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    Spain declares emergency as fires force thousands of evacuations in France

    NAVALUENGA, Spain/LEGE-CAP-FERRET, France — Spain declared a national emergency over wildfires for the first time on Friday and France asked for help from the European Union to tackle a blaze on the Atlantic coast as searing heat fuelled fires across Europe and forced tens of thousands of evacuations. French authorities ordered the total evacuation of the Cap Ferret peninsula, a tourism hotspot busy for the summer season, as smoke and flames drew closer to homes. About 63,000 people were evacuated from the area, many brought to safety by boat, officials said. Close by, in the town of Biscarrosse, another large fire also forced residents to leave their homes. "From our home, we had a view of the fires ... We could see the clouds becoming darker and darker," said Yoan Urien, 26, who left late on Thursday after police told everyone in his neighbourhood to leave. "I was able to find somewhere to take shelter with my pets, but ... it's quite a shock," he told Reuters. A fire that began in Saumos, north of Cap Ferret, is threatening to cut off the only road out of the peninsula and is the lar

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    Spain declares emergency as fires force thousands of evacuations in France
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    Drones target northern Iraqi city where US forces are based as US-Iran fighting escalates

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    Drones target northern Iraqi city where US forces are based as US-Iran fighting escalates
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    Giraffes given new home in Uganda to escape oil drilling in country's largest park

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    Giraffes given new home in Uganda to escape oil drilling in country's largest park
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    Liberia seizes $317 mil. of cocaine bound for Europe

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    Liberia seizes $317 mil. of cocaine bound for Europe
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    In war-torn Gaza, hopeful Palestinian amputee footballers seek to score goal on global stage

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    In war-torn Gaza, hopeful Palestinian amputee footballers seek to score goal on global stage
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Denmark's Frederiksen secures third term as prime minister

COPENHAGEN — Denmark's Social Democratic leader Mette Frederiksen said on Monday she has agreed to form a centre-left coalition government, maintaining her grip on power amid a crisis in ties with U.S. President Donald Trump over the future of Greenland. The deal to form a minority cabinet gives Frederiksen a third consecutive term as prime minister, ending months of uncertainty after a March election in which 12 parties won seats in the Danish parliament. "I have been to see His Majesty the King and announced that a government can be formed after long negotiations," Frederiksen told reporters. Her centrist coalition lost its majority in the March 24 vote as Danes revolted over a cost-of-living crisis, although the Social Democratic Party remained the biggest group in parliament with 38 out of 179 seats, down from 50. After more than two months of haggling, where the Social Democrats and the right-wing Liberals each sought to lead a new government, it was the 48-year-old Frederiksen who secured the necessary backing from parties in parliament. The government's immediate to-do list inclu

Jun 2, 2026By Reuters
Denmark's Frederiksen secures third term as prime minister
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Pentagon bars journalists from its press office, saying it has become a 'classified space'

NEW YORK — In another of a series of moves restricting media access at the Pentagon, the Defense Department has declared that its press office is now a classified space inaccessible to journalists. On X, acting Pentagon press secretary Joel Valdez confirmed the move, saying there was “nothing controversial” about it and that it came because speechwriters, who use classified material, were now occupying the space. “The Pentagon Press Office has been redesignated as a Sensitive Compartmented Information Facility due to speechwriters from the Office of the Secretary of War sharing the facility,” Valdez wrote. “These speechwriters routinely handle classified material … as a result, journalists will no longer be permitted to enter the office space. There’s nothing controversial about that.” The latest move, first reported by The Washington Post, took place against a backdrop of escalating tensions between the U.S. media and the second Trump administration, which has played out both in the public arena and at times in the courts. For many years, Pentagon reporters had credenti

Jun 2, 2026By AP
Pentagon bars journalists from its press office, saying it has become a 'classified space'
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Trump tells ABC News he thinks there will be an Iran deal 'over the next week'

U.S. President Donald Trump told ABC News on Monday that he thinks there will be a deal with Iran to extend the ceasefire and reopen the Strait of Hormuz "over the next week", according to a post from the outlet on X.

Jun 2, 2026By Reuters
Trump tells ABC News he thinks there will be an Iran deal 'over the next week'
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Trump: Iran talks advancing quickly; Israel, Hezbollah to stop attacks

WASHINGTON — U.S. President Donald Trump said Monday that peace talks with Iran are "continuing at a rapid pace," following reports that Tehran suspended negotiations with the United States in protest over Israel's intensifying attacks in Lebanon. Trump made the remarks in a social media post, saying that Israel and the Iran-backed Hezbollah militant group will not attack each other, citing his separate phone talks with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and Hezbollah representatives. Hours earlier, The Washington Post and other media outlets said that Tehran suspended negotiations with Washington due to Israeli strikes targeting the Hezbollah militants in Lebanon, complicating efforts to negotiate a peace deal to end the Middle East war. "Talks are continuing, at a rapid pace, with the Islamic Republic of Iran," Trump wrote on Truth Social. In a separate post, he explained his talks with the Israeli prime minister and Hezbollah officials. "I had a very productive call with Prime Minister Bibi Netanyahu, of Israel, and there will be no Troops going to Beirut, and any Troops that

Jun 2, 2026By Yonhap
Trump: Iran talks advancing quickly; Israel, Hezbollah to stop attacks
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Last call? States look to extend bar and restaurant hours during World Cup

PROVIDENCE, R.I. — World Cup fans in a growing number of U.S. cities won't have an issue finding a well-poured pint to go with their late-night match. State leaders across the U.S. are signing off on extending bar and restaurant hours during the world’s most-watched sporting event. They want to help businesses and improve fan experiences, particularly for those who may have been priced out of tickets. Others see the move as a last-ditch effort to boost sales as expectations for a World Cup economic boon have dampened. So far, Kansas, Missouri, New Jersey, Pennsylvania, Rhode Island and Washington — states either hosting World Cup matches or adjacent to the activity — have all approved various measures to extend hours for alcohol sales during the tournament. Similar proposals are being considered in New York and Massachusetts. The changes mean that closing time won’t come until 4 a.m. in Philadelphia during the World Cup and America 250 celebrations. In Kansas City, some bars can stay open as late as 5 a.m. Many of these changes are dependent on municipality approval, and no bus

Jun 2, 2026By AP
Last call? States look to extend bar and restaurant hours during World Cup
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Ceasefire very likely to end if Israeli attacks on Lebanon persist, Iranian TV says

DUBAI — A ceasefire agreed between Iran and the United States in early April is very likely to end if Israeli attacks on Tehran-backed Hezbollah in Lebanon persist, Iranian state TV said on Monday, without providing further details. Earlier, the Iranian state news agency Tasnim said Tehran was halting indirect negotiations with the U.S. after Israel ordered its troops to push deeper into Lebanon, complicating diplomatic efforts to end three months of war. Tasnim said the Islamic Republic's negotiating team was stopping exchanging messages with Washington through mediators over attacks on Lebanon, where the U.S.-Israeli war against Iran has reignited Israel's conflict with Hezbollah. There was no immediate confirmation of the reports from Iranian officials or comment from the U.S. or Israeli sides. The move reported by Tasnim poses a further obstacle to hopes of a swift end to the crisis, after Iran said it had attacked a U.S. air base following weekend U.S. strikes on Iranian military targets that put further strain on a fragile ceasefire. Oil prices rose more than $6 a barrel after the

Jun 2, 2026By Reuters
Ceasefire very likely to end if Israeli attacks on Lebanon persist, Iranian TV says
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US bombs Iranian military sites, then downs missiles Tehran fired at troops in Kuwait

DUBAI, United Arab Emirates — The United States said Monday that it bombed radar and drone sites in Iran after Tehran shot down an American drone over the weekend. Iran then said it targeted American soldiers in Kuwait with missiles, which the U.S. says it shot down. The nominal ceasefire between Iran and the U.S. has been repeatedly tested with such back-and-forth attacks, even as officials from both countries try to negotiate an end to the war. It’s not clear how close they are to a deal — and there is always the risk that an attack could derail those talks. In the meantime, Iran has maintained its chokehold on the Strait of Hormuz, disrupting global energy supplies and driving up the price of fuel around the world, with far-reaching consequences. A cargo ship came under attack off Iraq Monday afternoon, the British military said. Fighting has also escalated between Israel and the Lebanese militant group Hezbollah, despite their nominal ceasefire. Israel has extended its occupation deep into Lebanon, and Hezbollah — which joined the war in support of its main backer, Iran —

Jun 2, 2026By AP
US bombs Iranian military sites, then downs missiles Tehran fired at troops in Kuwait
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Nvidia launches new chip to bring AI directly to personal computers

TAIPEI — Nvidia on Monday unveiled a new chip that puts artificial intelligence capabilities directly into laptops and desktop computers, pitting it against the likes of Advanced Micro Devices, Intel and Apple. CEO Jensen Huang, who is in Taiwan for the Computex conference, said the RTX Spark PC chip is part of Nvidia's effort with Microsoft to "reinvent the PC" for the AI era after three years of collaboration between the companies. The chip, developed with Taiwan's MediaTek, will debut this fall in laptops and compact desktops from Dell , HP, Lenovo, ASUS, Microsoft Surface and MSI, with models from Acer and GIGABYTE to follow. Industry experts said the processor would overhaul engagement with AI as it is designed to run autonomous AI agents locally rather than relying solely on cloud computing. After dominating chips that train AI models, Nvidia is now pushing to capture an expected surge in demand for inference processors, chips that power AI responses to user queries and the agents built to handle routine tasks. By targeting PCs, Nvidia is betting on its scale and AI expertise to p

Jun 2, 2026By Reuters
Nvidia launches new chip to bring AI directly to personal computers
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EU health ministers to hold urgent talks on Ebola Friday

BRUSSELS, Belgium — EU health ministers will hold "extraordinary" online talks on Friday to discuss the Ebola outbreak in central Africa, an official said. Starting at 1 p.m., the ministers will "discuss further preparedness and coordination measures across member states," a spokesperson for Cyprus, which holds the EU's rotating presidency, said on Monday. Italian Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni had asked the EU for stricter border controls last week because of the outbreak — and had requested an urgent videoconference of health ministers. The issue will be discussed further at another, ordinary meeting of health ministers in Luxembourg on June 16 "to support coordinated action," the spokesperson added. The EU has previously said the risk to Europeans from Ebola is very low.

Jun 1, 2026By AFP
EU health ministers to hold urgent talks on Ebola Friday
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Moderna and other groups get $60 million to develop Ebola vaccine

Global health organisation CEPI will give roughly $60 million to Moderna and to two other groups to accelerate the development of shots against Ebola Bundibugyo, the deadly virus that has swept through eastern Democratic Republic of Congo. The Coalition for Epidemic Preparedness Innovations was one of the early investors that helped to develop a vaccine at the height of the COVID-19 pandemic. Richard Hatchett, head of CEPI, told Reuters it was possible to get vaccines against Ebola Bundibugyo ready for trials within a couple of months. There are no approved vaccines or treatments for Ebola Bundibugyo. "Every day counts in the race against this deadly disease,” Hatchett said. He also said the promise of vaccines on "a not infinitely distant horizon" should help to start conversations about who would buy it and fund any roll-out. But he cautioned vaccine development can be unpredictable and the challenging security situation in eastern Congo would make trials complex. The outbreak has caused 282 confirmed cases, including 42 deaths, and around 1,100 suspected cases, according to the Africa

Jun 1, 2026By Reuters
Moderna and other groups get $60 million to develop Ebola vaccine
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