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Greece battles wildfire on Crete for a third day as temperatures rise
ATHENS (Reuters) -Firefighters battled for a third day on Friday to put out a wildfire on the Greek island of Crete that has ...
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Firefighters report progress in taming Turkey wildfires
ANKARA (Reuters) -Firefighters in Turkey have contained six of nine wildfires tearing across western Izmir province, official...
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Low water levels on Danube disrupt shipping as heatwave hits Hungary
BUDAPEST (Reuters) -Unusually low water levels on the Danube river in Hungary are affecting shipping, agriculture, and local ...
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British rock band Oasis kick off comeback tour in Cardiff
By Paul Sandle CARDIFF (Reuters) -Oasis, the biggest British rock band of the 1990s, kick off their reunion tour in Cardiff o...
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Low water hampers Rhine river shipping in Germany despite rain
HAMBURG (Reuters) -Low water levels after a drought and heatwave are stopping cargo vessels from sailing fully loaded on the ...
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National Sports
Motor racing-American Mayer announces candidacy for FIA president
By Alan Baldwin SILVERSTONE, England (Reuters) -American Tim Mayer announced on Friday that he would stand against incumbent ...
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MLB roundup: Jays sweep Yankees, move atop AL East
George Springer hit two homers and four RBIs and the Toronto Blue Jays defeated the visiting New York Yankees 8-5 Thursday ni...
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Table tennis-World Cup winner Calderano to miss Las Vegas event over visa issues
BERLIN (Reuters) -Brazilian Hugo Calderano, who won the gold medal in the 2025 table tennis World Cup, said he will miss the ...
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Reports: Lakers re-sign C Jaxson Hayes for one year
A day after adding free agent center Deandre Ayton, the Los Angeles Lakers reportedly agreed to a deal on Thursday to bring b...
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Angels place 2B Christian Moore (thumb) on 10-day IL
The Los Angeles Angels placed rookie second baseman Christian Moore on the 10-day injured list on Thursday because of a left ...
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World
The two Panchen Lamas: China's role in Tibet and the clash with the Dalai Lama
By Laurie Chen and Krishna N. Das BEIJING/DHARAMSHALA, India (Reuters) -Weeks before the Dalai Lama ruled out China's role in...
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Exclusive-Regulators warned Air India Express about delay on Airbus engine fix, forging records
By Aditya Kalra and Aditi Shah NEW DELHI (Reuters) -India's aviation watchdog reprimanded Air India's budget carrier in March...
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Germany plans six-month voluntary military service, sources say
By Markus Wacket BERLIN (Reuters) -Germany plans to introduce a voluntary six-month military service scheme, sources familiar...
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UK's Palestine Action bids to pause government ban
LONDON (Reuters) -Pro-Palestinian group Palestine Action's co-founder on Friday asked a London court to pause the British gov...
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Greece battles wildfire on Crete for a third day as temperatures rise
ATHENS (Reuters) -Firefighters battled for a third day on Friday to put out a wildfire on the Greek island of Crete that has ...
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Business
Take Five: The tariff man cometh
(Reuters) -Investors await U.S. President Donald Trump's July 9 deadline for trade partners to strike deals on tariffs with a...
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China spares major cognac makers from EU brandy dumping duties
By Casey Hall and Tassilo Hummel SHANGHAI (Reuters) - China spared major cognac producers Pernod Ricard, LVMH and Remy Cointr...
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UK construction downturn eases as house-building improves, commercial work tanks
By Andy Bruce MANCHESTER, England (Reuters) -The downturn in Britain's construction industry abated slightly in June as homeb...
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Indonesia offers to buy U.S. aircraft, wheat in tariff negotiations
JAKARTA (Reuters) -Indonesia will offer to step up purchases of aircraft by state carrier Garuda Indonesia and wheat by insta...
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Exclusive-Saudi Aramco considers power assets sale to raise billions, sources say
By Federico Maccioni and Yousef Saba DUBAI (Reuters) -Saudi oil giant Aramco is looking to sell up to five gas-fired power pl...
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Politics
Explainer-Key healthcare provisions in Trump's tax bill
By Sneha S K, Mariam Sunny and Patrick Wingrove (Reuters) -The U.S. House of Representatives passed President Donald Trump's ...
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Healthcare groups blast passing of Trump's tax bill, warn it will harm millions
By Patrick Wingrove and Michael Erman (Reuters) -Healthcare groups slammed the passage of U.S. President Donald Trump's tax-c...
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Clean-energy backers blast US budget bill as a setback
By Timothy Gardner and Valerie Volcovici WASHINGTON (Reuters) -Advocates of clean energy on Thursday decried the final passag...
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Analysis-Trump extends his political power with 'big, beautiful' win in Congress
By Trevor Hunnicutt and Jeff Mason WASHINGTON (Reuters) -As U.S. President Donald Trump worked to pass his signature spending...
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Trump signs order to raise national park fees for foreigners
WASHINGTON (Reuters) -U.S. President Donald Trump signed an executive order on Thursday to increase the fees for foreign visi...
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Health
Explainer-Key healthcare provisions in Trump's tax bill
By Sneha S K, Mariam Sunny and Patrick Wingrove (Reuters) -The U.S. House of Representatives passed President Donald Trump's ...
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Healthcare groups blast passing of Trump's tax bill, warn it will harm millions
By Patrick Wingrove and Michael Erman (Reuters) -Healthcare groups slammed the passage of U.S. President Donald Trump's tax-c...
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Summit, AstraZeneca in talks over $15 billion cancer drug licensing deal, Bloomberg News reports
(Reuters) -AstraZeneca is in talks with Summit Therapeutics to license an experimental lung-cancer drug under a deal worth as...
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US Supreme Court won't consider reviving Montana abortion parental consent law
By John Kruzel WASHINGTON (Reuters) -The U.S. Supreme Court declined on Thursday to hear a bid by Montana to revive a law tha...
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Carlyle to sell up to 10% stake in Piramal Pharma, Moneycontrol reports
(Reuters) -Private equity firm Carlyle Group is preparing to offload up to a 10% stake in India's Piramal Pharma, online news...
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Science
Newly spotted comet is third interstellar object seen in our solar system
By Will Dunham WASHINGTON (Reuters) -Astronomers are tracking a newly spotted comet hailing from parts unknown, only the thir...
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Archaeologists in Peru unveil 3,500-year-old city that linked coast and Andes
LIMA (Reuters) -Archaeologists on Thursday unveiled a 3,500-year-old city in Peru that likely served as a trading hub linking...
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A water-saving tool in drought-hit Chile: human hair
SANTIAGO (Reuters) -Small mats of human hair line the base of plants, helping lock in moisture for crops in orchards around C...
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Ancient Egyptian man's genome reveals his society's cross-cultural ties
By Will Dunham (Reuters) -DNA obtained from the remains of a man who lived in ancient Egypt around the time the first pyramid...
Jul 02, 2025
Astronomers get picture of aftermath of a star's double detonation
By Will Dunham WASHINGTON (Reuters) -The explosion of a star, called a supernova, is an immensely violent event. It usually i...
Jul 02, 2025
Technology
Chinese sales of foreign phone makers, including Apple, drop 9.7% in May
BEIJING (Reuters) -Sales of foreign-branded mobile phones in China, including those of Apple Inc, fell 9.7% year-on-year in M...
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Louis Vuitton Korea says systems breach led to some customer data being leaked
SEOUL (Reuters) -Louis Vuitton Korea said on Friday that a systems breach in June led to the leak of some of the luxury brand...
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South Korea orders SK Telecom to strengthen data security after leak
SEOUL (Reuters) -South Korean authorities ordered on Friday SK Telecom to strengthen data security and imposed a fine after t...
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Australia's Goodman Group creates $2.7 billion group to invest in Hong Kong data centres
By Scott Murdoch SYDNEY (Reuters) -Australia's Goodman Group will establish a $2.7 billion investment consortium with interna...
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Nvidia briefly on track to become world's most valuable company ever
By Noel Randewich and Shashwat Chauhan (Reuters) -Nvidia hit a market value of $3.92 trillion on Thursday, briefly putting it...
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Entertainment
British rock band Oasis kick off comeback tour in Cardiff
By Paul Sandle CARDIFF (Reuters) -Oasis, the biggest British rock band of the 1990s, kick off their reunion tour in Cardiff o...
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'Reservoir Dogs' and 'Kill Bill' actor Michael Madsen dies at 67
LOS ANGELES (Reuters) -Michael Madsen, an actor who appeared in dozens of films including "Reservoir Dogs" and &quo...
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Lockdowns and fights: Sean 'Diddy' Combs back in Brooklyn jail ahead of sentencing
By Luc Cohen NEW YORK (Reuters) -Despite being found not guilty on the most serious counts at his sex trafficking trial, Sean...
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Bob Vylan's Glastonbury set prompts BBC rethink on 'high-risk' live gigs
LONDON (Reuters) -Britain's national broadcaster said on Thursday it would no longer broadcast or stream live any music gig d...
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'Many lifetimes of commitment': Richard Gere vows to keep fighting for Tibetan cause
By Krishna N. Das DHARAMSHALA, India (Reuters) -As the chair of the International Campaign for Tibet, Richard Gere is the bes...
Jul 03, 2025