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German inflation slows more than expected in June

Germany’s inflation rate slowed more than expected in June, official data showed Monday, in welcome news for the European Central Bank following last month’s first interest rate cut since 2019. Inflation in
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Kym Parsons pleaded guilty to carrying out bank robberies in small South Australian towns between 2004 and 2014.(ABC News: Brant Cumming)

Australia’s ‘bicycle bandit’ gets 35 years

An Australian bank robber known as the “bicycle bandit” got a 35-year jail sentence Monday — though he reportedly has advanced cancer and is seeking an imminent voluntary assisted death. Kym Allen
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This aerial photograph shows a police van in the water in the Graubunden (Grisons) canton in Switzerland after violent downpours caused floods and landslides on June 23, 2024 on June 23, 2024. - Swiss authorities in the southeastern canton of Grisons said on June 23, 2024 that they were searching for three people missing after heavy flooding the previous day in the region. (Photo by Piero CRUCIATTI / AFP)

Body found after Swiss floods, two still missing

Swiss rescuers on Sunday found the body of one of three people missing since floods hit the southeastern canton of Grisons, police said. Rainstorms Friday set off flooding and landslides that tore
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(FILES) Grand Duke Henri of Luxembourg arrives to attend the International commemorative ceremony at Omaha Beach marking the 80th anniversary of the World War II "D-Day" Allied landings in Normandy, in Saint-Laurent-sur-Mer, in northwestern France, on June 6, 2024. - Grand Duke Henri of Luxembourg announced on June 23, 2024 he will start transferring powers to his son Guillaume in October, in a surprise move paving the way for the monarch's abdication. (Photo by MIGUEL MEDINA / AFP)

Luxembourg Grand Duke announces start of handover to son

Grand Duke Henri of Luxembourg on Sunday announced he will start transferring powers to his son Guillaume in October, in a surprise move paving the way for the monarch’s abdication. “I would
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A handout picture taken and released by the BBC on June 23, 2024, shows Britain's Home Secretary James Cleverly appearing on the BBC's "Sunday Morning" political television show with journalist Laura Kuenssberg. (Photo by JEFF OVERS / BBC / AFP)

Aide to UK minister calls Rwanda migrant plan ‘crap’ in leaked audio

The UK interior minister has defended a parliamentary aide who called the government plan to deport illegal migrants to Rwanda “crap”, in a leaked audio revealed by the BBC Sunday. A controversial
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Rescuers and police officers work at the site of a destroyed residential building following an aerial bomb in the centre of Kharkiv, on June 22, 2024, amid the Russian invasion of Ukraine. (Photo by SERGEY BOBOK / AFP)

Ukraine missile attack on Crimea kills 2, wounds 22 – Moscow-appointed governor

A Ukrainian missile attack Sunday on Sevastopol on the Russian-annexed Crimea peninsula killed two people including a two-year-old child and wounded 22, the city’s Moscow-appointed governor said. Sevastopol, a Black Sea port
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Islanders protest against new minibuses on the island of Buyukada, in Istanbul on June 20, 2024. - Buyukada is one of the Princes' Islands, a popular destination for tourists and a retreat for many of Istanbul's 16 million inhabitants. Motor vehicles are prohibited in the islands, except for essential services. But the controversial new minibuses, with a capacity of 12 people, went into service on June 15, driving through the narrow alleys of the islands. (Photo by Yasin AKGUL / AFP)

Locals protest against Turkish island’s ‘monstrobuses’

Ibrahim Aycan has been waging all-out war against the electric minibuses newly introduced on the car-free island of Buyukada, which he says threaten his corner of paradise on the southern shores of
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A rescuer and a service dog inspect the debris at the site of a destroyed residential building following an aerial bomb in the centre of Kharkiv, on June 22, 2024, amid the Russian invasion of Ukraine. (Photo by SERGEY BOBOK / AFP)

Russian attack on Ukraine’s Kharkiv kills two: -rescuers

A Russian strike on a residential building in Ukraine’s second-largest city Kharkiv killed two people and injured more than 50, rescuers said on Sunday, revising down a previous death toll. Russia has
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Fire fighters prepare to leave from the operational control centre in Roveredo, Switzerland on June 22, 2024, after heavy floods hit the region. - Three people are missing after heavy flooding in south-eastern Switzerland, police in the canton of GraubUnden announced on June 22, 2024. (Photo by Piero CRUCIATTI / AFP)

Three missing after heavy Swiss flooding

Swiss authorities in the southeastern canton of Grisons said Saturday that they were searching for three people missing after heavy flooding the previous day in the region. Police said a woman feared
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