At least six people die when a M 5.7 earthquake strikes Guatemala and causes widespread damage.
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ABC News 
July 9
Disasters and accidents
At least thirteen people are killed and nine others are injured after a section of the Gambhira Bridge in Gujarat, India, partially collapses during morning rush hour.
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NDTV
Law and crime
The Seoul Central District Court issues an arrest warrant for former South Korean president Yoon Suk Yeol over five key charges related to his short-lived martial law declaration on December 3, 2024, placing him in custody for the first time since March due to concerns of evidence tampering.
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Yonhap
Turkey partially bans certain content from X (formerly Twitter)’s AI chatbot Grok amid a criminal probe over insults to Turkish president Recep Tayyip Erdoğan and the country's founder Mustafa Kemal Atatürk.
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Reuters
Armed conflicts and attacks
At least four military officials killed and dozens injured following an al-Shabaab suicide bomber attack on the 14th October Brigade of the Somali Armed Forces at the Jaalle Siad Military Academy in Mogadishu, Somalia.
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Somali Guardian
The , a Liberian-flagged ship, sinks in the Red Sea after being attacked by the Houthis on Monday. At least four people are killed, seven others are rescued and fourteen are reported missing. A rescue operation is underway.
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NOS
Russian forces launch 728 Iranian Shahed drones at Ukraine overnight in the largest single drone attack of the war to date.
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Newsweek
July 8
Law and crime
The International Criminal Court issues arrest warrants against Taliban leader Hibatullah Akhundzada and Taliban official Abdul Hakim Haqqani over persecution of girls, women and the LGBTQ+ community.
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AP
Two people are killed, including the perpetrator, and six others are injured, including three police officers and three seriously, in a shootout at a house in Calldetenes, Catalonia, Spain.
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Ara
A 9-year-old is killed and two others are injured in a mass stabbing attack by a 16-year-old at a school in Estação, Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil.
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CTV News
Pre-legal action is taken concerning a bonfire in South Belfast at the junction of Donegall Road and Westlink because it poses a danger to an electric substation that supplies both Belfast City Hospital and Royal Victoria Hospital.
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BBC
Armed conflicts and attacks
Five Israeli soldiers are killed and two others are seriously injured in an ambush in Beit Hanoun, Gaza.
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The Washington Post
An Israeli airstrike kills at least three people and injures 13 others in an attack on Tripoli, Lebanon.
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Al Jazeera
Business and economy
German vehicle manufacturer Daimler Truck announces it will cut around 5,000 jobs in the country by 2030 in an effort to save 1 billion following a drop in sales.
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DW
The European Parliament approve Bulgaria's request to adopt euro, pending approval by the European Council.
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Euronews
Disasters and accidents
At least three people are killed, four people are trapped, including a father and his two children, and 85 others are rescued when they are washed away in flash floods in Ruidoso, New Mexico, United States.
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LBC
Ten people are killed and others are injured when a fire and explosion cause eight rooms to collapse at a fireworks factory in Virudhunagar, Tamil Nadu, India.
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The Star
July 7
Law and crime
Philippine police chief Nicolas Torre announces that 15 police officers have been arrested for their alleged involvement in abducting and killing at least 34 cockfighters across Luzon, Philippines, from 2021 to 2022.
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AP
Erin Patterson is found guilty on all charges regarding deaths from poisoning from a lunch at her home in Leongatha, Australia.
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ABC News Australia
Amnesty International says that Saudi Arabia executed a record 345 people last year, many of them over drug offenses.
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AP
The United States Department of Justice announces that the alleged "Epstein client list" does not exist, in contradiction of Attorney General Pam Bondi's claims of possessing it, and reaffirms that Jeffrey Epstein's death was a suicide.
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AP
The perpetrator is killed and three people, two police officers and a border guard, are injured in a mass shooting when a man opens fire on law enforcement officers before being fatally shot at a Border Patrol facility in McAllen, Texas, United States.
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CNN
Armed conflicts and attacks
The Israeli Air Force strikes three ports and a power plant in Houthi-controlled Yemen in response to recent ballistic missile attacks on Israel.
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Reuters
At least four people are killed, two people are injured and two other people are missing after the , a Liberian flagged ship, is attacked in the Red Sea near Hodeida, Yemen, by multiple boats and drones. The ship later sinks.
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NOS
The Ukrainian Armed Forces launch a long-range drone strike on Krasnodar Krai, Russia, damaging the main oil refinery in Ilsky.
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The Kyiv Independent
Al-Shabaab militants recapture Moqokori, a town in the Hiiraan region of Somalia. The heavy fighting resulted in the deaths of at least 40 Somali National Army and Ma'awisley fighters.
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Garowe Online
Eleven people are killed and 29 others are injured in clashes with security forces amid ongoing anti-government protests in Kenya, according to the National Commission on Human Rights.
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Reuters
Disasters and accidents
The death toll from the flooding in Central Texas, United States, increases to 104, including 28 children, with 41 other people still missing. Flash flood warnings are issued for expected additional rainfall.
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AP
Four people are killed and at least 22 others are injured in a fire at the Ramses Exchange building in Cairo, Egypt. National connectivity data is brought down to 62% of ordinary levels, including banking and phone calls. Trading on the Cairo Stock Exchange is halted the following day.
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CNN
Four people are killed, including two children, when a Cirrus SR22 crashes into a field near Raleigh Executive Jetport in Sanford, North Carolina, United States.
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WTVD
Business and economy
Paschal Donohoe is re-elected President of the Eurogroup.
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RTE.ie
Politics and elections
Kim Min-seok is officially inaugurated as the prime minister of South Korea at the Government Complex in Sejong City, four days after he was approved by the National Assembly.
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The Korea Herald
Russian president Vladimir Putin dismisses Minister of Transport Roman Starovoyt, with his deputy Andrey Nikitin replacing him. Hours after his dismissal, Starovoyt is found dead from a self-inflicted gunshot.
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ABC News
July 6
Politics and elections
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France 24
Armed conflicts and attacks
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AP
Israel conducts four drone strikes in Bint Jbeil, Shebaa, and Shaqra, in southern Lebanon over the weekend, killing one person and injuring several others.
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Al Jazeera
Liberian-flagged bulk carrier Magic Seas is attacked by the Houthis with small arms fire and rocket-propelled grenades in the Red Sea forcing the crew to abandon ship, according to the United Kingdom Maritime Trade Operation.
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ABC News Australia
Boko Haram insurgents kill nine people and injure four others in an attack on Mallam Fatori in Borno State, Nigeria.
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AP
The historic Hotel Oloffson in Port-au-Prince, Haiti, is destroyed following an arson attack by armed gangs.
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Le Quotidien 509
Law and crime
Prosecutors in South Korea request that former president Yoon Suk Yeol be detained amid the ongoing investigation against him for insurrection.
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Reuters
Sports
In association football, the defending champions Mexico win a record-extending 10th Gold Cup title after defeating the United States 2–1 in the final at the NRG Stadium in Houston, Texas, United States. Edson Álvarez is named the tournament's best player.
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France 24
International relations
The reports that the Japanese Navy will export six used to the Armed Forces of the Philippines to strengthen the Philippine Navy due to territorial disputes in the South China Sea.
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Reuters
Disasters and accidents
The death toll from the collapse of a multistory building on Friday in Karachi, Sindh, Pakistan, rises to 27 as rescuers pull 11 more bodies from the rubble as the three-day rescue operation ends. 10 others were injured in the collapse, of which one died in hospital from their injuries.
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CTV News
A truck and a commercial vehicle carrying passengers collide along the Zaria-Kano expressway in Kano State, Nigeria, killing 21 and injuring three.
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AP
Five Turkish soldiers are killed by methane gas exposure in a cave in northern Iraq during an operation to search for a fellow soldier's remains.
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AP