Coming Up This Week The U.S. Open tennis tournament starts today in New York, and the Paralympics begin Wednesday in Paris.Thursday is the 75th anniversary of the first Soviet atomic bomb test - and …

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Ukraine Ukraine claimed that its forces have successfully encircled around 3,000 Russian troops in Kursk.There are signs that Ukraine's claim is true: even Russian web propagandists - who spout lots …

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GazaSecState Blinken said Israel has accepted the U.S.'s "bridging proposal" for a ceasefire deal that Blinken called "probably the best, maybe the last" chance to free Israeli hostages.However, vario …

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Coming Up This Week The U.S. Democratic National Convention starts today and ends Thursday in Chicago.Today is the 105th anniversary of Afghanistan's independence from Britain. The Taliban government …

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Gaza Gaza's Hamas-run health ministry said its wartime death toll passed 40,000 yesterday. That grim tally includes both civilians and militants - Hamas doesn't distinguish between them.Palestinian A …

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Ukraine U.S. officials confirmed Ukraine's claims that a small number of Russian soldiers are being shifted from Ukrainian battlefields to defend their homeland against the Ukrainian incursion that s …

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