Author: Reuters
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Iran prepares for dayslong funeral for late supreme leader TEHRAN, Iran • Iran prepared Friday for the dayslong funeral of the late Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, with banners across Tehran urging the public to rise up in support of the Islamic Republic after the devastating war that killed the 86-year-old cleric. The country’s theocracy expects…
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Iran, US continue escalating attacks, recriminations over peace deal
CAIRO/WASHINGTON, June 28 (Reuters) – Iran and the U.S. continued their attacks in the Gulf as each accused the other of violating an interim deal signed less than two weeks ago to end their four-month-old war. Shortly after President Donald Trump warned the U.S. might “militarily complete the job”, Iran early on Sunday launched missiles…
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‘Great American State Fair’ kicks off US 250th anniversary celebrations
By Kanishka Singh WASHINGTON, June 27 (Reuters) – With a 110-foot (33.5-meter) Ferris wheel, a rodeo demonstration and an eye-popping array of junk food, “The Great American State Fair” opened on Washington’s National Mall on Thursday to start a 16-day celebration of the country’s 250th anniversary. While the first couple of days drew sparse crowds,…
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Hezbollah rejects US-brokered Israel-Lebanon security deal as ‘surrender’
By Jana Choukeir, Eman Abouhassira and Pesha Magid June 27 (Reuters) – Hezbollah leader Naim Qassem rejected a U.S.-brokered security agreement between Lebanon and Israel on Saturday a day after it was signed, describing it as a surrender to Israel. In the latest example of ongoing hostilities despite repeated ceasefires and agreements, Israel launched a…
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Venezuela quake toll tops 900, search intensifies for hundreds trapped
By Vivian Sequera and Mayela Armas LA GUAIRA/CARACAS, June 26 (Reuters) – Desperate Venezuelans and rescue teams raced to find survivors trapped under rubble on Friday as the death toll from twin earthquakes neared 1,000 and frustrations mounted over limited resources and help from the state. Foreign rescue teams and aid reached the hardest-hit areas…
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US strikes Iran following attack on cargo ship in Strait of Hormuz
By Idrees Ali and Enas Alashray WASHINGTON/DUBAI, June 26 (Reuters) – The U.S. military attacked Iran on Friday in response to an Iranian drone strike on a cargo ship in the Strait of Hormuz, throwing the fate of the interim peace deal recently agreed between the two countries into question. U.S. Central Command said aircraft…
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US military requires flu vaccine for some after outbreak in Texas training center
June 24 (Reuters) – The U.S. military has resumed requiring flu vaccines for some service members in an exception to Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth’s guidance declaring the shots voluntary two months ago. The decision follows a flu outbreak among recruits at Joint Base San Antonio-Lackland in Texas and sharp criticism of the policy from public…
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Deal to end war will be signed Sunday, Trump says
Reuters DUBAI/WASHINGTON • President Donald Trump and mediator Pakistan said on Saturday an initial deal to end the war in the Middle East would be signed on Sunday, although Iran denied the signing would take place so soon. Pakistani Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif said the two sides had agreed on a framework for a peace…
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Judge orders halt to Trump’s ‘censorship’ of park exhibits
Reuters BOSTON • A federal judge ordered the Trump administration on Friday to reinstall exhibits and signs on topics like slavery and climate change that it had removed from parks and monuments nationwide because they “do not align with its preferred narrative.” U.S. District Judge Angel Kelley in Boston issued a preliminary injunction at the…
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Apple rolls out new, AI-powered Siri
CUPERTINO, Calif. • Apple on Monday unveiled a new, AI-powered version of Siri that is capable of analyzing what is on the device screen and reaching out to the web for more information, rolling out a long-awaited overhaul of its popular voice assistant. Called Siri AI, the software will also have its own dedicated app,…