Hiroshima marks 80 years as US-Russia nuclear tensions rise
Japan marks 80 years since the atomic bombing of Hiroshima on Wednesday with a ceremony reminding the world of the horrors unleashed, as sabre-rattling between the United States and Russia keeps the nuclear "Doomsday Clock" close to midnight.
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US envoy Witkoff to visit Moscow on Wednesday
US envoy Steve Witkoff will meet on Wednesday with Russian leadership in Moscow, an American source confirmed, as President Donald Trump's deadline to impose fresh sanctions over Russia's war in Ukraine looms.
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Summer 2025 already a cavalcade of climate extremes
Record heat, massive fires, deadly floods... August has barely begun, but the summer of 2025 is already marked by a cascade of destructive and deadly weather in the northern hemisphere.
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Eduardo Bolsonaro: 'provocateur' inflaming US-Brazil spat
Brazilian congressman Eduardo Bolsonaro is hailed by some as a slayer of tyrants in defense of his coup-accused father.
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Trump says pharma, chips tariffs incoming as trade war widens
US President Donald Trump signaled Tuesday that fresh tariffs on imported pharmaceuticals and semiconductors could be unveiled within the coming week, in his ongoing push to reshape global trade.
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NASA races to put nuclear reactors on Moon and Mars
The United States is rushing to put nuclear power reactors on the Moon and Mars, and hopes to launch the first system by the end of the decade.
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OpenAI releases free, downloadable models in competition catch-up
OpenAI on Tuesday released two new artificial intelligence (AI) models that can be downloaded for free and altered by users, to challenge similar offerings by US and Chinese competition.
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100 missing after flash flood washes out Indian Himalayan town
A flash flood driving a torrent of mud smashed into a town in India's Himalayan region on Tuesday, killing at least four people with around 100 others missing,
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Czech driverless train hits open track
A rail line linking two northern Czech towns is testing Europe's first driverless train operating in an open environment, its developer told AFP on Tuesday.
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Jobe Bellingham 'anxious' about following Jude at Dortmund
Jobe Bellingham admitted on Tuesday to having "anxieties" on following in brother Jude's footsteps after joining Borussia Dortmund in the summer.
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