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Tupac Shakur murder trial begins 30 years after rapper's death

US had hottest month on record in July

Russia bars only anti-war party from elections

Colombia quake leaves 69 dead, with more trapped under rubble

Boeing to divest tech ventures for stake in air-taxi startup

Bookmap Announces Partnership with Plus500 to Expand Futures Trading Access

Drought dries major European rivers to record lows

Drought drys major European rivers to record lows

Major quake rocks Colombia and neighbors, 18 confirmed dead

Barcelona turn down PSG offer for Torres

Brazil aircraft maker Embraer raises outlook after record revenue

Buildings collapse as major quake rocks Colombia and neighbors

Drought forces water restrictions across nearly 70 percent of France

Meta releases new AI model as Zuckerberg lays out vision

India's island choke point

China’s lithography leap

China’s cartel lifeline

Australia limits migration

Sandy Hook families settle with gunmaker Remington over school massacre

The families of nine victims of the 2012 Sandy Hook school shooting have reached a settlement with Remington, the maker of the rifle used in the massacre, according to US court documents released Tuesday.

Prince Andrew settles sex assault lawsuit with Virginia Giuffre

Prince Andrew and his accuser Virginia Giuffre have settled a sexual assault lawsuit for an unspecified sum, according to a court filing Tuesday.

Virgin Galactic re-opens ticket sales for $450,000

Virgin Galactic, which last year flew its flamboyant founder Richard Branson to space, will re-open ticket sales to the general public starting Wednesday, for the sum of $450,000.

French case closed over plane attack that sparked Rwanda genocide

France's top court on Tuesday confirmed that a probe should be closed into the shooting down of a presidential plane that triggered the 1994 Rwanda genocide, ending a two-decade legal saga.

Footballer Sala felt pressure over transfer before plane death, inquest hears

Emiliano Sala felt under "a lot of pressure" to complete a transfer to the Premier League shortly before he died in a plane crash as he headed to his new club, an inquest heard on Tuesday.

Israel PM meets Bahrain king, Jewish community on landmark visit

Israeli Prime Minister Naftali Bennett met Bahrain's king on a landmark visit Tuesday to the small, oil-rich Gulf country, 17 months after they ended decades of tensions to normalise ties.

At new fraud trial, Navalny vows to fight on against Kremlin

Imprisoned Kremlin critic Alexei Navalny said Tuesday he would keep challenging Russia's leadership during the opening of a new fraud trial that could extend his jail term by more than a decade.

Musk gives 5 mn Tesla shares to unspecified charities

Tesla Chief Executive Elon Musk, considered the richest person in the world, has donated 5.04 million shares of his company to unspecified charities, according to a securities filing.

West sees 'positive signs' as Russia says some troops pull back

Western leaders said Tuesday they were seeing positive signs that Russia was looking to ease tensions over Ukraine, after Moscow announced it was pulling back some of the troops deployed on its neighbour's borders.

Honduran ex-president faces US extradition for alleged drug trafficking

Honduran ex-president Juan Orlando Hernandez, accused by Washington of ties with drug traffickers, vowed Tuesday to cooperate with domestic justice in a US bid to extradite him.

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