Four women and a man were shot dead at a youth welfare centre in Stade, northern Germany, while a sixth person died of their injuries in hospital. Police have arrested two people, including the suspected shooter.
The U.S. Supreme Court has upheld a Mississippi law that allows election officials to count mail-in ballots that are postmarked by Election Day but received up to five days after it. The ruling is a loss for the Republican Party, which brought the case ahead of the midterm elections.
President Trump had asked the justices to intervene after a jury found that he had sexually abused and defamed the writer E. Jean Carroll.
The Labour leadership frontrunner said Britain's highly centralized state has held back growth and promised to move power, investment and decisionmaking to local communities.
Two state police officers were gunned down in separate events in Mexicali, Baja California this weekend, in what appears to be retaliation by Los Rusos criminal organization.
Temperatures reached 40 degrees Celsius (104 degrees Fahrenheit) in parts of Europe on Sunday. More than 1,300 excess deaths have been reported across Europe since June 21 as a result of the severe heatwave.
▶ Video"I do not love America, and never have, especially now." Those are the opening words of America, U.S.A.: How Race Shadows the Nation's Anniversaries, a new book from Princeton historian Eddie Glaude released ahead of the 250th anniversary of the Declaration of Independence on July 4.
Billionaire wealth has doubled in five years, and there's a growing movement to tax it. But there's a problem: the fate of a national wealth tax may ultimately hinge on a few words buried in an arcane passage in the Constitution.
Pakistan claims it was targeting militants near its border, but the Taliban government calls it an "atrocity".
In a 6-3 decision, the Supreme Court struck down a 91-year-old precedent that has prevented presidents from removing members of independent agencies meant to be a check on his power.
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Serbia's populist president Aleksandar Vučić plans to resign but seek to remain in power by becoming prime minister, a strategy reminiscent of Vladimir Putin's approach. His announcement comes after nearly 20 months of mass student-led anti-corruption protests.