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Zelenskyy Says Ukraine Sent Peace Plan to US as Russia Eyes Winter Pressure
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy says his government has formally sent Washington a proposal to end the war with Russia.
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Colombia earthquake kills at least 180 people, rescuers dig for survivors
An earthquake in Colombia has killed at least 180 people, and rescue teams are searching collapsed buildings for survivors still trapped in the rubble.
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Trump administration appeals order to refund all tariff payments
A U.S. trade court ruled that the government must refund tariffs to every company that paid them, not just the business that brought the case. The Trump administration is now appealing to stop those refunds while it fights over whether the tariffs were legal in the first place. Because the U.S. has used tariffs as pressure in trade talks with other countries, the outcome could affect that leverage too. It is still unclear whether the appeal will pause the refunds, or whether the case will reach the Supreme Court.
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Rights groups sue Trump administration over ICC sanctions
Two US human rights groups, DAWN and the Taxpayer Alliance Against Genocide, are suing the Trump administration over sanctions it placed on the International Criminal Court, the world's top war-crimes tribunal.
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China Pairs Naval Drills Off Taiwan With Pressure on Pacific Forum
Beijing announced a joint naval exercise with Indonesia in waters east of Taiwan the same day it told the Pacific Islands Forum to "properly handle" Taiwan's presence at its Palau summit — squeezing Taipei on two fronts.
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Russia strikes Zaporizhzhia with North Korean missiles, killing six
Russia fired ballistic missiles supplied by North Korea at the Ukrainian city of Zaporizhzhia, killing at least six people and wounding 19, President Volodymyr Zelensky said.
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Austria breaks up ring smuggling Western parts into Russian missiles
Austrian investigators say they dismantled a network that sent Western-made components to Russia for use in cruise missiles and fighter jets, dodging European Union sanctions.
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Report: Trump left Turkey using a decoy plane and catering truck
According to The Washington Post, Donald Trump did not leave this month's NATO summit in Turkey the way he has publicly described.
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Russia's top court bans only anti-war party from September election
Russia's Supreme Court ruled on Monday that Yabloko, the country's only liberal party campaigning against the war in Ukraine, cannot run in next month's parliamentary elections.
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WHO Says It Is Losing Ground Against Ebola Outbreak in Congo
The World Health Organisation, the United Nations' health agency, says an Ebola outbreak in the Democratic Republic of Congo is spreading faster than health workers can contain it.
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Sanctioned Russian oil tanker leaks crude off Oman after unexplained blast
A tanker called the Caroline Bezengi, sanctioned by the European Union and Britain for carrying Russian oil, has been leaking crude off Oman's coast since an explosion on board on 8 June.
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Netanyahu rejects US-backed Gaza plan that Hamas has already accepted
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has rejected a US-brokered Gaza peace plan, even though Hamas, the group that controls Gaza and has fought Israel there, already agreed to it.