Nepal protesters set parliament ablaze as PM quits
Nepali youth protesters set parliament ablaze on Tuesday as the veteran prime minister obeyed furious crowds to quit, after one of the deadliest crackdowns in years in which at least 19 people were killed.
Read moreRussian attack kills 24 in Ukraine during pension distribution
A Russian strike on Tuesday killed 24 people waiting for pension payments in a front-line town of eastern Ukraine where Russian forces are massing forces for a large-scale offensive, officials said.
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Stocks climb as US rate cut hopes counter political shakeups
Stock markets mostly rose while gold hit a record high on Tuesday, with expectations of US rate cuts to bolster the world's biggest economy outweighing political shakeups in Japan and France.
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Romo abandons Vuelta after protest crash incident
Spanish cyclist Javier Romo abandoned the Vuelta a Espana during stage 16 on Tuesday just days after a crash amid a disturbance caused by a pro-Palestinian protestor.
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Bayrou resigns as French PM, Macron seeks successor
Prime Minister Francois Bayrou submitted his resignation to President Emmanuel Macron on Tuesday after France's parliament ousted the government, with the French leader under pressure to find a successor in a deepening political crisis.
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Ethiopia inaugurates Africa's biggest dam, drawing Egyptian protest
Ethiopia inaugurated the continent's largest hydroelectric project on Tuesday in what Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed called a "great achievement for all black people", but it drew a protest to the United Nations from downstream nation Egypt.
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Brazil's Supreme Court begins voting in Bolsonaro verdict
Brazil's Supreme Court began Tuesday to deliberate on a verdict in the coup-plot trial of former far-right president Jair Bolsonaro against a backdrop of pressure from his supporters and US President Donald Trump.
Read moreMiners Anglo American, Teck to forge copper giant
British mining group Anglo American and Canadian peer Teck Resources announced Tuesday plans for a multi-billion-dollar merger, with copper in strong demand as the world transitions to cleaner energy and artificial intelligence.
Read moreICC hears harrowing details as Kony war crimes hearing opens
Villages torched, young girls forced into sexual slavery, women abandoning babies to flee for their lives: the International Criminal Court Tuesday heard harrowing stories of atrocities allegedly committed by Joseph Kony's Lord's Resistance Army in Uganda.
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Russia kills 21 in east Ukraine during pension distribution, Zelensky says
A Russian strike on Tuesday killed 21 people during the distribution of pension payments in a frontline town of eastern Ukraine threatened by Moscow's push to capture the entire industrial region.
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