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US Threatens To Shut Off Starlink If Ukraine Refuses Minerals Deal: Report
US negotiators pressing Kyiv for access to Ukraine's critical minerals have raised the possibility of cutting the country's access to Elon Musk's vital Starlink satellite internet system, three sources familiar with the matter told Reuters.
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Amazonian Town Being Swallowed By Massive Sinkholes, Hundreds At Risk
The city of Buriticupu, in the northeastern tip of the Brazilian Amazon, is being slowly swallowed by the earth. In recent weeks, huge sinkholes, several meters (feet) deep, have led the municipal government to declare a state of emergency.
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Chinese Team Find Bat Virus Enters Human Cells Via Same Pathway As Covid
A newly discovered bat coronavirus uses the same cell-surface protein to gain entry into human cells as the SARS-CoV-2 virus that causes COVID-19, raising the possibility that it could someday spread to humans, Chinese researchers have reported.
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Los Angeles Mayor Removes Fire Chief Over Handling Of Wildfires
Los Angeles Mayor Karen Bass removed Fire Chief Kristin Crowley on Friday for her handling of the wildfires in January that killed more than two dozen people and destroyed more than 13,000 structures, the mayor said in a statement.
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Israel To Receive 6 Hostages In Exchange For Release Of 600 Palestinians
Israel prepared on Saturday to receive six more hostages from Gaza in exchange for hundreds of Palestinian prisoners and detainees, after accusations over the return of a misidentified body this week threatened to derail a fragile truce.
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Russia Could Concede $300 Billion Frozen Assets For Ukraine War Settlement: Report
Russia could agree to use $300 billion of sovereign assets frozen in Europe for reconstruction in Ukraine but will insist that part of the money is spent on the one-fifth of the country that Moscow's forces control, three sources told Reuters.
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Fired And Rehired: The Dizzying Confusion Of Trump's Government Overhaul
Federal workers responsible for America's nuclear weapons, scientists trying to fight a worsening outbreak of bird flu, and officials responsible for supplying electricity are among those who have been accidentally fired
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Trump Pulls US Out Of Key Global Climate Assessment: Report
The Trump administration has halted the participation of US scientists in key UN climate change assessments, two sources familiar with the situation told Reuters.
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Brazil's Top Court Orders Elon Musk's X Platform To Pay $1.4 Million
Brazilian Supreme Court Justice Alexandre de Moraes ordered the social media platform X owned by billionaire Elon Musk to pay a fine of 8.1 million reais for noncompliance with judicial orders, according to a ruling made public on Thursday.
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Zelensky Calls For US Pragmatism After Trump Calls Him A 'Dictator'
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky said he was counting on Ukrainian and European unity and US pragmatism as Kyiv faces a mounting crisis in relations with its hitherto key US ally under the leadership of President Donald Trump.
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Google Close To Picking Sites In India For 1st Retail Stores Outside US: Report
Alphabet Inc's Google is close to deciding on locations in its key market of India where it will open its first physical retail stores outside the United States, three sources familiar with the matter said.
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In Russia, Many Held As Psychiatric Patients Due To Their Political Views
Dozens of Russians are being subjected to compulsory psychiatric treatment because of their political views, according to lawyers and human rights groups.
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UK PM Expresses Support For Ukraine's Zelensky After Trump "Dictator" Remark
British Prime Minister Keir Starmer spoke to Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy on Wednesday and expressed his support for Ukraine's leader.
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France's Macron, UK PM Keir Starmer To Visit US Amid Ukraine Talks
French President Emmanuel Macron and British Prime Minister Keir Starmer will visit Washington next week, amid other meetings aimed at bringing an end to Russia's war in Ukraine, U.S. national security advisor Mike Waltz said on Wednesday.
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In A First, Astronomers Reveal 3D Structure Of Alien Planet's Atmosphere
Astronomers for the first time have deciphered the three-dimensional structure of the atmosphere of a planet beyond our solar system.
