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Bayrou resigns as French PM, Macron seeks successor

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 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 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.

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Miners Anglo American, Teck to forge copper giant

Miners 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.

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ICC hears harrowing details as Kony war crimes hearing opens

ICC 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

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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Aid flotilla activists say determined to reach Gaza despite 'drone attack'

Aid flotilla activists say determined to reach Gaza despite 'drone attack'

Activists on a Gaza aid flotilla that alleged it was targeted by a "drone attack" off Tunisia overnight said Tuesday they remained "determined" to reach the war-ravaged Palestinian territory.

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EU clamps down on food waste, fast fashion

EU clamps down on food waste, fast fashion

EU lawmakers gave a final green light Tuesday to a law on slashing back the mountains of food wasted in Europe each year, and curbing the environmental impact of so-called fast fashion.

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Stocks climb eyeing US rate cuts, political changes

Stocks climb eyeing US rate cuts, political changes

Stock markets mostly rose and gold hit a record high Tuesday as traders balanced expectations of cuts to US interest rates with political shakeups in Japan and France.

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Merz ramps up pressure on EU over electric car shift

Merz ramps up pressure on EU over electric car shift

German Chancellor Friedrich Merz called Tuesday for "more flexibility" from the EU in the transition to electric cars as resistance grows over plans to phase out combustion-engine vehicle sales by 2035.

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