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U.S. builds up forces in Caribbean as officials, experts concerned

A large buildup of U.S. naval forces in and around the Southern Caribbean has officials in Caracas and experts in the United States asking: is the move aimed at combating drug cartels, as the Trump administration has suggested, or is it ...

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Seeking more power, Trump uses firings to test presidential limits

U.S. President Donald Trump is pushing for more control over everything the federal government and its agencies do, as he challenges long-established norms in his second term.

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Director Jim Jarmusch 'disconcerted' about Mubi corporate financing

Veteran U.S. director Jim Jarmusch said he was concerned that one of the distributors of his latest film had taken money from a company with ties to the Israeli military.

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Israel pounds Gaza as assault nears

Columns of dark smoke billowed over Gaza and Palestinians tended the dead after Israeli forces pounded the suburbs of Gaza City overnight as Israel gears up for a full-scale assault.

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Modi meets with Xi, vows to improve China ties

Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi said New Delhi was committed to improving ties with China in a key meeting with President Xi Jinping, as the two leaders discussed the need to expand trade and investment ties against the backdrop of U...

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Former Ukrainian politician assassinated in Lviv

A search is underway for the killer of the former speaker of the Ukrainian parliament Andriy Parubiy, who was shot dead in the western city of Lviv. According to the Prosecutor General's office, a gunman fired several shots at Parubiy, k...

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U.S bars Palestinian leadership from attending UN

The United States says it will not allow Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas to travel to New York next month for a United Nations gathering of world leaders, where several U.S. allies are set to recognise Palestine as a state.

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North Korea's Kim vows a 'beautiful life' for kin of Russia 'martyrs'

North Korean leader Kim Jong Un promised "a beautiful life" for the families of "martyrs" who perished fighting for Russia in the war against Ukraine, praising the bereaved for the heroism of their sons and husbands.

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Most Trump tariffs are not legal, U.S. appeals court rules

A divided U.S. appeals court ruled that most of Donald Trump's tariffs are illegal, undercutting the Republican president's use of the levies as a key economic and foreign policy tool. But the tariffs will remain in place through mid-Oct...

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World's first gene-edited horses are shaking up the sport of polo

The birth of the world's first gene-edited horses in Argentina, created to play polo, have stirred controversy over whether they should be allowed into the sport. Some of the sport's leaders say that gene-editing goes too far.

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Egypt detains dozens of teenaged TikTokkers in crackdown

Egyptian authorities have been rounding up teenaged TikTokkers with millions of followers, detaining dozens in recent weeks on accusations ranging from violating family values to laundering money.

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UK wins court ruling to keep asylum seekers in hotel

The British government on Friday won a court ruling that means asylum seekers will not have to be evicted from a hotel where a resident was charged with sexual assault, a decision that could ignite more protests and criticism from oppone...

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Iran facing return of UN sanctions - what happens now?

Britain, France and Germany have launched a 30-day process to reimpose U.N. sanctions on Iran over its nuclear program, according to a letter sent by the three nations to the U.N. Security Council seen by Reuters.

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Fired CDC director, top officials clashed with Kennedy on vaccines

Staff and protesters applauded former Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) Chief Medical Officer Debra Houry and other top officials while they departed the CDC campus in Atlanta, Georgia, after the White House fired CDC dire...

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How the end of de minimis rule will hit U.S. shoppers, businesses

The Trump administration on Friday ended U.S. duty-free imports of packages worth less than $800, the so-called "de minimis" exemption that has fueled a surge in shipments from global sellers to U.S. consumers who will now likely face hi...

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Thai court ousts PM Paetongtarn for ethics violation

Thailand's Constitutional Court dismissed 39-year-old Paetongtarn Shinawatra from office on Friday (August 29) on an ethics violation, abruptly ending the term of Thailand's youngest prime minister after just over a year in office.

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China to stage massive military parade as Xi hosts sanctioned leaders

Chinese President Xi Jinping will be flanked by leaders of some of the world's most heavily sanctioned nations at a World War Two military parade in Beijing next week, in a show of solidarity against the West.

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Indonesian students vow more protests after motorcyclist death

One person was killed and dozens injured after protests in Indonesia’s capital Jakarta turned violent late on Thursday (August 28), as police clashed with hundreds of demonstrators demanding political and economic reforms.

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How a study of 'marsquakes' helped reveal a geological time capsule

Scientists have uncovered a fragmented interior in Mars, with the planet's mantle preserving ancient debris from its violent formation billions of years ago, according to a new study of 'marsquakes' based on NASA's InSight mission data.

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Father recounts entering church right after Minneapolis shooting

It's the morning after the day before and father of two, Pedro Maldonado, 44, joined other distraught parents outside the Catholic Church in Minneapolis, where two children were killed and 17 people were wounded after an assailant armed ...

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Drought leaves UK beef farmers scrambling to feed hungry herds

On David Barton's beef farm in the Cotswolds, western England, months of heat and drought have left his 200 head of Salers, Hereford and Sussex cows with nothing but parched fields to pick at.

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This British AI-powered tool could revolutionize manufacturing

A UK-based scale-up's novel use of artificial intelligence (AI) is attracting the attention of U.S. manufacturers with what it says is a technological solution to the country's labor and skills shortage.

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Modest food aid rise won't stop starvation in Gaza, WFP chief says

The head of the U.N.'s World Food Program says more aid is getting into Gaza but it's a fraction of what's needed to stave off starvation. Her comments came a week after a global hunger monitor reported famine had struck parts of Gaza.

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Chicago bracing for possible Trump troop deployment

U.S. President Donald Trump has said he may next send soldiers and federal law enforcement agents to Chicago in what he said is an effort to reduce crime, in an unfolding pattern targeting Democratic cities with African-American mayors.

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New CDC director fired only weeks into the role

U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention Director Susan Monarez has been fired, the White House said, less than a month after being sworn in, and four senior officials have resigned amid growing tensions over vaccine policies and ...

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Argentina’s Milei rushed away from rally as protesters throw rocks

Argentine President Javier Milei was rushed out of a public event by his security team in Buenos Aires province after protesters threw rocks and other objects at his car, according to Reuters witnesses.

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Mexico jaguar numbers grow, but extinction threat remains

Mexico's jaguar population has increased significantly in recent years but the largest feline in the Americas is still in danger of extinction, said a Mexican advocacy group that released a national census of the animals.

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South Korea passes bill to ban mobile phones in classrooms

South Korea passed a bill on Wednesday (August 27) to ban the use of mobile phones and other digital devices in school classrooms nationwide, as concern grows about the impact of heavy social media use among youth.

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Sudan struggles with outbreak of dengue fever

Sudanese in the greater capital are struggling with an increase in dengue fever among other diseases, residents and health officials said, amid the ongoing rainy season.

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Lebanese wine businesses struggle through war and drought

Elias Maalouf crouched to examine a shriveling grapevine in his ancestral vineyard in the sun-kissed plains of eastern Lebanon. Last year, Israeli air strikes kept him from picking most of the grapes. Now, a drought has slashed his harvest.

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