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Melania Trump, the wife of former US President Donald Trump, has issued a statement on the attack on his husband. «When I watched that violent bullet strike my husband, Donald, I realized my life, and Barron's life, were on the brink of devastating change. I am grateful to the brave secret service agents and law enforcement officials who risked their own lives to protect my husband,» she said in the statement. «To the families of the innocent victims who are now suffering from this heinous act, I humbly offer my sincerest sympathy. Your need to summon your inner strength for such a terrible reason saddens me. The winds of change have arrived. For those of you who cry in support, I thank you. I commend those of you who have reached out beyond the political divide — thank you for remembering that every single politician is a man or a woman with a loving family,» the statement added.

Trump's Republican allies painted him as a hero on Saturday, seizing on the image of him with his ear bloodied and fist raised, appearing to mouth the words «Fight! Fight! Fight!» Whereas Trump has regularly used violent language with his followers, advisers and allies of the former president flipped the script on his Democratic opponent President Joe Biden, saying it was the demonization of the Republican presidential candidate that led to the assassination attempt. «Today is not just some isolated incident. The central premise of the Biden campaign is that President Donald Trump is an authoritarian fascist who must be stopped at all costs. That rhetoric led directly to President Trump's attempted assassination,» U.S. Senator J.D. Vance of Ohio, a top candidate to be Trump's running mate, said on X.

Donald Trump clutched his right ear as blood spurted out, then ducked for cover as supporters screamed and Secret Service agents raced to surround and protect him. Within moments, someone shouted «shooter down,» and the agents, agitated but in control, began moving Trump offstage to safety. «Wait, wait, wait, wait,» he called out, then made a point of pumping his fist at the crowd and seemed to defiantly shout, «Fight! Fight!» The crowd roared and responded with chants of «USA! USA!» For the first time in more than four decades, a man who was elected president of the United States was wounded in an assassination attempt when a gunman who appeared to have crawled onto a nearby roof opened fire at Trump at a rally in Butler, Pennsylvania, on Saturday evening. The explosion of political violence came at an especially volatile moment in American history and further inflamed an already stormy campaign for the White House.

president and changing the trajectory of a presidency. It happened on a dreary March afternoon in 1981. President Ronald Reagan was leaving the Washington Hilton hotel after giving a speech to a union group when John W. Hinckley Jr. opened fire from his .22-caliber revolver. At the sound of the gunshots, Secret Service agents swarmed, and one of them shoved the president into the waiting limousine — but not before one of the bullets struck home, hitting Reagan in his side.

Trump on Sunday said the US must «stand united» and called for people to show «true character as Americans», remaining «strong and determined», after he survived an assassination attempt during a rally. Trump, 78, survived the attempt on his life on Saturday when a 20-year-old shooter fired multiple shots at him at a campaign rally in Pennsylvania, injuring his right ear. The shooting left one person attending the rally dead and two others in serious condition. The suspected shooter was shot and killed by a member of the Secret Service. Taking to his social media platform Truth Social platform, Trump said, «It was God alone who prevented the unthinkable from happening,» CNN reported.

K P Sharma Oli was appointed Nepal's Prime Minister for the third time on Sunday to lead the new coalition government that faces the daunting challenge of providing political stability in the country. Oli, 72, succeeds Pushpa Kamal Dahal Prachanda who lost the vote of confidence in the House of Representatives on Friday, leading to the formation of the new government process as per Article 76 (2) of the Constitution. President Ram Chandra Paudel appointed Oli as the new Prime Minister of the Communist Party of Nepal-Unified Marxist Leninist (CPN-UML)-Nepali Congress (NC) coalition.

Russia on Sunday said it had captured another village in south-eastern Ukraine as it continues to make battlefield gains in the conflict that is now into its third year. «Units from the Vostok troops captured the village of Urozhaine» in the Donetsk region, the Russian defence ministry announced in its daily report. The village was one of the few that Ukraine won back during its 2023 offensive.

Former United States President has survived an assassination attempt by a gunman at a campaign rally. The 78-year-old former president was rushed off stage with blood streaked across his face after the shooting in Butler, Pennsylvania, while the shooter and a bystander were killed and two spectators critically injured. The videos of a bloodied Trump went viral on the internet along with the pictures of one of his supporters who was behind the stage during the attack.

Donald Trump at an election rally on Saturday in which the former U.S. president was wounded in the ear: INDIAN PRIME MINISTER NARENDRA MODI ON X «Deeply concerned by the attack on my friend, former President Donald Trump. Strongly condemn the incident. Violence has no place in politics and democracies. Wish him speedy recovery. Our thoughts and prayers are with the family of the deceased, those injured and the American people.»

Donald Trump was targeted in a shooting incident during a rally in Pennsylvania, Chinese online retailers wasted no time in offering souvenir T-shirts adorned with photos depicting the aftermath of the assassination attempt on the former president. According to a report from TOI, Taobao seller Li Jinwei said, «We put the T-shirts on Taobao as soon as we saw the news about the shooting, though we hadn't even printed them, and within three hours we saw more than 2,000 orders from both China and the US.» The rapid production and sale were made possible by digital printing technology, which allowed the T-shirts to be quickly printed and made available for purchase. Companies like Xinflying Digital Printing Production in Guangdong reported their capability of printing 8 election-themed T-shirts per hour using digital printing machines.

Wisconsin Republican Party Convention scheduled for July 15. The Republican Party is set to host the first convention of the 2024 election cycle in Wisconsin. Republicans are set to gather in Milwaukee to select Donald Trump as their presidential nominee at the party’s four-day convention starting on Monday. Read More: Trump Shooting Attempt: Who is 20-year-old Thomas Matthew Crooks, shooter behind attack on former President

The largest Donald Trump-themed memecoin, MAGA (TRUMP), experienced a price surge of over 50% following an assassination attempt on the former United States president while he was speaking at a rally in Butler, Pennsylvania.

Justice Rohit Arya, a former judge of the Madhya Pradesh High Court, joined the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) on Saturday, nearly three months after his retirement. He was welcomed into the party by BJP's state unit chief, Dr. Raghavendra Sharma, during a program in Bhopal, as reported by Bar & Bench citing local media.

shooter, with one recalling how the gunman moved from roof to roof, apparently scouting for a perfect perch to shoot at the former US president. The FBI on Sunday identified the gunman as Thomas Matthew Crooks, 20, from Bethel Park, Pennsylvania. Crooks, armed with an AR-style rifle, was killed by Secret Service personnel. He fired multiple shots at the stage from an «elevated position outside of the rally venue,» the agency said. The gunman was able to get close enough to shoot and injure Trump is seen as a huge failure of the security agencies tasked with providing cover for him ahead of the election. The gunman was on a rooftop approximately «200 to 250 yards» from where the former US president was addressing his supporters, US media reported.

Budget 2024, to be presented by Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman. Industry players are hopeful for tax reductions on exports to bolster demand for Indian-made gold and diamond jewellery.

Trump Shooting Attempt: The recent shooting incident at a rally in Pennsylvania involving former US President Donald Trump has sparked global attention. According to his communications director, Steven Cheung, Trump sustained a gunshot injury to his right ear but is reportedly in stable condition at a local medical facility.

Donald Trump's election rally raises his odds of winning back the White House, and trades betting on his victory will increase this coming week, investors said on Sunday. Trump was shot in the ear during the rally in Pennsylvania on Saturday in what the authorities were treating as an assassination attempt. Trump, his face spattered with blood, pumped his fist moments after the attack and his campaign said he was fine after the incident.

Donald Trump was hurried off stage during a campaign rally after apparent gunshots were heard, and he seemed to be injured. Although the Trump campaign assured that the former President is «fine,» the incident caused a significant stir in the political arena of the United States. Further, in the latest development, the suspect who was gunned down by security forces at former President Donald Trump's Pennsylvania rally shooting has been identified as 20-year-old Thomas Matthew Crooks, Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) said in an official statement.

Kimberly Cheatle to testify on July 22 following the shooting at the rally of former President Donald Trump. «Americans demand answers about the assassination attempt of President Trump,» the panel said in a statement on social media. Read More: Trump Shooting Attempt: Who is 20-year-old Thomas Matthew Crooks, shooter behind attack on former President

K Armstrong's murder, police on Sunday confirmed that Thiruvengadam, an accused, was killed in a police encounter in Madhavaram area near Chennai, ANI reported. «The encounter took place today and investigation is underway,» said Additional Commissioner of Police, Chennai North, Narendra Nair.

Paris is hosting an extra-special guest for France's national holiday Sunday — the Olympic flame lighting up the city's grandiose military parade for Bastille Day. Just 12 days before the French capital hosts exceptionally ambitious and high-security Summer Games, the torch relay is joining up with thousands of soldiers, sailors, rescuers and medics marching in Paris beneath roaring fighter jets to mark Bastille Day. While people around France mark the day with concerts, parties and fireworks, here's a look at what the holiday's about, and what's different this year: What does Bastille Day celebrate?On July 14, 1789, revolutionaries stormed the Bastille fortress and prison in Paris, heralding the start of the French Revolution and the end of the monarchy.