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
Armed conflicts and attacks
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 Geran-2 drones at Ukraine overnight in the largest single drone attack of the war to date.
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Newsweek
Several people are killed and injured in a suicide bombing targeting the 14th October Brigade of the Somali Armed Forces at a military academy in Mogadishu, Somalia. al-Shabaab claims responsibility for the attack.
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Somali Guardian
At least seven Kenyan police officers injured after an al-Shabaab roadside bomb strikes their patrol truck on a highway east of Mandera in Kenya near the border with Somalia.
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Hiiraan Online
Business and economy
U.S. president Donald Trump announces a 50% tariff on most imports into the United States from Brazil in a letter addressed to Brazilian President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva and citing the trial of former Brazilian president Jair Bolsonaro. The tariffs take effect from August 1.
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Reuters
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
July 8
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 and the European Council approve Bulgaria's request to adopt the euro, which will replace the lev as Bulgaria's official currency on 1 January 2026.
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European Council
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
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
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
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
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.
Source:
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
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
Business and economy
Paschal Donohoe is re-elected President of the Eurogroup.
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RTE.ie
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
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