A vehicle carrying coffins of Iran's late Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei and his family members. Tehran. Office of the Iranian Supreme Leader/ Handout via REUTERS |
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The funeral of late Iranian Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei was more than a national farewell. The sea of mourners in Tehran sent a message to the United States and Israel that their attempt to break the Islamic Republic had failed.
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Bombs exploded near the hotel where Emmanuel Macron was staying in Syria, a security source said, but the French president did not hear the explosions, the Elysee said, and he met Syrian President Ahmed al-Sharaa soon afterwards.
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Russia hammered Kyiv and the surrounding region with missiles and drones, killing at least 28 people and exposing Ukraine's critical shortage of US-made air-defence interceptors, officials said.
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NATO leaders plan to unveil arms deals worth tens of billions of dollars in Ankara to show they are heeding US calls to spend more to defend Europe before joining President Donald Trump for a summit.
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Italy's defence minister stressed the importance of good transatlantic relations after Trump again goaded erstwhile ally Giorgia Meloni, the Italian prime minister.
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In Iowa and other battleground states, Democrats are campaigning against Republican-backed cuts to Medicaid – the health program for low-income Americans – and rising costs, while Republicans argue their policies will curb waste and lower expenses.
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Democratic Party leaders called on Graham Platner to withdraw as their nominee to run against Republican US Senator Susan Collins of Maine, following media reports that a woman accused him of forcibly having sex with her nearly five years ago.
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Trump's phone call to FIFA got Folarin Balogun back on the field — but the US still crashed out of the World Cup losing 4-1 to Belgium and FIFA is now facing a crisis over its independence. Executive Producer Leela de Kretser tells the Reuters World News podcast the fallout from this decision is only just beginning.
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For years, electricity costs for the Belden Brick Company in Sugarcreek, Ohio, had been relatively stable. Last year, they surged by 90% — largely because of rising power demand from data centers in the region.
The 141-year-old brick manufacturer, whose products can be found in iconic buildings including the Texas Alamo and Notre Dame University, is seeing power bills rise mainly from a monthly capacity charge, which recently jumped from $1,600 a month to $12,000. Belden Brick is among many manufacturers across America’s heartland where costs are rising as power-hungry data centers serving the artificial intelligence industry proliferate. |
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A white Bengal tiger cub looks on next to its sibling at Cuba's National Zoo in Havana, Cuba, July 3, 2026. REUTERS/Norlys Perez |
For Cuban zookeeper Ángel Cordero, the sight of four Bengal tiger cubs playing in a cage at the Cuban National Zoo is a small miracle on an island stifled by shortages of fuel, medicine and days-long power outages.
The birth of these endangered big cats — including an exceedingly rare white tiger — has revitalized a team of zoo workers, he says, who arrive daily to feed nearly a thousand animals. |
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