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U.S. News, by Guy Faulconbridge and Olzhas Auyezov: Russia’s rocket forces loaded an intercontinental ballistic missile equipped with the nuclear-capable “Avangard” hypersonic glide vehicle into a launch silo in southern Russia, according to a defence ministry TV channel broadcast on…

FOX News, by Chris Pandolfo: Police are searching for more than a dozen suspects who ransacked a Nike Store in Los Angeles, stealing roughly $12,000 in merchandise. Video of the incident shows masked and hooded people running through the store…

Sky News: At least one person is believed to have died after a powerful undersea earthquake with a 6.7 magnitude struck the Philippines. The tremor, which lasted several seconds, occurred around 16 miles (26km) off Burias at the southern tip…

Newsweek, by Jess Thomson: An invasive species of tick is creeping its way across the eastern U.S., killing livestock in its wake as it travels west. These Asian longhorned ticks, which were only found in the U.S. for the first…

Alarabiya News: Yemen’s Houthi militia released video footage on Monday showing armed men dropping from a helicopter and seizing a cargo ship in the southern Red Sea. The footage was released by the militia’s TV channel Al Masirah a day…

Faithwire, by Billy Hallowell: An atheist activist group in the U.S. is praising an expected U.K. bill that aims to disestablish the Church of England, potentially separating the official church from the government. The Freedom From Religion Foundation (FFRF), an…