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Kyiv residents comforted each other amid the carnage of a massive Russian barrage.
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Samya Kullab

‘Massive attack’: Russian barrage kills 14 in Kyiv region

Russia’s overnight barrage also included cruise missiles and fast-flying jet-powered drones that put further strain on Ukraine’s stretched air defences.

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2473 cases had been officially recorded.

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White House Press Secretary Karoline Leavitt takes questions from reporters during a news briefing.

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Four workers were killed while doing weed control on tracks at a Japanese train station. (AP PHOTO)

Express train hits and kills four workers in Japan

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President Trump and the North Korean leader Kim Jong-un in South Korea, June 30, 2019.
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Trump’s order to cut South Korea military drills has risks

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Hui Ka Yan, chairman of China Evergrande Group, has been sentenced to life in prison by a Chinese court.

Chinese court sentences Evergrande founder to life in prison

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North Korea fired an unidentified projectile off its east coast, South Korean media reported.

North Korea launches missiles after US drills scaled back

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Kyiv residents comforted each other amid the carnage of a massive Russian barrage.

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Ukraine's President Volodymyr Zelensky.

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Motorists drive past a large billboard pledging revenge against US President Donald Trump along Jomhouri Street in central Tehran on July 27, 2026.
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Israel’s Ambassador to Australia Hillel Newman holds outside Parliament House in Canberra on Thursday.

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Israel’s military announced a criminal investigation into troop conduct on the killings of 5-year-old Hind Rajab and her family.

Israel launches criminal probe into death of Hind Rajab

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Australian aid worker Lalzawmi "Zomi" Frankcom was among the World Central Kitchen aid workers killed when an Israeli air strike hit their convoy in 2024.

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USA

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The man was caught on CCTV terrorising a female runner.

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Mark Zuckerberg, Meta’s chief executive, arrives to testify in a tech addiction trial at California Superior Court of Los Angeles County in Los Angeles.

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Prince Harry with Meghan and their children in December 2025.
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Prince Harry and Meghan in Australia earlier this year.
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