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With decades-long restrictions lifted, a Pakistani brewery has started exporting beer
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With decades-long restrictions lifted, a Pakistani brewery has started exporting beer

Drinking is illegal for Pakistan's Muslim majority, but Murree Brewery's beer has long been available to non-Muslims and foreigners there. Now it's being export...

Venezuela announces amnesty bill that could lead to release of political prisoners
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Venezuela announces amnesty bill that could lead to release of political prisoners

Venezuela's acting President Delcy Rodríguez on Friday announced an amnesty bill that could lead to the release of hundreds of prisoners detained for political...

Senegal and Morocco fined and players banned after African Cup final chaos
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Senegal and Morocco fined and players banned after African Cup final chaos

Africa's soccer body issued fines worth more than $1 million and banned Senegal's coach and Senegalese and Morocco players Wednesday following a shambolic Afric...

Rubio braces for Senate scrutiny over Venezuela
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Rubio braces for Senate scrutiny over Venezuela

At his first Senate Foreign Relations Committee hearing since Nicolas Maduro was seized, Secretary of State Marco Rubio warns the U.S. could still use force to...

Trump admin rewrites nuclear safety rules. And, NTSB releases findings on D.C. crash
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Trump admin rewrites nuclear safety rules. And, NTSB releases findings on D.C. crash

NPR obtains documents showing the Trump administration secretly cut nuclear safety rules to fast-track new reactors. And, investigators blame systemic failures...

Spain will grant legal status to immigrants lacking authorization
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Spain will grant legal status to immigrants lacking authorization

Spain's government announced Tuesday it will grant legal status to potentially hundreds of thousands of immigrants living and working in the country without aut...

Italian officials voice outrage at the presence of U.S. ICE agents at the 2026 Olympics
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Italian officials voice outrage at the presence of U.S. ICE agents at the 2026 Olympics

U.S. Homeland Security agents provided security support at past Olympics. But after violence by ICE agents in Minneapolis, some Italian officials say an ICE uni...

EU signs 'mother of all deals' to boost trade with India
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EU signs 'mother of all deals' to boost trade with India

The European Union has signed what India's prime minister has called "the mother of all deals" to boost trade with India. For Europe, the move seeks to hedge ag...

Coco Gauff condemns tennis's lack of privacy after she's caught on camera smashing racket
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Coco Gauff condemns tennis's lack of privacy after she's caught on camera smashing racket

Coco Gauff has called for more privacy for tennis players after being caught on camera smashing her racket in an off-court players' area following her Australia...

Top rabbi says Europe must do 'much more' to support revolution in Iran
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Top rabbi says Europe must do 'much more' to support revolution in Iran

Europe's most prominent rabbi has told Sky News he holds Iran responsible for the rise of antisemitism in recent years and believes European countries must do m...

U.S. strikes on alleged drug boats have done little to stop the flow of illegal drugs
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U.S. strikes on alleged drug boats have done little to stop the flow of illegal drugs

Despite dozens of lethal U.S. military strikes on suspected narco-boats, drug flows continue, allies are alarmed, and Caribbean fishermen say their livelihoods...

At least 6,126 people killed in Iran's crackdown on nationwide protests, activists say
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At least 6,126 people killed in Iran's crackdown on nationwide protests, activists say

Iran's bloody crackdown on nationwide protests killed at least 6,126 people while many others still are feared dead, activists said Tuesday, as a U.S. aircraft...

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