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Ex-UK lawmaker pleads guilty to cheating in election betting scandal
Jun 29, 2026 - World 
A former Conservative lawmaker has pleaded guilty to cheating at gambling by using insider knowledge to bet on the date then-Prime Minister Rishi Sunak would call a U.K. election two years ago
Zelenskyy condemns 'horrific attacks' as Russian strikes kill 11, wound 40 in Ukraine
Jun 29, 2026 - World 
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy says Russian missiles and drones have killed at least 11 civilians and injured 40 others
Heat forces yodelers at annual Swiss festival to sing in fountains
Jun 29, 2026 - World 
Yodelers at a festival in Basel, Switzerland, turned city fountains into rehearsal spaces during Europe’s June heat wave
Pakistani airstrikes kill dozens in eastern Afghanistan
Jun 29, 2026 - World 
Pakistan says strikes were aimed at a terrorist group while Taliban condemn ‘cowardly act of aggression’Pakistani airstrikes in three eastern provinces of Afghanistan killed 36 civilians and wounded 163 others, Afghan officials have said, as attacks between the two countries showed no sign of abating.Pakistan’s information minister, Attaullah Tarar, said the operations on Sunday night were aimed at a terrorist group his country blamed for a deadly militant attack in Karachi that killed three security personnel over the weekend. Continue reading...
Shooting in northern Germany leaves 6 people dead. Suspected shooter arrested
Jun 29, 2026 - World 
Police say that a shooting at a youth welfare facility in northern Germany has left six people dead
