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UK wins court ruling to keep asylum seekers in hotel but risks angry response

Protesters hold the Union Jack and St George’s flags outside the Bell Hotel, Essex, as the British government has overturned a court ruling requiring asylum seekers to be temporarily evicted from the hotel in Epping, Britain, August 29, 2025. Photographer Jack Taylor By Reuters The British government on Friday won a court ruling that means

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Hungary takes EU to court over use of frozen Russian assets for Ukraine

By Anadolu Agency Hungary took the European Union to court over the use of frozen Russian assets for Ukraine, the Hungarian daily Magyar Nemzet reported Wednesday. Hungary has filed a lawsuit against the Council of the European Union and the European Peace Facility (EPF) over frozen Russian assets being used to provide Ukraine aid. The

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German auto industry cuts over 51,000 jobs over U.S. tariff, weak demand-report

Pedestrians wearing face masks walk past a car dealership of Mercedes-Benz in Berlin, capital of Germany, May 7, 2020. Photographer Binh Truong By Xinhua News Agency Germany’s auto industry have cut more than 51,000 jobs over the past year as weak demand, U.S. tariffs and the costly shift to electric vehicles weighed heavily on the

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Exclusive: US and Russian officials discussed energy deals alongside latest Ukraine peace talks

A general view of the liquefied natural gas plant operated by Sakhalin Energy at Prigorodnoye on the Pacific island of Sakhalin, Russia July 15, 2021. Picture taken July 15, 2021. Photographer Vladimir Soldatkin/File Photo By Reuters U.S. and Russian government officials discussed several energy deals on the sidelines of negotiations this month that sought to

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Trump takes aim at US media outlets, hints at network license revocations

By Anadolu Agency US President Donald Trump accused major television networks on Sunday of biased coverage and suggested they should lose their broadcast licenses. In a post on the US social media company Truth Social, which he owns, Trump claimed that broadcasters ABC and NBC produce overwhelmingly negative coverage of his presidency. “Despite a very

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Bank of England’s Bailey says UK has ‘acute challenge’ over weak growth

Governor of the Bank of England, Andrew Bailey looks on during the Bank of England financial stability report press conference at the Bank of England, in London, Britain August 7, 2025. Photographer Jordan Pettitt/File Photo By Reuters Britain faces an “acute challenge” over its weak underlying economic growth and reduced labour force participation since the

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Egypt opens submerged antiquities exhibition in port city Alexandria

This photo taken on Aug. 20, 2025 shows artifacts during an exhibition of sunken antiquities recovered from the Mediterranean Sea at Alexandria National Museum in Alexandria, Egypt. Egypt opened on Wednesday an exhibition of sunken antiquities at the Alexandria National Museum, showcasing treasures from the Mediterranean seabed. Dubbed the “Secrets of the Sunken City Exhibition,”

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Uganda has not agreed to take deportees from US, senior official says

Ugandan Minister of State for Foreign Affairs Okello Oryem poses in his office in Kampala, Uganda, February 2, 2017. Photographer Ed Cropley/File Photo By Reuters A senior Ugandan official denied on Wednesday a U.S. media report that the country had agreed to take in people deported from the United States, saying it lacked the facilities

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Canada’s inflation slows to 1.7 pct in July

Customers shop at a supermarket in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada, Aug. 19, 2025. Canada’s Consumer Price Index (CPI) rose 1.7 percent year over year in July, down from a 1.9 percent increase in June, Statistics Canada said Tuesday. Photographer Liang Sen By Xinhua News Agency Canada’s Consumer Price Index (CPI) rose 1.7 percent year over

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Burkina Faso declares UN coordinator persona non grata

The logo of the United Nations is seen in the General Assembly hall before heads of state begin to address the 76th Session of the U.N. General Assembly in New York City, U.S., September 21, 2021. Photgrapher Eduardo Munoz/File Photo By Reuters Burkina Faso has declared United Nations regional coordinator Carol Flore-Smereczniak persona non grata

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