Iran's morality police resume headscarf patrols, state media says
Iran's morality police will resume patrols to make women comply with strict Islamic dress codes, state media reported Sunday, 10 months after the death of a young woman in their custody triggered nationwide protests.
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China's economy grows 6.3% in Q2 compared with low base
China's economy expanded by 6.3% in the second quarter from a year ago because of a low base, the National Bureau of Statistics said on Monday, with momentum slowing following a strong reopening in the first quarter.
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Crucial deal on Ukraine grain exports on the brink of expiring
A crucial deal allowing the export of grain from Ukraine is set to expire Monday unless Russia agrees to an extension.
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Putin says Russia has 'sufficient' cluster munitions and may retaliate if Ukraine uses them
Russia has a stockpile of cluster munitions and will consider using them against Ukraine "if they are used against us," President Vladimir Putin said.
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Three Israeli civilians wounded, one seriously, in West Bank shooting
One Israeli man was seriously wounded and two young girls were hurt in a shooting in the West Bank, the Israel Defense Forces (IDF) and Israeli emergency services said Sunday.
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Large-scale rescue operation recovers 7 bodies after flooding traps cars in South Korea tunnel
Rescue workers pulled seven bodies from vehicles trapped in a flooded underpass in central South Korea, authorities said Sunday, after days of torrential rain caused landslides and flash floods that have killed at least 33 people.
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Inside the school teaching North Korean defectors how to live in the outside world
This school is supposed to prepare North Korean defectors for the real world. But some say it does little to help -- and the system needs an overhaul.
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John Kerry steps into searing China heat as world's two biggest polluters try to fix fractured ties
When John Kerry heads to Beijing Sunday for a long-awaited trip to restart climate negotiations, the US climate envoy will step off the plane into one of the hottest summers ever recorded in the Chinese capital.
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Limited battlefield progress hasn't spooked western allies, Kyiv says
Despite an underwhelming first month of Ukraine's much-anticipated summer push to liberate territory from Russian forces, Kyiv says its Western backers are not pressuring the country for quick results.
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Over 100 people trapped for several hours in mystery writer Agatha Christie's former home
Over 100 people were trapped for several hours in Greenway, the former home of famed British mystery writer Agatha Christie, in the English countryside on Friday.
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Israeli PM Benjamin Netanyahu admitted to hospital for medical evaluation
The Prime Minister of Israel Benjamin Netanyahu arrived "a short time ago" at the Sheba Medical Center Saturday, according to his office.
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Another twist in the 40-year-old missing 'Vatican girl' case
The case of Emanuela Orlandi, the 15-year-old daughter of a Vatican employee who went missing in Rome 40 years ago, has taken another twist as her brother dismissed what he described as a "shameful" attempt by the Vatican and Rome prosecutors to cast blame on the family by suggesting a dead uncle was behind the teenager's unsolved disappearance.
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