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A roundup of key developments and the latest in-depth coverage of Russia's invasion of Ukraine.

On HBO's Game of Thrones spin-off, questions around several characters' lineage turn the show into one long episode of medieval Maury.

On the 4th of July, NASA successfully arranged for a probe to get in the way of a comet. The collision produced a huge cloud of debris and reams of data for scientists to study. They now know more about the makeup of comets. But one office pool among the scientists remains unresolved: What did the resulting crater look like?

Protests over fighting in Najaf cloud the opening of a Baghdad conference to choose an interim national assembly. Shiite demands for Iraqi officials to resume truce talks with militia loyal to radical cleric Muqtada al-Sadr prompt the delegates to issue a call for Sadr's gunmen to abandon the shrine of the Imam Ali. Hear NPR's Ivan Watson.

The call Friday by Grand Ayatollah Ali al-Sistani came as Human Rights Watch said ISIS militants likely executed at least 160 unarmed men when they took the city of Tikrit.

The agency that oversees the U.S. intelligence community has released an unusual public statement ruling out the theory that the coronavirus was manmade.

Dr. Mandy Cohen said mass gatherings like the Republican convention will be a "very big challenge" if COVID-19 cases continue to increase in the state, as they are currently.

House Armed Services Committee chairman Adam Smith tells NPR that Congress was left in the dark about the hold the White House put on Ukraine aid, but lawmakers eventually got it released.