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Indonesia's Java escapes 6.4 magnitude quake

A magnitude 6.4 earthquake struck off the Indonesian island of Java on Friday evening.

July 1, 2023 10:01 am
 

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China's Xi to attend, deliver speech at SCO summit via video link - foreign ministry

China’s President Xi Jinping will attend and deliver a speech at a summit of the Shanghai Cooperation Organisation (SCO) via video link on July 4, the Chinese foreign ministry said on Friday.

June 30, 2023 6:01 pm
 

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U.S. State Dept OKs two possible military sales to Taiwan -Pentagon

The U.S. State Department has approved the potential sale of ammunition and logistics supply support to Taiwan in two separate deals valued at up to $440 million, the Pentagon said on Thursday.

June 30, 2023 4:10 pm
 

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Prominent Mexican vigilante leader slain in violent attack

The prominent leader of a vigilante group in the western Mexican state of Michoacan was slain on Thursday, the local government said, in a brutal attack that left his body so badly burned that it was almost unrecognizable.

June 30, 2023 3:48 pm
 

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Storm Beatriz approaches Mexican Pacific resorts, hurricane expected

Storm Beatriz formed off Mexico’s Pacific coast on Thursday and will likely strengthen into a hurricane by Friday, prompting the government to issue warnings for popular beach resorts as it heads near shore, the National Hurricane Center (NHC) said.

June 30, 2023 2:45 pm
 

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France unrest: Third night of riots after police shoot teen, officer charged

Major French cities saw a third night of riots as President Emmanuel Macron fought to contain a mounting unrest triggered by the deadly police shooting of a teenager of Algerian and Moroccan descent during a traffic stop.

June 30, 2023 1:12 pm
 

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Wagner still recruiting despite mutiny, BBC finds

The Wagner Group is still recruiting fighters across Russia, days after staging a mutiny that led Vladimir Putin to raise fears of civil war.

June 30, 2023 10:12 am
 

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Panama expects to be struck off the financial crime watch list in October

Panama expects international financial-crime watchdog FATF to remove it this October from a watch list for nations deemed to be doing too little to fight money laundering, the country’s deputy finance minister said, adding that other intergovernmental groups might follow suit.

June 30, 2023 9:40 am
 

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Wagner merch soars in price

Online prices for merchandise bearing the insignia of Russia’s Wagner group.

June 30, 2023 8:25 am
 

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Canadian wildfire smoke spreads

Murky, dull skies loomed over tens of millions of Americans.

June 30, 2023 7:12 am
 

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Riots spread, thousands march in memory of shot teenager

President Emmanuel Macron fought to contain a mounting crisis as unrest erupted for a third day.

June 30, 2023 6:44 am
 

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Alleged Russian spy to be charged over deadly strike

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky says an alleged Russian agent involved in the attack on the city of Kramatorsk will be charged with treason.

June 29, 2023 5:43 pm

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