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A five-day preliminary hearing in Utah is determining whether prosecutors can bring a murder case against 23-year-old Tyler James Robinson to trial, as Charlie Kirk’s family attended court for the first time in the case.
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Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky plans to use the NATO meeting in Ankara to urge allies to deliver additional interceptor missiles and air-defence systems following heavy Russian missile and drone attacks on the Ukrainian capital.
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President Trump left for a NATO summit in Ankara on July 6, after a year of challenging allies to raise spending and justifying the pressure as essential to deterrence and alliance value. The next phase will test whether higher budgets translate into deployable forces and equipment, not just accounting targets.
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U.S. prosecutors told a New York federal judge that Turkish-Iranian businessman Reza Zarrab provided substantial assistance in an Iran sanctions and bribery case, including testimony that helped lead to a conviction of a Turkish banker nearly a decade ago.
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A dayslong mourning ceremony for Ayatollah Ali Khamenei drew hundreds of thousands in Tehran on Monday, while officials in Gaza, the Democratic Republic of the Congo, and Cuba reported major political and public-health disruptions.
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Prime Minister Mark Carney said the procurement, Canada’s largest-ever, is intended to expand Arctic-capable naval capacity and strengthen interoperability with NATO allies. The selection starts further negotiations and is tied to Canada’s plan to increase defense spending to meet Alliance targets.
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In northern Venezuela’s La Guaira state, residents contend that as international rescue teams departed and authorities shifted to rebuilding, they had little heavy equipment or official assistance to search rubble and retrieve bodies.
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The Changzhou Intermediate People’s Court said the former official accepted bribes worth more than 2.21 billion yuan (about $325 million) across decades and was convicted alongside related offenses.
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The Chinese e-commerce company said it will classify Anthropic’s tools as high-risk, require staff to uninstall Claude-related products, and move employees to Alibaba’s in-house AI assistant.
