• No Ruling This Week on Abrego Garcia's Release From Jail
  
  Lawyers for Kilmar Abrego Garcia on Wednesday tried to poke holes in the human smuggling case the government is pursuing against him in Tennessee, while a federal judge said he won't rule this week on freeing Abrego Garcia from jail.
• Federal Judge Says She'd Block Trump's Birthright Citizenship Order Nationwide
  
  A federal judge in Maryland could soon become the second to block President Donald Trump's order restricting birthright citizenship from taking effect nationwide, if an appeals court were to allow it.U.S. District Judge Deborah Boardman said in an opinion Wednesday that she...
• Healthy Babies Born in Britain after Scientists Used DNA from Three People to Avoid Genetic Disease
  
  Eight healthy babies were born in Britain with the help of an experimental technique that uses DNA from three people to help mothers avoid passing devastating rare diseases to their children, researchers reported Wednesday. Most DNA is found in the nucleus of our cells, and...
• Knight's Skeleton Found Under Ice Cream Shop in Poland
  
  The complete skeleton of a man believed to have been a medieval knight in the 13th or 14th century has been discovered under the location of a famous former ice cream shop in Poland.
• Trump Ready to Send Tariff Notice to 150 Countries
  
  While boasting of taking in over $100 billion from tariffs that he imposed on other nations so far, President Donald Trump on Wednesday said he's close to sending a tariff notice to 150 countries.
• Relatives Say Massachusetts Assisted-living Blaze Gutted a Tough Community
  
  Gabriel House had seen better days, but for residents and their families it was the center of a caring community.The 100-unit assisted-living facility that burned Sunday night, killing nine people so far, opened in 1999 in Fall River, Massachusetts. Some photos on its...
• Trump Hosts Gulf Leaders at WH as New Violence Raises Questions About Progress Toward Peace
  
  President Donald Trump is hosting a pair of Arab Gulf leaders at the White House on Wednesday as violence between Israel and Syria renewed doubts about his pledge to impose peace on the Middle East.Trump held a meeting in the Oval Office with Bahrain's crown prince and was...
• PEPFAR Keeps Millions of People with HIV Alive and May be Spared from Trump Spending Cuts
  
  The program known as PEPFAR is one of the most effective and popular U.S. foreign aid projects in history, and the government says it has saved the lives of over 25 million people around the world with HIV.But despite years of bipartisan support, PEPFAR has faced a severe...
• Zelenskyy to Newsmax: Demonstration of Force Can Bring Putin to Peace Table
  
  Ukraine President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said any offensive weapons provided by the United States could force Russian President Vladimir Putin to the negotiating table, even if such weapons, including missiles that can strike deep inside Russian territory, aren't used.
• A Key Coalition Partner of Netanyahu Is Quitting, Leaving Him with Minority in Israeli Parliament
  
  A key governing partner of Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said Wednesday it is quitting the government, leaving him with a minority in parliament.The Shas ultraOrthodox party said it was leaving over disagreements surrounding a proposed law meant to grant wide...
• Syrian Govt, Leaders of Druze Minority Announce New Ceasefire
  
  Syrian government officials and leaders in the Druze religious minority announced Wednesday a renewed ceasefire after days of clashes that have threatened to unravel the country's postwar political transition...
• How an Email Error Sparked a Secret Scramble to Bring Afghans to Britain
  
  British governments past and present face allegations of avoiding scrutiny and undermining democracy after the revelation that thousands of Afghans have been resettled in the U.K under a program that was hidden from the media, the public and lawmakers in Parliament.Key...
• Amb. Huckabee Demands Investigation of Palestinian-American's Death
  
  U.S. Ambassador to Israel Mike Huckabee called on the government of Israel to "aggressively investigate" the killing of a Palestinian-American, who was allegedly beaten to death in clashes between Palestinians and Jewish settlers last Friday.
• US Investigates Brazil's Trade Practices, Digital Payment Services
  
  U.S. Trade Representative Jamieson Greer said on Tuesday he had launched an investigation into Brazil's "unfair" trading practices, a week after President Donald Trump threatened a 50% tariff on imports from Latin America's largest economy.
• IDF Hits Syria Headquarters Over Threat to Druze Community
  
  The Israel Defense Forces on Wednesday attacked the entrance to the Syrian regime's military headquarters in the Damascus area in response to reports of atrocities against local Druze residents.
• Returned Deportee Abrego Due in Tennessee Court
  
  Kilmar Abrego, the migrant returned to the U.S. after being wrongly deported to El Salvador, is due in court on Wednesday on human smuggling charges as the future of his criminal case and his presence in the country remain uncertain. Federal prosecutors are seeking to...
• Zimbabwe Aims to Break Ground for $270M Lithium Plant This Year
  
  Zimbabwe's Kuvimba Mining House will begin construction of a $270 million lithium concentration plant at its Sandawana mine in the third quarter of this year, with commissioning expected in early 2027, CEO Trevor Barnard said.
• Battered Dollar a Boon for US Multinational Companies
  
  Large U.S. multinationals should soon start showing the positive effects of the dollar's tumble in recent months, reversing the situation in the past few years when the greenback's strength hurt companies with significant foreign revenue. The Dollar Index, which measures the...
• Supreme Leader: Iran Ready to Respond to Any New Attack
  
  Iran is ready to respond to any renewed military attack, Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei said on Wednesday, adding that Tehran was capable of delivering a bigger blow to adversaries than the one it gave during the 12-day Iran-Israel war.
• Russian Drone Attack on Ukraine Kills 2
  
  Russian drone attacks and a missile strike hit different parts of Ukraine and killed at least two people, officials said early on Wednesday. Ukraine's air force said Russia launched 400 drones and one ballistic missile, primarily targeting...
• Patriot-Owning Nations Could Meet to Discuss Ukraine Aid
  
  A meeting of Patriot owner nations and Ukraine donors, aiming to find additional Patriot air defense batteries for Kyiv and chaired by NATO's top military commander, could take place Wednesday next week, a source close to the talks told Reuters....
• Kremlin: Russia Monitoring Western Weapons Supplies to Ukraine
  
  The Kremlin said that the supply of weapons to Ukraine by the West is high on agenda and that Kremlin is monitoring this issue thoroughly, Russian news agencies reported on Wednesday. The supplies of weapons to Ukraine is a business and some European countries will pay for...
• Russia Strikes Ukraine as US Peace Deadline Nears
  
  Russian weapons pounded four Ukrainian cities overnight from Tuesday to Wednesday, injuring at least 15 people in an attack that mostly targeted energy infrastructure, officials said. The latest bombardment in Russia's escalating aerial campaign against civilian areas came...
• 20 Palestinians Killed at Gaza Aid Distribution Site, Says Israeli-backed Aid Group
  
  Twenty Palestinians were killed Wednesday in the crush of a crowd at a food distribution site run by an Israelibacked American organization in the Gaza Strip, the group said, the first time it has acknowledged deadly violence at its operations. The deaths came as Israeli...
• US Sent Third-Country Deportees to Southern Africa's Eswatini
  
  The U.S. Homeland Security Department said on Tuesday a deportation flight carrying immigrants from different countries had landed in Eswatini, in a move that follows the U.S. Supreme Court lifting limits on deporting migrants to third countries.In late June, the U.S....

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