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Israel strikes Lebanon as U.S.-brokered ceasefire yet to take hold, according to Lebanese president
Lebanon's president has said a U.S.-brokered ceasefire agreed the previous evening between the country and Israel could come into force within 24 hours, according to local media, but militant group Hezbollah has not signed on as Israel's military vows to continue striking in the south of Lebanon.
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Missing Mount Everest guide Dawa Sherpa found alive after crawling back to base camp
A Sherpa guide was found crawling to base camp on Mount Everest a week after he went missing and was reunited with his family after they'd given up hope he would return.
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How Britain’s far right hijacked the murder of Henry Nowak
The brutal murder of 18-year-old student Henry Nowak in southern England has ignited another volatile debate in the U.K. over race and what’s been described as “white grievance.” Despite pleas from Nowak's grieving family to prevent his death from sparking racial division, prominent far-right and populist figures have tried to exploit the tragedy.
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U.S. House votes to curb Trump's war powers in strongest rebuke yet
The U.S. House of Representatives for the first time on Wednesday approved a war powers resolution that would halt the U.S. military action against Iran, defying President Donald Trump as a handful of Republicans joined with Democrats to end the three-month-long conflict.
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Cuba's battered tourism sector takes another hit as Spain's Meliá hotel chain shutters some locations
Spanish hotel chain Meliá has joined a growing list of companies with a long-standing presence in Cuba that are withdrawing or limiting their operations on the island after the U.S. announced new sanctions while upholding an oil embargo.
