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France’s high-speed railway sabotaged before Olympics
France's high-speed rail network was hit by arson attacks that disrupted travel for hundreds of thousands of passengers on Friday, just hours before the opening ceremony of the Paris Olympics.
A source close to the investigation told…
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French rail sabotage cancels multiple Paris-London Eurostar trains
Several Eurostar trains between Paris and London were cancelled Friday after a massive sabotage attack on France's high-speed rail network, the company said.
"All trains departing and towards Paris will be diverted onto the normal line…
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Indian rupee hits record low, expected to continue gradual fall
The Indian rupee declined to its weakest level on record on Friday, pressured by dollar demand from local oil companies, custodial banks and tepid risk sentiment.
The rupee was at 83.7175 against the US dollar as of 10:35 a.m. IST,…
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Indian shares rebound led by IT sector after five-session decline
Information technology stocks lifted Indian benchmark indexes on Friday as an improvement in economic growth in the U.S., a key market for the sector, boosted sentiment.
The NSE Nifty 50 (.NSEI), rose 0.7% to 24,578.13 as of 10:20 a.m.…
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French sports minister condemns rail sabotage before Olympics
"Sabotage" that has hobbled France's high-speed TGV train network hours ahead of the Paris Olympics opening ceremony was an attack on "the athletes' Games", Sports Minister Amelie Oudea-Castera said Friday.
"These Games are for the…
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Barack and Michelle Obama back Harris in live call video endorsement
Former President Barack Obama and his wife Michelle endorsed Kamala Harris' bid for president on Friday in a roughly one-minute long video that captured a private phone call between the couple and the current vice president.
"We called…
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Brazil reports first Oropouche yellow fever deaths
RIO DE JANEIRO:
Brazil confirmed the world's first deaths from Oropouche fever, the Health Ministry said Thursday.
Two women under the age of 30 living in the northeastern state of Bahia became the first fatal victims of the viral…
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Hollywood video game actors to strike over AI, pay issues
Videogame voice actors and motion-capture performers have called a strike over failed labor contract negotiations focused around AI-related protections for workers, bringing about another work stoppage in Hollywood.
The SAG-AFTRA has…
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Japan’s nuclear authority nears decision on Fukui plant restart, reports NHK
Japan's Nuclear Regulation Authority (NRA) is expected to decide on Friday whether to allow the restart of a plant that lies above a fault line, state broadcaster NHK reported, marking a key ruling since the Fukushima disaster in 2011.…
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Iran threatens Trump with possible withdrawal from non-proliferation treaty
A senior Iranian official said on Tuesday that Tehran might quit a treaty designed to stop the spread of nuclear weapons if US President Donald Trump scraps the nuclear accord Iran signed with world powers in 2015.
Trump has said that…
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