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24 Jul, 2025

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Timothy Watson

Amid violence in Syria, pressure on interim government grows

Although the ceasefirein the southern Syrian province of Sweida is currently holding, the conflict between the groups involved is far from resolved. As a precaution, the Syrian government was sending ...

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24 Jul, 2025

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George Ward

Taiwan warns of Chinese interference before recall vote

Taiwanwill hold the largest recall vote in its history this weekend. The 24 legislators on the list are all from the largest opposition party, the Kuomintang (KMT). On Wednesday, Taiwan's ...

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24 Jul, 2025

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Brian Kim

Germany: Would compulsory military service hurt the economy?

TheGermaneconomy cannot cope with young people first completing mandatory military service, and only then entering the labor force, Steffen Kampeter of the Confederation of German Employers' Associations (BDA) told theFinancial Times. ...

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24 Jul, 2025

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Kevin Howard

Doctor who sold Matthew Perry ketamine pleads guilty

A doctor pleaded guilty on Wednesday to givingMatthew Perry, who starred in the American TV series Friends,ketaminein the month leading up to his overdose death. Dr. Salvador Plasencia, who entered ...

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24 Jul, 2025

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Kenneth Reed

Ukraine updates: Third round of talks ends in Istanbul

Russia and Ukraine held a third round of talks on Wednesday. Delegations from both countries met at the Çırağan Palace in Istanbul for the third round of peace talks.

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24 Jul, 2025

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Joshua Peterson

Ukraine: New law curtails anti-corruption bodies’ powers

On July 22,Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyysigned a law restricting the powers of the National Anti-Corruption Bureau of Ukraine (NABU) and the Specialized Anti-Corruption Prosecutor's Office (SAPO) mere hours after it ...

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24 Jul, 2025

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Andrew Morgan

Humans are using more resources than the planet can restore

July 24 marks the day where humanity has used up nature's entire budget of ecological resources for the year. That's according to the international sustainability organizationGlobal Footprint Networkand York University ...

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24 Jul, 2025

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Paul Gutierrez

Euro 2025: Germany lose to Spain in semifinal

There is an inevitability about Spain. Whether it's the confidence of scoring 14 goals in the group stage,the adversity this squad has overcomein the last three years or having two-time ...

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24 Jul, 2025

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Steven Cook

US judge denies bid to unseal Epstein grand jury transcripts

A US judge has denied a bid by US PresidentDonald Trump'sadministration to unseal grand jury transcripts concerning the late financier and sex offender Jeffrey Epstein in Florida in the 2000s. ...

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24 Jul, 2025

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Donald Morales

Merz, Macron present united front amid EU-US trade row

German Chancellor Friedrich Merzheld talks withFrench President Emmanuel Macronin Berlin on Wednesday, as both sides sought to boost relations amid challenging global political times. It was Macron's first visit to Germany since Merz's government ...