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U.S. ending terrorist designation for Syrian rebel group whose leader now runs Syria
The State Department said Monday it will lift Syrian rebel group Hayat Tahrir al-Sham's designation as a foreign terrorist organization, months after the group's leader defeated the Assad regime and swept to power as Syria's...
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US tariffs: Goods from Japan and South Korea hit with 25% levy
The US plans to impose a 25% tax on products entering the country from South Korea and Japan on 1 August, President Donald Trump has said.He announced the tariffs in a post on social media, sharing letters he said...
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North America’s oldest known pterosaur, a flying reptile the size of a “small seagull,” discovered in Arizona, researchers say
For paleontologist Ben Kligman, the question was: Is this fragile jawbone a pterosaur or not? Other researchers also had questions about the fossil, unearthed along with thousands of others during a decades-long archaeological dig at a...
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Trump tells Brazil to stop ‘witch hunt’ against Bolsonaro
US President Donald Trump has urged Brazilian authorities to end their prosecution of the country's former President Jair Bolsonaro, accusing them of carrying out a "WITCH HUNT".Bolsonaro, who governed Brazil between 2019 and 2022, is standing trial for allegedly...
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US to remove Syria’s Hayat Tahrir al-Sham from list of foreign terrorist groups
The US is set to take the Syrian Islamist group Hayat Tahrir al-Sham (HTS) off its list of foreign terrorist organisations on Tuesday, according to a state department memo. The group led a rebel offensive in December that toppled...
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Pet lion pounces on woman in Pakistan street
Dramatic CCTV footage shows the moment an escaped pet lion leapt over a concrete wall before attacking a woman and her two young children.Police in Pakistan have arrested the owners of the big cat, which chased the woman down...
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Russia’s ex-Transport Minister Roman Starovoy dies of suspected suicide hours Putin fired him, state media say
Russia's Minister of Transport reportedly killed himself just hours after being fired by President Vladimir Putin, according to the country's state-run news agency, which cited the national Investigative Committee. A second senior Transport Ministry official...
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Italian ‘hero’ sniffer dog killed with nail-filled sausages
Arcangelo Caressa/FacebookAn Italian sniffer dog was killed after eating sausages filled with nails that were thrown into his kennel, his trainer has said.Bruno, a seven-year-old bloodhound, had been hailed as a hero for finding nine missing people during his...
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Russian minister sacked by Putin found dead
Russia's Investigative Committee says former Russian transport minister Roman Starovoit has been found dead, apparently with a self-inflicted gunshot wound.He was dismissed earlier on Monday by President Vladimir Putin.No reason for Starovoit's dismissal was given and deputy transport minister...
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Trump threatens Russia with tariffs while unveiling new Ukraine weapons plan
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