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Putin signs off record Russian defense spending as top E.U. officials visit Kyiv

Around 32.5% of the budget posted on a government website Sunday has been allocated for national defense, up from a reported 28.3% this year.
Vladimir Putin
Vladimir Putin

Magic can’t save 'Harry Potter' star Rupert Grint from a $2.3 million tax bill

The U.K.'s tax agency said Grint had wrongly classed $5.7 million in residuals from the movies as a capital asset rather than income, which is subject to a much higher tax rate.
Image: Rupert Grint
Image: Rupert Grint
5h ago

China blasts US arms sale to Taiwan, President Lai’s U.S. transit

China, which views democratically governed Taiwan as its own territory, strongly dislikes President Lai Ching-te, calling him a “separatist.”
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Canada's Trudeau meets with Trump in Mar-a-Lago amid tariffs threat

Trump said last week that one of his first executive orders would be to hit neighbors Canada and Mexico with a blanket 25% tariff.
Image: Justin Trudeau
Image: Justin Trudeau

Liverpool takes on Man City with defending champs looking to turn around their season

Liverpool unexpectedly sit eight points clear of freefalling Man City heading into this game.
Erling Haaland of Manchester City 
 and Mohamed Salah of Liverpool
Erling Haaland of Manchester City 
 and Mohamed Salah of Liverpool
1d ago

U.K. farmers furious over changes they say would force many to go under

Thousands of farmers packed into London streets around Britain’s Parliament to protest changes to tax rules.
British farmers massed in London on Tuesday for protests against controversial government plans to change inheritance tax rules for land ownership, which they claim threatens to break up the sector and hit food production.
British farmers massed in London on Tuesday for protests against controversial government plans to change inheritance tax rules for land ownership, which they claim threatens to break up the sector and hit food production.
1d ago

What to know about sudden rebel gains in Syria’s 13-year war and why it matters

The surge in fighting has raised the prospect of another violent front reopening in the Middle East, at a time when U.S.-backed Israel is fighting Hamas in Gaza and Hezbollah in Lebanon, both Iranian-allied groups.
Image: SYRIA-CONFLICT-JIHADISTS
Image: SYRIA-CONFLICT-JIHADISTS
2d ago

Insurgents breach Syria's second-largest city in a bid to reignite long-simmering war

The fighting is a significant escalation since rebels launched a surprise offensive earlier this week, seizing towns and villages as they cut a path toward Syria’s second-largest city.
Image: syria conflict smoke aleppo
Image: syria conflict smoke aleppo
2d ago

British lawmakers back assisted dying bill after emotional debate

The bill would allow mentally competent adults with fewer than six months to live to request and receive help to end their lives in one of the biggest social reforms in a generation.
UK lawmakers will debate vote today, on whether to advance divisive and emotive legislation to allow assisted dying for terminally ill people in England and Wales.
UK lawmakers will debate vote today, on whether to advance divisive and emotive legislation to allow assisted dying for terminally ill people in England and Wales.
2d ago

Brew with a view: Starbucks opens shop overlooking Korean DMZ

One of the world’s most recognizable symbols of capitalism opens a coffeehouse overlooking the Cold War’s final frontier.
Starbucks With A View of North Korean Village
Starbucks With A View of North Korean Village
2d ago

It started with Elon. Now there’s another celebrity Musk in China: His mother.

Maye Musk, 76, a model and dietitian, is a frequent visitor to China, where the public is curious to know more about the woman who raised their business idol.
Model Maye Musk Releases Her First Book - A Woman Makes A Plan
Model Maye Musk Releases Her First Book - A Woman Makes A Plan

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