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US ends trade talks with Canada over tax on tech firms

US ends trade talks with Canada over tax on tech firms

US President Donald Trump walks on the day of a “One Big Beautiful” event at the White House in Washington, DC, US, June 26, 2025. — Reuters Canada faces new US tariffs within one week. US tech giants hit by Canadian digital services tax. Washington, Beijing agree on rare earth trade framework. President Donald Trump said Friday he is calling …

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Mamdani’s NYC primary win sparks surge in anti-Muslim posts, say advocates

Mamdani’s NYC primary win sparks surge in anti-Muslim posts, say advocates

Zohran Mamdani reacts next to his parents Mahmood Mamdani and Mira Nair and wife Rama Duwaji during a watch party for his primary election in New York City, US, June 25, 2025. — Reuters  Online hate incidents rose after polls closed, say advocates. 6,200 online posts mentioned some form of Islamophobic slur. Zohran Mamdani could become NYC’s first Muslim mayor. …

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India accused of illegal deportations targeting Muslims

India accused of illegal deportations targeting Muslims

Police officers stand next to men they believe to be undocumented Bangladeshi nationals after they were detained during raids in Ahmedabad, India, on April 26, 2025. —Reuters New Delhi says people deported are undocumented migrants. India has pushed many across border to Bangladesh at gunpoint. Rights activists and lawyers criticise India’s drive as “lawless”. NEW DELHI: India has deported without …

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Who is Lauren Sanchez, set to get married to Jeff Bezos?

Who is Lauren Sanchez, set to get married to Jeff Bezos?

Lauren Sanchez waves as she leaves the Aman Venice hotel, ahead of her expected wedding with Amazon founder Jeff Bezos, in Venice, Italy, June 25, 2025. — Reuters As the weekend approaches, all eyes are on Amazon founder Jeff Bezos’ lavish “wedding of the century,” with his fiancee Lauren Sanchez in Venice. While Bezos’ name is synonymous with global commerce …

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Celebrities converge on Venice for Jeff Bezos, Lauren Sanchez wedding gala

Celebrities converge on Venice for Jeff Bezos, Lauren Sanchez wedding gala

Amazon founder Jeff Bezos and Lauren Sanchez leave Aman Venice hotel, ahead of their expected wedding, in Venice, Italy, June 26, 2025. — Reuters Amazon founder Jeff Bezos and journalist Lauren Sanchez began three days of lavish wedding celebrations in Venice on Thursday with tight security shielding their VIP guests from protesters. Bill Gates, Orlando Bloom and the Queen of …

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Indian investigators download black box data from fatal Air India crash

Indian investigators download black box data from fatal Air India crash

A police officer stands in front of the wreckage of an Air India aircraft, bound for London’s Gatwick Airport, which crashed during take-off from an airport in Ahmedabad, India June 12, 2025. — Reuters Protection Module safely retrieved from black box, data accessed. CVR and FDR analysis may reveal critical details from incident. Probe into Air India plane crash includes …

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Immigration officers arrest Iranian asylum-seekers in Los Angeles

Immigration officers arrest Iranian asylum-seekers in Los Angeles

An Iranian woman reacts as she is detained by federal law enforcement officers in Los Angeles, California, US, June 24. — Reuters LOS ANGELES: Pastor Ara Torosian received a distressed phone call from two Iranian members of his Farsi-speaking church on Tuesday — US federal immigration officers were at their Los Angeles home to arrest them. It was the second …

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Japan hangs ‘Twitter killer’ in first execution since 2022

Japan hangs ‘Twitter killer’ in first execution since 2022

Takahiro Shiraishi covers his face inside a police car in Tokyo, in this photo taken by Kyodo in November 2017 and released by Kyodo on December 15, 2020. — Reuters Japan executed a man on Friday who killed nine people after contacting them on social media, the first use of capital punishment in the country in nearly three years. Takahiro …

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US, China agree to boost rare earth exports

US, China agree to boost rare earth exports

Chinese and US flags flutter outside the building of an American company in Beijing, China, January 21, 2021. — Reuters WASHINGTON: The United States and China have reached an understanding to speed up rare earth exports to the US, according to an official of the White House. The official said that both sides had agreed on a trade framework during recent …

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Iran rejects nuclear talks after strikes, accuses US of overhyping damage

Iran rejects nuclear talks after strikes, accuses US of overhyping damage

Iranian Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi makes a phone call during the 51st Session of the Council of Foreign Ministers of the Organisation of Islamic Cooperation (OIC) in Istanbul, Turkey, June 21, 2025. — Reuters  Iran has clearly said that it has no plans to restart nuclear talks with the United States following recent American airstrikes on its nuclear sites and …

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