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Canadian rail stoppage set to squeeze North American industries

Canada's freight rail transport could come to a grinding halt after the country's two biggest railroad operators announced an unprecedented, simultaneous work stoppage following deadlocked

Canadian rail stoppage set to squeeze North American industries
News|Political|World

Ukraine minister says Kursk attack aims to protect border area

Ukrainian Defence Minister Rustem Umerov told a visiting delegation of U.S. congressmen on Wednesday that Kyiv's attack on Russia's Kursk region was intended to protect Ukraine.

Ukraine minister says Kursk attack aims to protect border area
News|World

Israeli PM says troops will not leave Philadelphi corridor in Gaza

Israel has not agreed to withdraw its troops from the so-called Philadelphi corridor along the border between Egypt and Gaza, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's office

Israeli PM says troops will not leave Philadelphi corridor in Gaza
Americas|Economy|News

Argentina economy stalls again in June in challenge for Milei

Argentina's economic activity fell 3.9% in June compared to the same month last year, official data showed on Wednesday, as the economy shrunk again during the month after a

Argentina economy stalls again in June in challenge for Milei
Election|News|Opinion

RFK Jr wants administration job in return for endorsing Trump, super PAC says

Independent U.S. presidential candidate Robert F.

RFK Jr wants administration job in return for endorsing Trump, super PAC says
Americas|News

Mexico's Sheinbaum: judicial reform won't violate commitments with USMCA trade pact

A judicial reform planned by Mexico's government will not violate the country's commitments with the United States–Mexico–Canada Agreement (USMCA), President-elect Claudia

Mexico's Sheinbaum: judicial reform won't violate commitments with USMCA trade pact
Europe|News|World

Zelenskiy says Ukraine is boosting its forces in east to resist Russian advance

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy said on Wednesday his forces understood what Moscow was attempting to do on the Pokrovsk front in eastern Ukraine, scene of Russian advances,

Zelenskiy says Ukraine is boosting its forces in east to resist Russian advance
Health|News

Argentina health officials rule out suspected case of mpox on grains ship

Health officials in Argentina said on Wednesday that a test to determine if a crew member on a quarantined grains cargo ship was infected with the mpox virus had come back

Argentina health officials rule out suspected case of mpox on grains ship
Political

Former US president Carter, nearing 100, excited to vote for Harris, grandson says

Former U.S.

Former US president Carter, nearing 100, excited to vote for Harris, grandson says
News|World

Helicopter of Iran's late President Raisi crashed due to weather, Fars says

The helicopter crash in which Iran's late President Ebrahim Raisi was killed in May was caused by weather conditions and the aircraft's inability to handle the weight it was carrying

Helicopter of Iran's late President Raisi crashed due to weather, Fars says
Business|Economy|News

US job growth in year through March was far lower than estimated

U.S. employers added far fewer jobs than originally reported in the year through March, the Labor Department said on Wednesday, underscoring the growing concerns the Federal Reserve has

US job growth in year through March was far lower than estimated
News

Two more bodies found by divers inside yacht sunk off Sicily - source

Two further bodies have been found in a luxury yacht that sank off the coast of Sicily, a source close to the matter said on Wednesday.

Two more bodies found by divers inside yacht sunk off Sicily - source
Europe|News

Czech Republic nominates industry minister Sikela for EU commission, Czech TV says

The Czech government on Wednesday nominated Jozef Sikela, who helped steer the European Union's response to the energy crisis following Russia's attack on Ukraine in 2022, as its

Czech Republic nominates industry minister Sikela for EU commission, Czech TV says
Europe|News|Political

EU criticism over rule of law is misleading, Slovak government says

The Slovak government rejected criticism on Wednesday from the European Commission over the state of rule of law in the country, saying it was misleading.

EU criticism over rule of law is misleading, Slovak government says
News|World

Displaced Gaza student tries to study despite destruction of universities

Shahed Abu Omar, 20, was in her third year studying computer science at Gaza’s Al Azhar University when it was reduced to rubble by Israel's military campaign in

Displaced Gaza student tries to study despite destruction of universities
Business|Lifestyle|News

FAA refers 43 more unruly US airline passengers to FBI

The Federal Aviation Administration on Wednesday said it has referred 43 unruly passengers to the FBI for criminal investigation over the past year, as it continues its

FAA refers 43 more unruly US airline passengers to FBI
Europe|News|World

Russian priests bring icon to try to tame depot fire after drone attack

Orthodox priests brought an icon to the scene of a huge fuel depot fire in southern Russia sparked by a Ukrainian drone attack in the hope it would help tame its flames, the local

Russian priests bring icon to try to tame depot fire after drone attack
News|World

Iran's parliament approves Pezeshkian's unity cabinet

Iran's parliament approved President Masoud Pezeshkian's 19 ministers on Wednesday, state media reported, giving way to a cross-factional

Iran's parliament approves Pezeshkian's unity cabinet
News|World

Divers recover 2 bodies following sinking of luxury yacht off Sicily

Divers scouring the wreck of the luxury yacht that sank off the coast of Sicily have found the bodies of two of the six passengers who were missing, a source close to the matter said

Divers recover 2 bodies following sinking of luxury yacht off Sicily
Europe|News|World

Russia's Medvedev says there will be no talks with Ukraine after Kursk incursion

Ukraine's incursion into Russia's Kursk region means there will be no talks between Moscow and Kyiv until Ukraine is completely defeated on the battlefield, Dmitry Medvedev, deputy

Russia's Medvedev says there will be no talks with Ukraine after Kursk incursion
Asia|News|World

World powers' strategic rivalry threatens to overwhelm Pacific Islands, think tank warns

Geopolitical shocks could disrupt the political and security landscape and strain unity in the Pacific Islands region amid strategic rivalry between China and U.S. allies, a think-

World powers' strategic rivalry threatens to overwhelm Pacific Islands, think tank warns
News|World

Russia's Putin meets Chinese premier Li Qiang in Moscow

Russian President Vladimir Putin met Chinese premier Li Qiang in Moscow on Wednesday, the Kremlin said on Wednesday.

Russia's Putin meets Chinese premier Li Qiang in Moscow
News|Political|World

Ukraine says it hits pontoon bridges in Kursk region with US-made rockets

Ukrainian forces are using U.S.-manufactured HIMARS rocket systems to destroy pontoon bridges and engineering equipment in Russia's Kursk region, Ukraine's military said on Wednesday,

Ukraine says it hits pontoon bridges in Kursk region with US-made rockets
Europe|News|Technology

Neutral Swiss to join two EU security cooperation projects

Switzerland said on Wednesday it would participate in two European Union security initiatives aimed at strengthening cooperation between armed forces in a bid to boost the neutral

Neutral Swiss to join two EU security cooperation projects
Europe|News|World

Ukraine ratifies Rome Statute, paving way for ICC membership

Ukraine's parliament voted on Wednesday to ratify the Rome Statute, officials said, allowing the country to join the International Criminal Court (ICC) in a step Ukrainian leaders

Ukraine ratifies Rome Statute, paving way for ICC membership

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