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LONDON,  (Reuters) – Scandal-ridden Boris Johnson announced yesterday he would quit as British prime minister after he dramatically lost the support of his ministers and most Conservative lawmakers, but said he would stay on until his successor was chosen.

KYIV/KRAMATORSK, Ukraine, (Reuters) – Russian President Vladimir Putin yesterday accused the West of decades of aggression towards Moscow and warned that if it wanted to attempt to beat Russia on the battlefield it was welcome to try, but this would bring tragedy for Ukraine.

LOS ANGELES,  (Reuters) – American actor James Caan, who starred as gangster Sonny Corleone in epic mafia film “The Godfather,” has died at age 82, his family said in a statement yesterday.

LONDON, (Reuters) – Scandal-ridden Boris Johnson announced today he would quit as British prime minister after he dramatically lost the support of his ministers and most Conservative lawmakers, but said he would stay on until his successor was chosen.

BUENOS AIRES,  (Reuters) – An Argentine judge sentenced 19 former military officers to prison yesterday for crimes against humanity committed during the country’s brutal military dictatorship in the 1970s and 1980s, including for kidnappings of auto plant workers.

KYIV/KRAMATORSK,  (Reuters) – Former Russian President Dmitry Medvedev said attempts by the West to punish a nuclear power such as Russia for the war in Ukraine risked endangering humanity, as the near five-month conflict leaves cities in ruins and thousands homeless.

LOS ANGELES, (Reuters) – A Califor-nia man was found guilty yesterday of first-degree murder in the shooting death of Grammy-winning Los Angeles rapper Nipsey Hussle in 2019.

LONDON, (Reuters) – British Prime Minister Boris Johnson defied pressure to quit yesterday from senior ministers and a mounting rebellion within his ruling Conservative Party, saying he will fight off any attempts to oust him over a series of scandals.

LONDON,  (Reuters) – Cabinet ministers gathered in Boris Johnson’s official residence today to tell him to quit as British leader, after he insisted he would not stand down in the face of a mounting rebellion within his party.

HIGHLAND PARK, Ill., (Reuters) – The man accused of opening fire on a July Fourth parade near Chicago was charged yesterday with seven counts of murder, as police revealed they had reported him as posing a “clear and present danger” after alleged threats to his family in 2019.

LONDON,  (Reuters) – British Prime Minister Boris Johnson was fighting for his political survival yesterday after finance minister Rishi Sunak and another senior minister abruptly resigned over the latest scandal to blight his administration.

SLOVIANSK, Ukraine/KYIV, (Reuters) – Russian troops are engaged in heavy fighting supported by widespread artillery fire as they launch a major offensive for Ukraine’s Donetsk region, Ukrainian officials said, a day after Moscow declared victory in the neighbouring province of Luhansk.

LONDON,  (Reuters) – British Prime Minister Boris Johnson was fighting for his political survival on Tuesday after finance minister Rishi Sunak and another senior minister abruptly resigned over the latest scandal to blight his administration.

LONDON,  (Reuters) – The Russian government will be able to compel businesses to supply the military with goods and make their employees work overtime under two laws to support Moscow’s war in Ukraine that were approved in an initial vote in parliament today.

LONDON,  (Reuters) – A former top Foreign Office official accused Boris Johnson’s office today of lying over whether the British leader knew about earlier complaints of sexual misconduct made against a minister who resigned over his behaviour last week.

HIGHLAND PARK, Ill.,  (Reuters) – Police announced they had captured a suspect in a shooting yesterday that killed six people and wounded more than 36 when a man with a high-powered rifle opened fire from a rooftop at a Fourth of July parade in the Chicago suburb of Highland Park.

KYIV, (Reuters) – Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy said yesterday his armed forces were undeterred in their efforts to “break” Moscow’s will to pursue a nearly five-month war, while Russia’s Vladimir Putin hailed his military’s victory in the grueling battle of Luhansk.

WASHINGTON, (Reuters) – Al Jazeera journalist Shireen Abu Akleh was likely killed by unintentional gunfire from Israeli positions, but independent investigators could not reach a definitive conclusion about the origin of the bullet that struck her, the U.S.

HIGHLAND PARK, Ill.,  (Reuters) – Six people were killed and at least two dozen injured when a rooftop gunman opened fire at a Fourth of July parade in the wealthy Chicago suburb of Highland Park today, turning a civic display of patriotism into a scene of panicked mayhem.

  DAR ES SALAAM, (Reuters) – Tanzania said today it had signed an agreement with a Turkish firm, Yapi Merkezi, to build a $900 million modern railway line as part of the country’s efforts to upgrade transportation links and boost trade with its neighbours.