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Trump said in his speech that networks that did not air his speech were engaged in a “plot”.

OSLO, July 17 - More than 50 homes were destroyed by fire on Friday near the city of Drammen in southern Norway as firefighters battled to contain the flames amid strong winds, rescue officials said.

The Caroline Bezengi vessel is carrying Russian oil.

Nowak's attacker, Vickrum Digwa, falsely told police he had been the victim of racial abuse.

The practice of surrogacy is illegal in Germany.

Visits from French internet addresses to Polymarket’s site have been rising, hitting 578,751 in June.

BELFAST, July 17 - Former Northern Ireland politician Jeffrey Donaldson sought to appeal against his convictions for historic child sex offences, the BBC reported on Friday, citing documents lodged with Belfast's Court of Appeal.

CAIRO, July 17 - An Israeli airstrike killed at least eight Palestinians and wounded 20 attending a funeral in Nuseirat in the central Gaza Strip on Friday for a person killed by another Israeli strike on the area earlier in the day, Gaza health officials said.

VENICE, July 17 - U.S. Ambassador to Italy Tilman Fertitta arrived in the lagoon of Venice aboard his superyacht on Friday, drawing protests against President Donald Trump's policies and increased security as the city prepared for one of its most important festivals.

BRUEHL, Germany, July 17 - The leaders of Germany and France pledged on Friday to deepen defence cooperation and counter intense economic competition from China, which they said was exerting drastic pressure on Europe through overcapacity and an undervalued currency.

The filings asked the courts to dismiss the claims with prejudice, which means they cannot be refiled.

A series of aftershocks were felt in Mexico, Guatemala and El Salvador.

Apple is reclaiming the top spot for the first time since April 2025.

Rowling, who set up the centre in 2022, has spoken in the past of being a survivor of domestic violence.

WASHINGTON, July 17 - Four top candidates vying to replace Graham Platner as the Democratic U.S. Senate nominee in Maine took to the debate stage on Thursday to make their case for why they should be the one to face Republican Senator Susan Collins in November.

KINSHASA, July 17 - The United Nations Security Council has imposed sanctions on leaders of armed groups operating in eastern Congo including Rwandan-backed AFC/M23 rebels and the Democratic Forces for the Liberation of Rwanda (FDLR), which fights alongside the Congolese army.

July 17 - Russia attacked two Ukrainian Black Sea port cities on Friday, killing three people, officials said, as Moscow intensifies pressure on Ukraine's key trade routes.

The drug is expected to go on the market in the coming weeks.

Protesters rallied outside Zelensky’s office in central Kyiv demanding that he reappoint Fedorov.

Lipfendra’s list price will be US$315 for a 30-day supply, and it will be available in a few weeks.