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U.S. strikes 3 Iranian nuclear sites

TEHRAN (AP) — President Donald Trump said today that the U.S. military struck three sites in Iran, directly joining Israel ’s effort to decapitate the country’s nuclear program in a risky gambit to weaken…

John McCarthy June 21, 2025

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French scientists identify new blood type in Guadeloupe woman

BASSE-TERRE — A French woman from the Caribbean island of Guadeloupe has been identified as the only known carrier of a new blood type, dubbed "Gwada negative," France's blood supply agency has announced.…

John McCarthy June 21, 2025

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Urgent warning issued over dangerous fungus smuggled into US by Chinese nationals

ANN ARBOR, Michigan — As tensions around the globe race towards the breaking point, US officials are warning Americans to watch out for an agricultural sneak attack by foreign agents. Texas Agriculture…

John McCarthy June 20, 2025

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Tycoon Mike Lynch’s sunken superyacht raised towards surface ahead of final lift

PALERMO, Italy (Reuters) — Salvage experts winched Mike Lynch's sunken superyacht towards the surface on Friday, 10 months after it went down off the coast of Sicily, killing the British tech…

John McCarthy June 20, 2025

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Haiti is as dangerous for children as Gaza, UN report shows

Violence against children in Haiti increased by nearly 500% last year, according to a United Nations report, ranking the Caribbean nation as dangerous a place for children war-torn Gaza, the…

John McCarthy June 20, 2025

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Israel’s airstrikes aim to break foundations of Khamenei’s rule in Iran

DUBAI (Reuters) — Israel's sweeping campaign of airstrikes aims to do more than destroy Iran's nuclear centrifuges and missile capabilities. It seeks to shatter the foundations of Supreme Leader Ali…

John McCarthy June 19, 2025

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Trump says the US knows where Iran’s Khamenei is hiding and urges Iran’s unconditional surrender

WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump said today the U.S. knows where Iran’s Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei is hiding during the Israel-Iran conflict but doesn’t want him killed “for now.” Trump urged, in…

John McCarthy June 17, 2025

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Top expert issues warning over massively popular supplement that could increase colon cancer risk

Regularly drinking protein shakes could raise the risk of deadly colon cancer, a top cancer doctor has warned. Over the last 30 years, young diagnoses of the disease have shot up…

John McCarthy June 17, 2025

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Study finds planetary waves linked to wild summer weather have tripled since 1950

WASHINGTON (AP) — Climate change has tripled the frequency of atmospheric wave events linked to extreme summer weather in the last 75 years and that may explain why long-range computer…

John McCarthy June 16, 2025

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Separated from kids in Cuba and Haiti by Trump travel ban, parents plead for help

As Cubans on both sides of the Florida Straits come to terms with what a new U.S. travel ban means for their families’ hopes to reunite, many have flocked to…

John McCarthy June 16, 2025