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More than 100 killed in Indian religious event stampede, officials say

Relatives wailed in distress as bodies of the dead, placed on stretchers and covered in white sheets, lined the grounds of a local hospital. A bus that arrived there carried more victims, whose bodies were lying on the seats inside.

Israeli generals, low on munitions, want a truce in Gaza
The generals think that a truce would be the best way of freeing the roughly 120 Israelis still held, both dead and alive, in Gaza, according to interviews with six current and former security officials.

AI begins ushering in an age of killer robots
The pressure to outthink the enemy, along with huge flows of investment, donations, and government contracts, has turned Ukraine into a Silicon Valley for autonomous drones and other weaponry.

Stampede at religious event in India kills more than 100, mostly women and children

The stampede occurred as attendees rushed to leave following an event with a religious leader named Bhole Baba.

Hurricane Beryl rips through open waters after devastating the southeast Caribbean
The monstrous Category 5 storm is on a path that would take it near Jamaica and the Cayman Islands after earlier making landfall in the southeast Caribbean, killing at least four people.

Biden administration extends temporary legal status to 300,000 Haitians, drawing a contrast to Trump
The expansion applies to Haitians who were in the United States on June 3 and will last until Feb. 3, 2026.

Hungary’s leader is in Ukraine for talks with Zelensky. It’s his first visit since the war began.
Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orbán was in Kyiv on Tuesday for talks with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy, his first visit to the country since Russia’s full-scale invasion in February 2022.

Dutch king swears in a new government 7 months after far-right party won elections
The Netherlands has a different prime minister for the first time in 14 years after Dutch King Willem-Alexander swore in the country’s new government more than seven months after elections.

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