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PANNONHALMA, Hungary (AP) – Tens of thousands of centuries-old books are being pulled from the shelves of a medieval abbey in Hungary in an effort to save them from a beetle infestation that could wipe out centuries of history. The 1000-year-old Pannonhalma Archabbey is a sprawling Benedictine monastery that is one
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Iran will react to any reimposition of United Nations sanctions over its nuclear program, the country’s foreign ministry spokesperson said on Monday, without elaborating on what actions Tehran might take. A French diplomatic source told Reuters last week that European powers would have to restore U.N. sanctions on
Films
In a bid to kick off a new era for DC Studios, James Gunn’s Superman opened with $122 million in US and Canada ticket sales over the weekend, according to studio estimates Sunday. DC and Warner Bros. had a lot riding on Superman. While the Walt Disney Co.’s
Sports
Chelsea coach Enzo Maresca insisted winning the Club World Cup meant as much as winning the Champions League after his side beat Paris Saint-Germain 3-0 in the final of the first edition of FIFA’s new competition on Sunday. “I have the feeling that this competition is going to be
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Two women died Sunday at a church in Lexington, Kentucky, in a shooting rampage that began when a state trooper was wounded after making a traffic stop, police said. The suspect in both shootings was also killed. The suspect carjacked a vehicle after the traffic stop near Lexington’s airport
Politics
US President Donald Trump said on Sunday he will send Patriot air defense missiles to Ukraine, saying they are necessary to defend the country because Russian President Vladimir Putin “talks nice but then he bombs everybody in the evening.” Trump did not give a number of Patriots he plans to
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Crews on Monday were expected to resume looking for victims of catastrophic flooding in Texas that killed at least 132 people after more heavy rains temporarily paused their search and rescue operations. Those efforts along the Guadalupe River were halted on Sunday after a new round of severe weather led
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An explosion at a residential building injured seven people in the Pardisan neighborhood of Qom city, Iran’s semi-official Fars news agency reported, going on to quote an unnamed source saying it was not the result of any Israeli attack. “Four residential units were damaged in the blast. Initial assessments
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The death toll from the ongoing clashes between Bedouin tribes and Druze fighters in southern Syria's Sweida region has risen to 37, a war monitor has said. The clashes are the first outbreak of deadly violence in the area since fighting between members of the Druze community and
Politics
US President Donald Trump told reporters on Sunday that talks are ongoing over Israel’s conflict in Gaza and he hopes for progress in the next week, even as ceasefire negotiations in Doha stalled. “Gaza — we are talking and hopefully we’re going to get that straightened out over the
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The probe into last month’s Air India Dreamliner crash in Ahmedabad city is “far from over,” CEO Campbell Wilson said in an internal memo on Monday, adding that the airline is open to further inquiries and warned against “premature conclusions.” The memo, seen by Reuters, comes after a preliminary
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Maritime agencies Diaplous and Ambrey said on Sunday they had ended their search for the remaining crew of the Eternity C cargo ship that was attacked by Yemen’s Houthi militants last week. The decision was made at the request of the vessel’s owner, both agencies said. The Liberia-flagged,
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Nigeria on Saturday slapped 44 Boko Haram jihadists with jail terms of up to 30 years for funding terrorist activities, a spokesman for a counterterrorism agency said. The convicted were among 54 suspects arraigned in four specially-constituted civilian courts set up at a military base in the town of Kainji
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Five children in southwestern Yemen died after an explosive device detonated in a residential area where they were playing football, rights groups and eyewitnesses said on Saturday. The circumstances surrounding their deaths on Friday night in Al-Hashmah subdistrict of Taiz province remain unclear. A spokesperson for the United Nations children’
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Iran’s foreign minister said Saturday that his country would accept a resumption of nuclear talks with the US if there were assurances of no more attacks against it, state media reported. Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi said in a speech to Tehran-based foreign diplomats that Iran has always been ready
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President Donald Trump has sent letters this week outlining higher tariffs countries will face if they don’t make trade deals with the US by Aug. 1. Some mirror the so-called “reciprocal” rates Trump unveiled against dozens of trading partners in April — the bulk of which were later postponed just