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Updated as stories are publishedHouse sends Russia sanctions measure to Trump’s desk
The US House of Representatives voted 262-159 to send a bipartisan Russia sanctions bill to President Donald Trump’s desk. The…
Flooding kills two adults and child in New Mexico
Three people — two adults and a child — were killed after being swept away by floodwaters near Newcomb in…
Higher fuel prices deepen Syria’s economic pain as protests spread
A government decree that took effect at midnight on Sunday raised diesel prices in Syria by 40 percent and petrol…
Human brain tissue fills half the brains of engineered mice
Researchers at Stanford University have created mice whose brains are about half human tissue by volume, using lab-grown human brain…
Study links warming to glacier collapse behind deadly Nepal-Tibet floods
Climate breakdown probably weakened the glacier whose collapse caused catastrophic flooding in Nepal and Tibet, according to the first scientific…
Djibouti warns Yemen influx is beyond national capacity
Djibouti is asking the United Nations and international partners for urgent financial assistance after more than 2,500 Yemenis arrived since…
25 Belarusian political prisoners freed in US diplomacy deal
Belarus freed 25 political prisoners on Wednesday as the United States lifted sanctions on two Belarusian companies, US envoy John…
Federal Reserve lifts rates as inflation stays elevated
The United States Federal Reserve raised interest rates by a quarter of a percentage point to a range of 3.75…
Damaged Gaza City building collapses, leaving families searching for loved ones
At least 21 Palestinians were killed early on Wednesday when the war-damaged al-Saada residential building collapsed in western Gaza City,…
Yemen’s Taiz camps struggle as fighting drives mass displacement
At least 100,000 people have fled their homes in Yemen’s Taiz governorate after renewed fighting between government forces and the…
15-year-old among two killed in reported Gaza double-tap strike
An Israeli drone strike killed two people, including a 15-year-old boy and a Palestinian Civil Defence paramedic, in Gaza City…
BRICS Pay aims to connect national payment systems
BRICS Pay is a decentralised digital payment ecosystem designed to connect national payment systems so people, companies and banks in…
Visa curbs target South Africans over alleged race policies
The United States has announced visa restrictions on some South Africans, targeting foreign nationals whom the Trump administration says enact…
Dozens of miners killed as West Kordofan shafts collapse
At least 70 people were killed after adjoining shafts collapsed at the al-Zaraa gold mine near al-Nuhud town in Sudan’s…
At least five killed and seven injured near Ukraine front line
A Russian drone strike hit a passenger minibus near Nikopol in Ukraine’s Dnipropetrovsk region on Wednesday, killing at least five…
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