Hezbollah confirmed that one of its senior commanders, Fuad Shukr, had been killed in an Israeli strike on Beirut, and Hamas accused Israel of killing its political leader, Ismail Haniyeh, while he was in Tehran for the inauguration of Iran’s new president.
More than 50 police were injured in an outbreak of violence driven by false reports that the suspect in the stabbing attack on a children’s dance class was a migrant.
Katie Ledecky comfortably won the 1,500-meter freestyle, beating her winning time from the Tokyo Games by more than seven seconds.
From voter intimidation to refusing to provide paper tallies to verify the result claimed by the government, the election was riddled with problems.
The Carter Center, a leading pro-democracy organization, says Venezuela’s election violated the country’s own laws and was undemocratic.
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