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EU fails to approve new Russia sanctions, ball now in Slovakia’s court, says EU foreign chief
BRUSSELS (Reuters) -The European Union did not approve the 18th Russia sanctions package on Tuesday, the EU's foreign chief Kaja Kallas said after a meeting with EU foreign ministers in Brussels.
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Analysis-Trump tariffs put Bolsonaro and Brazilian right in a bind
SAO PAULO (Reuters) -U.S. President Donald Trump pitched his 50% tariffs against Brazil as a way to support former President Jair Bolsonaro, but three people close to the right-wing ex-president said they were stunned by the move and fear it may do more harm than good.
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Moroccan community calls for calm after anti-migrant clashes in Spanish town
TORRE PACHECO, Spain (Reuters) -Moroccan community leaders in the Spanish town of Torre Pacheco called for calm following four nights of clashes between North African migrants and the far-right, in some of the worst such unrest in the country in recent times.
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Europeans open to buying US arms for Ukraine under Trump plan but need details
BRUSSELS (Reuters) -Several European countries said on Tuesday they were willing to buy U.S. arms for Ukraine under a scheme announced by U.S. President Donald Trump, although arrangements still needed to be worked out.
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Lebanon's worst drought on record drains largest reservoir
QARAOUN, Lebanon (Reuters) -Water levels at Lebanon's largest reservoir on the Litani River have fallen to historic lows amid what experts describe as the country's worst drought on record, threatening agriculture, electricity production, and domestic water supplies.
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French PM stakes political survival on budget squeeze
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Ukraine's PM Shmyhal resigns as part of major government reshuffle
(Reuters) -Ukrainian Prime Minister Denys Shmyhal said on Tuesday he had submitted a resignation letter, as part of the country's largest wartime governmental reshuffle expected this week.
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Teacher, teen arrested at Hong Kong airport in ‘Ice’, ketamine drug cases
Customs finds 47kg of suspected ketamine in woman's luggage while 18-year-old from Kuala Lumpur allegedly hid 2.2kg of 'Ice' in carry-on bag
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Trump asked Zelenskiy if Ukraine could hit Moscow, FT reports
(Reuters) -U.S. President Donald Trump has privately encouraged Ukraine to step up strikes deep in Russian territory, even asking Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy whether he could hit Moscow if the U.S. provided long-range weapons, the Financial Times reported on Tuesday.
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Germany's top court dismisses complaint against U.S. drone missions via Ramstein
BERLIN (Reuters) -Berlin is not violating international law by allowing the United States to use a military base on German soil to conduct drone strikes, Germany's constitutional court ruled on Tuesday.
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US planes, cars, drinks on EU list for potential tariffs
BRUSSELS (Reuters) -Aircraft, machinery, cars, chemicals and medical devices are the leading big-ticket items on the latest list of U.S. goods the European Commission has proposed to impose tariffs on if talks with Washington do not yield an agreement on trade.
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Astronauts from India, Poland, Hungary return with NASA veteran from space station
LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - NASA retiree turned private astronaut Peggy Whitson splashed down safely in the Pacific early on Tuesday after her fifth trip to the International Space Station, joined by crewmates from India, Poland and Hungary returning from their countries' first ISS mission.
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EU close to agreement on new sanctions against Russia, Kallas says
BRUSSELS (Reuters) -EU countries are close to reaching an agreement on a new package of sanctions against Russia, the bloc's foreign policy chief Kaja Kallas said on Tuesday.
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Japan's ruling coalition seen losing upper house majority, polls show
TOKYO (Reuters) -Japan's ruling coalition will likely lose its majority in the upper house election on July 20, media polls showed on Tuesday, heightening the risk of political instability at a time the country struggles to strike a trade deal with the U.S.
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Trump says he is 'not done' with Putin, BBC reports
(Reuters) -U.S. President Donald Trump said he was "not done" with Russian President Vladimir Putin, according to a BBC interview published on Tuesday, hours after he said he was disappointed in Putin and threatened Moscow with sanctions.
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Japan launches government body to address concerns over foreigners
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Analysis-For Europe, 30% US tariff would hammer trade, force export model rethink
BRUSSELS (Reuters) -The 30% tariff on European goods threatened by U.S. President Donald Trump would, if implemented, be a game-changer for Europe, wiping out whole chunks of transatlantic commerce and forcing a rethink of its export-led economic model.
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Sesame Workshop regains control of Elmo's hacked X account after racist posts
Sesame Workshop regained control of its Elmo account on the X platform on July 14 after a hacker gained access and posted a string of racist and antisemitic messages.
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Ukrainian drone attacks wound 18 people in Russian regions, governors say
MOSCOW (Reuters) -At least 18 people were wounded and houses and other buildings damaged in Ukrainian drone attacks overnight in the Russian regions of Voronezh, Lipetsk and Bryansk, governors there said on Tuesday.
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US appeals court temporarily upholds protected status for Afghans
WASHINGTON (Reuters) -A U.S. appeals court has blocked for now a bid by President Donald Trump's administration to strip temporary protected status from thousands of Afghans in the United States, court documents showed, allowing them more time to argue the case.