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U.S. Democratic vice presidential candidate Minnesota Governor Tim Walz and Democratic presidential candidate and U.S. Vice President Kamala Harris talk at the campaign bus, as Harris and her running mate Walz make a four-stop bus tour of western Pennsylvania before heading to Chicago for the Democratic National Convention, in Rochester, Pennsylvania, U.S., August 18, 2024.
U.S. Democratic vice presidential candidate Minnesota Governor Tim Walz and Democratic presidential candidate and U.S. Vice President Kamala Harris talk at the campaign bus, as Harris and her running mate Walz make a four-stop bus tour of western Pennsylvania before heading to Chicago for the Democratic National Convention, in Rochester, Pennsylvania, U.S., August 18, 2024.

Pro-Palestinian DNC convention delegates seek Israel arms embargo

CHICAGO (Reuters) – Dozens of Muslim delegates and their allies, angry at U.S.

U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken waves as he disembarks from his plane, in Tel Aviv, Israel, August 18, 2024

Blinken arrives in Middle East seeking Gaza ceasefire

TEL AVIV (Reuters) – U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken arrived in Tel Aviv on Sunday on another Middle East tour to push for a ceasefire in Gaza but Hamas raised doubts about the mission just hours after he landed by accusing Israel of undermining his efforts.

Russia denies report about indirect talks with Ukraine

MOSCOW (Reuters) – Russia on Sunday denied a report that Ukraine’s attack on the Kursk region had derailed indirect talks with Kyiv on halting strikes on energy and power targets, saying there had been no talks with Kyiv about civilian infrastructure facilities.

EU public health body raises mpox risk alert level

(Reuters) – The European Centre for Disease Prevention and Control (ECDC) on Friday raised its risk level for mpox, a day after global health officials confirmed the first infection with a new strain of the virus outside Africa, in Sweden.

Paetongtarn Shinawatra elected youngest Thai PM

BANGKOK (Reuters) – Thailand’s parliament elected political neophyte Paetongtarn Shinawatra as its youngest prime minister on Friday, only a day after she was thrust into the spotlight amid an unrelenting power struggle between the country’s warring elites.

Biden, Harris hail Medicare drug price cuts that will save billions

LARGO, Maryland/WASHINGTON, (Reuters) – The United States has negotiated down the prices of 10 top-selling prescription drugs used by Medicare by as much as 79%, hoping to save $6 billion in the first year as part of a plan hailed yesterday by President Joe Biden with the aim to ease anger about high prices ahead of November elections.

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