10 h. ago Conservative firebrand, Trump confidant Charlie Kirk shot dead

US President Donald Trump’s confirmation of the shooting death of conservative activist Charlie Kirk, his close ally, at an event at Utah Valley University sent shock waves through an already deeply divided nation on Wednesday. “The Great, and even Legendary, Charlie Kirk, is dead. No one understood or had the Heart of the Youth in the United States of America better than Charlie”, Trump wrote on social media. He added that Kirk was “loved and admired by ALL, especially me, and now, he is no...

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10 h. ago Conservative activist Charlie Kirk dead after being shot at US university

US President Donald Trump’s confirmation of the shooting death of conservative activist Charlie Kirk, his close ally, at an event at Utah Valley University sent shock waves through an already deeply divided nation on Wednesday. “The Great, and even Legendary, Charlie Kirk, is dead. No one understood or had the Heart of the Youth in the United States of America better than Charlie”, Trump wrote on social media. He added that Kirk was “loved and admired by ALL, especially me, and now, he is no...

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9 d. ago Boy, 11, shot dead in Texas after ‘ding dong ditch’ doorbell prank

An 11-year-old boy was fatally shot in Houston, Texas after a prank in which he rang the doorbell of a home and ran away, police said. The boy had been ringing doorbells as a prank late on Saturday evening, the Houston Police Department said in a statement. Commonly referred to as “ding dong ditching”, the prank involves fleeing before someone inside the home opens the door. The boy, who has not yet been identified, died of his wounds on Sunday, police said. Police spokesman Shay Awosiyan said...

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1 week ago Suspect arrested in murder of former Ukraine speaker Paruby, Zelensky says

Ukraine’s President Volodymyr Zelensky said early on Monday that a suspect has been arrested in the murder of former parliamentary speaker Andriy Paruby, a crime that shook the war-torn country. “The suspect has given an initial testimony,” Zelensky said on the Telegram messaging app. “Urgent investigative actions are currently under way to establish all the circumstances of this murder.” Paruby, 54, was shot dead in the western city of Lviv on Saturday in what Zelensky called “a horrific...

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1 week ago Suspect arrested in murder of former Ukraine speaker Parubiy

Ukraine’s President Volodymyr Zelensky said early on Monday that a suspect has been arrested in the murder of former parliamentary speaker Andriy Parubiy, a crime that shook the war-torn country. “The suspect has given an initial testimony,” Zelensky said on the Telegram messaging app. “Urgent investigative actions are currently under way to establish all the circumstances of this murder.” Parubiy, 54, was shot dead in the western city of Lviv on Saturday in what Zelensky called “a horrific...

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2 w. ago 2 Australian police officers killed in rare fatal shooting, manhunt underway

Australian police are hunting a gunman who shot dead two officers and wounded another on Tuesday as they tried to serve a warrant at a rural property in the state of Victoria. In a video statement, Victoria Police Chief Commissioner Mike Bush said 10 officers were met with gunfire at a property in Porepunkah, about 300km (186 miles) northeast of the city of Melbourne, at around 10.30am. Bush said the officers were fired upon, with two killed and one seriously injured and being treated in...

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2 w. ago 4 Palestinians killed while seeking aid near Gaza City, witnesses say

Israeli forces shot dead four Palestinian aid-seekers travelling on Sunday through a military zone south of Gaza City that is regularly used to reach a food distribution point, a hospital and witnesses said. Gaza City is in famine after 22 months of war, while Israel’s military moves ahead with a planned offensive to seize the city, perhaps within days. Israel’s defence minister has warned that the city of hundreds of thousands of people could be destroyed. Al-Awda Hospital and two witnesses...

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