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Russia says it thwarted a Ukrainian charge to expand its incursion. Kyiv says it won’t occupy land
The Russian Defense Ministry says its forces have checked an effort by Kyiv’s troops to expand a stunning weeklong incursion into Russia’s Kursk region.
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Ukraine’s stunning incursion into Russia demonstrates a new phase in the war
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Russian artist released in swap builds a new life in Germany, now free to marry her partner
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Crews battle scattered fires in Athens suburbs, helped by calmer winds and reinforcements
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Lawyer for suspect in alleged plot against Taylor Swift concerts says allegations are exaggerated
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Analysis: Iran’s threats of retaliation against Israel trigger high-stakes diplomacy
Iran’s threatened retaliatory strike on Israel over the assassination of Hamas official Ismail Haniyeh has drawn major world powers into a high-wire act of diplomacy.
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Teenager wearing a helmet and bulletproof vest randomly stabs 5 people at a cafe in Turkey
Officials and media reports say a teenager wearing a helmet and bulletproof vest randomly stabbed five people at an open-air cafe in northwest Turkey before being detained by police.
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Man charged with attempted murder in stabbing of 11-year-old girl in a London tourism hot spot
A man accused of stabbing an 11-year-old girl in London’s bustling theater district has been charged with attempted murder.
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Bulgaria seizes heroin at a Black Sea port worth $38 million en route from Kyrgizstan
Bulgarian authorities say they have seized some 436 kilograms — about 960 pounds — of heroin at the Black Sea port of Burgas.
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Man stabs a girl and her mother in a London tourism hot spot before being arrested, police say
Authorities say a man stabbed an 11-year-old girl and her mother in London’s bustling theater district before being arrested, but that there is no indication that the attack was terrorism-related.
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Valhalla Golf Club, site of this year’s PGA Championship, to host 2028 Solheim Cup
Valhalla Golf Club will host the Solheim Cup in 2028, bringing the women’s team competition to a venue that has hosted the Ryder Cup and four PGA Championships, including earlier this year.
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Danish justice minister denounces gangs who hire teenage Swedes to kill in Denmark
Danish Justice Minister Peter Hummelgaard has denounced organized criminal gangs who hire Swedish teenagers to carry out deadly shootings in Denmark.
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Top Ukrainian commander says his forces now control almost 390 square miles of Russia’s Kursk region
Ukraine’s top military commander says his forces now control 1,000 square kilometers, or 386 square miles, of Russia’s neighboring Kursk region.
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The Geneva Conventions — the world’s rules of war — are 75 years old and ignored nearly everywhere
The Geneva Conventions have been adopted by nearly every country since they were finalized on Aug. 12, 1949.
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Drop in winds offers hope as firefighters battle huge wildfire on fringes of Athens. 1 person dead
A major forest fire has raged into the northern suburbs of Athens, killing one person and triggering evacuations of several areas as swirling winds hampered efforts of hundreds of firefighters and dozens of water-dropping planes.
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English town of Southport mourns 9-year-old stabbing victim and calls for an end to unrest
The people of the English town of Southport have come together for the first of the funerals for three girls murdered during a Taylor Swift-themed dance class.
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A wildfire near Greece’s capital darkens the skies over Athens and advances fast
A wildfire burned northeast of Athens, darkening the sky as the smell of smoke and soot pervaded the Greek capital.
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Serbia’s populist president says lithium protests are part of a ‘hybrid’ warfare against his country
Serbia’s president has accused demonstrators who oppose a lithium mining project in the Balkan country of being part of a Western-backed “hybrid” warfare against his government and vowed to take strong legal action against those protesters who have blocked railway and road traffic in the capital a d
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Greek customs agents seize more than 90 kilograms of cocaine from a ship that originated in Ecuador
Greek authorities say that customs agents have seized around 93 kilograms or 205 pounds of cocaine at the port in the northern city of Thessaloniki.
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Thousands protest lithium mining in Serbia. Officials say it’s a plot against populist president
Tens of thousands of protesters have rallied in downtown Belgrade against lithium mining in Serbia. That’s despite official warnings that the demonstration on Saturday was an alleged plot to topple populist President Aleksandar Vučić and his government.
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Iran’s new president reappoints UN-sanctioned official as head of the country’s nuclear agency
Iran’s newly-elected president has reappointed a U.S.-educated official as director of the country’s nuclear department.
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King Charles III applauds people who stood against racism during recent unrest in the UK
King Charles III has applauded people who took to the streets of British towns and cities earlier this week to help blunt days of unrest fueled by far-right activists and misinformation about a stabbing attack that killed three girls.
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Meet Nacer Zorgani, the vision-impaired Para-judo athlete who doubles as boxing’s Olympic voice
A visually impaired Para-judo athlete is captivating crowds at the Paris 2024 Olympics as a boxing announcer.
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Cleaning up the Seine: the Olympics boosts a Parisian dream, but it’s still far from fully achieved
French authorities vow that cleanup efforts on the Seine River will allow Parisians to finally open up as a summertime swim spot.
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EU and US call for the release of Belarus’ political prisoners on the anniversary of mass protests
The European Union and the United States have marked the fourth anniversary of massive protest in Belarus by calling for the release of all political prisoners voicing support for the Belarusian people.
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Russia blocks Signal messaging app as authorities tighten control over information
Russia’s state communications watchdog says it has blocked access to the Signal messaging app, the latest move in the authorities efforts to tighten controls over information amid the fighting in Ukraine.
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For freed Russian opposition activist Ilya Yashin, resuming work against Putin is his priority
After arriving in Germany as part of the massive East-West prisoner swap, Russian opposition politician Ilya Yashin has hit the ground running.
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Man who encouraged torching hotels for asylum seekers in Britain gets 3 years in prison
A man who used social media to stoke racial hatred during far-right violence in Britain and encouraged people to torch hotels housing asylum seekers has been sentenced to more than three years in prison.
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Amanda Knox wasn’t coerced but ‘freely’ accused a bar owner in roommate’s murder, Italian court says
An Italian appeals court says that Amanda Knox’s hand-written memo at the center of her latest retrial for falsely accusing a Congolese bar owner in the 2007 murder of her British housemate contained enough elements for her to be reconvicted of slander in June.
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Fugitive ex-Catalan leader said to be in Belgium as Spanish police try to explain how he escaped
The lawyer for Carles Puigdemont says the former Catalan leader is back in Belgium after evading arrest in Spain for the second time in seven years.
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UN refugee agency urges Cyprus government to process asylum seekers pushed into a UN buffer zone
The United Nations refugee agency says government authorities in ethnically divided Cyprus have rounded up dozens of migrants and pushed them back inside a U.N.
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Polish leader Tusk says billions of dollars in illegal spending by predecessors uncovered
Prime Minister Donald Tusk has accused Poland’s previous government of illegally spending 100 billion Polish zlotys or $25 billion as he announced a government effort to try to recover the money.
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Norway likely won’t proceed with spying trial for a Russian citizen who was part of Russia-US swap
A senior prosecutor in Norway says that a Russian citizen who was arrested in the Scandinavian country in 2022 on espionage charges and who was part of a massive prisoner swap between Russia and the U.S. this month is unlikely to be prosecuted.
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Italian beach establishments close umbrellas briefly to protest long-delayed liberalization plans
Italian beach establishments mounted a symbolic two-hour strike early Friday aimed at pressuring the government not to enact a decades-old EU directive to liberalize the sector, long a symbol of Italy’s failure to reform the economy.
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China files WTO complaint against EU over tariffs on electric vehicles
The Chinese government has filed a complaint with the World Trade Organization over European Union tariffs on electric vehicles made in China.
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The scrutiny Khelif and Lin face over their sex at the Olympics is a repeating problem in sports
It’s been 15 years since a teenage runner from South Africa was publicly scrutinized over her sex at a major sports event.
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3rd person in custody over foiled plot targeting now-canceled Taylor Swift shows in Vienna
Austrian authorities have announced a third arrest in connection with the foiled conspiracy to attack three now-canceled Taylor Swift concerts even as disappointed fans charmed Vienna by trading friendship bracelets and singing the pop star’s songs in the streets.
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Paris is now more accessible for disabled people. Will it last after the Olympics and Paralympics?
Since the start of the Olympics, Ndieme Lame has been commuting every day to the Stade de France where she works as a volunteer helping visitors find their way.
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Residents of Serbia’s lithium-rich region vow to block EU-backed mining
Residents of a tiny village in western Serbia don’t care if their government has agreed with the European Union to open a lithium mine in their sprawling valley: They say it is never going to happen.
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A 13-month streak of global temperature records just ended. Here are five takeaways
After 13 months of what felt like an endless breaking of heat records, the streak came to an end last month.
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