Lebanese media reported an Israeli airstrike in Southern Lebanon on Friday, after a US official said Israel and Hezbollah had agreed a ceasefire.
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Israel and the Hezbollah have agreed to renew their ceasefire, three officials say
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Miliband eyes a top job in Team Burnham. Just don’t mention the North Sea.
Britain may — very likely — soon have a new government under Andy Burnham. Amid the swirl of senior Labour figures vying for a place at the top table, one name keeps coming up: Ed Miliband.
The energy secretary, who led the Labour party himself between 2010 and 2015 — when he was…
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Vance’s push to get Iran talks started hits an early bump
ZURICH (AP) — The American push to quickly begin high-stakes talks with Iran hit a snag Friday, just days after the signing of an agreement that opens a two-month window for negotiations on Tehran’s…
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Back After Vanishing for 2 Weeks, Russian Banker Tries to Project Calm
Over the past four years, Elvira S. Nabiullina, the head of Russia’s central bank, has emerged as the linchpin of the country’s relative economic stability, viewed by many as a technocratic voice of reason navigating the challenges and chaos of a wartime economy facing severe Western…
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Number of Ukrainian athletes held in Russian captivity revealed
At least 19 Ukrainian athletes are currently being held in Russian captivity.
Source: Center for Civil Liberties
Details: Ahead of International Olympic Day, marked annually on 23 June, the organisation,…
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Orbán-appointed Hungarian president bans Orbán from returning to power
BUDAPEST — Hungarian President Tamás Sulyok, an appointee of former Prime Minister Viktor Orbán, on Friday approved a constitutional amendment barring the same Orbán from returning to office.
The amendment limits prime ministers to no more than eight years in office. Orbán served a…
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World draughts readmits Belarus. Its president sees Russia next as soon as the war ends
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Sport keeps quietly letting Russia and Belarus back in, and the officials who take those decisions seldom explain why out loud. Janek Mäggi is an exception. The president of…
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The Most Promising Ebola Vaccine Has Been Sitting on the Shelf for 15 Years
“We thought that’s probably the one that’s least likely to pop up,” Geisbert says. “We guessed wrong.”
Concerned by that knowledge gap, in 2011 he decided to modify a vaccine, which led to the crab-eating macaque study. In the same study, he also finally tested a blend of existing…
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Trump backs down on plans to slash ocean science funding
BRUSSELS — The Trump administration is no longer planning to cut a major research program contributing to global ocean science after U.S. lawmakers passed a bill protecting its existence, POLITICO’s E&E News reported on Thursday.
The U.S. National Science Foundation — a government agency…
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‘It’s Come To This’: Gas Shortages Hit Russia As Ukraine Hits Refineries
In southeastern Russia, Daniil’s motorboat rental business is in trouble. Restrictions on fuel sales mean his fleet in the Rostov and Krasnodar regions is idle, he said in a social media post: “At every gas station, they tell me to f*** off.”
Daniil’s problem is that in many cases,…
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