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Crude prices surge on Hormuz blockade concerns and tensions
Crude prices surge on Hormuz blockade concerns and tensions

NEW YORK CITY, New York: Oil prices surged by about $5 a barrel on June 1 as fears of further disruptions to global energy supplies...

Meta employee monitoring project sparks GDPR concerns
Meta employee monitoring project sparks GDPR concerns

NEW YORK CITY, New York: Meta's effort to train artificial intelligence systems using detailed records of employee computer activity...

France becomes first EU nation to fund weight-loss drugs
France becomes first EU nation to fund weight-loss drugs

PARIS, France: France will begin reimbursing weight-loss medications for severely obese patients from mid-June, becoming the first...

Diana Shnaider jolts Aryna Sabalenka at French Open
Diana Shnaider jolts Aryna Sabalenka at French Open

(Photo credit: Susan Mullane-Imagn Images) Diana Shnaider rallied from a set and two breaks down to stun World No. 1 Aryna Sabalenka...

Russia-Tanzania ties developing intensively Putin
Russia-Tanzania ties developing intensively  Putin

Trade turnover rose by 25% last year, the Russian president has noted Russian President Vladimir Putin has praised ties with Tanzania...

Russia-Tanzania ties developing intensively - Putin
Russia-Tanzania ties developing intensively - Putin

Trade turnover rose by 25% last year, the Russian president has noted Russian President...

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Moderna among groups funded to fight Ebola outbreak
Moderna among groups funded to fight Ebola outbreak

GENEVA, Switzerland: Global health organization CEPI has committed roughly $60 million to accelerate the development of vaccines against...

Hungary's PM warns of legal action if president does not resign
Hungary's PM warns of legal action if president does not resign

BUDAPEST, Hungary: Hungarian Prime Minister Peter Magyar said on June 1, after meeting President Tamas Sulyok, that if the president...

Netanyahu criticized after Trump halts Israeli strikes on Beirut
Netanyahu criticized after Trump halts Israeli strikes on Beirut

TEL AVIV, Israel: Benjamin Netanyahu is facing criticism at home after U.S. President Donald Trump said Israel would stop plans to...

After Israel's Lebanon incursion, Iran stops indirect talks with US
After Israel's Lebanon incursion, Iran stops indirect talks with US

DUBAI, U.A.E.: Iran has stopped indirect talks with the United States after Israel ordered its troops to move deeper into Lebanon to...

China’s Coast Guard conducts ‘law enforcement’ patrols east of Taiwan
China’s Coast Guard conducts ‘law enforcement’ patrols east of Taiwan

BEIJING/TAIPEI: China's Coast Guard said on June 1 that it carried out law enforcement patrols in waters east of Taiwan. This was...

Canada’s citizenship rules encourage Americans to look there
Canada’s citizenship rules encourage Americans to look there

TORONTO, Canada: Although relations between the U.S. and Canada have become strained under President Donald Trump, new data shows that...

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