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Russia expands pool of men eligible for call-up

Russia is raising the maximum age at which men can be conscripted from 27 to 30, making more of them liable to serve in the armed forces.

July 26, 2023 11:02 am
 

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Triple-digit ocean temps in Florida could be a global record

Preliminary ocean temperature off the coast of South Florida reached triple digits, which could be a global record, according to experts.

July 26, 2023 10:30 am
 

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 Two pilots die after firefighting plane crashes

Emergency teams were fighting flames non-stop on dozens of fronts on Tuesday, Greek government minister Vassilis Kikilias said.

July 26, 2023 10:02 am
 

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Brussels bombers found guilty after long murder trial

A court in Brussels has found six men guilty of terrorist murder, more than seven years after suicide bomb attacks killed 32 people at the city’s airport and a metro station in March 2016.

July 26, 2023 9:07 am
 

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China removes foreign minister

China has removed Qin Gang as foreign minister less than seven months after he was appointed to the post.

July 26, 2023 8:01 am
 

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Two pilots killed as plane fighting Greek wildfires crashes

Two Greek pilots were killed when their plane fighting wildfires crashed, and Greek Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis warned of tough days ahead with blazes destroying homes and forcing tourist evacuations from the island of Rhodes.

July 26, 2023 6:30 am
 

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Meta, Microsoft, hundreds more own trademarks to new Twitter name

Billionaire Elon Musk’s decision to rebrand Twitter as X could be complicated legally: companies including Meta (META.O) and Microsoft (MSFT.O) already have intellectual property rights to the same letter.

July 26, 2023 5:40 am
 

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Protests rock Israel as it passes curbs on some Supreme Court powers

Israel’s parliament ratified the first bill of a judicial overhaul sought by Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, after last-gasp compromise efforts collapsed and failed to ease a constitutional crisis convulsing the country for months.

July 25, 2023 5:41 pm
 

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North Korea fires two missiles after US submarine arrives in South

North Korea fired two ballistic missiles into the sea off its east coast late on Monday, South Korea’s military said, hours after a U.S. nuclear-powered submarine arrived in a naval base in the South.

July 25, 2023 4:47 pm
 

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Body of Obamas' personal chef recovered from Martha's Vineyard lake

A missing paddle boarder whose body was recovered from a lake in the Massachusetts resort community of Martha’s Vineyard was the personal chef to former President Barack Obama, authorities said.

July 25, 2023 3:42 pm
 

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Tributes paid to 'fearless' and 'kind' BBC journalist who has died

Tributes have been paid to BBC journalist and author George Alagiah, who died of cancer aged 67.

July 25, 2023 2:02 pm
 

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Key bill becomes law amid mass protests

Israeli MPs have passed into law a highly controversial bill despite mass protests which aimed to thwart it.

July 25, 2023 1:01 pm

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