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US-Canada trade talks stall as US threatens 50% tariffs on Canadian goods
Trade talks between the United States and Canada have stalled, and Washington is threatening tariffs of up to 50% on Canadian goods.
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Ukraine Launches One of War's Biggest Drone Attacks, Hits Russia's Satellite Relay Sites
Ukraine sent 600 to 800 drones into Russia overnight in one of the war's biggest such attacks, killing at least six people, Russian officials said.
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Earthquake off Indonesia's Flores island kills at least 38, toll still rising
A magnitude-7.7 earthquake struck off Flores island in Indonesia early Saturday.
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Congo Ebola outbreak spreads to sixth province as deaths speed up
Ebola in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC), a country in Central Africa, has now spread to a sixth province.
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Trump says record nine-month Navy deployment near Iran will continue
President Trump said the aircraft carrier USS Abraham Lincoln, which has spent a record nearly nine months at sea backing US operations against Iran, will keep deploying, dismissing concerns about sailors' mental health.
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Fewer Ships Sailing Through Strait of Hormuz as US Threatens More Iran Sanctions
Traffic through the Strait of Hormuz, the narrow waterway between Iran and Oman that carries much of the world's oil, has slowed further, Reuters reports, as the United States threatens new economic penalties on Iran.
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US says Navy blockade near Iran's oil strait can continue indefinitely
The US Defense Secretary said the Navy's blockade around the Strait of Hormuz, a narrow sea passage next to Iran through which much of the world's oil passes, can go on indefinitely.
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Taiwan's military drills this year practiced surviving an internet blackout
Taiwan's annual Han Kuang military exercises this year practiced coping with a severe internet outage, with apps like TikTok going dead, and included more realistic combat scenarios than in past years.
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NATO jets shoot down a drone that entered Latvia's airspace
NATO fighter jets shot down a drone that crossed into Latvia near its border with Russia and Belarus on Friday.
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Taiwan Says AI-Powered Hacking Campaign Hit Its Government Systems
Taiwan says a hacking campaign linked to a foreign government hit its computer systems last month, and that the attackers used artificial intelligence tools to carry it out.
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482 companies help Russia's biggest weapons maker dodge EU sanctions
Rostec, the Russian state company that builds most of Russia's weapons, has been under European Union sanctions since 2022.
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Iran Says It Will Only Reopen Hormuz Strait If US Lifts Sanctions, Trump Says No
Iran has said it will only reopen the Strait of Hormuz, a narrow sea passage that much of the world's oil ships through, if the United States lifts its economic sanctions on Iran.