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2. Police arrested the suspected gunman in the fatal shooting of nine people at a historic black church in South Carolina on Wednesday, 21-year-old Dylan Roof.
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3. The United States and Europe are preparing a new round of sanctions against Russia, which could start with banning more Russian government officials and businessmen from travelling and doing business in the West.
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4. Hong Kong lawmakers vetoed a Beijing-backed electoral reform package that would have allowed residents to directly vote for the city's next chief executive in 2017, but only from candidates picked by a pro-Beijing committee.
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5. Russia's ambassador to Sweden has warned the country of the potential military "consequences" associated with joining NATO.
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6. Denmark’s first female prime minister, Helle Thorning-Schmidt, lost the general election to the centre-right opposition.
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7. Last month was the hottest May on record, with global air and sea surface temperatures 0.87 Celsius (1.57 degrees Fahrenheit) warmer than the 20th century average.
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8. Thailand confirmed its first case of Middle East Respiratory Syndrome (MERS) virus since the May outbreak in South Korea, which has killed 23 people.
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9. An oil tanker that was hijacked off the southeast coast of Malaysia last week has been released by pirates.
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10. The world's oldest-known person, a woman in Michigan, died at age 116.
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And finally ...
Scientists discovered a fist-sized pink octopus that is so cute they may call it "Opisthoteuthis Adorabilis."