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Midwestern US flooding collapses rail bridge, forces evacuations, kills 2

The bridge connecting North Sioux City, South Dakota, with Sioux City, Iowa, collapsed into the Big Sioux River

Canada to start consultation to impose surtax on Chinese electric vehicles

Canada's move comes weeks after both the United States and the European Commission announced plans to impose higher import tariffs on Chinese EVs

US expected to send Ukraine $150 mn more in munitions to fight Russia

The continued flow of US munitions, which will be drawn from existing stockpiles, is intended to help Ukrainian forces repel intensified Russian attacks

WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange to plead guilty to be out of prison

Assange has been heralded by many around the world as a hero who brought to light military wrongdoing in Iraq and Afghanistan

Federal prosecutor clashes with judge over restricting Trump's speech

Trump's often-incendiary rhetoric has carried legal consequences in other cases

Euro 2024: England to play Slovenia in final Group C game on Tuesday

Winning the group would mean England faces one of the best third-placed teams from Group D, E or F

Germany confirms Rdiger strained hamstring ahead of Euro 2024 last-16 game

Germany didn't give any details of Rdiger's condition in a brief statement confirming the injury Monday or indicate whether he's likely to be fit to play in the round of 16 on Saturday

England spinner Bashir makes unwanted history, concedes 38 runs in 1 over

The 20-year-old Bashir, playing for Worcestershire, was put away for five straight sixes by England teammate Dan Lawrence, playing for Surrey

Cyberattack compromised data centre; won't pay $8 mn ransom: Indonesia

Indonesia's national data centre has been compromised by a hacking group asking for a $8 million ransom that the government won't pay, authorities said Monday.

'Gaza at high risk of famine crisis despite increased aid to north'

Israel invaded Gaza after Hamas' attack on Oct 7, in which Palestinian militants killed around 1,200 people, mostly civilians, and abducted about 250

Australia mulling to outlaw vape sales outside pharmacies from next week

The Australian government had reached a compromise with the minor Greens party to get the legislated restrictions through the Senate this week

Fire at South Korean battery unit kills 22, mostly Chinese migrant workers

The fire began after batteries exploded while workers were examining and packaging them at the second floor of the factory in Hwaseong city, just south of Seoul

EU targets Russia's LNG ghost fleet in new round of Ukraine war sanctions

EU estimates that about 4-to-6 billion cubic metres of Russian LNG was shipped to third countries via EU ports last year

Won't agree to deal that ends war in Gaza, says PM Benjamin Netanyahu

Israel's retaliatory war has killed more than 37,000 Palestinians, according to the Health Ministry in the Hamas-ruled territory

Iran, Bahrain to discuss resuming diplomatic relations severed since 2016

The report by IRNA news agency said Iran's acting foreign minister Ali Bagheri Kani and his Bahraini counterpart Abdullatif bin Rashid al-Zayani spoke on sidelines of Asian Cooperation Dialogue

Mirlind Daku banned by Uefa for 2 Euro 2024 games after nationalist chants

The incidents and fallout from the game in Hamburg have been the most serious involving Balkan politics at a Euros

Hungary forward Barnabas Varga stable after injury against Scotland

The 29-year-old also has concussion and will take no part in the rest of Euro 2024

Germany gets late goal to draw with Swiss; finish top of Euro 2024 group

Defender Nico Schlotterbeck leaped up, next to the even more imposing center-back Antonio Rdiger, who reached highest of all

Costly election pledges in France may push country deeper into debt

Both the left and the right pledge to roll back pension reforms that Macron railroaded through parliament last year in the face of massive street protests

Leader of Nato member Poland visits China, hopes to talk Ukraine with Xi

Some trade agreements are to be signed during the visit