Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy travelled to Berlin for a German-hosted virtual meeting with Donald Trump and European leaders, two days before the US president meets Russian President Vladimir Putin in Alaska. Meanwhile, small bands of Russian soldiers thrust deeper into eastern Ukraine
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A volunteer firefighter died from severe burns and several people were hospitalised in dozens of wildfires that raged across Spain, fuelled by strong winds and scorching heat.
Militant group Hamas’ chief negotiator held talks with Egyptian mediators over a potential ceasefire in the Gaza war while Israel struck the territory’s main city prior to a planned takeover and again invited Palestinians to leave.
Typhoon Podul blew through southern Taiwan packing winds of up to 118 mph and leaving one person missing, as a large swathe of the island shut down and hundreds of flights were cancelled.
China’s military said it monitored and “drove away” a US destroyer that sailed near the disputed Scarborough Shoal in the South China Sea, while the U.S. Navy said its action was in line with international law.
Donald Trump’s Navy and Air Force are poised to cancel two nearly complete software projects that took 12 years and well over $800 million combined to develop, work initially aimed at overhauling antiquated human resources systems.
As a steady stream of uniformed soldiers arrived at the National Guard headquarters in Washington to begin the deployment of troops called up to fight crime in the nation’s capital, Democrats raised concerns about which city might be next.