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Mass shooting in Johannesburg kills 12, injures 9
REUTERS
CLEVELAND, Johannesburg, SA- At least 12 people were killed, and nine were injured on Tuesday evening when gunmen opened fire at an informal settlement in Cleveland, east of Johannesburg, South African police said on Wednesday.
Hero’s welcome for Somali referee denied US entry for World Cup
ANADOLU AGENCY
MOGADISHU, Somalia- Somali football referee Omar Artan received a hero’s welcome on his return home after he was denied entry to the US, a decision that prevented him from officiating at the 2026 FIFA World Cup.
Pentagon press room declared 'off limits' to the press
WASHINGTON TIMES
WASHINGTON D.C., USA- Reporters have been barred from the Pentagon press office after the Trump administration this week declared it a “Sensitive Compartmented Information Facility.”
At least 18 foreign nationals among 21 killed in Delhi hotel fire
MIAMI HERALD
NEW DELHI, India- At least 21 people, including 18 foreign nationals, were killed in a fire at a hotel in Delhi on Wednesday, police and broadcaster CNN-News18 said, in one of the worst such incidents in the national capital since 2022.
Hungarian parliament blocks withdrawal from ICC
SWEDEN HERALD
BUDAPEST, Hungary- Hungary's parliament has voted by a large majority to suspend the country's withdrawal from the International Criminal Court (ICC).
1 dead & 9 missing after chemical tank implodes in Washington
ITV NEWS
LONGVIEW, Washington, USA- At least one person has been killed and nine others are missing after a massive chemical tank holding nearly a million gallons of a highly corrosive liquid imploded at a facility in Washington State.
WHO says 139 suspected Ebola deaths in Congo outbreak, numbers expected to rise
MIAMI HERALD
GENEVA, Switzerland- The World Health Organization said on Wednesday there were 600 suspected cases of Ebola and 139 suspected deaths and numbers are expected to rise given the time the virus circulated before the outbreak in Congo and Uganda was detected.
Last two bodies of Italian divers recovered from Maldives cave
THE INDEPENDENT
MALE, Maldives- The final two bodies from a group of Italian divers have been recovered from an underwater cave network in the Maldives, authorities said.
Trump arrives in Beijing for first US presidential visit in nearly a decade
REUTERS
BEIJING, China- President Donald Trump landed in Beijing on Wednesday, accompanied by an entourage that included Nvidia's Jensen Huang and Elon Musk, after pledging to urge China's Xi Jinping to "open up" to US business at the start of their two-day summit.
Gunshots ring out at Philippine Senate where lawmaker is holed up
AL JAZEERA
MANILA, Philippines- More than a dozen gunshots rang out at the Philippine Senate as police and marines moved in to arrest a senator wanted by the International Criminal Court for alleged crimes against humanity.
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