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US president Donald Trump meets with Russian president Vladimir Putin in Alaska, the first such summit since the 2022 Russian invasion of Ukraine.

Kabul falls into the hands of the Taliban as Ashraf Ghani flees Afghanistan along with local residents and foreign nationals, effectively reestablishing the Islamic Emirate of Afghanistan.

Russia begins production on the Sputnik V COVID-19 vaccine.

North Korea moves its clock back half an hour to introduce Pyongyang Time, 81⁄2 hours ahead of UTC.

At least 27 people are killed and 226 injured in an explosion in southern Beirut near a complex used by Lebanon's militant group Hezbollah in Lebanon. A previously unknown Syrian Sunni group claims responsibility in an online video.

The Smithsonian announces the discovery of the olinguito, the first new carnivorous species found in the Americas in 35 years.

An 8.0-magnitude earthquake off the Pacific coast devastates Ica and various regions of Peru killing 514 and injuring 1,090.

Israel's unilateral disengagement plan to evict all Israelis from the Gaza Strip and from four settlements in the northern West Bank begins.

The Helsinki Agreement between the Free Aceh Movement and the Government of Indonesia was signed, ending almost three decades of fighting.

Beni Ounif massacre in Algeria: Some 29 people are killed at a false roadblock near the Moroccan border, leading to temporary tensions with Morocco.

American jazz and pop singer ("What You Won't Do for Love")

second child and only daughter of Queen Elizabeth II and Prince Philip

American singer (Miracles - "Love Machine")

American boxing referee (200+ title bouts; International Boxing HOF)

American actress (Amityville 3D

American baseball manager (Minnesota Twins)

American heavy metal and hard rock drummer (Black Oak Arkansas; Ozzy Osbourne; Whitesnake)

American actress (Pvt Carol Winter-Pvt Benjamin)

American pilot and 1st woman to captain a Boeing 747

American singer and songwriter ("It's In His Kiss")

Welsh sculptor

British engineer

Canadian pop singer ("It'll All Come Around")

American guitarist and vocalist (The Doobie Brothers

British TV news cameraman