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World A number of British police officers were injured Saturday as far-right activists faced off with anti-racism protesters. The clashes come following a stabbing attack at a dance class earlier this week that left three girls dead and several wounded. Violence erupted ostensibly in protest of deadly stabbings at children’sContinue Reading

World At least 32 civilians were killed and 63 injured in an explosion on a popular beach in the Somali capital Mogadishu late Friday evening, police said, an attack the government blamed on militant Islamist group al-Shabaab. Militants with group linked to al-Qaeda blamed for the explosion in capitalThomson ReutersContinue Reading

World U.S. Defence Secretary Lloyd Austin on Friday revoked plea deals agreed to earlier this week with Khalid Sheikh Mohammed, the man accused of masterminding the Sept. 11 attacks, and two accomplices who are held at the U.S. military prison at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba Plea deals had been reached withContinue Reading

World U.S. Vice-President Kamala Harris on Friday secured the delegate votes needed to clinch the Democratic U.S. presidential nomination. In doing so, she became the first woman of colour at the top of a major party ticket. Harris to officially accept the nomination next weekThomson Reuters · Posted: Aug 02,Continue Reading

World At least nine people were killed by security forces as protesters clashed with police during mass demonstrations over the country’s economic crisis, a rights group said Friday, while authorities said a police officer was killed and several others injured. Police say 300 protesters arrested after lootingThe Associated Press ·Continue Reading

World The stakes grew higher for Venezuela’s electoral authority to show proof backing its decision to declare President Nicolás Maduro the winner of the country’s presidential election after the U.S. recognized opposition candidate Edmundo González as the victor. U.S. analysis comes despite Venezuela’s electoral authority giving victory to MaduroThe AssociatedContinue Reading

World Ukraine has received a first batch of U.S.-built F-16 fighter jets to help fight Russian forces, Lithuania’s foreign minister and a U.S. official have said. Here are some facts about how the F-16s may help Ukraine and what obstacles still stand in the way of their effective deployment. SmallContinue Reading

Canadian-U.S. citizen Paul Whelan and Wall Street Journal reporter Evan Gershkovich have been released from a Russian prison in an international swap deal, U.S. President Joe Biden confirmed Thursday. Biden trumpeted the exchange as a “feat of diplomacy and friendship” calling the news an “incredible relief.” He said the detainees’ “brutal ordeal was over.” Biden said thereContinue Reading

World The 17-year-old boy charged with murdering three girls and stabbing 10 other people in a dance class was named in court Thursday partly to counter misinformation about his identity that has been blamed for triggering violent protests across England. U.K. prime minister, police hold crisis meeting after related riotsTheContinue Reading