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The mayor’s office says an unknown number of people are trapped under the rubble after an explosion hit a market in Yerevan. At least one person has been killed and an unknown number of people are believed to be trapped in the rubble after a powerful explosion ripped through a retail market in Armenia’s capital Yerevan, officials said. Rescue crews were working to pull people out of the rubble, Levon Sardarian, a spokesman for Yerevan’s mayor, told the Associated Press news agency....

Even before its launch in October 2021, NASA’s Lucy mission was already on track to break records by visiting more asteroids than any previous mission. Now, the mission can add another asteroid to the list, following a surprise result from a long-term observing campaign. The Lucy science team discovered on March 27 that the smallest of the mission’s Trojan asteroid targets, Polymele, has its own satellite. On that day Polymeli was expected to pass in front of a star....

Church leaders said in a statement that many branches of the denomination, which includes seminaries and missionary organizations, were under investigation and that the church continued to “mourn and grieve over past mistakes.” In May, church leaders published a scathing critique that said reports of sexual abuse had been suppressed by top church officials for two decades. This investigation, which was conducted by an outside consultant, covered reports of abuse by women and children against male pastors, church workers and officials from 2000 to the present....

Former President Donald Trump lashed out at the FBI on social media Saturday night, questioning their integrity just days after they raided his private residence in Florida. In a series of posts, Trump called the FBI “corrupt” and claimed their Mar-a-Lago raid on Monday was just the latest in a series of attempts to undermine him. These claims are baseless. “The FBI has a long and unrelenting history of being corrupt....

Former President Donald Trump was initially “upbeat” about the FBI raid on his Mar-a-Lago residence, but his mood darkened at times as GOP support began to wane, according to a report. Sources told The Washington Post that Trump believed the FBI raid would benefit him, as it appeared the Justice Department had overreached. “It feels like a political coup for him,” a friend who had spoken with the former president several times told The Post, speaking on condition of anonymity....

State troopers arrested suspect Adrian Oswaldo Sura Reyes of Nescopeck in the mass casualty incident in Columbia on Saturday, WBRE/WYOU reported. Police believe the same 24-year-old is behind a shooting in Luzerne County that left a woman dead shortly after the crash in Columbia. The local Press Enterprise reported that the woman was the suspect’s mother. He reportedly argued with her before fatally beating her. State Trooper Anthony Petroski told the press that several people attending a fundraiser for the families of the 10 people who died in a fire in Nescopeck were hit by a car around 6:15 p....

Show only key events Please enable JavaScript to use this feature Massive crop failures are expected in England Elena Horton Experts have warned of widespread crop failures across England as charities and farmers criticized water companies for hesitating on tire bans despite drought being declared across much of the country. On Friday, the Environment Agency classified eight of England’s 14 regions as drought-stricken. However, water companies including Anglian Water, Southern Water and South West Water have not imposed bans on the pipes....

Tatsächlich wurden in dem Bergland erst am Montag Unwetter erwartet. Regen, warme Luft und Temperaturen um die 30 Grad haben nun dazu geführt, dass sich im Osten Gewitterzellen bilden. Mehrere von ihnen fegen derzeit Österreich. „In diesem Fall kann es lokal zu stärkeren Regenfällen kommen, die zu kleinflächigen Überschwemmungen führen“, warnte das Unwetterzentrum UBIMET am Morgen, noch bevor klar war, ob diese Regenfälle und Stürme den Osten erreichen würden. Das änderte sich am Nachmittag....

Gerhard Gnuck Politischer Korrespondent für Polen, Ukraine, Estland, Lettland und Litauen mit Sitz in Warschau. „Es scheint eine neue Strategie der Ukrainer zu sein, auch Luftwaffenstützpunkte tief in der russischen Offensivzone anzugreifen“, sagt Joachim Krause, Leiter des Instituts für politische Sicherheit an der Universität Kiel, der FAZ. ob bald ein Stützpunkt auf russischem Boden eröffnet werde – also nicht auf der seit 2014 besetzten Krim. Krause erwähnt in diesem Zusammenhang einen Vorfall in der Nacht zum Donnerstag, als angeblich ein Luftwaffenstützpunkt in Weißrussland angegriffen die auch von Russland betrieben wird....

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As reservoirs dry up and soils dry up in the southwestern United States, the state of California is promoting a sweeping drought response plan that it says will usher in a new era of abundant water, primarily by capturing rainwater for future use. With a population larger than Canada and an economy larger than all but the world’s wealthiest countries, California occupies the continent’s most important position in responding to a decades-long drought in the region — one that has created a deepening sense of alarm about future water availability....

Geisinger Hospital confirmed in a statement that it was treating more than 15 patients, including four in critical condition. State police were called to the area near the Department of Toxicology bar in Berwick about 6:15 Saturday afternoon, Pennsylvania State Police Trooper Anthony Petroski told reporters. Police said a vehicle “drove through the crowd at a community event”. Troopers then received a call about a man allegedly assaulting a woman in neighboring Nescopeck County, Petroski said....

The latest figures reveal that 535 of the roughly 1,000 licensed operators in Toronto had applied to join the program as of last week, while 28 had indicated their intention to opt out. However, participation in the program so far appears to vary significantly depending on a center’s operating model. The city says about 444 of Toronto’s 726 not-for-profit centers have filed paperwork to join the program so far, with hundreds more expected to make their intentions clear by the deadline....

It happened early Sunday as the group of Israelis waited in a parking lot near the Western Wall, considered the holiest place for Jews to pray. Image: Israeli officers check a bus after the incident According to the Times of Israel, the gunman waited for the bus to arrive and opened fire while the passengers were on board, before fleeing on foot. Police conducted an extensive manhunt across the city....

The five US lawmakers, led by Senator Ed Markey, arrived in Taipei on an unannounced visit late Sunday, the second high-level group to visit after US House Speaker Nancy Pelosi in early August, which started several days of Chinese war games. The Chinese military unit in charge of the area next to Taiwan, the People’s Liberation Army’s Eastern Theater Command, said it held joint multi-agency combat readiness patrols and sea and air combat exercises around Taiwan on Monday....

“I wanted to outbox my opponent, whether it was Usyk or whoever, that was the mentality [in the first fight]. I wanted to take my opponent out and on Saturday I want to crush my opponent,” Joshua told Sky Sports News. “That’s the mindset now.” Joshua acknowledges that an action-packed, destructive approach was the key to so much of his early career success. Use Chrome browser for more accessible video player Lauren Price and Karriss Artingstall weigh in on how Anthony Joshua will need to approach his rematch against Oleksandr Usyk “I was an amateur for three and a half years and I did a lot in that time and I asked myself how?...

If you or someone you know is having suicidal thoughts, contact the National Suicide Prevention Lifeline at 988. The brother of a young Marine killed during the U.S. withdrawal from Afghanistan reportedly took his own life a year later during a recent memorial service for the fallen serviceman. Lance Cpl. Kareem Nikoui, 20, of Norco, California, was one of 13 American soldiers killed on August 26, 2021, when a suicide bomber detonated an explosive device outside the Kabul airport as crowds of Americans and Afghan allies tried to flee the Taliban who took control....

Services in the North East and South Yorkshire are known to be at risk, but many more routes could be cut as the Covid grants that supported the routes during the pandemic expire. Bus operators usually have to give six weeks’ notice before cutting services and Covid recovery grants run out in early October. The Confederation of Passenger Transport (CPT), which represents operators, said the coming week would be “critical” in reviewing what will continue to operate....

The previous exercises have just stopped. The Chinese Communist Party, which rules the mainland, claims Taiwan as part of the People’s Republic of China. Taiwan claims to be an independent nation known as the Republic of China. Tensions between the two have risen recently following visits by American politicians. The drills are intended as a “decisive response and serious deterrent against US-Taiwan collusion and provocation,” China’s defense ministry said. Nancy Pelosi became the first Speaker of the US House to travel to the island in 25 years when she stopped by earlier this month....

Après deux ans de pandémie, beaucoup ont ressenti le besoin de voyager, quel qu’en soit le coût. Selon les données recueillies par Statistique Canada, les dépenses des ménages canadiens demeurent aussi élevées que possible malgré les craintes liées à l’inflation. “C’est sûr que ce sera très difficile, parce que les gens ont passé deux ans sans sortir. Aujourd’hui, ils ne regardent pas leurs dépenses, mais la réalité va frapper », a déclaré une femme à TVA Nouvelles....