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Aljazeera says Oscar-winning actor Matthew McConaughey has appeared at the White House to call on Congress to “reach a higher ground” and pass gun control legislation.

Italy seizes over four tons of cocaine with a street value of €200 million in Trieste. Italian authorities say they have confiscated 4.3 tons of cocaine with a street value…

Daily Express says PRESIDENT BIDEN has suffered a blow ahead of his Summit of the Americas as one of the largest migrant caravans heads towards the US-Mexico border.

The Metro says the trial for the two former Minneapolis police officers charged in George Floyd’s death has been delayed until next year by a judge.

The Guardian says Israel’s government suffered a defeat at the hands of the opposition on Monday when it voted down a push to uphold Israeli law in settlements on the occupied West Bank, posing a challenge for the ruling coalition.

Euronews says Poland’s government is facing criticism over a new provision that requires doctors to record each pregnancy in the country.

France24 says A British journalist and a Brazilian indigenous expert have gone missing in a remote region of the Amazon rainforest after receiving threats, authorities and indigenous-rights groups said Monday, raising fears for their safety.

Arab News says India is facing a major diplomatic row with Muslim countries after top officials from the country’s ruling party made insulting remarks about the Prophet Muhammad.

TRT World says New York’s governor has raised the age for buying a semiautomatic rifle from 18 to 2 as she tightened gun laws in the US state following the racist massacre at a supermarket in Buffalo city.

Daily Express says Vladimir Putin has threatened to hit new targets if the West supplies longer-range missiles to Ukraine in the fight against Russian invaders.

The Sun says AT least 50 people have been slaughtered in a “satanic” massacre by twisted gunmen dubbed “bandits” at a Nigerian church.

The Metro says Three people have been killed and another 14 wounded following a shooting outside a nightclub in Tennessee.

The Metro says Ukraine’s capital city was rocked by explosions for the first time in over a month today.

France24 says gunmen opened fire on worshippers and detonated explosives at a Catholic church in southwestern Nigeria on Sunday, leaving dozens feared dead, state lawmakers said.

Aljazeera says at least 49 people have been killed and more than 300 injured after a massive fire swept through a container depot in southeastern Bangladesh, according to senior officials.

TRT World says Australia’s federal court has ordered Google to pay more than $500,000 in damages to a politician after finding he had been defamed by a comedian’s videos hosted on YouTube.

VOA says Russia fired a barrage of missiles early Sunday on Kyiv for the first time in more than a month, shattering a sense of normalcy in the Ukrainian capital.

Russian President Vladimir Putin blames the West and reiterated that Moscow’s actions have nothing to do with the looming energy and food crisis in the world and again blamed the…

The Guardian says services for Amerie Jo Garza and Maite Rodriguez held on Tuesday, with 19 more planned for coming weeks

France24 says Shanghai eased a range of Covid-19 restrictions on Wednesday in a step towards returning to normal after a two-month lockdown that confined residents of the megacity to their homes and battered China’s economy.

TRT World says the grieving Texas town of Uvalde has begun laying to rest the 21 children and teachers who were killed in a mass shooting at an elementary school a week ago, with funerals being held for a pair of 10-year-old girls.

The Daily Express says THE EVACUATION of more than 318,000 homes in the Okinawa region of Japan has been ordered over flooding fears, with the vast majority being told to leave Naha City, according to a weather monitor.

The Daily Express says VENICE’S mayor has reacted with rage to graffiti on one of the city’s churches. Recently two US tourists were spotted swimming naked in a Venice canal.

The Metro says one of Putin’s top propagandists has said World War Three has begun and Russia will now ‘demilitarise’ Nato.

The Independent says Israeli prime minister Naftali Bennett has defended the decision to hold an annual march which celebrates his country’s takeover of east Jerusalem, after this year’s proceedings were marked by violence and anti-Palestinian racism.