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Israel launches new airstrikes in southern Lebanon after warnings
Israeli airstrikes hit towns in south Lebanon on Wednesday as the Israeli military said it was targeting Hezbollah weapons storage facilities, a…
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Global websites go offline as Cloudflare investigates new outage
Cloudflare outage briefly knocked a host of websites and monitoring tools offline Tuesday morning, including DownDetector, the real-time service that tracks online…
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Flights resume at Edinburgh Airport after major IT systems outage
Edinburgh Airport said flights have resumed after a temporary suspension this morning caused by an issue with its air traffic control provider.…
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U.S. strikes suspected drug boat in Pacific, four dead
The US military said a strike on an alleged drug‑trafficking boat in the eastern Pacific killed four people, a development that has…
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Putin pledges steady oil supplies to India during summit with Modi
Russian President Vladimir Putin’s pledge to maintain “uninterrupted shipments” of fuel to India crystallized the central dilemma at the heart of his…
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Putin Pledges to Capture Donbas Despite Fresh US-Ukraine Talks
Russian President Vladimir Putin said in an interview that Moscow will seize full control of Ukraine’s Donbas by force unless Ukrainian troops…
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Trump Pardons Democratic Congressman Convicted in Bribery Scandal
President Donald Trump on Monday granted a full and unconditional pardon to Rep. Henry Cuellar, D-Texas, who had been facing federal charges…
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France Confirms Two MERS Cases Linked to Visiting Tourist Group
PARIS — French health authorities have isolated two people infected with the virus that causes Middle East respiratory syndrome (MERS) after they…
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‘Japa’ Exodus: Why Millions of Nigerians Leave Every Year
“Japa” is Yoruba slang for “to leave” — a word that has become shorthand across Nigeria for a mass movement of people…
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Ireland weighs a ban on children’s social media use, department says
Ireland is weighing whether to bar children and young people from social media — a so-called “digital age of majority” — as…
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Macron urges Xi Jinping: France and China must bridge their differences
BEIJING — President Emmanuel Macron told President Xi Jinping on Tuesday that France and China must overcome their “differences” as he pressed…
