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Kyiv burns, Dresden hums

Russia pounds Kyiv as heat, AI and public safety failures test governments

The day’s hardest news came from Kyiv, where Russia’s overnight barrage killed civilians and reopened the argument over whether Ukraine’s allies are moving fast enough. Elsewhere, heat, fire, artificial intelligence and old-fashioned negligence pressed governments to show that they can still manage physical risk, not just announce plans.

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European Union · Updated 37m ago

European democracies and populism

The thread consolidates the formalization of a major far-right parliamentary group and the continuation of financial investigations, but no new discrete, high-impact events have occurred.

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NASA launches Swift telescope rescue mission

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    NASA launches Swift telescope rescue mission

    Enters orbit after technical delays to begin a six-week journey to capture the falling Swift observatory, aiming to boost its altitude by 100 miles.

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