday said that the Chinese state was behind a ‘malicious cyber campaign’ on the UK’s Electoral Commission.

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Russian President Vladimir Putin.
World
Staff Writers

Russian massacre death toll rises as Putin vows to ‘punish all’

The Islamic State group has released an image of what it says were the four attackers in a concert hall massacre that Russian officials say killed 133 people.

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US Secretary of State Antony Blinken speaks during a joint press conference with Egypt's foreign minister on Thursday.
World
Daphne Psaledakis and Simon Lewis

US to bring UN resolution calling for Gaza ceasefire

Revelations of the draft resolution calling for a ceasefire came as US Secretary of State Anthony Blinken warned Israel against a major ground assault on the southern Gaza town of Rafah.

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Andreas Forsberg and Anders Zetterqvist with the meteorite.
World
Staff Writers

Swedish landowner wins legal battle to keep meteorite

A Swedish court has backed a landowner in a dispute over who owns a meteorite that fell on the property.

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