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Kurdish group PKK says it is laying down arms and disbanding

  • News source: BBC News - World
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The Kurdish group has waged a 40-year insurgency against Turkey, but has now said it will dissolve itself.
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Zelensky challenges Putin to meet him after Trump demands Ukraine-Russia talks

  • News source: BBC News - World
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"I will be waiting for Putin in Türkiye on Thursday. Personally," the Ukrainian leader writes after Trump urged him to "have the meeting, now!"
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U.S. and China agree to slash reciprocal tariffs in major step toward easing trade war

  • News source: Jennifer Jett | NBC News
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The United States and China said Monday they had agreed to a 90-day pause on most of the tariffs they have imposed on each other since last month, in a major step toward easing a trade war between the two powers that has rattled the global economy.

U.S. tariffs on Chinese imports will be cut to 30% from 145%, while China’s levies on U.S. imports will be cut to 10% from 125%, the two countries said in a joint statement.

The announcement comes after the two countries met in Geneva, Switzerland, over the weekend to discuss the mounting tariffs, which...
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US and China agree to slash tariffs for 90 days

  • News source: BBC News - World
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US Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent says both countries will lower their reciprocal tariffs by 115% for 90 days.
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India great Kohli retires from Test cricket

  • News source: BBC News - World
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Legendary India batter Virat Kohli retires from Test cricket with immediate effect.
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White House and Qatar discuss transfer of luxury jet for Air Force One

  • News source: BBC News - World
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Qatar says a deal for "temporary use" of the plane is under negotiation, amid media reports of a gift.
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Elon Musk's regulatory troubles have begun to melt away in Trump's second term

  • News source: David Ingram | NBC News
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Tech billionaire Elon Musk’s regulatory problems have started to fade into the past.

Since the start of the second Trump administration, federal agencies that had scrutinized Musk and his business empire in recent years have begun to look a lot different. At the Department of Agriculture, for example, President Donald Trump fired the person who had been investigating the Musk company Neuralink. At other agencies including the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau, Trump and Musk have tried to slash the number of employees — potentially hobbling those...
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New York's Suffolk County approves law punishing convicted animal abusers if they own pets

  • News source: FOX News
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Legislators in Suffolk County, New York, strengthened an animal cruelty law by making it a crime for convicted animal abusers to own pets.

The county legislature voted last week to establish a Class A misdemeanor for people on the county's convicted animal abuser registry found to be owning pets, according to the New York Post. The new addition to the law carries penalties of up to a year in jail or a $1,000 fine.

This expands on a law the legislature enacted in 2010 that created an animal abuse registry, which requires convicted animal abusers to...
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India-Pakistan top military officials to speak as ceasefire holds

  • News source: BBC News - World
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Both nations have ceased hostilities since the announcement of the ceasefire on Saturday but say they remain vigilant.
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Poland accuses Russia of arson over 2024 shopping centre fire

  • News source: BBC News - World
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Donald Tusk says the massive Warsaw blaze was "for sure" ordered by the Russian special services.
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Trump administration fires top copyright official days after firing Librarian of Congress

  • News source: Matt O'brien | The Associated Press
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The Trump administration has fired the nation’s top copyright official, Shira Perlmutter.
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These household items have gotten pricier since Trump's tariffs announcement, new report finds

  • News source: Natalie Wu, CNBC
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Not every day is a good day for Barbie, if prices for dolls in the U.S. keep rising amid President Donald Trump's tariff policy announcements.

A series of household items including leggings, Barbie dolls power drills and washing machines have increased in price since Trump initially announced a sweeping set of global tariffs on April 2, according to an industry note issued by the Telsey Advisory Group on Tuesday.

Between April 16 and April 30, the price of a Target-exclusive Barbie doll increased by nearly 43% to $14.99, up from $10.49, Telsey...
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Anti-abortion provider measure in Trump's 'big, beautiful bill' could spark House GOP rebellion

  • News source: FOX News
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FIRST ON FOX: A measure in President Donald Trump's "big, beautiful bill" aimed at cracking down on federal payments for abortion providers could run into a buzzsaw of opposition from moderate House Republicans.

House Energy & Commerce Committee Chairman Brett Guthrie, R-Ky., held a conference call with GOP lawmakers on Sunday night unveiling his panel's portion of the Republican reconciliation bill.

During the question and answer portion of the call, Rep. Mike Lawler, R-N.Y., asked for clarity on several aspects, including a provision to make...
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Schumer calls on Transportation Secretary Duffy to 'immediately fix' Newark Airport situation

  • News source: FOX News
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Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer, D-N.Y., is demanding U.S. Transportation Secretary Sean Duffy "immediately fix the situation at Newark Airport," following a stretch of travel mishaps and chaos.

"When people hear about radar screens just going dark, traffic controllers who cannot talk to planes, technology that is seemingly working no better than tin cans, they do not think this is a story about the Trump administration’s FAA, but that is what is so scary: this story is real and this story is dangerous. This situation is also unacceptable,"...
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Trump promises executive order to lower cost of medications

  • News source: Politics - CBSNews.com
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President Trump says he'll sign an executive order on Monday that, if implemented, he says could bring down the costs of some medications. It is an attempt to revive a program he tried and failed to implement during his first term.

The order Mr. Trump is promising will direct the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services to tie what Medicare pays for medications administered in a doctor's office to the lowest price paid by other countries.

"I will be instituting a MOST FAVORED NATION'S POLICY whereby the United States will pay the same price as...
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