Template:In the news
- American singer and songwriter Aretha Franklin (pictured) dies at the age of 76.
- In Afghanistan, hundreds are killed as the Taliban seize most of the strategic city of Ghazni for four days.
- A portion of the Ponte Morandi motorway bridge in Genoa, Italy, collapses, killing at least 38 people.
- NASA's Parker Solar Probe is launched to study the Sun's outer corona.
- In Bucharest, more than 450 people are injured during several days of protests against the Romanian government.
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