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Ukraine on track to withdraw from Ottawa anti-personnel mines treaty

President Volodymyr Zelenskiy said on Sunday he had signed a decree to pull Ukraine out of the Ottawa Convention banning the production and use of anti-personnel mines as a necessary step in view of Russian tactics in their 40-month-old war.

June 30, 2025 9:36 am
 

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Trump slams Israel's prosecutors over Netanyahu corruption trial

U.S. President Donald Trump on Saturday lashed out at prosecutors in Israel over the corruption trial that Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has faced, saying Washington, having given billions of dollars worth of aid to Israel, was not going to “stand for this”.

June 30, 2025 8:11 am
 

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Trump's sweeping tax-cut, spending bill clears first US Senate hurdle

The Republican-controlled U.S. Senate narrowly advanced President Donald Trump’s, sweeping tax-cut and spending bill on Saturday, during a marathon weekend session marked by political drama, division and lengthy delays as Democrats sought to slow the legislation’s path to passage.

June 30, 2025 7:10 am
 

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Ukraine F-16 pilot killed in large-scale Russian attack

A Ukrainian F-16 fighter pilot died in a crash while repelling a Russian air attack that involved hundreds of drones, cruise and ballistic missiles, authorities said on Sunday, as Moscow intensifies night-time air barrages in the fourth year of war.

June 30, 2025 6:04 am
 

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Iran says 71 killed in Israeli strike on Evin Prison

Israel’s attack on the Evin Prison in Iran’s capital Tehran on June 23 killed 71 people, Iranian judiciary spokesperson Asghar Jahangir said on Sunday.

June 30, 2025 5:04 am
 

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Venice protests target Bezos over mounting grievances

Mass tourism, impossibly high rents, worker exploitation, inequality and elitism: Venice protests in recent days against Jeff Bezos and Lauren Sanchez’s high-profile wedding have highlighted growing global grievances.

June 29, 2025 3:25 pm
 

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Colombia lower house approves pension reform, again

Colombia’s lower house approved on Saturday, for the second time, a pension reform supported by leftist President Gustavo Petro, after the constitutional court ordered a repetition of the ballot because of procedural irregularities.

June 29, 2025 2:32 pm
 

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Canada, Europeans and Brazil, not US, issue statement backing LGBT rights

The foreign ministries of Canada, Australia, Brazil and a host of European countries issued a statement on Saturday celebrating LGBT rights to coincide with Pride Day.

June 29, 2025 1:49 pm
 

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Trump's sweeping tax-cut, spending bill clears first US Senate hurdle

The Republican-controlled U.S. Senate advanced President Donald Trump’s sweeping tax-cut and spending bill in a key procedural vote late on Saturday, raising the odds that lawmakers will be able to pass his “big, beautiful bill” in the coming days.

June 29, 2025 12:21 pm
 

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Trump wins as Supreme Court curbs judges, but may yet lose on birthright citizenship

The U.S. Supreme Court’s landmark ruling blunting a potent weapon that federal judges have used to block government policies nationwide during legal challenges was in many ways a victory for President Donald Trump, except perhaps on the very policy he is seeking to enforce.

June 29, 2025 10:51 am
 

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Iran holds funeral for commanders and scientists killed in war with Israel

Large crowds of mourners dressed in black lined streets in Iran’s capital Tehran as the country held a funeral on Saturday for top military commanders, nuclear scientists and some of the civilians killed during this month’s aerial war with Israel.

June 29, 2025 9:05 am
 

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Immigrants scramble for clarity after Supreme Court birthright ruling

The U.S. Supreme Court’s ruling tied to birthright citizenship prompted confusion and phone calls to lawyers as people who could be affected tried to process a convoluted legal decision with major humanitarian implications.

June 29, 2025 8:00 am

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