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![French rail sabotage causes chaos as Paris Olympics open](https://worldnewsn.s3.amazonaws.com/media/images/7France_july27.jpg)
French rail sabotage causes chaos as Paris Olympics...
Paris [France], July 27: Streets in the centre of Paris have been blocked off, metro stations closed and thousands of...
![Finland probes suspected violation of territorial waters by Russian vessel](https://worldnewsn.s3.amazonaws.com/media/images/19FINLAND_July27.jpg)
Finland probes suspected violation of territorial waters by...
Helsinki [Finland], July 27: Finland suspects a Russian vessel to have violated Finnish territorial waters in the Gulf of Finland...
![EU takes action against 7 states for violating budget regulations](https://worldnewsn.s3.amazonaws.com/media/images/18European_Union_July27.jpg)
EU takes action against 7 states for violating...
Brussels [Belgium], July 27: The European Council on Friday placed France and six other European Union (EU) member states under...
![Severe water shortages threaten central and southern Italy](https://worldnewsn.s3.amazonaws.com/media/images/17Water_crisis_July27.jpg)
Severe water shortages threaten central and southern Italy
Rome [Italy], July 27: Central and southern Italy are grappling with a severe water shortage, with agricultural supplies projected to...
![Harris narrows gap with Trump in presidential race: WSJ poll](https://worldnewsn.s3.amazonaws.com/media/images/16Kamala_Harris_July27.jpg)
Harris narrows gap with Trump in presidential race:...
Washington [US], July 27: U.S. presidential race between Kamala Harris and Donald Trump is incredibly close, showed a new Wall...
![Biden to announce Supreme Court reform plans next week: report](https://worldnewsn.s3.amazonaws.com/media/images/15Joe_Biden_July27.jpg)
Biden to announce Supreme Court reform plans next...
Washington [US], July 27: U.S. President Joe Biden intends to present a significant proposal aimed at reforming the Supreme...
![FBI Director Stirs Controversy Over Trump Shot Suspicion](https://worldnewsn.s3.amazonaws.com/media/images/13Trump_July27.jpg)
FBI Director Stirs Controversy Over Trump Shot Suspicion
Washington [US], July 27: FBI Director Christopher Wray has cast doubt on former President Donald Trump's claim that he was...
![France investigates 'massive attack' on fast train network](https://worldnewsn.s3.amazonaws.com/media/images/12Paris_Rail_July27_caLFzlu.jpg)
France investigates 'massive attack' on fast train network
Paris [France], July 27: Paris Mayor Sabotage Anne Hidalgo said Friday that the crippling of France's high-speed TGV rail network...
![Blinken to hold talks with Chinese foreign minister in Laos](https://worldnewsn.s3.amazonaws.com/media/images/11Antony_Blinken_July27.jpg)
Blinken to hold talks with Chinese foreign minister...
Vientiane [Laos], July 27: US Secretary of State Antony Blinken arrived in Laos on Saturday for a regional meeting and...
![Trump vows return to site of assassination attempt, Obamas endorse Harris](https://worldnewsn.s3.amazonaws.com/media/images/10trump_july27.jpg)
Trump vows return to site of assassination attempt,...
Washington [US], July 27: Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump said on Friday he will return to the Pennsylvania town where...
![Opening ceremony lights up Paris in unique style](https://worldnewsn.s3.amazonaws.com/media/images/9sports_july27.jpg)
Opening ceremony lights up Paris in unique style
Paris [France], July 27: The 2024 Olympics opened in Paris in spectacular style with thousands of athletes sailing along the...
!['Firenado' rips through California in year's biggest blaze](https://worldnewsn.s3.amazonaws.com/media/images/8fire_july27.jpg)
'Firenado' rips through California in year's biggest blaze
California [US], July 27: A rare fire tornado has ripped through bushland in northern California, as the state's largest wildfire...
![More than 160,000 people join white women for Kamala Harris Zoom call](https://worldnewsn.s3.amazonaws.com/media/images/6US_july27.jpg)
More than 160,000 people join white women for...
Washington [US], July 27: More than 160,000 people joined a Zoom call on Thursday night to build support for Democratic...
![UN urges peace, respect for Olympic Truce as Paris Summer Games begin](https://worldnewsn.s3.amazonaws.com/media/images/5sports_july27.jpg)
UN urges peace, respect for Olympic Truce as...
Paris [France], July 27: As the Summer Olympics and Paralympics got underway in Paris on Friday, UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres...
![Oregon wildfire scorches over 1,500 square kilometres](https://worldnewsn.s3.amazonaws.com/media/images/4wildfire_july27.jpg)
Oregon wildfire scorches over 1,500 square kilometres
Oregon [US], July 27: Winds and lightning strikes have sparked and fanned wildfires across the Pacific Northwest this week, including...
![WHO to send one million polio vaccines to Gaza to protect children](https://worldnewsn.s3.amazonaws.com/media/images/3vaccines_july27.jpg)
WHO to send one million polio vaccines to...
Geneva [Switzerland], July 27: The UN health agency said on Friday that it is sending more than a million polio...
![5 killed, 14 injured in industrial park blast in China's Henan](https://worldnewsn.s3.amazonaws.com/media/images/2blast_july27.jpg)
5 killed, 14 injured in industrial park blast...
Zhengzhou [China], July 27:An explosion at a plant on Friday evening in an industrial park of Yongcheng City in central...
![For the first time in history, Olympic Games Paris 2024 Opening Ceremony takes place outside a stadium](https://worldnewsn.s3.amazonaws.com/media/images/1paris_july27.jpg)
For the first time in history, Olympic Games...
Paris [France], July 27: For the first time in the history of the Olympic Summer Games, the Opening Ceremony didn't...
![Harris rises in polls as Trump labels her Marxist](https://worldnewsn.s3.amazonaws.com/media/images/20trump_july26.jpg)
Harris rises in polls as Trump labels her...
Washington D.C. [US], July 26: Vice President Kamala Harris took her presidential campaign blitz to the largest U.S. teachers' union,...
![Relatives of 18 dead in Nepal plane crash demand answers](https://worldnewsn.s3.amazonaws.com/media/images/19nepal_july26.jpg)
Relatives of 18 dead in Nepal plane crash...
Nepal [Kathmandu], July 26: Relatives of the 18 dead in an airplane crash in Nepal have yet to hear from...
![Typhoon Gaemi barrels through Taiwan, killing two, heads to Chinese coast](https://worldnewsn.s3.amazonaws.com/media/images/18taiwan_july26.jpg)
Typhoon Gaemi barrels through Taiwan, killing two, heads...
Taipei [Taiwan], July 26: Typhoon Gaemi swept through northern Taiwan on Thursday, killing two people, bringing floods and snarling traffic,...
![US: Kamala Harris says she "will not be silent" on Gaza suffering; tells Netanyahu to get ceasefire "deal done"](https://worldnewsn.s3.amazonaws.com/media/images/17kamala_july26.jpg)
US: Kamala Harris says she "will not be...
Washington D.C. [US], July 26: US Vice President and Democratic party nominee for Presidential elections, Kamala Harris, held discussions with...
![Study discerns Alzheimer's vulnerability, resilience factors](https://worldnewsn.s3.amazonaws.com/media/images/16Alzheimer_july26.jpg)
Study discerns Alzheimer's vulnerability, resilience factors
Washington D.C. [US], July 26: A Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) study published in Nature reveals new insights into the...
![Suspects' rights land Hungary, Czech Republic and Bulgaria in EU court](https://worldnewsn.s3.amazonaws.com/media/images/15EU_july26.jpg)
Suspects' rights land Hungary, Czech Republic and Bulgaria...
Brussels [Belgium], July 26: The European Commission on Thursday announced that it is sending legal complaints to the European Court...
![Ex-Islamic State fighter remains silent in German attack plan trial](https://worldnewsn.s3.amazonaws.com/media/images/14terrorist_july26.jpg)
Ex-Islamic State fighter remains silent in German attack...
Berlin [Germany], July 26: A former fighter for the terrorist militia Islamic State has been back in a German court...
![Frankfurt Airport climate protest forces cancellation of 270 flights](https://worldnewsn.s3.amazonaws.com/media/images/13germany_july26.jpg)
Frankfurt Airport climate protest forces cancellation of 270...
Frankfurt [Germany], July 26: Germany's Frankfurt Airport faced serious disruption on Thursday, with some 270 flights cancelled out of 1,400,...
![Israeli evacuation orders and attacks 'devastating Gaza's health system'](https://worldnewsn.s3.amazonaws.com/media/images/12evacuation_july26.jpg)
Israeli evacuation orders and attacks 'devastating Gaza's health...
Gaza [Palestine], July 26: Tens of thousands more Palestinians have been displaced again this week in Gaza after the Israeli...