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Three people have died and several others were injured after a shooter opened fire from a boat at a crowded waterfront bar in Southport, North Carolina, officials say. The attack happened on Saturday evening outside the American Fish Company at the Southport Yacht Basin. City spokesperson ChyAnn Ketchum said a boat pulled up to the…

China has officially opened the world’s highest bridge in the world to the public. The Huajiang Grand Canyon Bridge towers 625m (2,050ft) above a gorge in the country’s Guizhou province. Officials say it cuts travel time between the canyon’s two sides from two hours to two minutes. Earlier this year in August, a testing team…

Sarah Rainsford, Eastern and Southern Europe correspondentIn Chisinau and Paul KirbyEurope digital editor in London Anadolu via Getty Images Moldovan President Maia Sandu warned voters their democracy was young and fragile and Russia endangered it Moldovans have voted in parliamentary elections seen as critical for their future path to the European Union amid allegations of…

Namibia says it is sending in helicopters and hundreds of soldiers to battle a fire that has ravaged a third of a key nature reserve. Etosha National Park is one of southern Africa’s top tourist attractions, known for its vast salt pan that can be seen from space. It is also home to critically endangered…

Several people were injured after a shooting and a fire at a Mormon church in Michigan, local police say. Officials said there was an active shooter incident at the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints in Grand Blanc, a town 60 miles (96 km) northwest of Detroit, on Sunday morning. “There are multiple victims…

Swiss voters have narrowly approved a plan to introduce electronic identity cards in the country. With all votes counted, 50.4% of those who voted said yes to the proposal, while 49.6% rejected it. The closeness of the ballot is a surprise. Opinion polls had suggested up to 60% backed digital IDs, which also had the…

At least four people have been killed in Kyiv following a Russian aerial bombardment across Ukraine, President Volodymyr Zelensky said. In a post on X, Zelensky called the attack ‘”vile” and warned that Ukraine would retaliate. The president also said that Moscow “wants to continue fighting and killing, and it deserves the toughest pressure from…

Greta Thunberg has pushed back on criticism that a Gaza-bound flotilla she is a part of is a publicity stunt, saying no one would imperil themselves purely for attention. The Swedish activist is aboard one of 52 boats that form the Global Sumud Flotilla (GSF), which is travelling toward Gaza with the aim of delivering…

US pop star and actress Selena Gomez has married music producer Benny Blanco in a ceremony in California. Gomez posted pictures to Instagram of her wearing a white halter-neck wedding gown and Blanco in a dark tuxedo, alongside the caption “9.27.25” bookended by love hearts. The couple exchanged vows in Santa Barbara on Saturday in…

A “massive attack” by Russia against Ukraine’s capital has killed four people and injured at least eight others, Kyiv Mayor Vitali Klitschko has said. Drones hit several regions overnight, including Zaporizhzhia, where at least 16 people, including three children, were injured, authorities said. Ukraine’s foreign minister said hundreds of drones and missiles had been used…