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Questions mount after deadly Berlin Pride attack. Here's what to know

Berliners mourned Monday after the deadly attack near the city's Pride festival as questions mounted over how the suspect was able to move freely following a conviction linked to his ties to the Islamic State group.

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A gay belly dancer turns grief into joy after fatal attack on Berlin's Pride festival

Haidar Darwish, a Syrian belly dancer and artist, took the stage at Berlin's Museum Island wearing a flamboyant hoop skirt and red fez. He asked the audience for a moment of silence and then said the show must go on - despite a fatal attack on the city's Pride celebrations that has plunged the LGBTQ+ community into mourning.

Philippine President Marcos slams China in veiled rebuke in his state of the nation speech

Philippine President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. denounced China in a veiled rebuke Monday in his state of the nation speech, vowing that his government will defend a 2016 arbitration ruling that invalidated Beijing's expansive claims in the disputed South China Sea, and saying that Filipinos "do not yield" to conquerors.

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Gunther von Hagens, the German anatomist behind the 'Body Worlds' exhibition, dies at 81

Gunther von Hagens, the German anatomist who generated both fascination and revulsion around the globe with his "Body Worlds" exhibits of preserved human corpses, has died. He was 81.

France says monster fire that forced 220,000 people to flee has stopped growing

Fire crews in southwest France are battling a massive wildfire that has burned an area four times the size of Paris