A police officer in Columbia, South Carolina, was killed and another was injured in a shooting at a park on Saturday, according to the city’s police chief.

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Police say a shooting at a park in South Carolina left one officer dead and another injured. The officers were responding to a call about a domestic dispute.

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Several people were reportedly affected by a shooting at a rave party in Aarau, Switzerland, in the early morning, Swiss newspaper Blick said on Sunday, citing police.

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One Nation candidate Luke Herdegen leads Labor’s Georgia Tree 57-42 after preferences, with 74.5% of votes counted in the Secret Harbour state byelection. WA party leader Rod Caddies declared victory and said the result would send “shock waves” across Australia.

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Nepalese geologist and seismologist Amodmani Dixit said the catastrophic mudslide that struck the China-Nepal border on August 26 was triggered by a large glacier collapse in Nepal linked closely to global climate change. Steep terrain, harsh weather and limited space are hindering rescue work, and he urged deeper Nepal-China cooperation on monitoring, prevention and emergency response.

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Researchers from the Chinese Academy of Sciences say a glacier collapsed at roughly 5,200 meters in Nepal, setting off an ice-rock avalanche that became a huge mudslide. The flow dropped nearly 3,300 meters and reached Gyirong Port in seven minutes, traveling about 22 kilometers, flattening 0.7 square kilometers and destroying 27 buildings and related facilities. The cross-border disaster caused severe casualties.

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China’s first shipment of emergency aid reached Kathmandu on Sunday after a severe mudslide in Nepal. Four Chinese tunnel rescue specialists arrived on the same flight to support rescue work. The shipment includes tents, blankets, sleeping bags, compressed food and first-aid kits. Nepalese authorities say the Aug. 26 disaster killed 675 people and left 2,498 missing.

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The Trump administration deported dozens of people to the Central African Republic, including an Afghan man whom a US judge had protected from removal to Afghanistan over fears of Taliban persecution. His family had been threatened because of relatives’ support for the US military. The flight to Bangui carried 12 Afghans and eight Iranians.

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China and Kyrgyzstan are deepening ties through the China-Kyrgyzstan-Uzbekistan railway, transport and energy projects, trade, and vocational training. Construction is advancing in Jalal-Abad, where local workers are gaining machinery skills alongside Chinese colleagues. Bilateral trade reached $11.7 billion in the first seven months of 2026.

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Early counting in Iceland’s referendum on resuming European Union membership talks put the “yes” camp ahead by 51.2% to 48.8%. Election officials cautioned that a more reliable result might not be available until later on Sunday.

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Iceland’s initial referendum count gives a narrow lead to those favouring the reopening of negotiations on joining the European Union. Foreign Minister Thorgerdur Katrin Gunnarsdottir cast her ballot at a polling station in Hafnarfjordur.

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Voting has ended in Iceland’s referendum on restarting membership talks with the European Union. Polls showed the “yes” and “no” campaigns virtually tied, with a clear result expected to take hours. A “yes” vote could lead to years of negotiations with Brussels followed by a second referendum on joining the EU.

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Polling stations closed in Iceland at 10pm local time on Saturday, and counting was under way with results expected overnight. Voters were deciding whether to restart EU accession talks that have been frozen since 2013. Turnout appeared comparable to the 2024 parliamentary election.

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Venezuela says its energy agreement with the United States will run for 25 years and target production of 1.5 million barrels per day. Rodriguez outlined details of the deal.

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Venezuelan interim President Delcy Rodriguez said on Saturday that the energy agreement with the United States would remain in force for 25 years. She said it aims to raise crude production to 1.5 million barrels per day while preserving Venezuela’s sovereignty over its natural resources.

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Venezuela's interim President Delcy Rodriguez said the energy agreement with the United States would remain in force for 25 years, aim to raise crude production to 1.5 million barrels per day and preserve Venezuela's sovereignty over its natural resources. She called it a “historic” deal that could revive the economy and increase government revenues.

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The US says it has reached a deal with Venezuela’s interim government giving Washington majority control over 17 strategic oil fields and more than 65 billion barrels of proven reserves. Details remain unclear, critics call it a takeover of Venezuela’s resources, and analysts question the oil figure announced by Trump.

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Several questions about the U.S. agreement to develop Venezuela’s vast oil reserves remain unanswered, and a rapid, large-scale production increase appears unlikely. Experts warn that higher Venezuelan exports would compete directly with Canadian crude in the U.S. Gulf Coast market.

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Venezuela’s opposition said the agreement with the Trump administration could be illegal, while government hardliners condemned it as a betrayal.

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