Natalie Sherman
Business reporter, in New York
US President Donald Trump said he would fire the head of the agency charged with publishing some of America’s most…
Category: 2. World
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Trump fires BLS head as tariffs cause stock market drop
Watch: Trump defends firing of Bureau of Labor Statistics head over “wrong” numbers -
North Korea sent me abroad to be a secret IT worker. My wages funded the regime
Beth Godwin and Julie Yoonnyung LeeBBC Trending & BBC News
Getty ImagesJin-su says over the years he used hundreds of fake IDs to apply for remote IT work with Western companies. It was part of a vast undercover scheme to raise funds for North…
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Manhunt under way after 4 killed
A suspect is on the run after four people were killed in a shooting at a bar in the US state of Montana, authorities say.
The shooting happened at The Owl Bar in the city of Anaconda at around 10:30 local time, the Montana Division of Criminal…
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Why Mexico got a tariff reprieve… and Canada didn’t
The US announced fresh tariffs on more than 90 countries after reaching the deadline imposed by President Donald Trump for nations to reach trade deals.
Tariffs on Canada, for example, are set to increase from 25% to 35%, although most Canadian…
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Kites in the crosshairs as planes face peril
Koh Ewe and Hanna SamosirBBC News
Reporting fromSingapore and JakartaWatch: BBC visits field near Indonesian airport where children fly kites At a paddy field two kilometres from Jakarta’s international airport, the rustle of fluttering kites is…
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Wounded soldier escapes battlefield using e-bike delivered by drone
This is the moment an injured Ukrainian soldier behind enemy lines made his escape using an e-bike delivered by a drone.
Footage released by the Rubizh Brigade, part of the national guard of Ukraine, shows the wounded soldier, known as Tanker,…
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Budapest mayor questioned over organising banned pride march
Budapest’s mayor has been questioned by police as a suspect in helping to organise a banned LGBTQ march in the city.
The event took place on June 28 despite warnings of potential legal repercussions by Hungary’s nationalist Prime Minister Viktor…
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Ghislaine Maxwell moved from Florida to women’s prison in Texas
Ghislaine Maxwell, the convicted associate of sex offender Jeffrey Epstein, has been moved from a Florida prison to a new minimum-security facility in Texas, authorities have confirmed.
The move comes as Maxwell, who is serving a 20-year sentence…
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Araghchi warns Islamic countries against Zionist regime plots
In the phone conversation with he United Arab Emirates’ Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Foreign Affairs Sheikh Abdullah bin Zayed Al Nahyan on Friday, the top Iranian diplomat Abbas Araghchi said that the Israeli regime aims to disrupt…
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Italy plan to process migrants in Albania dealt blow by EU Court
Sarah RainsfordSouthern and Eastern Europe correspondent
ReutersA ruling by the EU’s top court has dealt a further blow to Italy’s attempts to create a fast-track system in Albania for processing asylum applications offshore.
The European Court of…
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