Teenager’s attack at Brazil school kills 9-year-old boy and injures two others
Authorities said a 16-year-old attacked children at a school in southern Brazil, killing one child and injuring two others before being arrested.
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House standoff in Calldetenes ends with two dead and five Mossos officers injured
Catalan police said a man barricaded in a home in Calldetenes killed one brother, wounded another and was later shot dead after hours of failed negotiation.
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Kim Min-seok inaugurated as South Korea’s new prime minister in Sejong
Kim Min-seok began his term at a ceremony in the central administrative city after winning National Assembly approval four days earlier.
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Amnesty says Saudi Arabia executed 345 people in 2024, a record high
Amnesty International says Saudi Arabia carried out more executions in 2024 than ever before recorded by the group, with drug cases driving much of the rise.
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Erin Patterson found guilty of murdering 3 relatives
An Australian jury convicted Erin Patterson over a death cap mushroom lunch that killed three relatives.
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Gunman killed after Border Patrol facility shooting in Texas
A rifle-armed man opened fire at a Border Patrol site in McAllen, injuring three law enforcement personnel before dying.
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Philippine police detain 15 officers in cockfighting disappearance probe
Police say former officers are being investigated over the abductions and suspected killings of at least 34 cockfight fans whose cases shocked the Philippines.
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Justice Department says Epstein had no client list, undercutting Bondi claim
The department said it will not release more files on Jeffrey Epstein and acknowledged there was no list of clients tied to the sex-trafficking case.
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Putin fires transport minister Starovoyt, who is later found dead in his car
Russian President Vladimir Putin has dismissed Transport Minister Roman Starovoyt, and investigators later found him dead with a gunshot wound in his private car.
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Jennifer Geerlings-Simons set to become Suriname's first female president
Parliament backed the veteran lawmaker as the oil-rich country's first woman leader after Sunday's vote.
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French court gives gynaecologist 10-year prison term after rape convictions involving patients
The Haute-Savoie court found the doctor guilty of raping nine patients during medical consultations after 30 women complained of abuse and sexualised exams.
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London police arrest 29 at Palestine Action protest on the day the group is proscribed
Twenty-nine people were detained in Westminster after a protest in support of Palestine Action, whose ban took effect on 2025-07-05.
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Four bodies found after Talladega welfare check on missing woman
Police checking on a missing woman found four people shot dead in an Alabama apartment.
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Turkey arrests three opposition mayors in widening crackdown on CHP officials
Detentions in Adıyaman, Adana and Antalya deepen the pressure on Turkey’s main opposition party and add to a year of arrests and investigations.
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Mexico City anti-gentrification protests turn violent in tourist districts
A march against mass tourism escalated into vandalism and harassment, turning a local housing grievance into a broader public-order confrontation.
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South Korea parliament backs Kim Min-seok as prime minister
The confirmation came in a 173-3 vote after the opposition boycotted the ballot over allegations about Kim's wealth and family.
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Trump signs major domestic policy bill after razor-thin House vote
2025-07-03 event: Donald Trump signs the One Big Beautiful Bill Act into law a day after the House passed it 218-214.
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French air traffic controllers strike as summer travel begins
Hundreds of flights were canceled and tens of thousands of travelers disrupted as controllers walked out over staffing, equipment and management concerns.
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Four killed, 14 wounded in drive-by shooting outside Chicago nightclub
Four people were killed and at least 14 others wounded in a drive-by shooting outside Artis Restaurant and Lounge in Chicago’s River North neighborhood on July 2, 2025, police said.
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Turkey arrests four LeMan staff after dispute over cartoon understood by authorities as depicting Muhammad
Riot police used tear gas and rubber bullets in Istanbul after the arrest of four staff members from satirical magazine LeMan.
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Sinaloa cartel war leaves 20 dead in grisly roadside display near Culiacán
Mexican authorities found 20 bodies near the state capital as the cartel war intensifies, with severed heads left at the scene and signs of a factional message.
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Ryland Headley convicted in 1967 Louisa Dunne murder after DNA and palm print evidence revive cold case
A Bristol jury found the 92-year-old guilty in a case that police say may be the UK’s longest-running cold case to be solved.
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Azerbaijan police raid Sputnik office in Baku amid worsening tensions with Moscow
The search came after protests over deaths of ethnic Azerbaijanis in Russia and added another flashpoint to a fast-deteriorating relationship.
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Kohberger agrees to plead guilty in Idaho student killings case
Bryan Kohberger has agreed to plead guilty to all counts in the killings of four University of Idaho students, a deal that would spare him the death penalty and end the case before trial.
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