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Saturday’s “Salute to America 250” celebration on the National Mall is scheduled to draw large crowds to witness a major fireworks display, military and civilian flyovers, and a lengthy presidential address amid extreme heat conditions.
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El Obeid, a major urban hub in North Darfur, has seen repeated aerial strikes this weekend, according to an aid volunteer and reports citing UN figures, as the SAF fights RSF forces over control of strategic supply routes and blockades.
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The Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office says the Strengthening higher education for female empowerment project was pulled after UK aid cuts, ending a scheme unveiled only two years ago.
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A PBS NewsHour discussion marking the United States’ 250th anniversary examined how U.S. power expanded abroad, alongside episodes that critics say damaged trust and stability, with panelists also turning to what history suggests about President Trump’s foreign policy.
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A PBS NewsHour investigation describes how some African men, lured into fighting arrangements, are arriving in Russia-linked forces and being pushed into some of the most dangerous positions in the war against Ukraine, as Ukrainian officials say Moscow has recruited more than 1,700 Africans.
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The provincial Islamic criminal code in Aceh prescribes corporal punishment for acts deemed violations outside marriage, and authorities said the case was tied to an online video.
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As Venezuela reels from twin earthquakes that have killed at least 2,295 people and injured more than 11,000, criticism of the government’s rescue and aid effort is turning into a political test ahead of Acting President Delcy Rodríguez’s interim term expiration on Friday, opposition leader Maria Corina Machado said she should return to help manage the transition after the disaster.
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As Russia faces reported shortages of fuel amid the war, President Vladimir Putin said Ukraine’s strikes on oil infrastructure were not changing his approach, according to Russian and international reporting published July 3.
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At a port storage facility turned emergency mortuary, bodies are stored in rows outside or in tents as officials use dental records and other methods to confirm identities, with local services stretched after twin earthquakes struck June 24.
