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Shots fired at a house party in Pittsburgh early Sunday killed two 17-year-olds and wounded at least eight other people, police said. Hundreds of people — the “vast majority” of them minors — had gathered at a short-term rental property when some kind of altercation occurred and shots were fired at around 12:30 a.m., Pittsburgh Police Chief Scott Schubert said at a midday news conference. Schubert said there was gunfire both inside and outside the rental home.

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Shanghai on Monday said three people had died from Covid-19, the first official announcement of deaths from an outbreak which has plunged the megacity into a weeks-long lockdown, sparking widespread anger and rare protests.

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A tanker carrying 750 tonnes of diesel fuel from Egypt to Malta sank Saturday in the Gulf of Gabes off Tunisia's southeast coast, sparking a rush to avoid a spill. The tanker is 58 metres long and nine metres wide, according to ship monitoring website vesseltracker.com. Tunisian authorities evacuated the seven-member crew.

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Russia's foreign ministry said on Saturday it had barred entry to the country for British Prime Minister Boris Johnson, Foreign Secretary Liz Truss, Defence Secretary Ben Wallace and 10 other British government members and politicians. The move was taken "in view of the unprecedented hostile action by the British Government, in particular the imposition of sanctions against senior Russian officials," the ministry said in a statement, adding that it would expand the list soon.

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Defending champion Stefanos Tsitsipas recovered from 0-4 down in the final set to defeat Diego Schwartzman on Friday to reach the Monte Carlo Masters semi-finals where he will face Olympic champion Alexander Zverev.

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At least seven Pakistani soldiers have been killed in an ambush by an armed group near the Afghan border. According to a military statement released on Friday, a Pakistani military convoy in a former stronghold of the Pakistan Taliban, known by the acronym TTP, near the Afghan border was ambushed, triggering an intense shoot-out in which seven soldiers and four members of the armed group were killed.

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At least 167 people died in landslides and floods after Tropical Storm Megi devastated the Philippines last Sunday. A further 110 people are missing and 1.9 million have been adversely affected, the national disaster agency says. Villages around Baybay city in the central Leyte province were badly hit, with hillside avalanches and overflowing rivers. In one village, Pilar, about 80% of the houses were washed out to sea.

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A Bahrain-based private equity firm is in exclusive talks to buy seven-time European champion AC Milan and become the Italian league’s first Middle East investor, a person with knowledge of the process said. The buyout by Investcorp could see the Serie A leader sold for around 1 billion euros ($1.1 billion), the person told The Associated Press. The person spoke on condition of anonymity because they were not authorized to discuss details of the exclusive talks which began this month.

 

Three Chinese astronauts landed in northern China on Saturday after 183 days in space, state broadcaster CCTV said, ending the country’s longest crewed space mission to date. The two men and one woman – Zhai Zhigang, Ye Guangfu and Wang Yaping – landed safely in a small capsule shortly before 10am Beijing time after spending six months on the Tianhe core module of China’s Tiangong space station.

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David Beckham's mother Sandra treated her new granddaughter-in-law to a special something to commemorate her big day. Days after the wedding, it has been revealed that doting grandmother Sandra called upon artist Adam Claridge to personalise a pair of Nike Air Force 1 trainers for the bride. The shoes were customised with sentimental drawings and messages to Nicola as well as butterflies, roses and a replica of Brooklyn's cherub tattoo.

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Iran's Revolutionary Guards said on Friday they had seized two vessels along the country's coast on the Gulf and the nearby Gulf of Oman for allegedly smuggling fuel. Iran, which has some of the world’s cheapest fuel prices due to heavy subsidies and the fall of its currency, has been fighting rampant fuel smuggling by land to neighbouring states and by sea to Gulf Arab countries. It has frequently seized boats it says are being used for smuggling oil in the Gulf.

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Manchester United fans staged a "small and peaceful" protest outside the club's training ground on Friday. Around two dozen fans gathered outside Carrington to protest against the Glazer family, who own the club. Another protest is expected at Old Trafford on Saturday before United's Premier League match against Norwich.

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Israeli police have raided the Al-Aqsa Mosque compound in occupied East Jerusalem, with medics reporting at least 158 Palestinians injured in the ensuing violence as hundreds were detained. The Islamic endowment that runs the site said Israeli police entered in force before dawn on Friday, as thousands of worshippers were gathered at the mosque for early morning prayers.

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Rappers Cardi B. and Offset welcomed their son seven months ago. Offset, who is a member of the rap group Migos, posted a photo on his verified Instagram account of the baby on Thursday. "Wave Set Cephus," the caption read. Offset's given name is Kiari Kendrell Cephus. His wife tweeted a video showing a bejeweled necklace that read, "Wave." "When Set suggested Wave, I was sold!," the tweet read. "THAT HAD TO BE HIS NAME !"

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Bollywood stars Alia Bhatt and Ranbir Kapoor married each other in a low-key ceremony in Mumbai on Thursday. Bhatt, 29 and, Kapoor, 39, have been dating for five years but have maintained a low-profile relationship, apart from occasional pictures on social media and rare appearances together. The ceremony was held at Kapoor's house in the upmarket Mumbai suburb of Bandra. Guests were given strict instructions not to share pictures or videos from the ceremony.

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Barcelona midfielder Pedri sustained a hamstring injury in his side's defeat by Eintracht Frankfurt in the Europa League quarter-finals, the Spanish club announced Friday. "Tests on Friday morning have revealed that Pedri has ruptured the femoral biceps in his left hamstring," Barca said. "It means he will be unavailable for selection until he recovers from the injury." According to Catalan media, the 19-year-old Spain international will likely be out for at least one month.

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Israel fired several missiles towards Syrian military positions near Damascus, causing material damage, Syria’s military has said. State media quoted an unnamed military official on Friday as saying that the attack took place shortly before midnight on Thursday, adding that some of the Israeli missiles were shot down by Syrian air defences.

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Three police officers have been taken to hospital after a riot broke out in a Swedish town where a demonstration that included a Qur’an burning was planned. Footage from the scene in the city of Linkoping on Sweden’s east coast showed a car burning and dozens of masked people attacking police cars. The riot started before a planned demonstration by anti-Muslim Danish politician Rasmus Paludan and his party Stram Kurs (Hard Line) that was meant to include a burning of the Muslim holy book, the Qur’an.

Source: theguardian.com