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Estranged husband of former Scottish leader pleads guilty to embezzlement

LONDON (AP) – The estranged husband of former Scottish leader Nicola Sturgeon pleaded guilty Monday to embezzling more than 400,000 pounds ($540,000) from the Scottish National Party to fund a lavish lifestyle when he was its chief executive.

EU rallies $1 billion in pledges for Gaza's recovery

BRUSSELS (AP) – The European Union has coordinated efforts to raise 900 million euros ($1 billion) in pledges of aid for Gaza’s rebuilding following two years of Israeli bombardment that left much of the Palestinian enclave in ruins, a senior EU official said Monday.

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IBM's stock tumbles as preliminary 2Q results come in below expectations

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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Inflation cools more than expected in June as gas costs fall

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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SoftBank Group's CEO says $5 trillion a year needed globally to meet AI demand

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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Trump backs away from plan to charge fees in the Strait of Hormuz

DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) – U.S. President Donald Trump on Tuesday backtracked on plans to charge ships for using the Strait of Hormuz, saying Gulf countries would instead invest in the United States. Another wave of U.S. strikes on Iran, and Iranian attacks on shipping and American allies, left an interim peace deal in tatters.

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Tehran reaction to US threats over Strait of Hormuz

Tehran reaction to US threats over Strait of Hormuz

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The Trump Report: The Latest Updates

Weeks after the end of a historic term, Supreme Court Justices Elena Kagan and Amy Coney Barrett are making a rare appearance before Congress, and facing wide-ranging questions as the high court seeks millions of dollars to beef up security amid a rise in threats to the judiciary.

WASHINGTON (AP) – Judge says Trump lawsuit against IRS was filed for ‘improper purpose’ and refers attorneys for disciplinary action. The ruling from U.S. District Judge Kathleen Williams amounts to a stinging rebuke of the Republican president’s lawsuit, characterizing it as an exercise in self-dealing in which he sued an entity that is effectively under his control.

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Racist comments targeting France's World Cup team spark backlash
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Ukraine and 9 countries announce a coalition to protect Europe from ballistic missiles
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US Senator Lindsey Graham died after aorta tear, medical examiner says
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Sam Neill, New Zealand actor who starred in 'Jurassic Park' and 'The Piano,' dies at 78