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At least one dead after car crashes into crowd in northern France
One suspect was arrested after the incident in Caen, police said, following a reported fight at a nearby bar.
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Can Democrats seize on how much everyone hates Trump’s Iran war?
Amidst the tragifarce of President Donald Trump’s apparently off-the-top-of-his-head war on Iran may lie a silver lining for the 2028 presidential election — a silver lining that comes with two…
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Exclusive-Pentagon’s NATO review preparing troop options for Hegseth by November 6
By Phil StewartWASHINGTON, Aug 27 (Reuters) - A Pentagon review of U.S. troop deployments in Europe will create at least four sets of options for Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth by…
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Six consequences of six months of war in Iran
WASHINGTON, Aug 27 (Reuters) - Six months after the United States and Israel launched strikes on Iran, the war that President Donald Trump has called a "little excursion" has become…
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Indonesia’s green transition has a glaring social blind spot
There is a harsh paradox in today’s sustainability debate. The tools for understanding environmental risk are becoming more sophisticated: financed emissions, climate-risk models, taxonomies, transition plans and carbon pricing are…
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USS Abraham Lincoln fiasco demands a congressional probe
The USS Abraham Lincoln is on its way home. This is welcome news after hearing of its abhorrent conditions. Yet, the situation lived by sailors and Marines aboard the carrier…
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US transshipment claims in Southeast Asia rest on thin data
Washington’s August 13 report, The Great Transshipment Scam, puts Southeast Asia at the center of a widening US campaign against tariff evasion worldwide. Indonesia, Malaysia, Thailand and Vietnam are all…
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Shipping traffic through Strait of Hormuz rises slightly, data shows
SINGAPORE, Aug 27 (Reuters) - Shipping traffic at the Strait of Hormuz rose slightly even as a geopolitical standoff persisted between the United States and Iran, while the market also…
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America’s lost Chinese students are staying home instead
The most telling number on American campuses this month is the one that didn’t show up. New foreign enrollment at US universities fell 20% this past spring from a year…
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Mystery shrouds CIA chief Ratcliffe’s urgent visit to Moscow
There is very little information on CIA Director John Ratcliffe’s visit to Moscow. Even so, there is enough information to make some observations. One reason for Ratcliffe’s visit was to…