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EU to replace passport stamps with digital checks from Octob...
Modern Ghana
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A new digital border system for travellers from outside the European Union will launch in October, almost a year later than planned. It will replace the need for passport stamps. The so-called Entry/Exit System (EES) was due to start last...
Russian Drone Attacks On Ukraine Hit All-time Record In July
International Business Times
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August 1, 2025
Russia fired a record number of drones at Ukraine in July, an AFP analysis showed Friday, intensifying its deadly bombardment of the country despite US pressure to stop the war. Russian attacks have killed hundreds of Ukrainian civilians since...
US report urges UN agency's shutdown over Hamas ties, Oct 7 terror links
Fox News
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August 1, 2025
The Israeli Defense Force released video on Tuesday they claim shows Hamas terrorists operating inside a UNRWA base near Rafah. NEWYou can now listen to Fox News articles! The U.S. State Department issued a devastating report to Congress on the...
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Lasers, sabotage and more... How China is planning to challenge Musk’s Starlink in space
Firstpost
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August 1, 2025
China’s space strategists are increasingly focused on one name: Starlink. The satellite internet network created by Elon Musk’s SpaceX has rapidly transformed from an ambitious tech project into an essential piece of global infrastructure, and...
Markets fall as cracks appear in US economy
The Times
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US and European stock markets retreated from record highs after disappointing American jobs figures raised fears that President Trump’s tariffs are damaging the world’s largest economy. Wall Street led global equities lower on Friday afternoon as...
EU Court deals blow to Meloni’s Albania migration deal
EurActiv
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August 1, 2025
The European Court of Justice has struck down the legal basis of Italy’s Albania migration deal, casting legal uncertainty over Rome’s €653.5 million plan to process migrants outside EU territory. At the heart of the case is the designation of...
European allies start airlifting aid into Gaza
EurActiv
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August 1, 2025
A coalition of European countries, including Germany and France, started airlifting aid into the Gaza Strip on Friday, amid increasing pressure on Israel to allow for more deliveries via the land route. European countries had announced their...
US stocks are more expensive than ever after Trump's tariffs
MoneyWeek
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August 1, 2025
When Donald Trump began unveiling his tariff plans in April, investors feared we were entering a sharp and sudden bear market. Stocks dropped sharply around the world, with the US down 10% in two days. Yet the plunge was short-lived: stocks...
European Solidarity on appointment of BES head: I wouldn’t like Ukraine to receive another ‘black mark’ from Brussels in Sept
Interfax Ukraine
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August 1, 2025
Photo: https://eurosolidarity.org/ The European Solidarity faction in the Verkhovna Rada regards the requirement for the winner of the competition for the position of head of the Bureau of Economic Security (BES), Oleksandr Tsyvynsky, to undergo a...
World War III fears grow as Trump sends nuclear submarines toward Russia — fires back at Putin crony’s bold threat
The Economic Times
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August 1, 2025
Donald Trump orders U.S. nuclear submarines near Russia after Medvedev's warning sparks global tension- In a dramatic turn of global events, President Donald Trump has ordered two U.S. nuclear submarines to be strategically deployed near Russian...
China gold rush after $1.4m worth of precious jewellery swept away in flash floods
The Mirror US
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August 1, 2025
05:35 ET, 01 Aug 2025Updated 06:42 ET, 01 Aug 2025 Flash floods in China have triggered a 'gold rush' after an estimated $1.4 million worth of gold, diamond, and silver jewelry - weighing about 20 kilograms - was swept away from a shop in Shaanxi...
Why Russia Is Unlikely To End Ukraine War Despite Immense U.S. Pressure; Are Trump’s Threats Falling On Deaf Ears? OPED
The Eurasian Times
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August 1, 2025
One of the possible reasons why Russian President Vladimir Putin is not listening to his “friend” and U.S. counterpart Donald Trump, despite the latter’s threat to impose more financial penalties on Moscow over the war in Ukraine, is that the...
Putin signals no change in Russia's stance on Ukraine
Oman Observer
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August 1, 2025
Russian President Vladimir Putin said on Friday that Moscow hoped for more peace talks with Ukraine but that the momentum of the war was in its favour, signalling no shift in his stance despite a looming sanctions deadline from Washington. US...
Top EU court rebukes Italy over Albania migrant transfers
New Age Bangladesh
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Agence France-Presse . Rome, Italy 02 August, 2025, 01:39 The European Union’s top court on Friday backed Italian judges who questioned a list of ‘safe countries’ drawn up by Rome to deport migrants to detention centres in Albania. The hard-right...
‘We care only about the integrity of the electoral process, not about any particular party’ – EU EOM
I News Guyana
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August 1, 2025
In response to an invitation by the government of Guyana, the European Union has deployed an Election Observation Mission (EU EOM) for the General and Regional elections scheduled for 1 September 2025. The mission, led by Chief Observer Robert...
Trump orders US nuclear subs repositioned over ex-Russian leader’s statements
Express & Star
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August 1, 2025
US President Donald Trump said he is ordering the repositioning of two US nuclear submarines in a warning to Russia. The move is “based on highly provocative statements” from the country’s former president Dmitry Medvedev. Mr Trump posted on his...
Trump orders nuclear submarines repositioned over statements by ex-Russian leader Medvedev
Anchorage Daily News - Alaska
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Russian Security Council Deputy Chairman and the head of the United Russia party Dmitry Medvedev takes part at a wreath laying ceremony at the Tomb of Unknown Soldier on the eve of the Victory Day, in Moscow, Russia, Thursday, May 8, 2025....
BJP MPs go full throttle against Trump even as govt hails enduring India-US ties amid tariff tension
The Print
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August 1, 2025
New Delhi: While the Indian government has made a measured response to the 25 percent trade tariff imposed by Donald Trump, many in the BJP have taken up the role of hitting out at Trump’s policies, with some BJP MPs suggesting the government...
Some worry, others breathe a sigh of relief: How countries are responding to new US tariffs imposed by Trump administration
The Economic Times
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August 1, 2025
US President Donald Trump announced a fresh wave of tariffs on exports from dozens of trading partners. Trump’s latest tariff move sent global stock markets tumbling and prompted countries and companies to scramble to find ways to strike better...
Russia decries OSCE’s impotence before European militarization
Prensa Latina - Cuba
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August 1, 2025
“Europe has completely plunged into a Russophobic frenzy; its militarization is becoming uncontrolled. This is a more than alarming situation, and the OSCE could hardly be of help here,” Lavrov noted in a Rossiyskaya Gazeta article dedicated to...