The day’s world news spans courtroom finality, deadly violence, geopolitical escalation and a notable shift in digital privacy. In Washington, the U.S. Supreme Court declined to hear Donald Trump’s appeal in E. Jean Carroll’s civil case, leaving intact the jury’s finding that he sexually abused and defamed her, along with the $5 million judgment. In northern Germany, authorities are confronting a rare mass shooting at a youth welfare centre in Stade, where at least five people were killed and a suspect detained, with some reports putting the death toll at six. Along the Pakistan-Afghanistan border, Afghan officials say Pakistani strikes and ground operations killed at least 36 civilians, deepening already volatile tensions between the neighbours. And in technology, WhatsApp is beginning to let users reserve usernames, a privacy-minded change that could allow billions to connect without sharing phone numbers.