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US trade deficit surges amid artificial intelligence spending boom
Imbalance soars to $77.6bn in May as imports outpaced exports, driven by pharmaceuticals and semiconductors.
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Christians are not united for Israel
The Christian Zionist narrative linking faith to support for Israel is deeply flawed. Evangelicals have begun to see it.
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Trump says will lift sanctions on Turkiye, ‘consider’ selling F-35s
Announcement during Ankara meeting suggests pivot in US policy, despite opposition from Israel.
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Nigel Farage resigns as MP, will run in UK by-election
Reform UK leader Nigel Farage says he will resign as an MP to trigger a by-election and stand again.
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Netanyahu’s Christian comments ‘aimed at sowing strife’: Lebanese analysts
After Netanyahu's statements on Lebanese Christians were denounced in Lebanon, analysts call Israel's PM a liar.
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Reform UK’s Farage resigns as MP amid funding scandal, forcing by-election
Nigel Farage says he's 'done nothing wrong' as parliament investigates undeclared benefits he accepted from a fraudster.
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The World Cup is exposing the contradictions of national identity
Teams shaped by migration and diaspora are challenging exclusionary ideas of who belongs.
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Mbappe slams racism by Paraguay’s Amarilla at World Cup: What we know
Footballers of African descent are often subjected to racist abuse on and off the pitch.
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Two mothers, each certain a viral Gaza prisoner photo shows her son
Two Palestinian mothers believe a viral image of a bound Gaza detainee shows their missing son.
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At least nine police officers killed in southwestern Pakistan attack
Shahid Rind, a spokesman for the Balochistan government, says 15 assailants killed in 'clearance operations'.
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Displaced Gaza farmers turn to dirt near tents to grow crops
Israel has devastated 95 percent of Gaza's farms, engineering starvation and aid dependency, experts warn.