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Basements and train tunnels constantly leak heat, causing the land to sink and straining building foundations. Scientists call it “underground climate change.”

The decision clears the way for Sweden to join the defense alliance, a move that had been held up by Turkey’s demands.

The Russian president held a three-hour meeting with the Wagner mercenary leader and his top commanders on June 29, according to the Kremlin’s spokesman.

President Biden and Prime Minister Rishi Sunak of Britain are meeting briefly in London before a gathering of NATO leaders in Lithuania.

After President Volodymyr Zelensky of Ukraine paid a visit to Istanbul, the Turkish leader also said he would work to help extend the Black Sea grain deal for longer intervals.

With Ukraine burning through stockpiles of conventional weapons, Biden administration officials decided they had little choice but to provide cluster munitions, despite their lasting danger for civilians, particularly children.

Rescuers in Lviv concluded their search in the aftermath of Thursday’s strike. In southern Ukraine, two people were killed in a Russian drone attack.

The authorities said more than 30 people had been injured and warned that there could still be people trapped under the rubble.

The ruble fell as low as 94 rubles per dollar on Thursday before making a slight recovery by the end of the trading day.

The president of Belarus told reporters that the Wagner mercenary leader Yevgeny V. Prigozhin, who led a failed mutiny in Russia, is in St. Petersburg. The claim could not be confirmed.