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Nominations open in the contest to be UK leader, with Andy Burnham likely the only candidate
Nominations open Thursday in a Labour Party election to replace Keir Starmer as Britain's prime minister, a contest in which there is expected to be just one candidate.
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With Le Pen sentencing, France’s presidential election veers into the extraordinary
France's upcoming election has taken a striking turn after far-right leader Marine Le Pen's decision to run for the presidency for a fourth time.
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Bonnie Tyler, who topped the charts with epic ‘Total Eclipse of the Heart,’ has died at 75
Bonnie Tyler, the gravelly voiced, Grammy-nominated Welsh pop star whose 1983 chart-topping power ballad “Total Eclipse of the Heart” enchanted succeeding generations with its bombastic charms during solar and lunar eclipses, has died.
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Takeaways: Trump leaves NATO summit declaring ‘a lot of love’ with allies after a rocky start
NATO's summit in Turkey on Wednesday had threatened to go off the rails even before U.S. President Donald Trump and his counterparts sat down to work. But the leaders renewed their vow to defend each other should any of them come under attack.
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Russian attacks kill 4 across Ukraine, striking Kyiv for second straight day
Russian drones and missiles killed four people across Ukraine on Wednesday in attacks before dawn and at midday, as Moscow kept up its pressure on the capital of Kyiv in the latest phase of the over 4-year-old war.
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Some health workers in Congo’s Ebola outbreak go on strike over pay issues as deaths near 600
The healthcare workers at the epicenter of Congo's Ebola outbreak are walking off their jobs to protest delays in their payments, threatening efforts to slow the outbreak that officials said continues to spread faster than the response.
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US and Iran exchange intensifying fire across the Persian Gulf as interim deal to end war threatened
The United States launched new airstrikes against Iran early Thursday, and Tehran responded by targeting Bahrain, Kuwait and Qatar in crossfire that again threatened an interim deal intended to help end the war in the Persian Gulf.
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Trump says US will give Ukraine license to produce Patriot defense systems
U.S. President Donald Trump said at a NATO summit Wednesday in Turkey that the U.S. will give Ukraine a license to make Patriot air defense systems to counter missile attacks from Russia in their more than four-year war, a huge coup for Kyiv which has long requested the technology.
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Members of a sexual predator network on Telegram tried to hide their crimes with code words
They called themselves the “German driving school for experts,” but prosecutors say the true purpose of their Telegram chats was to brag about the women they raped and share tips about how to drug them.
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Why Trump covets Greenland
Location, location, location: Greenland’s position above the Arctic Circle makes the world’s largest island a key part of security strategy.
