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Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy said on Saturday that Russia wanted to bring in 30,000 North Korean troops to take part in its more than four-year-old conflict and was already preparing to receive them.Under a mutual defense pact, North Korea sent an estimated 14,000 soldiers to Russia's Kursk Region in 2024 to help Moscow beat back a major incursion into the region by Ukrainian forces."We also see Russia's cooperation with North Korea. Russia wants to bring in another 30,000 North Korean troops," Zelenskiy said in his nightly video address. "Preparations have been under way in Russia

Ukraine's Zelenskiy: Russia wants to bring in 30,000 North Korean troops to conflict

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Trump administration admits it canceled clean-energy grants in states that voted for Kamala Harris

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Speaking alongside Putin, Kazakh president calls for freeze of Ukraine war

Kazakhstan's President Kassym-Jomart Tokayev said on Saturday that a Ukraine peace deal might be reached if the two sides froze the conflict and resumed negotiations.Speaking alongside Russian President Vladimir Putin at a Russia-Kazakhstan forum in the Siberian city of Omsk, Tokayev praised Putin's "utmost diplomatic flexibility.""If I may offer my humble opinion, since I have been asked, perhaps it is time to freeze this conflict and return to the Istanbul formula 2.0," he said.Moscow and Kyiv participated in talks in Istanbul soon after Russia's full-scale invasion in early 2022 and again

India's Instagram Gen Z dents Modi's aura ahead of key state polls

LSEG's Lipper reviews transaction affecting fixed-income fund flow data

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Small businesses file lawsuits against Trump's new sweeping tariffs

Trump's tariffs are headed to court — again. Two lawsuits filed by small businesses are challenging Trump's sweeping tariffs announced Thursday that impose double-digit levies on 60 trading partners. The tariffs, implemented under Section 301 of the Trade Act of 1974 for what the Trump administration says is countries' failure to prevent imports produced by forced labor, cover 99% of U.S. imports. Critics say the goal is less to prevent forced-labor imports and more to replace the worldwide tariffs that Trump imposed last year that were struck down by the Supreme

US aimed to send envoys to Brazil to question its electoral system - sources

Israel detains over 70 suspects following deadly violence in the West Bank

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Biden drops lawsuit seeking to block release of recordings of his interviews with a ghostwriter

Joe Biden on Friday dropped a lawsuit in which he sought block the release of audio recordings and transcripts of his interviews with a memoir ghostwriter before the Delaware Democrat was elected president, paving the way for the material to be released to a Republican-led congressional committee. Biden's attorneys filed the notice of voluntary dismissal less than a week after a divided panel of appeals court judges rejected his bid to block the material's release. Biden could have petitioned the Supreme Court to intervene or asked for a rehearing by the full U.S. Court of Appe

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Maine Democrats nominate Troy Jackson to replace Platner in US Senate race

Former Maine Senate President Troy Jackson on Saturday won the state Democratic Party's U.S. Senate nomination, formally ending a two-week scramble to replace Graham Platner on the ballot for November's midterm election.Platner withdrew on July 10 after sexual assault allegations were made against him. He denies the allegations.The overwhelming majority of some 600 delegates at a party convention on Saturday in Bangor selected Jackson over Saundra Pelletier, the wealthy chief executive of a biopharmaceutical company.Jackson will face Senator Susan Collins, a Republican who has held the seat s

Maine Democrats pick Troy Jackson as their Senate nominee at an unusual party convention

Maine Democratic delegates choose Troy Jackson as new nominee to face US Sen. Susan Collins

Paramount agrees to delay Warner Bros. Discovery takeover for months

Paramount says its takeover of CNN’s parent company, Warner Bros. Discovery, will be delayed for many months, and potentially well into 2027, due to pending lawsuits by state attorneys general and the Writers Guild of America.Paramount said in a Friday afternoon court filing that it has agreed not to complete the mega-merger until an antitrust trial takes place, or until June 1, 2027, whichever comes first.The current Paramount–Warner merger agreement expires on March 4, and is subject to an automatic extension through June 4, 2027.Friday’s announcement blows up Paramount’s original pl

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Trump says US and Iran are talking, but Tehran is not yet ready for deal

President Donald Trump said on Friday that the United States and Iran were in talks to negotiate an end to their conflict, but repeated that Tehran was not yet ready for a deal."We are talking to them. I think they're being serious. I think ... they are being by far the most serious that we've seen them, but that doesn't mean we get there. We'll see what happens," Trump said in remarks to reporters at the White House. (Reporting by Bo Erickson, Bhargav Acharya and Ismail Shakil;Editing by David Ljunggren)

Substance in Houston ICE shooting van was not drugs, district attorney’s office says testing confirms

South Carolina picked by DNC panel to hold Democrats’ first 2028 presidential primary

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The world’s longest flight is put to the test

In travel news this week: the world’s most powerful passports, how edible ants got a chef in trouble, plus a new milestone in ultra-long-haul air travel.Project SunriseHaving a nice relaxing weekend? Spare a thought for the weary new Airbus A350-1000ULR, which is cooling its jets in Melbourne after completing its first-ever nonstop test flight from France. And it has to do it all over again on Monday.Clocking in at more than 19 hours for the Toulouse to Melbourne test, the scheduled routes could stretch up to 22 hours and more than 10,000 miles.The plane has been developed to fly the Austral

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Trump orders signs outside history museum to correct what he calls 'inaccurate information'

President Donald Trump directed federal officials on Friday to install signs outside the Smithsonian's flagship National Museum of American History to reflect his administration's criticism of how the institution portrays the United States.Trump's executive order cited a White House Domestic Policy Council report accusing the museum of "thinly veiled anti-Americanism" and "extreme political activism." He said he directed officials to install temporary signs on sidewalks maintained by the National Park Service to correct "inaccurate information presented in the Museum."While the Park Servic

France and Spain battle wildfires as more than 250,000 people are forced to flee homes

Iran-backed Houthis fire missiles at Saudi Arabia in response to airstrikes in Yemen

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After being ‘bamboozled by Russian propaganda,’ Laura Loomer says she’s all in for Ukraine

For years, Laura Loomer’s unflinching support for President Donald Trump was matched only by her fervent opposition to the US assisting Ukraine in its war against Russia.The far-right figure has accused Ukrainian soldiers of committing war crimes and President Volodymyr Zelensky of faking his Jewish faith. She once encouraged Russian President Vladimir Putin to seize the entire country.Yet, on Friday, Loomer released an exceedingly friendly 45-minute interview with Zelensky recorded in Kyiv where she praised the country’s drone tactics, acknowledged she spread falsehoods about the war and

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What’s horned, fluffy, and ethically dubious? Yak clones

On the high-altitude plains of Tibet, ringed by snowy mountains and buffeted by harsh winds, scientists are hard at work creating horned, fluffy clones.These are Tibetan yaks, designed and cloned in secretive labs more than 4,000 meters above sea level, where researchers hope to create an “elite” herd of super-yaks, healthier and more fertile than their predecessors.This project, scientists hope, could even potentially revive a wild species revered by local Tibetans as a favorite of the land god.The long-haired Himalayan cattle are a critical part of the region’s economy and culture. But

Salmonella outbreak tied to eggs has sickened 98 people since November

ICC member states vote to dismiss chief prosecutor Khan

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Trump orders signs be installed outside Smithsonian museum warning of ‘inaccurate information’

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Trump imposes new global tariffs, drawing protests from trading partners

The United States on Friday imposed new tariffs of 10% and 12.5% on goods from 60 trading partners, including the EU and China, alleging those countries

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How Trump upended the Saudi nuclear deal less than 24 hours after its signing

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Trump imposes new tariffs targeting dozens of countries

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Laura Loomer meets Zelenskyy in Ukraine after her major reversal on the war

Laura Loomer, President Donald Trump's ally with a reputation for incendiary social media comments, has sat down with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy after a dramatic about-face regarding the war

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‘Up in smoke’: Attacks on ‘Russia’s Amazon’ bring Putin’s war closer to home

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From LA to Scottsdale: The Founder Behind AdDynamix Is Building the Bridge Between AI and Business Tools

An LA digital advertising veteran of 28 years has moved to Scottsdale and is building what he calls the missing piece between business software and the AI assistants people now use every day. SCOTTSDALE, AZ. When Benoit Pecqueur talks about his latest company, he sounds less like a founder pitching a product and more like an operator who got tired of watching the same problem repeat itself. “Most small business owners are watching the AI revolution from the sidelines,” he says. “Not because they don’t want it. Because their tools don’t talk to ChatGPT or Claude. Their accountant still pulls