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Asian Markets Retreat After Tech Losses Hobble Wall St

Profit-taking after recent surges in tech giants weighed on US and Asian markets
Asian markets mostly fell Friday following a broadly negative lead from Wall Street, where tech giants led a sell-off on profit-taking, while traders are on intervention watch as the yen retreats back towards a three-decade low.

New Tensions Between White House, Israeli PM

US National Security Council spokesman John Kirby said 'no other country is doing more' to help Israel defend itself
New tensions emerged this week between President Joe Biden's administration and Benjamin Netanyahu over the Israeli premier's criticism of US weapons deliveries -- comments the White House described Thursday as "vexing" and "disappointing."
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Canadian actor Donald Sutherland has died at the age of 88, his son announced

Actor Donald Sutherland Dead At Age 88

Donald Sutherland, the enigmatic actor whose lengthy career encompassed films including "The Dirty Dozen" and "The Hunger Games," has died, his son said Thursday.
Italian Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni insists the election success of her European Conservatives and Reformists (ECR) camp should be reflected in the carve-up of top EU positions

Meloni, Macron Camps Tussle Over EU Parliament Ranking

A far-right camp led by Italian premier Giorgia Meloni's party and a centrist rival linked to France's Emmanuel Macron are tussling over which emerges larger in the EU parliament once the dust settles from elections this month.
Police in the capital Nairobi fired tear gas at groups of protesters near parliament

Thousands Of Young Kenyans Protest Tax Hikes

Thousands of mostly young demonstrators took to the streets across Kenya on Thursday to protest tax hikes, blowing whistles and chanting slogans in a vivid show of anger by Gen-Z protesters against the government.
FDP Finance Minister Christian Lindner (L), Greens Economy Minister Robert Habeck (C) and Chancellor Olaf Scholz (R) of the SPD are locked in a budget dispute

Germany's Coalition In Impasse Over 2025 Budget

Chancellor Olaf Scholz's Social Democrats (SPD), the Greens and the liberal FDP, who came to power in 2021, have until July 3, the end of the current parliamentary term, to reach a compromise.
Putin received a rapturous reception in Pyongyang, embraced by Kim as he stepped off his plane

Putin In Hanoi After Inking N. Korea Defence Pact

Russian President Vladimir Putin begins a state visit to Vietnam on Thursday, a day after signing a mutual defence pact with North Korea's Kim Jong Un, who offered his "full support" on Ukraine.
For purposes of statistics, migrants from Muslim countries are grouped by US officials into a category labeled 'other'

In Tijuana, Shelter For Muslim Migrants On US Doorstep

From Algeria, Syria, Yemen and Afghanistan, citizens of distant, Muslim countries wait for US asylum at a shelter in the Mexican border city of Tijuana -- more used to seeing migrants from Latin America than the Middle East.
French Muslims complain of increasing discrimination

France's Muslim Voters Fear Far-right Election Win

Muslim voters are increasingly worried about the prospect of a far-right victory less than two weeks before France's snap parliamentary elections, fearing the possible restrictions that could follow.

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