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Drowning in debt: The paralysis at the heart of the US fiscal crisis

Washington is doing nothing about its deteriorating finances because there is nothing it can do without risking major upheaval ...

Top officials in EU state charged with corruption – media

The case against the ex-Maltese premier, deputy PM, and others stems from a probe into a privatization scandal ...

Ukrainian MPs greenlight mobilization of prisoners

Killers would make good soldiers, the country’s justice minister believes ...

New York governor apologizes for ‘black kids’ comment

Kathy Hochul said she “misspoke” when she claimed that black children in the Bronx had never heard of computers ...

African state scraps presidential elections

Civil society groups and opposition parties in Togo have criticized the new law, claiming it is an attempt to extend President Faure Gnassingbe’s 19-year...

Paris Olympics anti-terror system mistakes AC units for drones – Times

Recent tests revealed that only about a third of incoming UAVs are properly identified, the report says ...

Zuckerberg considered buying Associated Press – media

The aim would have been to use the agency as a direct news source for Facebook, Business Insider has claimed ...

At least 228 dead in Kenya floods

Heavy downpours have caused deluges and landslides in the East African state ...

US ‘actively participating in genocide’ in Gaza – congresswoman

Rashida Tlaib claims that the recent batch of defense aid has emboldened Israel to launch a ground invasion of Rafah ...

India accuses Canada of ‘glorifying violence’

New Delhi has slammed Ottawa after Sikh separatists held a rally featuring a dummy of the Indian PM depicted “behind bars” ...

Russia confirms attack on Ukrainian energy sector

The barrage was retaliation for Kiev’s continued attempts to damage Russian infrastructure, the Defense Ministry has said ...

Boy Scouts to adopt new ‘inclusive’ name

With a history spanning over 100 years, the Texas-based organization has decided to rebrand itself as Scouting America ...

Putin updates Russia’s national development goals

The country should have the world’s fourth-largest economy by 2030, the president has decreed ...

EU discloses profits from frozen Russian assets

The G7 has reportedly ruled out the total confiscation of the funds ...

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