Services activity in Brazil fell 0.4% in May from April on a seasonally adjusted basis, government statistics agency IBGE said on Wednesday, missing economists'
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Ukraine will do everything possible to protect its seaports and guarantee grain exports at no less than last season's level, its deputy economy minister,
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The Cloud Infrastructure Services Providers in Europe (CISPE) has joined forces with four other trade groups to urge EU antitrust regulators to suspend
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President Volodymyr Zelenskiy endorsed the head of the state energy company on Wednesday to be Ukraine's new prime minister, while giving no clear answer on the future of the
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Warren Buffett said he found fellow billionaire Bill Gates’ association with the late sex offender Jeffrey Epstein “distasteful,” but decided to stop donating
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President Donald Trump's nominee to be the top U.S. spy, Jay Clayton, appeared at his delayed confirmation hearing
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The Bank of Canada left its benchmark overnight rate unchanged at 2.25% on Wednesday as widely expected and said growth would
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German Chancellor Friedrich Merz appealed to supporters of the far-right Alternative for Germany (AfD) to judge his government on its merits ahead of an election in
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How does England coach Thomas Tuchel handle the pressure of a run to the semifinals of the World Cup
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DHS was quick to defend fatal ICE shootings in January. Its statements appear to be changing
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Medici family mystery may be solved after more than 400 years
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World Cup star Roberto ‘Pico’ Lopes has returned to action in the Champions League and captained Shamrock Rovers into the second qualifying round
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Israeli airstrikes have killed at least a dozen people in Gaza over the past two days, according to local health officials
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The fence separating Gibraltar from Spain has been dismantled to ease travel for thousands who cross daily
July 15, 2026
Keir Starmer has answered questions from lawmakers in the House of Commons for the last time before leaving the British prime minister's office next week
July 15, 2026
A new report from human rights advocates says 90% of detainees interviewed at a sprawling ICE facility in Texas say they were either beaten by guards or witnessed others being beaten
July 15, 2026
Lithuania's president says intelligence suggests Russia is planning attacks on critical infrastructure in the Baltic states or Poland
July 15, 2026
U.S. wholesale inflation fell from May to June on plunging energy prices but intensifying hostilities with Iran are clouding the outlook
July 15, 2026
Ukraine and the European Union have sealed a "drone deal", aiming to combine Kyiv's expertise with EU industrial capacity to establish joint projects and scale
July 15, 2026
BNY raised its 2026 revenue forecast above Wall Street expectations on Wednesday after trouncing estimates for second-quarter results,
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ASEAN's special envoy on Myanmar has held separate talks with the country's military-backed negotiators and some rebel groups, with all sides recognising there is no military
July 15, 2026
An Israeli airstrike killed a man, his wife and their six-year-old daughter in the Gaza Strip on Wednesday, Palestinian health
July 15, 2026
The United Nations human rights office on Wednesday called on states, businesses and parties linked to Sudan's globally-relevant gum arabic industry
July 15, 2026
Jamie Dimon's two decades at the helm of JPMorgan Chase have rewritten industry record books and the Wall Street giant is now within striking
July 15, 2026
Wholesale inflation improved as energy prices fell last month — but relief may be temporary
July 15, 2026
Ebola cases in Congo have reached 2,011, with 754 deaths, according to government data
July 15, 2026
Astronomers have discovered a faint new world orbiting a young star after more than a decade of cosmic hide-and-seek
July 15, 2026
Lumberjack World Championships draw competitors from more than a dozen states to northern Wisconsin
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BlackRock's second-quarter profit outpaced Wall Street estimates on Wednesday as a stock market rally lifted the value of client assets
July 15, 2026
The European Union is providing a further €20 million ($22.8 million) in humanitarian aid to help Venezuela deal with last month's earthquake, it said on Wednesday.
July 15, 2026
President Donald Trump urged top defense executives on Wednesday to accelerate weapons production and expand
July 15, 2026
A lead U.S. negotiator for the release of hostages captured by Hamas during the Oct. 7, 2023, attacks in Israel will have a book out this fall
July 15, 2026
Turkey's ousted main opposition CHP leader said on Wednesday that preparations are under way for the possible establishment of a new political party, but any formal step
July 15, 2026
Information from NATO member nations, including Lithuania and Latvia, shows that Russia has made various attempts to conduct sabotage, Latvian president Edgars Rinkevics
July 15, 2026
China's cyberspace regulator said on Wednesday that Apple's on-device generative AI service, Apple Intelligence, has been registered for use on
July 15, 2026
Brazil is bracing for the United States to impose a new 25% tariff on thousands of its imports after months of intensive but largely unproductive
July 15, 2026
European shares ended Wednesday with slim gains as a strong rebound in luxury stocks countered weakness in telecom and
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Chinese AI startup DeepSeek is planning to launch a fresh fundraising round at a valuation of about 500 billion yuan ($74 billion) ahead of a potential mainland
July 15, 2026
Democratic Republic of Congo has formed a new advisory council that includes senior war crimes lawyers from the United States and Europe to
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Whoever wins the election in Israel later this year must rein in defence-led state spending that has grown in recent years and invest more in education,
July 15, 2026
What matters in U.S. and global markets today By Mike Dolan, Editor-at-Large, Finance and Markets A torrent of new information hit markets on Tuesday, with a mostly
July 15, 2026
The British government has announced plans for a six-hour social media curfew from midnight for 16- and 17-year-olds
July 15, 2026
Israeli leaders describe the territory now occupied in Lebanon as a war gain, but some military veterans see the so-called "buffer zone" as
July 15, 2026
Brazilian President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva has widened his lead over right-wing Senator Flavio Bolsonaro in the run-up to October's presidential election, a Quaest
July 15, 2026
Two human rights groups say Trump administration sanctions imposed on the International Criminal Court over its investigations of Israel’s war against Hamas in Gaza have illegally impeded their ability to advocate for Palestinians
July 15, 2026
Yemen's Houthi movement fired missiles at Saudi Arabia after accusing the kingdom of bombing an airport under their control on Monday, breaking a four-year truce in the conflict
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Britain must maintain its budget discipline, tackle high pension spending and address soaring energy prices to speed up its economy, the OECD said on
July 15, 2026
Italian Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni's right-wing coalition on Wednesday vowed to press ahead with a new election law, a day after a bruising parliamentary
July 15, 2026
Canadian home sales posted a modest increase in June following a robust jump the previous month, and prices remained unchanged, data from the Canadian
July 15, 2026
The family of British couple Craig and Lindsay Foreman, who are serving a 10-year prison sentence in Iran on espionage charges that they deny, said on Wednesday that a
July 15, 2026
Chinese investors seeking shares in CXMT's $8.6 billion IPO are betting the Chinese chipmaker's valuation will soar as much as 10-fold
July 15, 2026
Peru's Congress approved late Tuesday a $2.8 billion budget expansion to fund infrastructure projects, essential services and other purposes, offering
July 15, 2026
An independent committee investigating Hong Kong’s deadliest fire in decades is hearing final arguments
July 15, 2026
India and Britain's trade pact took effect on Wednesday, cutting tariffs on thousands of goods and expanding market access for
July 15, 2026
Lithuania has intelligence that Russia is planning attacks on infrastructure, and security around energy and transport sites will be tightened as a precaution, President
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G7 foreign ministers and the European Union's foreign policy chief on Wednesday urged Sudan's Rapid Support Forces and allied armed groups to stop all actions that could
July 15, 2026
Spain's European Union-harmonised 12-month inflation rate rose to 3.6% in June, unchanged from the period through May, final data released by the National Statistics Institute (INE
July 15, 2026
New Zealand reported its first case of the deadly H5N1 bird flu after a migratory seabird found on a beach near the capital, Wellington, tested positive, Biosecurity
July 15, 2026
When Carlo Petrini founded the Slow Food movement in Rome in 1986 to protest the arrival of Italy's first McDonald's, Edward Mukiibi was not yet born.
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China's economy expanded at its slowest pace in more than three years in the second quarter, missing forecasts, with
July 15, 2026
Hundreds of people gather in Beijing’s parks every morning to practice tai chi and other traditional exercises
July 15, 2026
Russia and Ukraine stepped up their battle over the Black Sea and key trade routes on Wednesday, with Moscow killing three people in an attack on the Ukrainian port
July 15, 2026
Japanese Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi on Wednesday said she saw no link between her government's draft economic blueprint and a recent market rout that has driven Japanese
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Malaysia's Immigration Department said on Wednesday that members of a "digital nomad" community run by U.S. investor Balaji Srinivasan had valid
July 15, 2026
India's aircraft accident investigating body has prepared a cockpit voice recorder transcript, conducted a psychological
July 15, 2026
The European Central Bank currently sees no second-round effects from the U.S.-Israeli war on Iran, but is paying close attention to indirect price effects from the
July 15, 2026
China has an increasingly important buffer against oil price shocks: electric taxis.
July 15, 2026
Authorities in San Francisco say one person has died, three people are missing and 16 others have been rescued from waters off the city after a pontoon boat sank
July 15, 2026
A gambling empire controlled by a powerful Cambodian tycoon was the landlord of a compound that was used for
July 15, 2026
China misses growth target for first time since Covid as Iran turmoil roils global trade
July 15, 2026
China's new home prices contracted at a slower pace in June, but the modest improvement is unlikely to result in a broad
July 15, 2026
China's annual economic growth slowed sharply to 4.3% in the second quarter, official data showed on Wednesday, missing analysts' expectations as weak domestic demand and the oil
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A federal appeals court ended a more than six-decade-old federal oversight of a Louisiana school system related to a desegregation mandate, a court
July 15, 2026
The number of vessels transiting through the Strait of Hormuz ticked up on Tuesday, with most of them linked to Iranian trade, before a U.S. blockade
July 15, 2026
The U.S. military has reimposed its blockade of Iranian ports in response to Iran’s attacks on commercial ships in the Strait of Hormuz
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Sen. Angus King says the motorist killed by ICE officers in a Maine shooting was not the target of the warrant the officers were executing
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President Donald Trump on Tuesday reimposed a naval blockade of all Iranian ports and
July 14, 2026
On a Saturday evening this month, an 11-year-old girl left her home for a friend's birthday party in a small town in eastern India.
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Trump administration officials have told Immigration and Customs Enforcement officers to suspend most vehicle stops after two deadly shootings in little over a week, according to a person familiar with the matter
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The Bank of Japan's shock introduction of negative rates in 2016 drew intense criticism from within the board with some blasting it as half-baked and a risky
July 15, 2026
Japanese manufacturers' sentiment remained relatively upbeat in July, supported by solid semiconductor demand, while confidence among non-manufacturers
July 15, 2026
Svetlana Maksimovic and her husband Ljubisa Karovic had just settled into a Ryanair flight last week when a loud
July 15, 2026
As bewildered Maine Democrats face a deadline to replace Graham Platner after his U.S.
July 15, 2026
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Mexico has formally requested that U.S. state attorneys general investigate cases of migrants who have died in Immigration and Customs Enforcement custody or during raids
July 15, 2026
A federal appeals court has ended more than 60 years of federal oversight of a Louisiana school system that had been ordered to eradicate segregation
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The U.S. military will leave Iraq by the end of September following a 23-year presence that started with the 2003 invasion against Saddam Hussein and ended with much smaller operations against the Islamic State group
July 15, 2026
Cuba is suffering another nationwide blackout, leaving the entire country without power
July 15, 2026
Dangerous smoke from Canadian wildfires moves into the Great Lakes and Northeast
July 15, 2026
Rare high flood risk for potentially ‘catastrophic’ impacts issued for already inundated parts of Texas
July 13, 2026
These are the 17 Mexicans whose ICE-related deaths prompted Mexico to demand accountability
July 15, 2026
Maine Democrats are fighting to link Republican Sen. Susan Collins to a new fatal shooting by Immigration and Customs Enforcement in their state
July 15, 2026
Mikel Oyarzabal scored from the penalty spot after a heady play by teenager Lamine Yamal, Pedro Porro added another goal and Spain advanced to its first World Cup final since winning in 2010 with a 2-0 victory over France
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President Donald Trump will deliver a primetime address this week that he says will include a focus on elections
July 15, 2026
Iran appears to be preparing a major test of America’s blockade
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Lack of body cameras on ICE agents fuels more uncertainty over fatal shootings
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Foreign investors bought a net $132 billion of U.S. securities in May, the Treasury Department said on Tuesday in its monthly Treasury International Capital
July 15, 2026
European champions Spain beat France 2-0 in the World Cup semi-finals on Tuesday, producing a controlled display to book a place in Sunday's final.
July 15, 2026
China's economy likely cooled in the second quarter, with growth drifting toward the lower end of Beijing's annual target as an entrenched demand slump
July 15, 2026
By Bianca Flowers CHICAGO, July 15 (Chicago) - Civil rights leaders have announced plans for a Washington march next month to defend voting rights, saying recent court decisions have weakened key
July 15, 2026
The Trump administration was sued on Tuesday by nine environmental groups that said its recent decision to rescind a more than 50-year-old definition of "harm"
July 15, 2026
Australia will create an office at the heart of the government to manage the development of artificial intelligence standards and force
July 14, 2026
Moscow Mayor Sergei Sobyanin said 340 Ukrainian drones had been dispatched to the area surrounding the capital over a 24-hour period and most had been downed by anti-aircraft units
July 15, 2026
The Atlanta Police Department (APD) will have enhanced security in place for Wednesday's World Cup semi-final in the city between England and Argentina,
July 15, 2026
Fresh off a first-class flight from Glasgow, an orange traffic cone received a hero’s welcome at Boston Logan International Airport, complete with a bagpiper, diplomats and state leaders
July 15, 2026
Americans could soon see gasoline prices top $4 a gallon again as renewed hostilities between the U.S. and Iran have pushed energy prices higher by
July 15, 2026
President Donald Trump has warmly welcomed new Iraqi Prime Minister Ali al-Zaidi to the White House
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There will be no turning back the clock if the House has its way
July 15, 2026
Spain books a spot in the World Cup final with a comprehensive victory over France
July 15, 2026
Judge dismisses lawsuit against Apple over alleged child sexual abuse material on iCloud
July 15, 2026
Kylian Mbappé won’t get a third consecutive trip to the World Cup final and remains in the race with Argentina superstar Lionel Messi for the Golden Boot four years after he won it
July 15, 2026
A growing number of governments, regulators and cities around the world are moving to freeze, restrict or ban new data centre construction, as concerns mount over electricity costs
July 14, 2026
U.S. Supreme Court Justices Elena Kagan and Amy Coney Barrett are making a rare appearance before Congress
July 14, 2026
British Prime Minister Keir Starmer has been awarded the Legion of Honour, France's highest national honour, by President Emmanuel Macron in Paris in recognition of his
July 14, 2026
Cuba's national power grid collapsed on Tuesday, the energy ministry said, marking the third major blackout in nine days on the island of about 10 million
July 14, 2026
Lebanon and Israel resumed talks on Tuesday in the Italian capital, with Beirut hoping for progress towards securing an Israeli
July 14, 2026
The Department of Justice said on Tuesday it is creating a new global trade enforcement section of its National Fraud Division to investigate and prosecute criminal import
July 15, 2026
Nigeria plans to take on a bigger role in coordinating humanitarian responses inside the country, as it shifts away from a system led largely by international donors and U.N
July 15, 2026
A U.S.-Russian space crew has arrived at the International Space Station for an eight-month mission
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The top U.S. derivatives regulator said on Tuesday it was blocking the prediction market platform Kalshi from cancelling trades in Michigan after a court there ordered
July 15, 2026
U.S. authorities on Tuesday unsealed charges and offered a $10 million reward for information on three Russians accused of providing computer infrastructure related to
July 15, 2026
Trump says Thursday address will focus on ‘free and fair elections’
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One of the people arrested on suspicion of having started the fire in a historic forest near Paris was a volunteer firefighter who confessed on Tuesday, French media said,
July 14, 2026
In rare congressional testimony, Supreme Court justices have shared chilling stories about the threats they increasingly face in public life
July 14, 2026
The U.S. military said on Tuesday it was launching more strikes against Iran. The strikes began Tuesday afternoon Eastern Time, the U.S.
July 15, 2026
U.S. senators on Tuesday unveiled an updated version of the Russia sanctions bill, championed by the late Senator Lindsey
July 15, 2026
MSCI's global equities index rose on Tuesday after softer-than-expected U.S. inflation data and strong bank earnings, while oil
July 14, 2026
The top Democrat on the House Judiciary Committee on Tuesday asked Paramount CEO David Ellison if he or the company were pressuring CBS News to air
July 15, 2026
Mahmoud Khalil is suing the federal government and several private groups for allegedly conspiring to suppress criticism of Israel
July 14, 2026
The U.S. will formally bring together AI developers and essential services providers to share information on cybersecurity vulnerabilities identified
July 15, 2026
A federal judge on Tuesday blocked U.S.
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Scottie Scheffler and Rory McIlroy are chasing a second claret jug at the British Open but not a boost to their legacy
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Inside the 24-hour sprint to convince Trump to drop his plans to toll Strait of Hormuz
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President Donald Trump is sharply reducing the size of two national monuments in Utah
July 14, 2026
Miracle on the Hudson pilot Sully Sullenberger announces Alzheimer’s disease diagnosis
July 15, 2026
A China-born U.S. seismologist has been detained in China without trial for nearly two years
July 14, 2026
Stocks rose after a report showed U.S. inflation was not as bad last month as economists expected
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Senate Democrats have blocked a $1 trillion annual defense bill in protest of President Donald Trump’s war against Iran
July 15, 2026
Several people have died in a fire at a construction site in Brussels on Tuesday, with a search for six missing persons ongoing, local authorities said.
July 14, 2026
A familiar story has unfolded in the Maine city of Biddeford, where a federal officer shot and killed a man driving a vehicle during an immigration enforcement operation
July 15, 2026
Senators unveil sweeping Russia sanctions bill, urge passage in honor of Graham
July 15, 2026
Lawmakers in the Senate have unveiled a bipartisan proposal to address Social Security's looming insolvency
July 15, 2026
The World Health Organization’s emergencies chief has warned that most Ebola cases in eastern Congo come from unknown transmission chains
July 14, 2026
Who is Darline Graham? Lindsey Graham’s sister sworn in to finish his Senate term
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The sister of the late South Carolina Sen. Lindsey Graham has been sworn in to fill his seat, just three days after his death
July 14, 2026
ASEAN's special envoy on Myanmar held talks with ethnic minority rebel groups and a government-backed negotiation committee in an effort to tackle a civil war, with both sides
July 14, 2026
South Korea's central bank is expected to raise interest rates on Thursday for the first time in more than three years and deliver another increase by the
July 14, 2026
China "has no geopolitical intentions and does not seek a so-called 'sphere of influence'" in its dealings with Pacific island nations, Foreign Minister Wang Yi told his
July 14, 2026
Thousands of Indonesian free meals kitchens complained on Tuesday they had been left in the lurch by the government's move to scale down President Prabowo Subianto's
July 14, 2026
The United States' auto safety regulator said on Tuesday it received a request to open a probe into 806,963 Honda minivans over concerns related to their air bags.
July 14, 2026
For Ukraine and its supporters, the sudden death of U.S.
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U.S. small-business sentiment increased in June, but the share of owners reporting that inflation was their "single most important" problem was the highest in nearly
July 14, 2026
Switzerland's Competition Commission (COMCO) has launched a preliminary investigation into Google's removal of a feature that allows mobile phone users to opt out of using
July 14, 2026
Todd Blanche will walk into his confirmation hearing on Wednesday carrying baggage that might have sunk past attorney general nominees.
July 14, 2026
What matters in U.S. and global markets today By Mike Dolan, Editor-at-Large, Finance and Markets Oil boils again just as the June inflation report is set for release
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An anti-war Russian politician who wants to run for parliament has accused the authorities of trying to sabotage his campaign, after he was designated a "foreign agent" and
July 14, 2026
The Kremlin said on Tuesday that there could be no security guarantees for Ukraine without Russia's involvement, responding to a statement by German Chancellor Friedrich
July 14, 2026
A woodwork teacher in the eastern German state of Saxony-Anhalt has triggered a dispute over political expression in the
July 14, 2026
S&P 500 futures turned positive on Tuesday, as a softer-than-expected inflation reading fueled bets on a less hawkish Federal Reserve.
July 14, 2026
KPMG's embattled Australia consultancy business is preparing to cut hundreds of jobs and reduce partner pay by as much as a fifth, the Australian Financial Review reported on
July 14, 2026
Britain's approval for China to build a vast embassy in London was challenged in court on Tuesday, as a group of local residents argue that officials failed to consider the
July 14, 2026
BP expects stronger oil and gas prices, robust oil trading and higher refining margins to lift second-quarter
July 14, 2026
Russia on Tuesday accused Ukraine of terrorism over its escalating attacks on shipping in the Sea of Azov, a route that handles about a quarter of its grain exports.
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Most people back the idea of providing refuge to those fleeing war or persecution, even in countries where governments have restricted refugee intakes, such
July 14, 2026
The chemical tanker Stolt Magnesium caught fire on Tuesday following the "explosion of an unidentified external device" as it was sailing in the Arabian Sea off the coast
July 14, 2026
Verdict due in trial over 2018 bridge collapse in Italy that killed dozens
India's Gen Z 'cockroaches' took protest to the streets. Now they rally around a hunger strike
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US military says it completed latest strikes on Iran, targets included Bandar Abbas
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