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X under French probe for algorithm manipulation

12 Jul 2025 | 12:37 PM

Paris/Sacramento, July 12 (UNI) Citing algorithm manipulation for enabling foreign interference, and unwarranted data extraction, the Paris prosecutor's office announced yesterday that the social media platform X is under investigation by French police.

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EU wants to prolong Russia-Ukraine war: Former Ukrainian politician

12 Jul 2025 | 12:03 PM

Moscow, July 12 (UNI) In a scathing criticism of the European Union, Ukrainian opposition political Viktor Medvedchuk of the now banned Opposition For Life Party, said that the bloc has a vested interest in prolonging the war in Ukraine to maintain power, and it is also drawing the United States into a trade war with Russia.

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NASA’s Axiom 4 crew to return to Earth next week

12 Jul 2025 | 11:54 AM

Washington, July 12 (UNI) The fourth private astronaut flight to the International Space Station(ISS) is scheduled to depart the orbiting laboratory on July 14 and return to Earth, NASA said in a statement yesterday.

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China's Tianzhou-9 cargo craft transported to launch site

12 Jul 2025 | 10:38 AM

Wenchang, July 12 (UNI) The combination of the Tianzhou-9 cargo craft, tasked with carrying supplies to China's space station, and a Long March-7 carrier rocket was vertically transferred to the launch site on Saturday, according to the China Manned Space Agency (CMSA).

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Cameroon to hold presidential election on Oct. 12

12 Jul 2025 | 9:33 AM

Yaounde, July 12 (UNI) Cameroon will hold its presidential election on Oct. 12, according to a decree signed Friday by President Paul Biya.

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9 killed after gunmen intercept passenger bus in SW Pakistan

12 Jul 2025 | 12:25 AM

Islamabad, July 11 (UNI) At least nine passengers were abducted and shot dead after gunmen intercepted at least two buses in Pakistan's southwestern Balochistan province, the spokesperson of the provincial government confirmed on Friday.

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Israeli commanding officer killed in S. Gaza

12 Jul 2025 | 12:15 AM

Jerusalem, July 11 (UNI) The Israel Defense Forces (IDF) said in a statement on Friday that a combat commanding officer was killed in an incident in the southern Gaza Strip.

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US appeals court rejects plea deal with 9/11 mastermind, co-defendants – Filing

12 Jul 2025 | 12:10 AM

Washington, July 11 (UNI) A US appeals court on Friday dismissed a plea deal that would have allowed the perpetrators of the September 11 terrorist attacks, including mastermind Khalid Sheikh Mohammed, to exchange the death penalty for life imprisonment without parole.

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Four injured in Cessna plane crash in Philippines

11 Jul 2025 | 11:56 PM

Manila, July 11 (UNI) Four people, including a flight instructor, were injured after a four-seater Cessna 172 plane crashed into a farmland in Zambales province, northwest of Manila, on Friday morning, aviation authorities said.

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Death toll from Indonesia's Bali Strait ship sinking rises to 17

11 Jul 2025 | 11:37 PM

Jakarta, July 11 (UNI) The death toll from the sinking of a passenger ship in Indonesia's Bali Strait rose to 17 on Friday, as search teams shifted their focus to the possibility of accessing the sunken vessel.

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98 killed, 185 injured as monsoon rains wreak havoc in Pak

11 Jul 2025 | 11:34 PM

Islamabad, July 11 (UNI) Torrential monsoon rains and flash floods have claimed at least 98 lives and left 185 others injured across Pakistan since June 26, the National Disaster Management Authority (NDMA) said on Friday.

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5 killed, 4 injured as vehicle plunges into gorge in NW Pakistan

11 Jul 2025 | 11:32 PM

Islamabad, July 11 (UNI) At least five people were killed and four others injured when a pickup plunged into a deep gorge in Pakistan's northwestern Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province on Friday, local rescue officials said.

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US pressures Africa to accept Venezuelan deportees: Nigerian FM

11 Jul 2025 | 11:30 PM

Abuja, July 11 (UNI) Nigerian Minister of Foreign Affairs Yusuf Tuggar has said that Washington is exerting "considerable pressure" on African countries, including Nigeria, to accept Venezuelan nationals being deported from the United States, some of whom are directly from prison.

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