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Model recruiter who introduced young women to Jeffrey Epstein found dead in France
A French professional model recruiter who for over a decade arranged for the late sex offender Jeffrey Epstein to meet multiple models, was found dead in his home near Paris on Monday.
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Ghanaian nationals ask ICC to probe xenophobic violence in South Africa
JOHANNESBURG, July 22 (Reuters) - Two Ghanaian nationals have petitioned the International Criminal Court to open a preliminary investigation into attacks against foreign nationals in South Africa,
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Treasury's Bessent welcomes Pakistan's reforms, push to return to capital markets
By Andrea Shalal WASHINGTON, July 22 (Reuters) - U.S.
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Senior Chinese leader Wang Huning tours Tibet, stresses ethnic unity, stability
BEIJING, July 22 (Reuters) - China's fourth-ranking leader, Wang Huning, called on Tibet to safeguard social stability, enforce a new ethnic unity law and bring Tibetan Buddhism into closer alignment
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US politicians pitch aviation, space business at Farnborough Airshow
FARNBOROUGH, England July 22 (Reuters) - The U. boosted the size of its pavilion at the Farnborough Airshow by 22% this year, and U.
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Philippine, Chinese foreign ministers trade protests over South China Sea encounter
MANILA/BEIJING, July 22 (Reuters) - The foreign ministers of the Philippines and China met in Manila on Wednesday and both made "strong" protests over an encounter between the two countries' vessels
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Germany vows support for Nigeria on security, seeks expanded economic ties
By Camillus Eboh ABUJA, July 22 (Reuters) - German Foreign Minister Johann Wadephul reaffirmed Berlin's commitment on Wednesday to supporting Nigeria on security as it battles militant groups, and
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Rubio meets China's Wang at regional gathering where Iran war looms large
Secretary of State Marco Rubio and Chinese counterpart Wang Yi discussed on Wednesday a visit to the U. in September by Chinese President Xi Jinping during an Asian gathering where ministers voiced concern about the Iran war and South China Sea tensions.
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Food, fury and supporters near and far keep India protest alive
By Tora Agarwala NEW DELHI, July 22 (Reuters) - A steady stream of food delivery riders carrying meals, snacks and bottled water is helping sustain a youth-led protest movement that has sprung up in
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NewsTrump threatens Iranian infrastructure after Houthis block Red Sea artery
DUBAI/MANILA, July 22 (Reuters) - U. President Donald Trump vowed on Wednesday to destroy an Iranian bridge or power plant every time Iran shoots at a ship in the Strait of Hormuz, raising the stakes after Iranian-allied Houthis in Yemen threatened a second vital energy route.
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Analysis-Separate US talks with Canada, Mexico test North America's trilateral trade pact
By Promit Mukherjee, Emily Green and David Lawder OTTAWA/MEXICO CITY, July 22 (Reuters) - Separate U.S. negotiating tracks for Canada and Mexico are testing a trilateral free trade zone that has
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Indian opposition disrupts parliament to support student protesters and pressure Modi
By YP Rajesh, Tanvi Mehta and Shilpa Jamkhandikar NEW DELHI, July 22 (Reuters) - Indian opposition lawmakers disrupted parliament on Wednesday in support of student protesters, echoing their calls for
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Rare access reveals changing face of Mapuche struggle in Chile
(Corrects length of prisons sentences in paragraph 39 to between 14-16 years) By Alexander Villegas and Juan Gonzalez FUNDO PIDENCO, Chile, July 21 (Reuters) - After years of reclaiming ancestral
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NewsRussia says it struck Ukrainian ports and ships
MOSCOW, July 22 () - Russia said on Wednesday it had struck the Ukrainian cities of Odesa and Chornomorsk, hitting port infrastructure and vessels that it said were supporting the Ukrainian military. Russia's defence ministry said the latest strikes had targeted a dry-cargo ship unloading at Chornomorsk port, as well as a military cargo store and fuel and lubricant storage tanks.
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Wildberries, 'Russia's Amazon', becomes a target for Ukraine
By Gleb Bryanski MOSCOW, July 22 (Reuters) - From humble origins as a family business run out of an apartment near Moscow, Wildberries has grown in under two decades into Russia's top online retailer
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Lebanon, Israel to hold next talks in Italy on August 4, Lebanese official says
BEIRUT, July 22 (Reuters) - Lebanon and Israel are scheduled to hold their next round of U.S.-brokered talks on August 4 in Italy, a Lebanese official told Reuters on Wednesday, as the two countries
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Germany 'irritated' by renewed detention of Deutsche Welle correspondent in Turkey
BERLIN, July 22 (Reuters) - A German government spokesperson said on Wednesday that Berlin was "highly irritated" by the renewed detention of Deutsche Welle correspondent Alican Uludag in Turkey.
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Rubio says any nuclear agreement the US signs will not lead to nuclear proliferation
The Trump administration is expected to sign an agreement with Saudi Arabia as early as Wednesday that could potentially provide the kingdom with uranium enrichment capability for its civilian nuclear program. Secretary of State Marco Rubio says any deal signed by the U.S. would not lead to proliferation. The deal — confirmed to The Associated Press by two people familiar with the decision who were not authorized to discuss details and spoke on condition of anonymity — could allow for the building of a uranium enrichment facility in Saudi Arabia after a joint U.S.-Saudi study.
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Spain, France battle wildfires as intense heat grips southern Europe
By Guillermo Martinez, Manon Cruz and Kate Abnett CONDEMIOS DE ABAJO, Spain/COTIGNAC, France July 22 (Reuters) - Firefighters battling wildfires in Spain and France on Wednesday said the risk of more
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Trump: US will attack Iranian bridge, power plant for every ship targeted in Hormuz
WASHINGTON, July 22 (Reuters) - President Donald Trump renewed his threats to attack Iranian infrastructure on Wednesday, saying the U.S. would attack a bridge or power plant each time Tehran targets
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Ukraine hits more warehouses of Russia's top online retailer Wildberries
MOSCOW, July 22 () - Ukraine has attacked two more warehouses of Russian online retailer Wildberries, its boss said on Wednesday, extending a series of drone strikes on a company at the heart of Russia's consumer economy. Tatyana Kim, the co-founder and head of Wildberries, said warehouses had been attacked in Krasnodar and Nevinnomyssk, both in southern Russia.
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German conservatives to appoint Merz confidant to lead faction after surrogacy row
BERLIN, July 22 (Reuters) - Germany's ruling conservatives said on Wednesday they would appoint a close ally of Chancellor Friedrich Merz as their new parliamentary faction chief, following the abrupt exit of party heavyweight Jens Spahn in a row over a surrogacy baby. Thorsten Frei, the head of Merz's chancellery, will replace Spahn, the Christian Democratic Union and its Bavarian sister party the Christian Social Union said in a statement, confirming an earlier report by the Bild newspaper
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French modelling scout linked to Epstein found dead
PARIS, July 22 (Reuters) - Daniel Siad, a modelling scout with ties to the late convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein, has been found dead at his home outside Paris, prosecutors said on Wednesday.
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U.S. and Pakistan condemn Houthi Red Sea threats to shipping and Saudi Arabia
The United States and Pakistan on Wednesday condemned Yemen’s Houthi rebels for threatening commercial shipping in the Red Sea after the group announced a naval blockade against Saudi Arabia earlier this week. U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio blamed Iran for the Houthi rebel group's naval blockade against Saudi Arabia but hoped it could be de-escalated.
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Amnesty International says Pakistan strike on Kabul drug treatment center may be a war crime
A Pakistani airstrike that hit a drug treatment center in the Afghan capital Kabul in March, killing hundreds of civilians, should be investigated as a possible war crime, human rights organization Amnesty International says. In a social media post on Wednesday, the rights group said it had “found no evidence to support” Pakistan’s claims that the Omid drug rehabilitation center was being used for military purposes or to store ammunition and weapons. Afghanistan has said the strike on March 16 killed about 400 civilians in the facility.
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FBI chief hold talks in Cambodia over closer security cooperation to combat online scam crimes
FBI Director Kash Patel held talks with Cambodian Prime Minister Hun Manet on Wednesday on joint efforts to combat international online scam operations that cheat victims out of billions of dollars each year. It warned that even as authorities conduct raids on industrial-sized scam centers mostly located in border regions of Myanmar, Laos, and Cambodia, criminals have responded by shifting to other parts of the world or operating on a smaller scale. Patel arrived in Cambodia from neighboring Thailand which co-hosted a two-day summit with the U.S. this week on scam centers that was attended by representatives of nearly 20 countries and hundreds of law enforcement officials.
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The Latest: Trump is attending dignified transfer of 4 more US service members killed in action
The United States and Iran exchanged fire across the Middle East on Wednesday, overshadowing diplomatic efforts in Pakistan to salvage an interim ceasefire deal that has collapsed. President Donald Trump is attending the dignified transfer of four more service members who were killed in action. Republicans are pushing a $95 billion package to fund the military, pay farmers and restrict voting after Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth faced fiery questions and protests over his management of the U.S. war with Iran, which he estimated which has cost $37.5 billion so far.
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Saudi, UAE officials use social media to signal unity after months of tension
(Refiles with full title of Turki Alalshikh in paragraph 17) By Timour Azhari RIYADH, July 21 (Reuters) - Senior Saudi and United Arab Emirates officials on Tuesday shared similar social media posts
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Vatican denies decision made in abuse trial against artist priest Rupnik
VATICAN CITY, July 22 (Reuters) - The Vatican on Wednesday denied that a ruling had been made in a canonical trial against prominent Slovenian priest Marko Ivan Rupnik, who has been accused by more
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Ukraine will step up counteroffensive actions, new top commander says
KYIV, July 22 (Reuters) - The new commander-in-chief of Ukraine's armed forces, Mykhailo Drapatyi, said on Wednesday he had been tasked with stepping up counteroffensive actions and launching new
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Cameroon's ruling party meets as Biya's long absence draws criticism
By Amindeh Blaise Atabong YAOUNDE, July 22 (Reuters) - Cameroon's ruling party called a rare meeting of senior leaders on Wednesday as criticism mounted over the continued absence of President Paul
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Hitler's birthplace begins new life as a police station
By Francois Murphy and Christine Uyanik BRAUNAU AM INN, Austria, July 22 (Reuters) - The building where Adolf Hitler was born, near the Austrian border with Germany, officially began a new life as a
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National Guard deploys as flash floods in West Virginia inundate homes and businesses
Torrential rains caused flash floods in West Virginia that inundated homes and businesses, washed out bridges and led to numerous water rescues, authorities said. Gov. Patrick Morrisey sent 100 National Guard members to the hardest-hit areas in the northern part of the state, and declared a state of emergency for all 55 counties Tuesday night.
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Analysis-From battlefield to bureaucracy, Ukraine's new military chief faces tests
By Dan Peleschuk KYIV, July 22 (Reuters) - Ukraine's new top general faces many challenges at a pivotal moment in the war with Russia, from fixing the military's manpower shortage and reforming its
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Firefighters battle one of Spain's biggest-ever wildfires during heat wave across the Mediterranean
Firefighters in central Spain battled a wildfire on Wednesday that has burned over 32,000 hectares (79,000 acres) in one of the country's largest blazes on record. The fire in rural Guadalajara comes less than two weeks after a deadly blaze devastated a small expat community in southern Spain. Spanish Prime Minister Pedro Sánchez on Wednesday visited the fire-ravaged area in Guadalajara, and called for a pact between political parties to fight climate change.
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Rubio meets Wang, discusses laying groundwork for Chinese president's US visit
By Michael Martina MANILA, July 22 (Reuters) - U.S.
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Why a week of protests pushed Zelensky to bring in a younger military chief
Ukraine’s retention of Oleksandr Syrskyi, 60, as top commander had become an anomaly as innovation changed the battlefield. Mykhailo Drapatyi, 43, takes his place.
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UN rights chief condemns Nicaragua move to end elections
GENEVA, July 22 (Reuters) - The United Nations human rights chief on Wednesday condemned what he described as a further deterioration of civil and political rights in Nicaragua, warning that proposed
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Explainer-Why is a proposed US-Saudi nuclear pact causing alarm in Washington and the Middle East?
DUBAI, July 22 (Reuters) - The Trump administration backs a nuclear energy pact with Riyadh allowing Saudi Arabia to enrich uranium and process spent atomic fuel, two sources have said, a move that
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Iran executes man over January protests, judiciary's news agency says
DUBAI, July 22 (Reuters) - Iran executed a man on charges linked to nationwide protests in January, an opposition group and the Iranian judiciary's official Mizan news agency reported on Wednesday.
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OpenAI AI models went rogue during testing, triggering 'unprecedented' breach at startup
WASHINGTON, July 21 (Reuters) - OpenAI said on Tuesday that an autonomous agent powered by its advanced artificial intelligence models went rogue during a security test and triggered a hack that compromised the infrastructure of AI startup Hugging Face last week. The ChatGPT creator was testing capabilities of some of its most advanced models in a controlled environment, but the agent escaped containment, reached the internet and broke into Hugging Face to satisfy its testing goal.
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Ukraine agrees to export drones to US for Pentagon plan, source says
July 22 (Reuters) - Ukraine has agreed to export drones to the United States to participate in the Pentagon's Drone Dominance programme, a source familiar with the matter told Reuters on Wednesday. The agreement comes as Kyiv and Washington have been negotiating a wider drone deal for Ukrainian unmanned aerial vehicles, whose success in the war against Russia has driven high demand from other countries to learn from their experience and purchase models for testing.
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Messy primaries plague both major political parties, causing chaos and confusion in the midterms
When midterm campaigning began, each major political party had a clear game plan. Republicans would emphasize border security and an economy that was finally shaking off years of high inflation. Democrats would focus attention on a deeply unpopular President Donald Trump to energize their voters.
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Zelensky sacks Ukraine’s military chief following widespread protests
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky has sacked the country’s commander-in-chief Oleksandr Syrskyi, after days of widespread protests against the removal of the country’s popular defense minister.
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Malta's capital hit by power cut as temperatures soar
VALLETTA, July 22 (Reuters) - Malta's capital Valletta was without power on Wednesday, a day after the island's prime minister issued an "unconditional" apology for a wave of power cuts across the
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Latvian army uses tear gas, warning shot against migrants from Belarus
By Andrius Sytas VILNIUS, July 22 (Reuters) - Latvian soldiers used tear gas and fired a warning shot to stop migrants trying to enter from Belarus, the army said on Wednesday, as the prime minister
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