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A Ukrainian strike damaged a bridge that connects south Ukraine to the annexed Crimean peninsula, a Russian official said on Thursday as tensions again rose over a Moscow-held nuclear power plant.

Russia is 99.9% certain to quit a U.N.-brokered deal on the safe wartime passage of Black Sea grain next month because it no longer needs Ukrainian ports to export ammonia, a senior Ukrainian diplomat said.

Ukrainian missiles struck one of the few bridges linking the Crimea Peninsula with the Ukrainian mainland early on Thursday, cutting one of the main supply routes for Russian occupation forces in southern Ukraine as Kyiv pushes to drive them out.

Tunisia faces an unprecedented crisis as scores of dead migrant bodies get retrieved from its shores, with a fisherman catching some of them in his nets.

Beijing on Thursday appeared to log its hottest June temperature since reliable records began, according to weather data and local media reports, as swathes of northern China sweltered in 40-degree heat.

A Swiss court is set to hand down a verdict on Thursday on six white police officers charged over a Black man's death in a case that has raised questions about structural racism in Switzerland.

Moments after Ukrainian soldiers in their nation's east noted a brief lull in fighting, a Russian tank round smashed into the ground nearby, sending a column of soil upwards.

Ukrainian missiles struck the Chonhar road bridge connecting Crimea with Russian-held parts of the southern Kherson region overnight, forcing traffic to be diverted to a different route, Russian-appointed officials said on Thursday.

Far-right ex-president Jair Bolsonaro risks losing his right to run for office for eight years, as Brazil's electoral court begins delivering its ruling Thursday on charges stemming from his unfounded allegations against the voting system.

Netflix's $2.5 billion investment in South Korea is an "opportunity" for local business, the streaming giant's CEO said Thursday, as he played down a dispute with local internet companies over network usage.

The oxygen depletion posed only a hypothetical deadline, assuming the missing vessel was even still intact, rather than trapped or damaged in punishing depths at or near the sea floor. The Coast Guard said deployments of remote-controlled underwater search vehicles were redirected to the vicinity where the noises were detected, to no avail, and officials cautioned that the sounds may not have originated from the Titan.

Mohamed Ali doesn't believe gay Africans exist. He says homosexuality is a Western invention imposed on the continent.

Visitors stop and stare at the mummified corpse of an unidentified woman nicknamed "the witch" on display behind bars at a museum exhibition stirring controversy in Mexico.

France hosts a summit on Thursday, including African leaders, China's prime minister and Brazil's president, to boost crisis financing for low-income countries, reform post-war financial systems and free up funds to tackle climate change.

Britain on Thursday celebrates the 75th anniversary of the arrival of the Empire Windrush ship bringing workers from the West Indies, but with the bitter legacy of a wrongful deportation scandal still fresh.

The proposal was brought up by Congresswoman Simone Marquetto following reports of violence at ticket lines in São Paolo and Rio de Janeiro.

A German adventurer said he feels bad after learning that OceanGate's Titan submersible, which he rode in 2021, is now missing in the Atlantic Ocean.

A video showing the depths of the Atlantic Ocean and the Titanic shipwreck has gone viral after an OceanGate submersible went missing.

Members of the Ukrainian Navy SEALS saved four Russian soldiers trapped on the Dnipro River's left bank.

The Satan-2 nuclear warhead launcher can carry 10 multiple re-entry vehicles that can be sent to hit different targets.

President Joe Biden and first lady Jill Biden will welcome Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi to a White House decorated with peacocks and lotus blooms on Thursday, hosting a vegetarian dinner but no specialties from Modi's home state of Gujarat.

The Group of Seven countries affirmed their unity and stressed the need for close coordination in dealing with China, the U.S.

The Biden administration will make it easier for Indians to live and work in the United States, using this week's state visit by Prime Minister Narendra Modi to help some skilled workers enter or remain in the country, according to three people familiar with the matter.

On Sunday, in their final telephone conversation, Paola Yamileth told her cousin she feared for her life: "I feel death here and I am afraid they are going to kill me."

U.S. President Joe Biden and visiting Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi will deliver remarks and take questions from journalists on Thursday during the Indian leader's state visit, an event a senior White House official called a "big deal" .

An Australian cyber regulator on Thursday said it has demanded Twitter explain its handling of online hate as the microblog has become the country's most complained-about platform since new owner Elon Musk lifted bans on a reported 62,000 accounts.

Since it sank on its maiden voyage more than a century ago, the Titanic has had an unshakeable grip on the public imagination.

Russia's constitutional court has rejected an attempt by rights groups to seek the repeal of a law that bans people from speaking out against Russia's invasion of Ukraine.

A letter written by a Uruguayan passenger on the Titanic will go on auction in Montevideo next week with a starting price of $12,000, an auction house has announced.