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US inflation edges up as Trump tariffs flow through economy

US inflation edges up as Trump tariffs flow through economy

US consumer inflation ticked up in May, in line with analyst expectations, government data showed Wednesday as President Donald Trump's sweeping tariffs began to ripple through the world's biggest economy.

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France makes arrests over cryptocurrency kidnapping

France makes arrests over cryptocurrency kidnapping

French police have arrested several people suspected of involvement in last month's kidnapping of the father of a wealthy cryptocurrency entrepreneur, a source close to the case said Wednesday.

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Charity accuses Israel of deadly strike on Gaza office building

Charity accuses Israel of deadly strike on Gaza office building

Medical charity Medecins du Monde Wednesday accused Israel of violating international law with drone strikes on a building housing one of its offices in war-torn Gaza that killed eight people, none of them staff.

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Russia launches deadly strike in east Ukraine amid stalled peace talks

Russia launches deadly strike in east Ukraine amid stalled peace talks

Fresh Russian strikes on Ukraine's northeastern city of Kharkiv killed three people and wounded 60 others, including children, on Wednesday, authorities said, as Moscow pushed ahead with attacks after rejecting an unconditional ceasefire.

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Russia sentences in absentia Navalny ally to 18 years

Russia sentences in absentia Navalny ally to 18 years

Russia on Wednesday sentenced exiled opposition figure Leonid Volkov -- the former right-hand man of late opposition leader Alexei Navalny -- to 18 years in a penal colony under a litany of charges.

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Greenland ice melted much faster than average in May heatwave: scientists

Greenland ice melted much faster than average in May heatwave: scientists

Greenland's ice sheet melted 17 times faster than the past average during a May heatwave that also hit Iceland, the scientific network World Weather Attribution (WWA) said in a report Wednesday.

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Olympic champ O'Callaghan in tears after 200m freestyle win at Australian trials

Olympic champ O'Callaghan in tears after 200m freestyle win at Australian trials

Olympic champion Mollie O'Callaghan choked back tears after clocking the year's fastest 200m freestyle at the Australian trials Wednesday, with the young star admitting it had been hard coping since the Paris Games.

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South Africa pacemen destroy Australia top order in WTC final

South Africa pacemen destroy Australia top order in WTC final

South Africa fast bowlers Kagiso Rabada and Marco Jansen took two wickets each to reduce Australia to 67-4 on the first morning of the World Test Championship final at Lord's on Wednesday.

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Starmer condemns two nights of 'mindless' N.Irish violence

Starmer condemns two nights of 'mindless' N.Irish violence

UK Prime Minister Keir Starmer joined Northern Irish authorities on Wednesday in condemning what he called two nights of "mindless" violence targeting foreigners.

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Gisele Pelicot, magazine reach settlement over invasion of privacy

Gisele Pelicot, magazine reach settlement over invasion of privacy

Gisele Pelicot, a French feminist icon who survived nearly a decade of rapes by dozens of men, has reached a settlement with a magazine she accused of taking photos without her consent, her lawyer has said.

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