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Heavy rain and flooding have hit northern China, particularly around Beijing, with Doksuri, a former super typhoon, leaving at least two dead and forcing the capital to issue flood and landslide alerts. The Yongding River has burst its banks, with debris carried downriver. Hundreds of bus services have been suspended and people have been advised to work from home. from World News Headlines, Latest International News, World Breaking News - Times of India https://ift.tt/ZHmMSO3

A Siena College/New York Times poll found that former President Donald Trump continues to hold a strong lead among likely Republican primary voters, with 54% backing him, compared to 17% for Florida Governor Ron DeSantis. Trump showed healthy margins among every demographic group, including male and female, every age group, income bracket, region, and political ideology within the Republican party. from World News Headlines, Latest International News, World Breaking News - Times of India https://ift.tt/N3gW0vG

The death toll from a massive suicide bombing that targeted an election rally for a pro-Taliban cleric rose to 54 Monday, as Pakistan held funerals and the government vowed to hunt down those behind the attack. No one immediately claimed responsibility for Sunday's bombing, which also wounded nearly 200 people. Police said their initial investigation suggested that the Islamic State group's regional affiliate could be responsible. from World News Headlines, Latest International News, World Breaking News - Times of India https://ift.tt/zv1ecqj

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Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy warned on Sunday that "war" was coming to Russia after three Ukrainian drones were downed over Moscow. from World News Headlines, Latest International News, World Breaking News - Times of India https://ift.tt/byWvwoF

Hirsh Vardhan Singh, an Indian-American engineer, has announced his bid for the White House, becoming the third person of Indian descent after Nikki Haley and Vivek Ramaswamy to join the crowded Republican field of candidates vying to become US President in 2024. from World News Headlines, Latest International News, World Breaking News - Times of India https://ift.tt/l1kNe8I

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A federal judge has dismissed a $475 million defamation lawsuit that Donald Trump filed against CNN for describing his claim that the 2020 election was stolen as the "Big Lie."Trump, in the suit filed in a US District Court in Florida in October, had alleged that the use of the phrase by the cable television news network associated the former US president with tactics used by Adolf Hitler. from World News Headlines, Latest International News, World Breaking News - Times of India https://ift.tt/M8x3fvD

Vice President Kamala Harris has shown a punchy side during a tour of nearly a dozen US states in recent weeks, attacking Florida Governor Ron DeSantis for backing "revisionist history" about slavery, telling Iowa healthcare workers to rebel against the state's new restrictive abortion laws and rallying Latinos in Chicago to fight "extremist" Republicans. from World News Headlines, Latest International News, World Breaking News - Times of India https://ift.tt/3hngjMc

A shooting in a Seattle parking lot Friday night wounded five people, including two who were in critical condition, the city's police chief said. The Seattle Police Department responded to a reported shooting around 9 p.m. in the 9200 block of Rainier Avenue South. from World News Headlines, Latest International News, World Breaking News - Times of India https://ift.tt/e1Eibdl

Australia paused a major military exercise with the United States on Saturday, after a defence helicopter taking part in the drills crashed into the Pacific leaving four aircrew missing. Australia's Defence Minister Richard Marles said the MRH-90 Taipan went down late Friday night in sub-tropical waters near Hamilton Island, Queensland. from World News Headlines, Latest International News, World Breaking News - Times of India https://ift.tt/gQNxr1o

A top Pentagon official has attacked this week's widely watched congressional hearing on UFOs, calling the claims “insulting” to employees who are investigating sightings and accusing a key witness of not cooperating with the official US government investigation. Dr. Sean Kirkpatrick's letter, published on his personal LinkedIn page and circulated Friday across social media, criticises much of the testimony from a retired Air Force intelligence officer that energised believers in extraterrestrial life and produced headlines around the world. from World News Headlines, Latest International News, World Breaking News - Times of India https://ift.tt/G8bpfw3

The United States has announced a military aid package worth $345 million for Taiwan to aid in its defense capabilities. This assortment of equipment features intelligence, surveillance, and reconnaissance equipment and small arms munitions, aiming to enhance Taiwan's ability to deter any possible Chinese invasion. from World News Headlines, Latest International News, World Breaking News - Times of India https://ift.tt/4uQylBi

Joe Biden has acknowledged his seventh grandchild for the first time. Hunter Biden, Joe Biden's son, fathered the child with Lunden Roberts in 2018. As part of a statement, Biden said that Hunter and Roberts are working together to foster a relationship that is in the best interests of their daughter. Hunter Biden's paternity was established through DNA testing after Roberts sued for child support. from World News Headlines, Latest International News, World Breaking News - Times of India https://ift.tt/woCPtX0

Three senior officials from China's Rocket Force, responsible for managing the country's nuclear arsenal, are under investigation. No details were given as to what specifically triggered the inquiry. President Xi Jinping has recently made calls to strengthen military governance. China's military have also launched an inquiry into corruption cases linked to hardware procurement. from World News Headlines, Latest International News, World Breaking News - Times of India https://ift.tt/C1shjpr

Singapore conducted its first execution of a woman in 19 years on Friday and its second hanging this week for drug trafficking despite calls for the city-state to cease capital punishment for drug-related crimes. from World News Headlines, Latest International News, World Breaking News - Times of India https://ift.tt/v9NaEAB

A survey by the Pew Research Center has revealed that international perceptions of China have soured due to its foreign policy decisions, with majorities in 15 of the 24 nations surveyed holding an unfavorable opinion of the country, particularly in Japan and Australia where 87% of people expressed discontent. from World News Headlines, Latest International News, World Breaking News - Times of India https://ift.tt/4kXEZ3A

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Donald Trump asked a staffer to delete camera footage at his Florida estate in an effort to obstruct the federal investigation into his possession of classified documents, according to an updated indictment unsealed Thursday that adds new charges against the former president and names an additional defendant. from World News Headlines, Latest International News, World Breaking News - Times of India https://ift.tt/aWG6eKx

Kuwait executed five people, including one convicted of involvement in a suicide bombing four years ago by Islamic State that killed 26, the first such executions since November 2018. The death penalty is rare in Kuwait, which has executed dozens since launching it in the 1960s. Capital punishment is more prevalent in neighbouring Saudi Arabia and Iran. from World News Headlines, Latest International News, World Breaking News - Times of India https://ift.tt/fiC7Ggt

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A deal US President Joe Biden's son Hunter Biden had with prosecutors to plead guilty to failing to pay income taxes fell apart on Wednesday, news outlets reported. The agreement fell apart when the judge expressed concerns about a provision in the deal that allowed Biden to not be prosecuted for a gun-related charge in a separate case, a Bloomberg reporter posted on X, formerly known as Twitter. from World News Headlines, Latest International News, World Breaking News - Times of India https://ift.tt/RJ5fZrs

Major fires raging in Greece and other European countries advanced on Wednesday, causing additional deaths, destroying homes and threatening nature reserves during a third successive wave of extreme temperatures. The summer wildfires have struck countries across the region, prompting the European Union to expand its support, sending two Spanish firefighting planes to Tunisia after wildfires in neighboring Algeria left at least 34 people dead in recent days. from World News Headlines, Latest International News, World Breaking News - Times of India https://ift.tt/OuhAJ4v

US President Joe Biden's son Hunter Biden is set to plead guilty on Wednesday to two misdemeanor charges of willfully failing to pay income taxes, part of a deal that allows him to avert conviction on a gun-related charge. The younger Biden did not pay taxes on more than $1.5 million in income in 2017 and 2018 despite owing more than $100,000, prosecutors allege. from World News Headlines, Latest International News, World Breaking News - Times of India https://ift.tt/5opUSZE

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In its third round of launches since last week, North Korea fired the missiles just before midnight from an area near its capital, Pyongyang, South Korea's Joint Chiefs of Staff said. It said both missiles travelled around 400 kilometers (248 miles) before landing in waters off the Korean Peninsula's eastern coast. from World News Headlines, Latest International News, World Breaking News - Times of India https://ift.tt/FuYJ2O5

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Russia said on Monday it had "suppressed" two Ukrainian drones in Moscow, accusing Kyiv of launching a "terrorist act" on the Russian capital. "A Kyiv regime attempt to carry out a terrorist act using two drones on objects on the territory of the city of Moscow was stopped," Russia's defence ministry said. "Two Ukrainian drones were suppressed and crashed. There are no casualties." from World News Headlines, Latest International News, World Breaking News - Times of India https://ift.tt/sg4DLh0

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An "air raid alert", asking people to evacuate to safety immediately, was sent via text message. "When you receive the text message, please be aware of the wordings such as 'test' and 'drill' and stay calm," Taiwan President Tsai Ing-wen said in a reminder to the public on Facebook about an hour before the exercise named Wan An, which means everlasting peace. from World News Headlines, Latest International News, World Breaking News - Times of India https://ift.tt/agkEToG

Netanyahu was rushed to the hospital over the weekend for an emergency pacemaker implantation. The procedure went smoothly and he said he planned to be out in time to vote for the first major piece of his government's legal overhaul. Protests against the overhaul have been intensifying while Netanyahu was undergoing treatment. from World News Headlines, Latest International News, World Breaking News - Times of India https://ift.tt/lYCromi

The 20-year-old activist "took part in a demonstration that disrupted traffic" and "refused to obey police orders to leave the site", according to the charge sheet seen by AFP. The rally, organised by environmental activist group "Ta tillbaka framtiden" (Reclaim the Future), tried to block the entrance and exit to the Malmo harbour to protest against the use of fossil fuel. from World News Headlines, Latest International News, World Breaking News - Times of India https://ift.tt/5Vx4vQe

The USS Annapolis arrived at a port on Jeju Island about a week after the USS Kentucky docked at the mainland port of Busan. The Kentucky was the first US nuclear-armed submarine to come to South Korea since the 1980s. North Korea reacted to its arrival by test-firing ballistic and cruise missiles in apparent demonstrations that it could make nuclear strikes against South Korea and deployed US naval vessels. from World News Headlines, Latest International News, World Breaking News - Times of India https://ift.tt/HyPrDKs

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Spain appears headed for political gridlock after Sunday's inconclusive national elections left parties on both the right and left without a clear path toward forging a new government. The conservative Popular Party won the elections, but it fell short of its hopes of scoring a much bigger victory and forcing the removal of Socialist Prime Minister Pedro Sánchez. Instead, the party led by candidate Alberto Núñez Feijóo performed below expectations of most of the campaign polls. from World News Headlines, Latest International News, World Breaking News - Times of India https://ift.tt/Dt1RYp6

Netanyahu, 73, got the pacemaker a week after he was hospitalised for dehydration and had a heart monitoring device implanted.The surgery took place early Sunday morning at Sheba Medical Center in Ramat Gan.The Prime Minister's Office said the operation was completed successfully, that he was feeling good and that he was expected to be discharged Sunday. from World News Headlines, Latest International News, World Breaking News - Times of India https://ift.tt/pfXIb5n

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Greece was Saturday facing its hottest July weekend in 50 years, with temperatures forecast to soar above 40 Celsius (104 Fahrenheit), while a record-breaking heatwave stretching across the southern United States was expected to expand in the coming days. Tens of millions of people in the northern hemisphere have been suffering through intense heat this summer as the world appears headed for its hottest July on record. from World News Headlines, Latest International News, World Breaking News - Times of India https://ift.tt/j2wa4dY

A Russian war correspondent working for the state RIA Novosti news agency, Rostislav Zhuravlev, was killed in a Ukrainian strike in the southern Zaporizhzhia region on Saturday, the military announced. from World News Headlines, Latest International News, World Breaking News - Times of India https://ift.tt/2FD8HYP

Defence minister Khawaja Asif has said that the Cypher gate can lead to former prime minister and Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) chief Imran Khan's treason trial and disqualification. The federal minister said that the Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaaf chief used a “diplomatic cypher for political purposes and he could be charged with treason for using the classified document for vested interest”. from World News Headlines, Latest International News, World Breaking News - Times of India https://ift.tt/94hj1UK

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China sent dozens of warplanes toward Taiwan, the island's defence ministry said Saturday, marking a forceful display days before the democracy plans to hold military exercises aimed at defending itself against a possible invasion. Taiwan is due to hold its annual Han Kuang exercise next week, during which its military will hold combat readiness drills for preventing an invasion. from World News Headlines, Latest International News, World Breaking News - Times of India https://ift.tt/LFElndN