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FBI says Trump shooter posted violent content online
WASHINGTON:
The man who tried to assassinate Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump appears to have posted violent antisemitic and anti-immigration content online as a teenager, a senior FBI official told a US Senate hearing…
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Masoud Pezeshkian sworn in as Iran’s ninth president
TEHRAN:
Iranian reformist President Masoud Pezeshkian was sworn before parliament on Tuesday as the Islamic republic’s ninth president at a ceremony attended by foreign dignitaries.
Pezeshkian won a runoff race against…
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Taliban sever ties with Afghan embassies in western countries loyal to former regime
KABUL:
The Taliban government has severed consular ties with swathes of Afghan embassies in Western countries, Kabul said on Tuesday, cutting off diplomats loyal to the former foreign-backed administration.
The 2021 Taliban takeover…
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Former BBC presenter charged with making indecent images of children
LONDON:
Huw Edwards, 62, was arrested last November by Metropolitan Police for allegedly possessing 6 category A indecent images, most serious classification of indecent images on phone
Former BBC News presenter Huw Edwards has been…
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Khan Younis in ruins as Israeli forces pull out, heavy casualties reported
KHAN YOUNIS, GAZA STRIP:
Thousands of Palestinians returned to the devastated city of Khan Younis on Tuesday after Israeli forces ended a week-long incursion aimed at preventing the resistance group Hamas from regrouping.
Palestinian…
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Six candidates confirmed for UK Conservative Party leadership race
A total of six candidates have been confirmed to run for the UK's Conservative Party leadership to replace Rishi Sunak.
The Tory leadership race was announced on July 5 when then-Prime Minister Sunak announced his intention to resign as…
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US national debt exceeds $35 trillion for first time
WASHINGTON:
The US federal government's total public debt has surpassed 35 trillion US dollars for first time, as recorded at end of last week, according to data released by the Treasury Department Monday.
The total public debt…
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Grilled eel kills one, sickens 140 in Japan
Grilled eel, a popular summer delicacy in Japan, is behind a department store food poisoning incident that has left more than 140 people sick and one dead, the store's president said.
Shinji Kaneko of Keikyu Department Store in Yokohama…
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French economy grows more than expected in Q2
France's economy expanded by a forecast-beating 0.3 percent in the second quarter, the national statistics institute reported on Tuesday.
The quarter-on-quarter growth outperformed the INSEE institute's earlier estimate of 0.1 percent,…
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Apple employs Google chips for AI training, research reveals
Apple relied on chips designed by Google rather than industry leader Nvidia to build two key components of its artificial intelligence software infrastructure for its forthcoming suite of AI tools and features, an Apple research paper…
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