U.S. veterans arrive in Normandy for D-Day anniversary
Dozens of United States World War Two veterans arrived on Monday (June 3) at the airport of Deauville, in Normandy, welcomed with cheers by a crowd waiting on the tarmac.
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Displaced Israelis wonder if school will resume at home or in shelters
In dozens of northern Israeli towns and villages, evacuated under fire from Lebanon's Hezbollah group since Oct.7, officials hope daily rocket warning sirens will give way to school bells when the academic year starts on Sept 1. Zachary Goelman produced this report.
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Ishana Shyamalan talks working with her dad on film debut
It’s a family affair as father and daughter duo M. Night Shyamalan and Ishana Shyamalan team up for her directorial debut with the new film “The Watchers,” based on the novel by A.M. Shine. Ishana said the ability to work with her father was "wonderful."
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Russian wrestlers set on competing in Paris
While some Russian sports chiefs have said their athletes will not go to the Paris Games, members of the wrestling squad – a sport Moscow traditionally dominates in the Games – say they are bent on getting to Paris. Sheryl Peña reports.
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Pakistan's Imran Khan acquitted of leaking state secrets
A high court in Pakistan overturned jailed former Prime Minister Imran Khan's conviction on charges of leaking state secrets, his lawyer and his party said on Monday (June 3), but Khan will remain in prison for now due to a conviction in another case. Olivia Chan has more.
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Arrest after Romania's Israeli embassy petrol bombed
Armed police stood guard outside Israel's embassy in Romania's capital on Monday (June 3) after a man threw a petrol bomb at the building. Israel's ambassador to Romania Reuven Azar said Romanian security forces and police had acted quickly to apprehend the suspect, identified by local media as a 34-year-old foreign citizen.
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South Africa election: the ANC's coalition conundrum
South Africa looks set for its first coalition government since the end of apartheid with the ruling African National Congress's potential partners offering wildly different views on how to lead the continent's most advanced economy. David Doyle has more.
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'We were making history': D-Day veteran, 80 years on
Ahead of its 80th anniversary, Royal Navy veteran Fred Ayton was told he was "making history" when he set off across the English Channel on the eve of D-Day, a momentous point in the fight against Nazi Germany for someone who was "only a kid". Olivia Chan has more.
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Sheinbaum storms to victory as Mexico's first female president
Claudia Sheinbaum, a Nobel Prize-winning climate scientist, will become Mexico's first female president after winning a landslide election victory and promising to continue the work of her mentor and outgoing leader Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador. Sean Hogan reports.
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Jubilant send-off for US WWII veterans heading to France
A celebratory goodbye occurred at the Atlanta Hartsfield-Jackson International Airport on Sunday, (June 2) as
veterans prepared to depart for France to participate in ceremonies marking the 80th anniversary of D-Day.
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'We got here together': Mexico's Sheinbaum thanks all women
Claudia Sheinbaum won a landslide victory (June 2) to become Mexico's first female president, inheriting the project of her mentor and outgoing leader Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador whose popularity among the poor helped drive her triumph.
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Young Europeans reflect on 20 years of EU membership
Hundreds of millions of European Union citizens will be able to vote on June 6-9 to choose the 720 members of the next European Parliament. Young Europeans reflect on past promises and future hopes for the bloc, two decades since most of the countries in Central and Eastern Europe joined the EU in 2004. Ilan Rubens has more.
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Indian markets surge on bets of Modi election win
Indian shares set records, the rupee gained and bonds yields dropped in Monday (June 3) opening trade as exit polls pointed to a third term and sizeable mandate for Prime Minister Narendra Modi, with investors eyeing public spending to maintain economic momentum. Gabe Singer reports.
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Zelenskiy meets Philippine's Marcos Jr in Manila
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy thanked his Philippine counterpart on Monday (June 3) for Manila's participation in a high-level peace summit later this month, describing it as a "very strong signal" towards achieving peace in his war-torn nation.
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Lizzo, Cyndi Lauper join West Hollywood Pride parade
Thousands of people turned out on Sunday (June 2) in West Hollywood, one of the best-known LGBTQ communities in the United States, for their annual Pride parade.
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Sheinbaum declared Mexico's first woman president
Mexico's ruling party declared Claudia Sheinbaum the winner of the presidential election by a "large margin" after polls closed on Sunday, putting her on course to be the country's first woman president. Gabe Singer reports.
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N. Korea to stop sending trash balloons, for now
North Korea said on Sunday (2 June) it would stop sending balloons carrying trash over the border to South Korea but vowed to resume the practice if anti-North Korean leaflets are flown over again from the South. Gabe Singer reports.
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South Africa leader urges unity as ANC support dives
President Cyril Ramaphosa called on South Africa's political parties to work together for the good of the country as final results from last week's election confirmed his African National Congress had lost its majority for the first time. Angela Johnston reports.
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Netanyahu aide: Israel accepts Biden's Gaza plan
An aide to Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu confirmed on Sunday (June 2) that Israel had accepted a framework deal for winding down the Gaza war now being advanced by U.S. President Joe Biden, though he described it as flawed and in need of much more work. Alex Cohen has the story.
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Mexican voters expected to elect first woman president
Mexican voters experienced long lines on Sunday (June 2) to cast ballots in a historic election expected to make leftist Claudia Sheinbaum, the ruling party candidate, the country's first woman president.
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Zelenskiy dominates Asia security conference
Ukrainian President Volodmyr Zelenskiy's unscheduled appearance at Asia's biggest security conference, the Shangri-La Dialogue in Singapore, dominated proceedings on Sunday (June 2). He thanked Washington for allowing Kyiv to use the U.S.-made High Mobility Artillery Rocket System (HIMARS) in the Kharkiv region, but added that it was not enough.
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Drone video shows extent of southern Germany floods
Parts of southern Germany remained submerged on Sunday (June 2) after heavy rain in recent days caused severe flooding, especially in the states of Bavaria and Baden-Wuerttemberg.
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Rescue efforts underway after Istanbul building collapse
Surveillance video obtained by Reuters shows the moment a building collapsed onto a street in southern Istanbul on Sunday (June 2) as people waited to board a bus nearby. Rescuers dug through rubble to search for survivors, footage released by the city's fire department showed.
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North Korea sends more trash balloons to the South
North Korea sent some 600 balloons carrying trash into South Korea overnight, Seoul said on Sunday (June 2), in Pyongyang's latest move to rile its rival neighbor. Vanesse Chan reports.
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China lands on moon's far side in historic mission
The landing of China's uncrewed spacecraft on the far side of the moon elevates the country's space power status in a global rush to the moon, where countries including the United States are hoping to exploit lunar minerals to sustain long-term astronaut missions and moon bases within the next decade. Lauren Anthony reports.
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