Today
Hurricane Erin restrengthens as it lashes Caribbean with rain
• 9:23 AM
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Hurricane Erin restrengthened into a Category 4 storm late Sunday, with forecasters warning it is expected to intensify and grow in size in the coming days as it lashes Caribbean islands with heavy rains that could cause flash floods and landslides. Stor
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Bolivia: Historic defeat for the left in presidential runoff vote
• 8:44 AM
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Bolivia's presidential vote headed to an unprecedented runoff after elections Sunday that ended more than two decades of left-wing dominance in the Andean nation but signaled voters' trepidation about a major lurch to the right. Story by Camille Knight.
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Bolivia's presidential vote heads to run-off between centre-right and right-wing candidates
• 1:17 AM
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Centre-right senator Rodrigo Paz and right-wing former president Jorge "Tuto" Quiroga are headed to the second round of Bolivia's presidential elections following a first round of voting Sunday that brought an end to more than two decades of left-wing ru
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Ukraine : The stakes are high as Zelensky and European leaders head to Washington
• 12:29 AM
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U.S. President Donald Trump is set to host Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy and European leaders at the White House on Monday to discuss how to end Russia's three-year war in Ukraine. Analysis by FRANCE 24 international affairs editor Philip Turle
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Yesterday
Air Canada flight attendants defy back-to-work order, continue strike
• 5:21 PM
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The union representing Air Canada's striking flight attendants on Sunday said it will remain on strike and spurn a government return-to-work order that they called unconstitutional. The strike has stranded more than 100,000 passengers across the world du
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The Bright Side: At Vermont's 'Dog Mountain' animal lovers celebrate beloved canines
• 2:56 PM
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Inspired by the bond he shared with his dogs, a Vermont folk artist founded Dog Mountain on a sprawling hillside property that caters to pets. For dog owners, it's a chance to pay tribute and recognise the contributions their beloved pooches have made to
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Bolivia votes in uncertain poll that could shift political landscape
• 2:35 PM
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Bolivians are heading to the polls in a pivotal election that could bring in the country’s first right-wing government in over 20 years. With the economy in crisis and voter uncertainty high, the outcome could lead to a major political shift both domesti
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Bolivians head to the polls in elections marked by economic crisis
• 11:18 AM
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Bolivians head to the polls Sunday (August 17) for elections marked by a deep economic crisis that has seen the left implode and the right eyeing its first shot at power in 20 years.
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Air Canada to resume flights after government ends flight attendant strike
• 9:31 AM
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Canada’s labour board has ordered Air Canada to resume operations after a nationwide flight attendant strike grounded over 700 flights. The directive, issued following a request from Jobs Minister Patty Hajdu, marks the end of the airline’s first flight
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Bolivia votes in uncertain poll that could shift political landscape
• 7:08 AM
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Bolivians are heading to the polls in a pivotal election that could bring in the country’s first right-wing government in over 20 years and end the dominance of the fractured MAS party. With the economy in crisis and voter uncertainty high, the outcome c
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Saturday, august 16, 2025
Hurricane Erin restrengthens as it pummels Caribbean with heavy rain
• 10:17 PM
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Hurricane Erin re-intensified into a Category 4 storm on Sunday as forecasters warned the tempest would likely continue to grow in size and strength. Scientists have warned that the human-driven climate crisis has led to more storms prone to rapid intens
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Canadian government intervenes to end Air Canada flight attendant strike
• 5:22 PM
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The Canadian government on Saturday intervened to end a strike by Air Canada flight attendants by asking a labour board to order an arbitration. The strike stranded more than 100,000 passengers across the world during the peak summer holiday season.
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Bolivian voters want change, remain disillusioned, ahead of pivotal poll
• 10:21 AM
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Ahead of Sunday's elections, the campaign billboards adorning the streets of Bolivia make grand promises: A solution to the dire economic crisis within 100 days, an end to fuel shortages and bread lines, unity for a divided nation. One vice presidential
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Air Canada flight attendants strike over pay, grounding hundreds of flights
• 5:39 AM
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Air Canada has suspended all operations as more than 10,000 Air Canada flight attendants went on strike early Saturday after a deadline to reach a deal had passed, leaving its 130,000 daily customers scrambling during the peak summer travel season.
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Red carpet welcome but no Ukraine deal: key takeaways from the Trump-Putin summit
• 5:06 AM
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The high-stakes summit between US President Donald Trump and Russian leader Vladimir Putin began with a warm welcome and a flyover by screaming jets at a US military base in Alaska but ended with a thud Friday after they conceded that they had failed to
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Ukraine's Zelensky to meet Trump on Monday after Alaska summit fails to secure ceasefire
• 12:11 AM
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Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky said he will meet US President Donald Trump at the White House in Washington on Monday after a Russia-US summit ended without an agreement to stop the fighting in Ukraine. If the meeting goes well, Trump said he wou
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Friday, august 15, 2025
Trump and Putin set to meet without President Zelensky present
• 3:18 PM
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US President Donald Trump and his Russian counterpart Vladimir Putin meet in Alaska today for critical talks on the war in Ukraine. Ahead of the summit, Trump alluded to a possible “swapping of territories” as part of a larger ceasefire deal, but neither
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Putin praises Trump’s efforts to end Ukraine war
• 9:53 AM
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US President Donald Trump and Russia's Vladimir Putin are set to meet on Friday in Alaska for a rare, high-stakes summit on Ukraine, marking Putin’s first visit to Western soil since the 2022 invasion. The summit comes as Moscow made fresh battlefield ga
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Trump says Putin will make deal on Ukraine as leaders prepare for Alaska meeting
• 9:17 AM
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According to the Russian state-owned news agency RIA, Russia’s Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov and its ambassador to the United States, Alexander Darchiev, have arrived in Alaska for today’s high-stakes Russian-American summit. France 24’s International A
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Trump, Putin to meet in Alaska for high-stakes Ukraine summit
• 8:58 AM
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US President Donald Trump and Russia's Vladimir Putin are set to meet on Friday in Alaska for a rare, high-stakes summit on Ukraine, marking Putin’s first visit to Western soil since the 2022 invasion. The summit comes as Moscow made fresh battlefield ga
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Countdown to high-stakes Alaska summit : Trump vows not to be intimidated by Putin
• 8:53 AM
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US President Donald Trump and Russia's Vladimir Putin are set to meet on Friday in Alaska for a rare, high-stakes summit on Ukraine, marking Putin’s first visit to Western soil since the 2022 invasion. The summit comes as Moscow made fresh battlefield ga
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Trump says won't be intimidated by Putin ahead of high-stakes summit
• 4:42 AM
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Ahead of his crucial meeting with Russian President Vladimir Zelensky on Friday, US President Donald Trump asserted on Thursday that he won't let his Russian counterpart "mess around" with him over conditions for a peace deal in Ukraine, as Kyiv and its
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Anchorage prepares for Trump-Putin meeting
• 2:28 AM
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France 24 correspondent Wassim Cornet reports from Anchorage, in Alaska, where US President Donald Trump and Russian President Vladimir Putin are scheduled to hold a highly anticipated meeting on Friday to discuss the possibility of achieving a ceasefire
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All 800 National Guard troops officially deployed in DC amid Trump's federal takeover
• 12:49 AM
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The Pentagon announced on Thursday that it had officially mobilised all 800 National Guard troops to help law enforcement officers in Washington DC in a move the US President Donald Trump has billed as a crackdown on crime.
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Trump and Putin set for high-stakes Alaska summit amid Ukraine tensions
• 12:40 AM
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Donald Trump is traveling to Alaska for high-stakes talks with Russian President Vladimir Putin over the war in Ukraine, marking their first one-on-one meeting in six years. Posting “HIGH STAKES!!!” on Truth Social, the U.S. president has amplified expec
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Trump leaves on Air Force One to meet Putin for Ukraine talks in Alaska
• 12:38 AM
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US President Donald Trump insisted Thursday he would not be intimidated by Russia's Vladimir Putin ahead of a rare, high-stakes summit on Ukraine in Alaska on Friday that marks Putin’s first visit to Western soil since the 2022 invasion. The summit comes
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Thursday, august 14, 2025
Wednesday, august 13, 2025
Peru's president signs amnesty bill on military crimes into law
• 7:47 PM
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Peru's historically unpopular President Dina Boluarte on Wednesday signed into law a bill granting amnesty to soldiers, police and members of civilian militias accused of carrying out crimes against humanity in the decades-long struggle against Maoist Sh
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Mexico extradites 26 cartel bosses to US amid pressure to combat fentanyl smuggling
• 3:18 AM
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Mexico handed over 26 high-profile fugitives, including alleged leaders of the Jalisco New Generation and Sinaloa cartels, to US authorities on Tuesday, as part of a joint effort to crack down on fentanyl trafficking and violent cross-border crimes.
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Chatbot Grok, suspended from X over Gaza posts, says it is being censored
• 2:37 AM
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Grok, the chatbot developed by Elon Musk’s artificial intelligence startup xAI and integrated into his platform X, was temporarily suspended from the platform on Monday after accusing Israel and the United States of committing “genocide” in Gaza. Reinsta
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Nine dead in massive blast at Brazilian explosives factory
• 2:07 AM
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A pre-dawn explosion tore through an explosives plant near Curitiba, Brazil, on Tuesday, killing nine workers, injuring seven others and shattering windows in homes more than a kilometre away, authorities said.
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National Guard troops appear in Washington DC as mayor rejects 'authoritarian push'
• 12:26 AM
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In Washington, DC, some of the 800 members of the National Guard deployed by US President Donald Trump have started to arrive. Their deployment comes after he ordered federal forces to take control of the US capital's police department, citing what he sa
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Bolivia right-wing presidential hopeful vows 'radical change'
• 12:10 AM
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One of the front-runners in Bolivia's upcoming presidential election, right-winger Jorge Quiroga, told AFP on Friday the country was poised for "radical change" after two decades of socialist rule marked in recent years by a severe economic crisis. Loic
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Tuesday, august 12, 2025
US offers $5 million reward for arrest of Haitian gang leader 'Barbeque' as violence soars
• 7:33 PM
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The United States offered a $5 million reward on Tuesday for the arrest of Haitian gang leader Jimmy "Barbeque" Cherizier, accusing him of violating US sanctions. A former policeman, Cherizier leads a group of gangs in Haiti whose members are suspected o
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Trump's federal takeover begins as National Guard arrives in Washington
• 4:35 PM
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Some of the 800 National Guard troops ordered by US President Trump began arriving in Washington, DC on Tuesday as he took control of the city’s police, citing a crime emergency. Mayor Muriel Bowser and officials dispute the need, highlighting falling cr
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Musk to sue Apple for not featuring X or Grok among its top apps
• 3:27 PM
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Billionaire Elon Musk announced Monday that his AI startup xAI is planning legal action against Apple, accusing it of antitrust violations by favouring OpenAI's ChatGPT in its App Store rankings. Musk claims Apple's practices block other AI apps like xAI
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USA: Donald Trump deploys the National Guard in DC
• 2:02 PM
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President Donald Trump said he’s taking over Washington's police department and activating 800 members of the National Guard in the hopes of reducing crime, even as city officials stressed crime is already falling in the nation’s capital.
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Colombian presidential hopeful dies 2 months after shooting
• 8:39 AM
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A Colombian senator and presidential hopeful whose shooting at a political rally in June recalled some of the darkest chapters of the country's drug-fueled violence died Monday. Yuka Royer tells us more.
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Trump activates National Guard to tackle Washington crime
• 8:30 AM
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US President Donald Trump said on Monday he was deploying 800 National Guard troops to Washington and temporarily taking over the city's police department, an extraordinary assertion of presidential power in the nation's capital. France24 International A
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Zelensky: “Russia shows no willingness to end this war"
• 7:45 AM
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On Friday, Donald Trump is set to meet with Vladimir Putin in Alaska to discuss ending the war in Ukraine. Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky may still join the talks. In a recent statement, he made it clear that he will not agree to surrender any te
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Trump deploys National Guard in Washington in response to what he calls a “crime emergency”
• 7:40 AM
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US President Donald Trump said on Monday he was deploying 800 National Guard troops to Washington and temporarily taking over the city's police department, an extraordinary assertion of presidential power in the nation's capital. Morgan Ayre tells us mor
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Trump extends tariff truce with China for 90 days
• 7:38 AM
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US President Donald Trump on Monday ordered a 90-day extension to a US-China tariff truce, hours before it was due to expire – keeping higher duties on hold until November 10 as both sides continue trade talks. France24 correspondent Yena Lee reports fro
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Two dead, several injured in explosion at US Steel plant in Pennsylvania
• 3:30 AM
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Two workers were killed and ten others injured after multiple explosions rocked the US Steel Clairton Coke Works plant near Pittsburgh on Monday, officials said, as search-and-rescue operations continued at the site.
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Scientists unearth 74-million-year-old mouse-sized mammal fossil in Chile
• 1:39 AM
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The fossil of a mouse-sized mammal dating back to the time of the dinosaurs has been unearthed in Chile. The minute creature is the smallest mammal ever found in this part of South America.
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Trump extends tariff truce with China for 90 days
• 1:11 AM
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US President Donald Trump on Monday ordered a 90-day extension to a US-China tariff truce, hours before it was due to expire – keeping higher duties on hold until November 10 as both sides continue trade talks.
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Monday, august 11, 2025
'Attack on Democrat-run cities: Trump takes DC crackdown to new level, flexing new-found authority'
• 5:49 PM
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"We're not gonna take it": US President Donald Trump has announced a major federal overhaul of law enforcement in Washington DC and the mass deployment of the National Guard to crack down on "violent gangs, bloodthirsty criminals, roving mobs of wild you
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Colombian presidential hopeful Miguel Uribe dies 2 months after being shot during a rally
• 3:31 PM
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A Colombian senator and presidential hopeful whose shooting at a political rally in June recalled some of the darkest chapters of the country's drug-fueled violence died Monday. The family of Miguel Uribe Turbay said the politician died at a hospital in
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USA: Donald Trump announces the national guard will be deployed in Washington DC
• 3:29 PM
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President Donald Trump said Monday he’s placing the Washington, D.C., police department under federal control and deploying the National Guard to make the nation’s capital safer. Trump has promised new steps to tackle homelessness and crime in Washington
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Trump deploys National Guard and federalises DC police over crime – despite falling rates
• 2:46 PM
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US President Donald Trump said Monday he was deploying the National Guard and federalising the Washington, DC, police to tackle lawlessness in the US capital despite plummeting rates of violent crime, which according to the city's police department hit a
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Trump vows to evict homeless from Washington DC
• 10:30 AM
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US President Donald Trump is promising new steps to tackle homelessness and crime in Washington, prompting the city's mayor to voice concerns about the potential use of the National Guard to patrol the streets in the nation's capital. Story by Bryan Quin
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Nvidia, AMD agree to pay US 15% of revenue from sales of AI chips to China
• 8:00 AM
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Nvidia chief executive Jensen Huang met with US President Donald Trump at the White House last week and agreed to give the US government a 15 percent cut of Nvidia’s revenues from chip sales to China, according to media reports Sunday. The US has been re
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Trump-Putin summit set for Alaska, the US state with a Russian past
• 6:41 AM
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US President Donald Trump and Russian President Vladimir Putin will meet on Friday in Anchorage, Alaska, a territory once ruled by Russia and sold to the United States in 1867. Alaska still retains traces of its Russian past in churches, language and cul
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Colombia presidential candidate Miguel Uribe dies of injuries after June shooting
• 12:07 AM
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Colombian presidential candidate Miguel Uribe has died two months after being shot at a campaign event, his wife announced early Monday morning. Authorities have arrested six suspects linked to the attack.
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Sunday, august 10, 2025
Friday, august 8, 2025
Trump to meet Putin in Alaska on August 15 to discuss war in Ukraine
• 10:50 PM
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After weeks of escalating tensions between the United States and Russia, US President Donald Trump said he will meet Russian leader Vladimir Putin on August 15 in Alaska as Trump looks to seal an elusive deal to end the war in Ukraine.
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Legendary Apollo 13 astronaut Jim Lovell dies at age 97
• 7:44 PM
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Jim Lovell, the US astronaut who led the ill-fated Apollo 13 mission to the Moon in 1970, died at the age of 97, NASA announced Friday. Lovell, who was supposed to be the fifth person ever to walk on the surface of the moon, is instead credited with crea
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Trump orders Pentagon to target foreign drug cartels
• 5:41 PM
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US President Donald Trump ordered the US military to use force against Latin American drug cartels that have been designated as global terrorist organisations, US media reported on Friday, prompting Mexican President Claudia Sheinbaum to reject the move,
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Thousands forced to evacuate ahead of California’s fast-spreading Canyon Fire
• 8:28 AM
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Thousands of people have been driven from their homes north of Los Angeles as a brush fire spread quickly across the mountainous area.
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US increases reward for Venezuelan President Maduro's arrest to $50 million
• 4:29 AM
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The United States on Thursday raised to $50 million its reward for the arrest of Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro, who was indicted in the US on drug trafficking charges in 2020. The US, which does not recognise Maduro's past two election victories, s
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Thursday, august 7, 2025
