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Direct threat DIRECT threat exists that Russia could use tactical nuclear weapons in Ukraine, the country’s top general has said. In a chilling warning, General Valeriy Zaluzhnyi said Vladimir Putin’s order to…

PREMIER LEAGUE fixtures are expected to be postponed this weekend. fixtures this weekend are set to be postponed, according to reports, as the UK and Commonwealth enters an extended period of…

Ukraine has retaken dozens of Russian-occupied localities in the south, east and northeast of the county, the Ukrainian military announced on Thursday.

The Independent says a Dutch city has announced it will ban advertising for holiday flights as part of a range of measures to tackle the climate crisis.

The Guardian says Chengdu, the capital of the south-western Chinese province of Sichuan, has extended the coronavirus lockdown of most of its districts indefinitely as it hopes to stem further transmissions in the city of 21.2 million.

The Guardian says The death toll from a fire that tore through a karaoke bar in southern Vietnam has risen to 32, state media have said.

The Independent says Pakistan’s catastrophic floods are threatening one of the world’s oldest known cities after the large-scale devastation already led to the death of over 1,300 people and destroyed billions of dollars worth of property.

The Guardian says The fugitive wanted over a mass stabbing in Canada that killed 10 people and injured 18 has died in hospital after his arrest, police have confirmed, with sources saying his death was the result of self-inflicted wounds.

The second suspect in the stabbing rampage that killed 10 people and left 18 injured in and around a Canadian Indigenous reserve died following a car chase.

Cause of death unknown.

California heatwave continues into the eighth day as residents desperately seek cool shelter from the extreme heat on Wednesday.

China’s deadly earthquake that struck the southwest on Monday has seen the death toll rise to 82. There are fears that rain and possible mudslides will affect the search for the many people who remain missing.

Estonia, Latvia and Lithuania are to restrict entry to Russian civilians over the Russian invasion of Ukraine – as the war shows no sign of coming to an end.

Paul Urey, 45, was a British man who died in detention in July after being caputrued by pro-Russian separatists in Ukraine

The Guardian says The FBI recovered a document describing a foreign government’s nuclear capabilities during its search of Mar-a-Lago, the Washington Post reported on Tuesday.

The Guardian says China recorded its highest temperatures and one of its lowest levels of rainfall in 61 years during a two-month summer heatwave that caused forest fires, damaged crops and hit power supplies, the national meteorological agency said.

China experienced a devastating 6.6 magnitude earthquake on Monday, which claimed at least 74 lives.
Major roads leading to the epicentre of the earthquake in the southwestern province of Sichuan have started to reopen and traffic has resumed.

Police have confirmed the body found on Monday is that of missing heiress Eliza Fletcher.
Fletcher, 34, was a teacher in the area and the granddaughter of a local billionaire.
The Tennessee mother-of-two was abducted while jogging on Friday morning near the University of Memphis campus.

Kylian Mbappe and his manager at Paris Saint Germain, Christophe Galtier have sparked a debate in France over their response to a question about using private jets to travel to football games.

Actors Ben Stiller and Sean Penn have been banned from entering Russia following their comments of support for Ukraine following the Russian invasion. 

Damien Sanderson, 31, has been found dead with injuries that did not appear self-inflicted.

Damien and his brother Myles, 30, were being hunted by Canadian police following a mass stabbing attack that left 10 people dead and 18 injured in Saskatchewan.

Ukrainian PM has said the country and the EU must not waver in the face of Russian aggression as he urged the EU to provide more firepower. 

A soldier found hanged at an Army base had promised to call her son just hours before taking her own life, an inquest heard. soldier Sophie Madden, 23, was discovered…

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Canadian police are hunting two men who are suspected of stabbing at least 10 people to death in a rampage that has rocked the nation.

An estimated 70,000 Czechs from across the political spectrum, took to the streets to protest against the Czech government, EU and NATO.