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Egypt announces new oil discovery in Western Desert

CAIRO, June 15 (Xinhua) -- Egyptian General Petroleum Corporation (EGPC) has made a new oil discovery in the Abu Sennan field in the Western Desert, the Egyptian Ministry of Petroleum and Mineral Resources announced on Sunday.

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UAE economy grows 4 pct in 2024, driven by non-oil sectors

DUBAI, June 15 (Xinhua) -- The United Arab Emirates (UAE) recorded a 4 percent real GDP growth in 2024, reaching 1.77 trillion dirhams (about 482 billion U.S. dollars), fueled primarily by robust expansion in non-oil sectors, the Ministry of Economy announced on Sunday.

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Estee Lauder Chairman Emeritus Leonard Lauder dies at 92

(Reuters) -Estee Lauder said on Sunday that its chairman emeritus, Leonard Lauder, died on Satuday at the age of 92.

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China Focus: China sees surge in culture-driven tourism

BEIJING, June 15 (Xinhua) -- A large-scale VR immersive experience, "The Recluse Dongpo," premiered at the Hainan Museum in May, attracting eager fans of the iconic Song Dynasty poet Su Shi to embark on a virtual journey through millennia of Chinese history.

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JCB, American Express contactless payments accepted at Beijing subway

BEIJING, June 15 (Xinhua) -- Beijing's urban rail transit system has made available contactless fare payments using overseas-issued JCB cards and both domestically and internationally-issued American Express cards, authorities said Sunday.

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China beats BiH again in women's basketball Asia Cup warm-ups

JINAN, June 15 (Xinhua) -- China registered another comfortable victory over Bosnia and Herzegovina (BiH) here on Sunday in the women's basketball warm-ups for the Asia Cup.

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Protesters against overtourism take to the streets of southern Europe

(Corrects number of new hotel beds in Venice in paragraph 7 to 1,500 (not 15,000)

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Israel and Iran trade strikes for a third day as nuclear talks are called off

DUBAI (AP): Israel unleashed airstrikes across Iran for a third day Sunday (June 15) and threatened even greater force as some Iranian missiles evaded Israeli air defenses to strike buildings in the heart of the country.

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Trump administration weighs adding 36 countries to travel ban, memo says

WASHINGTON (Reuters) -U.S. President Donald Trump's administration is considering significantly expanding its travel restrictions by potentially banning citizens of 36 additional countries from entering the United States, according to an internal State Department cable seen by Reuters.

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G7 leaders meet in Canada hoping to avoid Trump clash

BANFF, Alberta (Reuters): Group of Seven leaders gather in the Canadian Rockies on Sunday amid growing splits with the United States over foreign policy and trade, with host Canada striving to avoid clashes with President Donald Trump.

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Greenland is a European territory, says French foreign minister

PARIS (Reuters) -Greenland is a European territory and it is normal that Europe and France show their interest, French Foreign Minister Jean Noel Barrot told RTL radio on Sunday when asked about French President Emmanuel Macron's visit to the Arctic island.

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Thai PM Paetongtarn says govt has no plan to send back Cambodian workers

PM Paetongtarn says Thailand has no plan to deport Cambodian workers, stressing national interest and respect for human rights amid border tensions.

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Russia says it struck oil refinery that supplies Ukrainian army with fuel

MOSCOW (Reuters) -Russian forces carried out an overnight strike on the Kremenchuk oil refinery that supplies fuel to Ukrainian forces in the Donbas region, Russia's defence ministry said on Sunday.

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Americans don't see Supreme Court as politically neutral, Reuters/Ipsos poll finds

WASHINGTON (Reuters) -Americans are divided on major issues that the U.S. Supreme Court is due to rule on in the coming weeks, but most agree on one thing - neither Republicans nor Democrats see the nation's top judicial body as politically neutral, according to a Reuters/Ipsos poll.

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Russia hands over 1,200 war dead bodies to Ukraine

MOSCOW/KYIV (Reuters) -Ukraine has received the bodies of another 1,200 Ukrainian soldiers killed in the war with Russia, as part of agreements to exchange both prisoners of war and the dead, Ukrainian officials said on Sunday.

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U.S. officials survey Air India crash site, families continue to wait for bodies

AHMEDABAD, India (Reuters) -Officials from the U.S. National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB) surveyed the site of Air India plane crash that killed at least 271 people, sources said on Sunday, with families continuing to wait for DNA profiling results to identify charred bodies.

China

Chinese solar firms bank on overseas expansion to survive amid US tariffs

Some of the world's top solar firms are considering localising production in the US amid a worsening price war and geopolitical tensions

World

In Air India crash, canteen worker hopes for 'second miracle'

AHMEDABAD, India (Reuters) -Around 30 minutes before an Air India jet crashed into a college hostel in India, Ravi Thakor, the cook in the hostel canteen, and his wife stepped out to deliver lunchboxes - leaving behind their two-year-old daughter and his mother.

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Former French president Sarkozy stripped of Legion of Honour medal

PARIS (Reuters) -Former president Nicolas Sarkozy has been stripped of his Legion of Honour, France's highest distinction, after being convicted of corruption and influence peddling last year, according to a decree published in Sunday's Official Bulletin.

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'Hidden treasure': Rare Gandhi portrait up for UK sale

A rare oil painting of Indian independence leader Mahatma Gandhi, which is believed to have been damaged by a Hindu nationalist activist, is to be auctioned in London in July.