US judge sides with NAACP over proposed mail-in ballot restrictions
President Trump has sought to limit mail-in voting and has ordered his administration to impose limits on the practice.
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Iran football team welcomed home after World Cup exit
Iran’s football team has landed back in Tehran after their World Cup
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Turkish police beat us with iron rods before we lost limbs to frostbite, Afghans say
The young migrants heading to Europe say they were stripped and had their hands tied in freezing temperatures.
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E Jean Carroll demands Donald Trump pay $5.8m in damages from 2019 case
Carroll's lawyers have asked for an expedited resolution to the payment question after US Supreme Court declines appeal.
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Fire breaks out in central Kyiv after explosion during air raid alert
A fire broke out in central Kyiv after an explosion during an air raid alert on Wednesday, an AFP reporter said. The journalist saw smoke and flames rising as firefighters and ambulances rushed to the scene. Kyiv has faced frequent Russian air strikes more than four years into Moscow's invasion of Ukraine.
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Aunt of Venezuelan boy pulled from rubble tells BBC she will give him 'mother's warmth'
Kleiber Moran, 2, was rescued on Wednesday, six days after last week's deadly earthquakes.
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US signs $1 lease with Israel to build permanent embassy in West Jerusalem
The US and Israel have signed a deal allocating land for a permanent US embassy in West Jerusalem.
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US Supreme Court hands wealthy donors more sway with latest decision
Critics say the ruling invites corruption, benefitting wealthy donors and amplifying special interest sway in politics.
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Russian couple arrested after climbing Empire State Building
Two Russian climbers scaled New York’s Empire State Building on Wednesday as part of a death-defying marriage proposal.
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State of emergency: Bolivia’s currency plummets as anger simmers
Bolivia’s President Paz declared a state of emergency after 50 days of protests against his policies.
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Israeli opposition signal foreign policy change in style, but not substance
Israeli opposition criticise the means employed by Netanyahu, but cannot risk opposing his ends.
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Fact-checking Donald Trump's birthright citizenship claims
The US Supreme Court has dealt a major blow to Donald Trump's bid to end birthright citizenship, ruling children born in the US are citizens under the Constitution regardless of their parents' immigration status. The decision also casts fresh scrutiny on Trump's repeated claims about the policy, including that the US…
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Ivory Coast: Nearly 60 people killed in flooding since May
Although the rainy season has only just begun, flooding has already killed dozens in the Ivory Coast.
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Seven more sentenced over Texas ICE detention centre shooting
US prosecutors have alleged those involved in the Prairieland Detention Center protest were linked to antifa.
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Nicolás Maduro sued in US court over alleged extrajudicial killings in Venezuela
Maduro is currently in a New York jail awaiting trial on criminal charges of drug trafficking after the US military removed him from office in an extraordinary raid in Venezuela in January.
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Celebrating the World Cup, the English Ask: Who Owns the Flag?
The national flag of England, a white banner with a bold red cross, has been displayed by soccer fans during the World Cup. But it has caused tension over whom, and what, it is meant to represent.
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France's political landscape: 'Dynamics right now seem to favour extreme right or extreme left'
François Picard is pleased to welcome Thibault Muzergues, Political Director for Shared Ground, Author of "The Woke Right". France enters the final 300 days before its presidential election amid a politically combustible convergence of judicial investigations, institutional distrust, and an increasingly fragmented…
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Raids in Europe over alleged far-right embezzlement: EU prosecutors
EU prosecutors said Tuesday they were conducting searches in France and other countries into alleged misappropriation of EU funds by a defunct far-right group in the European parliament, Identity and Democracy. The ID group contained MEPs from a range of Eurosceptic parties including France's National Rally (RN),…
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How AI is being weaponised against India’s Muslim women
For years, India's Muslim women have been subject to online abuse.
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Greek politician's mother dies of wounds after arson attack
Three separate attacks involving petrol bombs and other improvised devices took place in Thessaloniki in the early hours of Wednesday.
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World Cup 2026: Faith and football
From prayers on the pitch to cursing the opposing team, faith and religious belief have been prominent this World Cup.
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Nigeria to seek compensation for property abandoned by citizens fleeing South Africa
Nigeria's High Commissioner says businesses and properties left behind by returnees are being documented.
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Psychological toll mounts as Lebanese villages erased by Israel’s war
Displaced Lebanese face a void as war annihilates the physical and emotional anchors of their past and identity.
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Why Anthropic's most powerful AI models are back online
Anthropic's Mythos 5 and Fable 5 are back online Wednesday after the company said it had productive conversations with the US government. Kevin Warsh makes his first public appearance as Federal Reserve chairman. And shares of Meta rise after news that the company is building out a new cloud business.
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