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Aljazeera says Ranil Wickremesinghe has been sworn in as Sri Lanka’s eighth president by the country’s chief justice.

Arab News says Iraqi authorities said at least nine civilians died in a Turkish artillery attack on Wednesday that hit a village in the Kurdistan autonomous region.

Euronews says HUNGARY has moved to curb the powers of the European Union (EU) Tuesday.

France24 says RECORD HIGH temperatures were registered in 64 different areas around France on Monday as a heatwave peaked in the country, the national weather service confirmed on Tuesday.

Aljazeera says AUSTRALIANS have been urged to work from home and wear masks indoors as the number of people in hospital with COVID-19 nears record levels.

Arab News says SAUDI ARABIA’S King Salman sent a cable of condolences and sympathy to Egyptian President Abdel Fattah El-Sisi for victims of a car crash that killed at least 25.

TRT World says SRI LANKA’S parliament will be voting for a president to replace Gotabaya Rajapaksa, who fled abroad last week after his palace was stormed by angry protesters.

EU foreign ministers agreed on Monday another 500 million euros of EU funding to supply arms to Ukraine.

British man found dead in Florence hotel named as ex-rugby league player – it is reported he died in a sex game gone wrong.

TRT World says THIRTEEN INMATES have been killed and two others wounded in yet another bloody fight in a notorious Ecuadoran prison, law enforcement officials said.

Aljazeera says A MAINLY youth-led mass protest movement over Sri Lanka’s worst-ever economic crisis has completed 100 days.

Arab News says JAPAN’S PM Fumio Kishida, received a courtesy call from Prince Faisal bin Farhan Al-Saud, Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia, during his visit to Japan.

Euronews says Mario Draghi’s political future hangs in the balance this week, with a key speech and discussion in the Senate potentially deciding whether his government stands or falls.

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Thousands of anti-racism protesters and political parties pushed back a march by a small group of extreme right-wing German neo-Nazis in the western city of Mainz. 

TRT World says FOUR PEOPLE, including a gunman, have been killed at a mall in Indiana state after a man with a rifle opened fire in a food court and an armed civilian shot him, US police said.

Euronews says FIREFIGHTERS continued to battle wildfires raging out of control in France, Spain and Portugal on Sunday as Europe wilted under an unusually extreme heatwave.

France24 says ALL EIGHT CREW members were killed when a Ukrainian-operated cargo plane crashed in Greece en route from Serbia to Bangladesh carrying military goods.

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France24 says The heatwave sweeping across southwestern Europe is expected to peak Thursday in Spain, with blistering temperatures already fueling wildfires across the Iberian Peninsula and France.

Euronews says Italian President Sergio Mattarella has rejected the resignation of Prime Minister Mario Draghi, the presidency said on Thursday night.

Aljazeera news says President Gotabaya Rajapaksa has submitted a letter of resignation to the speaker of Sri Lanka’s parliament, a spokesperson for the speaker said, hours after he fled to Singapore.

The Italian government is set to be thrown into crisis on Thursday when Five Star Movement (M5S) plan to boycott a crucial vote – leading to calls for early elections.

The Local Italy says Italy’s coalition government is at risk of imminent collapse as the populist Five Star Movement threatens to pull out and PM Mario Draghi faces a key vote on Thursday.

France24 says Italy’s 5-Star Movement will not take part in a parliamentary confidence vote on Thursday, party leader Giuseppe Conte said, in a move that looked likely to trigger the collapse of Prime Minister Mario Draghi’s government.