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The coordinated sabotage took place as France mounted a massive security operation involving tens of thousands of police and soldiers to safeguard the capital for the sporting extravaganza. Read more
Parks Canada said there had been a “significant loss” of buildings inside the town but added it could not give specific details of the damage, or which areas had been burned and it urged residents not to return. Read more
Ukraine has lost half its generating capacity as a result of Russian attacks on its power plants, leading to constant shortages and mass blackouts in all regions. Read more
Scientists said it was possible that Tuesday or today of this week could again surpass Monday’s record, as temperature peaks generally happen in clusters. Read more
Reuters reported on May 22 that Boeing’s plane deliveries to China had been delayed in recent weeks due to a Chinese regulatory review of batteries powering the cockpit voice recorder. Read more
Carlo Buontempo, director of the Copernicus service, said that it was possible the beginning of this week could eclipse Sunday’s record as heatwaves continue to sizzle across the world. Read more
The U.S., through the Department of Defense, also will provide a “significant number” of mine-resistant ambush-protected vehicles to the international security mission. The State Department also intends to procure additional armored vehicles to assist mission personnel, according to the statement. Read more
Police said one person allegedly posted threats on May 10 on social media platform X to kill Trudeau and another posted threats on YouTube on June 7 to kill Trudeau, Deputy Prime Minister Chrystia Freeland and New Democratic Party Leader Jagmeet Singh. Read more
Taiwan’s drills this year have canceled elements that were mostly for show, like scripted firepower displays, while there will be intensified nighttime exercises and practicing how to operate with severed command lines. Read more
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The evacuation orders have been issued across John D’Or, Fox Lake and Garden River communities in northern Albert, covering close to 62,000 hectares and comprising 5,000 inhabitants. Read more
These are some reactions from abroad to U.S. President Joe Biden’s decision on Sunday to pull out of his campaign to seek reelection in November. Read more
A linguist who belonged to a hard-line nationalist party, she was despised by some for her denunciation of Russian-speaking fighters in elite Ukrainian military units. Read more
The airstrikes targeted gas and oil depots and a power station that Israel said were used for military purposes in the area of the Red Sea port of Hodeidah. Read more
Sullivan said the U.S. would prefer that the Philippines conducts the resupplies of the small crew on the warship Sierra Madre, which Manila beached in 1999 to reinforce maritime claims in the South China Sea contested by China. Read more
Gershkovich, a 32-year-old American who denied any wrongdoing, went on trial in the city of Yekaterinburg last month after being accused of trying to gather sensitive information about a tank factory. Read more
It was the second time in a little over a year that an Air India flight on the same route had made an unscheduled landing in Russia. Read more
Researchers at the University of Tokyo grew human skin cells in the shape of a face and pulled it into a wide grin, using embedded ligament-like attachments. Read more
Rare images of the Mashco Piro, an uncontacted Indigenous tribe in the remote Peruvian Amazon, were published on Tuesday by Survival International, showing dozens of the people on the banks of a river close to where logging companies have concessions. Read more
Traces of the rapid-acting, deadly chemical were found during autopsies of the bodies and on drinking glasses and a teapot in the room at the luxury Grand Hyatt Erawan Hotel. Read more
German aid to Ukraine will be cut to 4 billion euros ($4.35 billion) in 2025 from around 8 billion euros in 2024, according to a draft of the 2025 budget seen by Reuters. Read more
Remarks from Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump saying key production hub Taiwan should pay the U.S. for its defense deepened selling in chip stocks. Read more
