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3 killed, 8 injured in Texas shooting
The victims were 10 adults and a juvenile, the Fort Worth Police Department said in a statement on Tuesday, Xinhua news agency reported. Officers responded to reports of a shooting just before midnight on Monday during the annual community gathering known as "ComoFest".
PTI prepared for Imran Khan’s arrest in a fortnight
Accordingly, a strategy has been devised for protest in the event of Imran Khan’s arrest, The News reported. However, the party sources said this time the protest will be “really peaceful” and no one would go near any cantonment or military areas, the report said.
Xi Jinping urges SCO to safeguard regional peace
Addressing a virtual SCO Summit hosted by India, Xi called for efforts to safeguard regional peace and ensure common security. He urged member states of the SCO to "follow the right direction and enhance their solidarity and mutual trust", China's state-run Xinhua news agency reported. The Chinese President spoke after Prime Minister Narendra Modi had, during his opening address, urged upon the SCO, not to hesitate from criticising countries promoting cross border terrorism, in an oblique reference to Pakistan, which is also participating in the Summit.
Russia will stand up against sanctions & provocations, says Vladimir Putin at SCO summit
Addressing the virtual SCO summit, Putin said Moscow planned to boost ties with the grouping and supported the transition to settlements in local currencies in foreign trade. He also warned that the potential for conflicts and the risk of a global economic crisis were on the rise.
Nearly 90 million Americans under severe storm threat
Scattered strong to severe thunderstorms and thunderstorm clusters may develop across the Mid-Atlantic Region and portions of the northern Great Plains, according to the US National Weather Service. Severe storm chances are increasing in these regions, Xinhua news agency quoted the weather service as saying. Severe weather has already battered parts of the US over the weekend, hitting states including Missouri, Ohio, Kentucky, Illinois and Iowa.
Zelensky calls on Biden to invite Ukraine into NATO 'now'
Speaking to CNN, Zelensky said that Biden was “the decision maker” about whether Ukraine would be in NATO or not. “He supports our future in NATO,” but an invitation now would be a huge motivator for Ukrainian soldiers, the President said. Ukraine’s aspiration to join is enshrined in its Constitution and its relationship with NATO dates back to the early 1990s, according to the military alliance.
Actions of a few don't speak for entire community or Canada: FM Melanie Joly
The poster, tweeted by a former Canadian Broadcasting Corporation (CBC) correspondent, is about a rally planned by Khalistani elements in Toronto on July 8, which will culminate at the Indian High Commission. "We know that the actions of a few do not speak for an entire community, or Canada," Foreign Minister Joly said in a statement released on Twitter on Tuesday.
Flights diverted after Moscow targeted in attempted drone strike
Citing an emergencies service official, the state-run TASS News Agency said that two drones were intercepted in Novaya Moskva, an administrative district in Moscow, and a third in the Kaluga region, southwest of the Russian capital. "According to preliminary reports, three drones were heading towards Moscow at different moments in time.
UK witnessed hottest June on record: Met Office
The average mean temperature for June in the UK this year hit 15.8 degrees Celsius, 0.9 degrees higher than the joint previous record of 14.9 degrees in 1940 and 1976, reports Xinhua news agency. Met Office scientists found that the chance of observing a June beating the previous joint record has at least doubled since the 1940s. "Alongside natural variability, the background warming of the Earth's atmosphere due to human-induced climate change has driven up the possibility of reaching record high temperatures," said Paul Davies, Met Office climate extremes principal fellow and chief meteorologist.
Russia deployed 180,000 troops to 2 major battlefronts: Ukraine army
In an interview with the local media on Monday, Serhii Cherevatyi, spokesperson for the eastern grouping of the Ukrainian Armed Forces, said: “More than 180,000 (Russian troops have been deployed) across the area of responsibility (of the Eastern Group of Forces)... The Lyman-Kupyansk front is longer, which is why the enemy is concentrating their forces there."
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