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The Odyssey tops $1.35 billion, becoming highest‑grossing R‑rated film.
The epic fantasy film *The Odyssey* has crossed the US$1.35 billion mark at the global box office, becoming the highest‑grossing R‑rated film of all time.
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Panama Canal Limits Ship Transits Through July Amid El Niño Drought
Panama’s Canal Authority announced on Friday that it will restrict the number of vessels that can transit the waterway for the next month, citing low water
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Pacific Fisheries Agency Seizes Four Chinese-Indian Vessels During Cross-Border Enforcement
The Pacific Islands Forum Fisheries Agency (FFA) launched its routine Kurukuru enforcement operation in early August across the Pacific Ocean. During the p
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Supreme Court directs India’s states to safeguard elephant corridors, halt fire drives
India’s Supreme Court on Thursday issued a sweeping directive ordering every state to safeguard designated elephant corridors, to map and clear any physica
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Hong Kong Court Convicts Pro‑Democracy Leaders for Tiananmen Commemoration
Hong Kong’s Court of First Instance handed down guilty verdicts on 23 May 2024 against veteran pro‑democracy figure Lee Cheuk‑yan and former legislator Cho
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USS George Washington Replaces Abraham Lincoln in Persian Gulf Amid Iran Tensions
The nuclear‑powered aircraft carrier USS George Washington (CVN‑73) entered the Persian Gulf on Thursday, taking over the forward‑deployed duties of the US
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IDF claims Hamas turned Gaza's Nasser Hospital into interrogation site.
On Wednesday the Israel Defense Forces (IDF) released a statement alleging that Hamas militants have been using the Nasser Hospital in Khan Yunis, in the s
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HRW says Mali’s Africa Corps killed nine civilians, including four children, in Kidal
Human Rights Watch said on Thursday that forces of the Africa Corps, a militia aligned with the Malian government, summarily executed nine civilians – incl
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SPLM‑N rebels recapture Kauda in South Kordofan after two days of fighting
Sudan’s rebel movement, the Sudan People’s Liberation Movement‑North (SPLM‑N) under the leadership of Abdelaziz al‑Hilu, announced on Tuesday that it had r
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French carrier to deliver first wheat shipment to Sudan since 2008.
A French-flagged bulk carrier was observed loading wheat at the port of Rouen on Tuesday, marking the first shipment from France to Sudan since August 2008
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Eight Killed When Security Aviation Cessna 441 Crashes at Alaska Radar Site
A Cessna 441 Conquest II operated by Security Aviation as Flight 45 crashed into the Cape Newenham Long‑Range Radar Site in western Alaska on Tuesday, kill
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Four Railway Workers Killed in Tōbu Nikkō Line Train Collision in Tochigi
Four railway workers were killed on Tuesday when a limited‑express train on the Tōbu Nikkō Line struck them near Kanuma in Tochigi Prefecture, Japan, offic
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Fire engulfs mixed-use building in Thusis, five missing, eight injured
A blaze erupted late on Tuesday night at a mixed‑use building that houses a restaurant and residential apartments in the town of Thusis, in the Viamala Reg
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Mirza Alamgir Elected President in Bangladesh’s First Contested Race in 35 Years
Mirza Alamgir was elected President of Bangladesh by the Jatiya Sangsad on Thursday, becoming the country’s head of state in a contest that marked the firs
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Syrian Kurdish commander declares full integration of Kurdish forces into state apparatus
Syrian Kurdish commander Mazloum Abdi announced on Tuesday that the process of folding Kurdish military, security and civil bodies into the Syrian state ap
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U.S. Navy Opens New Shipping Lane in Strait of Hormuz for Oil Traffic
The U.S. Central Command announced on Monday that the U.S. Navy has opened a new, designated shipping lane through the Strait of Hormuz, a narrow chokepoin
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Russian missile‑drone strike on Kyiv kills 15, injures 40, hits hospital
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said on Tuesday that a coordinated Russian missile and drone strike on the capital, Kyiv, killed at least 15 people
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Mexican forces capture nine CJNG members, including senior operative Tío Lako, in Michoacán raid
Mexican armed forces announced on Saturday that nine members of the Jalisco New Generation Cartel (CJNG) were detained during a coordinated raid in the rur
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Trump Announces Broad U.S. Sanctions, Declares Economic War on Iran
Washington, D.C., – On Thursday, President Donald Trump declared the launch of an “economic war” against the Islamic Republic of Iran, unveiling a sweeping
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UK CPI climbs to 2.9% in June, highest in over a year
The Office for National Statistics (ONS) said on Tuesday that the United Kingdom’s consumer price index rose to an annual rate of 2.9 percent in June, the
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Ecuador's intelligence chief and wife killed in Kenya helicopter crash
A helicopter carrying six people, including Ecuador’s intelligence chief Michele Sensi‑Contugi, his wife, and the aircraft’s pilot, crashed into the slopes
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Former Liberian Vice President Jewel Taylor Charged with Drug Trafficking
Former Liberian vice‑president Jewel Taylor was formally charged on Thursday with multiple counts of drug trafficking, money laundering and related offense
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UCSD researchers culture human brain organoids for unprecedented seven-year period
A team of researchers led by scientists at the University of California, San Diego announced on Monday that they have successfully cultured human brain org
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Mexican Army kills five gunmen in Los Palillos, Michoacán, seizes weapons
Five armed men were killed after a firefight with Mexican Army troops in the Los Palillos locality of Los Reyes, Michoacán, on Saturday night. According to