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Colorado State continues to forecast four major hurricanes in 2025

11 Jun 2025

HOUSTON (Reuters) -Colorado State University meteorologists on Wednesday left unchanged their closely-watched forecast for an above-average 2025 Atlantic hurricane season, which began on June 1, from their release in April. The outlook continues to expect four major hurricanes, with sustained winds of 111 miles per hour (178.6 km/h), among a total of nine hurricanes out …

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Russia flies bomber planes over Baltic for first time since Ukrainian drone attacks

11 Jun 2025

By Mark Trevelyan (Reuters) -Russia sent Tu-22M3 long-range bomber planes on a flight over the Baltic Sea on Wednesday, the defence ministry said, in the first such mission since Ukraine carried out a stunning June 1 attack on air bases in Siberia and the far north. A number of Tu-22M3 and Tu-95MS bombers were destroyed …

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China’s embassy in UK accuses NATO of ‘smearing and scapegoating’

11 Jun 2025

BEIJING (Reuters) -China firmly opposes NATO’s “smearing and scapegoating” of China, its embassy in Britain said on Wednesday in response to remarks NATO Secretary General Mark Rutte made about Beijing’s military build-up earlier this week. NATO should correct its “misperception” of China, stop peddling its “security anxiety” and “using China as an excuse for its …

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Kenya’s Ruto says blogger died at hands of police, shifting official account

11 Jun 2025

NAIROBI (Reuters) -Kenyan President William Ruto said on Wednesday that a blogger arrested last week had died “at the hands of the police”, reversing official accounts of his death in the latest case to draw scrutiny to the actions of the country’s security services. Ruto urged caution in drawing conclusions from the death of blogger …

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Pro-Israel rabbi and Trump-linked pastor visit Syria, say peace is possible

11 Jun 2025

By Timour Azhari BEIRUT (Reuters) -Peace between Syria and Israel is “very possible”, a Trump-linked evangelical Christian pastor said after he and a pro-Israel American rabbi held talks this week with Syria’s Islamist leader Ahmed al-Sharaa at the presidential palace in Damascus. Rev. Johnnie Moore, a White House adviser during President Donald Trump’s first term, …

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China calls for building up consensus with US after ‘candid’ trade talks

11 Jun 2025

BEIJING (Reuters) -China’s Vice Premier He Lifeng said China and the United States should strengthen consensus and maintain communication, state news agency Xinhua reported on Wednesday, after the two countries agreed to get a delicate trade truce back on track. U.S. and Chinese officials, including He, concluded two days of negotiations in London on Tuesday …

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Iran threatens to strike US bases in region if military conflict arises

11 Jun 2025

DUBAI (Reuters) -If nuclear negotiations fail and conflict arises with the United States, Iran will strike American bases in the region, Defence Minister Aziz Nasirzadeh said on Wednesday, days ahead of a planned sixth round of Iran-U.S. nuclear talks. “Some officials on the other side threaten conflict if negotiations don’t come to fruition. If a …

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