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Italian court convicts 30 including former highway operator CEO in deadly 2018 bridge collapse

Jul 16, 2026 - World

An Italian court on Thursday convicted the former CEO of Italy's main highway operator and 29 others in the 2018 Genoa highway bridge collapse that sent vehicles plunging and killed 43 people, a disaster that exposed serious lapses in the maintenance of Italian infrastructure.

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Ukrainians protest Zelenskyy's ouster of his popular defense minister

Jul 16, 2026 - World

President Volodymyr Zelenskyy shook up his wartime government, drawing hundreds of Ukrainians into the streets Thursday to protest the ouster of his youthful defense minister - seen as an innovator of the country's successful drone technology but who clashed with the traditional military establishment.

Suspects arrested in the Philippines over killing of U.S. marine biologist

Jul 16, 2026 - World

Three suspects have been arrested in connection with the killing of a distinguished American marine biologist at his home in the central Philippines, police said Thursday.

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No radiation leak after 'contamination' events at African nuclear plant: regulator

Jul 16, 2026 - World

There have been three recent contamination events inside the Koeberg Nuclear Power Station, South Africa’s nuclear regulator said

1 person dead and 23 missing after passenger boat sinks in Indonesia, authorities say

Jul 16, 2026 - World

Authorities in Indonesia say one person is dead and 23 are missing after a passenger boat sank on the way to an island in the archipelago