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Spain advances to World Cup final with 2-0 win over France
Israel's latest strikes kill a dozen people in Gaza including police officers
Ukraine downs 5 Russian ballistic missiles as Kyiv boosts air defenses
Ukraine and EU aim for a weapons production partnership
Duchess of Sussex earns a Daytime Emmy nomination for Netflix's 'With Love, Meghan'
House Republicans unveil a $95 billion plan for the Iran war
UK police say former politician Ann Widdecombe was killed in 'targeted attack'
More health workers strike as Ebola cases in Congo exceed 2,000, including 754 deaths
It's 'Super Tuesday' for EU enlargement as 4 candidates move forward
Starmer says his political journey is over at his last question session
Spain advances to World Cup final with 2-0 win over France
Israel's latest strikes kill a dozen people in Gaza including police officers
Ukraine downs 5 Russian ballistic missiles as Kyiv boosts air defenses
Ukraine and EU aim for a weapons production partnership
Duchess of Sussex earns a Daytime Emmy nomination for Netflix's 'With Love, Meghan'
WASHINGTON (AP) – House Republicans on Wednesday unveiled a $95 billion legislative plan focused on boosting defense, aiding farmers and enacting stricter voter registration rules, a sequel to the massive tax and spending cut bill that President Donald Trump signed into law last year.
LONDON (AP) – Counterterror police investigating the killing of the former British politician and reality TV contestant Ann Widdecombe said Tuesday that she was the victim of a “targeted attack.”
BUNIA, Congo (AP) – The number of confirmed cases of Ebola in Congo has reached 2,011, including 754 deaths, according to government data released overnight in what authorities say is the fastest-growing outbreak on record. Health workers at Bunia General Hospital, the region’s largest medical center, went on strike Wednesday and are the latest group to walk off the job at the epicenter over payment issues.
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Shares of IBM are sliding before the market open on Tuesday as the company provided preliminary second-quarter results that are below Wall Street’s expectations.
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WASHINGTON (AP) – U.S. inflation cooled last month as the cost of gas, clothes, and used cars fell, providing some relief to consumers, while underlying price pressures also cooled more than expected. Prices dropped 0.4% from May to June, the largest monthly drop in four years, the Labor Department said Tuesday.
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TOKYO (AP) – Worries about a bubble in artificial intelligence investments are absurd, SoftBank Group’s CEO Masayoshi Son said Tuesday, deriding such doubts as backward and akin to questioning the use of cars and planes. “To ask whether AI is a bubble is a foolish question,” Son told executives at an annual company event in Tokyo.
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DEIR AL-BALAH, Gaza Strip (AP) – Israeli airstrikes have killed at least a dozen people in Gaza over the past two days, local health officials said Wednesday, as strikes continue almost daily despite a months-old ceasefire with Hamas. On Wednesday, three members of a family were killed in central Gaza, Al Aqsa Hospital officials said.
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KYIV, Ukraine (AP) – The European Union’s top official signed an agreement Wednesday to move forward on joint weapons production with Ukraine, saying Kyiv’s fight against Russia’s 4-year-old invasion is a key part of the continent’s defense.
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LONDON (AP) – Prime Minister Keir Starmer said that he was leaving the United Kingdom in “better shape than I found it” as he fielded questions, criticism and even a bit of praise from lawmakers in the House of Commons for the last time on Wednesday.
WASHINGTON (AP) – President Donald Trump will deliver a primetime address this week that he says will include a focus on elections, suggesting he could revisit long-debunked conspiracy theories about his 2020 defeat to Democrat Joe Biden. The speech comes as he’s escalated calls for Republicans to pass tighter federal voting rules for November’s midterm elections.
Manta tracking project aims to protect Japan's ocean and coastal rays
Busy wildfire season tests US fire bosses as they juggle resources
Trump reduces size of 2 national monuments in Utah
Pomp and tradition in annual swan count on the river Thames
1,000 evacuated from Fontainebleau fires near Paris
Firefighters deployed across Paris region forest to fight exceptional fire
Japanese experimental reusable rocket hovers and lands safely in first test flight
China's 'Green Great Wall' tames desert growth, but scientists warn the fight is not over
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E. Jean Carroll is paid $5.6 million in Trump sex abuse and defamation case
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Gibraltar border fence with Spain is removed
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Darline Graham, sister of late Sen. Lindsey Graham, has been sworn in to finish his term
Pomp and tradition in annual swan count on the river Thames
Tom Cruise joins the World Cup closing ceremony's cast
Manta tracking project aims to protect Japan's ocean and coastal rays
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EU chief weighs age restrictions for children using social media
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Africa secures $900 million in new clean cooking commitments
