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WorldRussia claims control of new settlement, Ukraine reports hitting Russian military targets
The Russian Ministry of Defense said in its latest report that over the past 24 hours, its forces had struck Ukrainian ammunition depots, fuel depots, drone production workshops etc.
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WorldChina urges ceasefire, stressing end to violence in West Asia as top priority
Sun Lei, Charge d'Affaires of China's Permanent Mission to the United Nations, made the statement during the UN Security Council's quarterly open debate on the West Asia and the Palestinian situation
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WorldThe science behind Canada's wildfires and why Trump is wrong| Explained
Wildfires are scorching in Oregon and the Pacific Northwest. France and Spain have evacuated hundreds of thousands of residents as wildfires close in on Bordeaux and Madrid.
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WorldKeiko Fujimori sworn in as Peru's President after narrow election victory
Only three of Peru's presidents in the past decade were elected by popular vote; the rest took office after resignations or congressional removals.
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WorldGeorgia teen sentenced to life in prison for 2024 school shooting
Gray pleaded guilty to 55 counts, including murder and assault charges, on Friday.
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WorldWildlife suffers and dies as wildfire burns near Madrid and Bordeaux
Charred deer and other animal carcasses lay scattered across a forest near El Tiemblo, in Spain’s Ávila province after a wildfire swept through the area.
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WorldPrivate satellite sent to rescue NASA telescope faces thruster problems
Launched in 2004, Swift is descending faster than expected because of recent solar activity.
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WorldJapan Earthquake: Death toll rises to 18 as rescuers comb through quake rubble in southwestern Japan
The magnitude 7.1 earthquake that hit a day earlier in the Kumamoto area on the southern main island of Kyushu, also left at least 62 people injured, six of them seriously, the prefectural government said. The tally has been steadily growing, fanning fears it may continue to rise.
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WorldLindsey Graham eulogized as an 'American original' at services drawing world leaders in Washington
Trump called Graham “a giant of the United States Senate, a true American original who left us much too soon.”
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WorldSmoke rises from mall in Kumamoto after Japan earthquake
A 7.1-magnitude earthquake hit Japan's southern Kumamoto Prefecture on Tuesday, killing at least two people after an explosion tore through a shopping mall
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WorldUS missile interceptor stockpiles shrink after Iran conflict, raising defence concerns
CSIS estimates Patriot and THAAD inventories remain significantly below pre-war levels.
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WorldUS Senate confirms Trump nominee Clayton as nation's top spy
The vote was 51-47 to confirm Clayton for the job of Director of National Intelligence, overseeing the 18 US intelligence agencies.
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World'Operation Epic Fury' casualties removed from official Iran war tally
Secretary of State Marco Rubio told reporters at a White House briefing in May that the operation had “concluded,” saying that “we achieved the objectives of that operation.”
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WorldZelenskyy meets Trump to push defence cooperation and diplomacy
In a post on social media after the meeting, Zelenskyy thanked Trump for the “good meeting” and the Republican administration's efforts to aid Kyiv in the long-running war.
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WorldUS military says American and Saudi forces struck sites used by Iran-backed militias in Iraq
“US and Saudi fighter aircraft struck multiple terrorist logistics and weapons sites across eastern Iraq in a strong response to over 30 IRGC-directed aerial drone attacks in the last 72 hours."
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WorldJournalists among nine convicted for financial crime in Azerbaijan, media rights groups cry foul
The European and International Federations of Journalists (EFJ-IFJ) denounced what it called “the extremely harsh prison sentences” to journalists and media actors
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WorldFrance's first fire-cloud signals growing wildfire risk across Europe
While meteorologists can identify conditions that favour their formation, they cannot predict with precision when or where a fire-cloud will develop.
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WorldUganda declares end to latest Ebola outbreak
Fifteen people in the latest outbreak, declared in mid-May, were infected in neighbouring Democratic Republic of Congo - the epicenter of the epidemic.
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WorldExtreme heat and drought intensify wildfire threat across Spain and France, WMO says
"We've had heatwave, after heatwave, after heatwave in the past few weeks. We have got very, very dry soils in many parts of Europe."
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WorldSouth Korea orders evacuation after suspected white phosphorus leak at US air base
Residents near Osan Air Base were briefly evacuated as authorities completed decontamination and later lifted the alert.