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US House speaker says he will send housing bill to Trump on Monday

U.S. House Speaker Mike Johnson told Fox News on Sunday that he will send a housing affordability bill passed by Congress to President Donald Trump on Monday."It's passed by both chambers. I'm sending it to him on Monday, and it will become law," Johnson said on Fox News' "Sunday Morning Futures" p…

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Earthquake of magnitude 4.1 strikes southern Portugal

A 4.1 magnitude earthquake struck southern Portugal's tourist region of the Algarve on Sunday but did not appear to cause any injuries or damage, the country's sea and atmosphere institute (IPMA) said.The southern Lisbon region and the Azores archipelago lie in a seismically active zone marking the…

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Pakistan watchdog suspends Geo News for 15 days over 'offensive' religious broadcast

By Ariba ShahidPakistan's media regulator has suspended the broadcast licence of television channel Geo News for 15 days over content aired during a programme marking Muharram, one of the most sensitive periods in the Islamic calendar.The regulator said Geo News aired "religious visualisations" dur…

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Eleven people killed in plane crash in northeastern France

By Christian HartmannEleven people, including a pilot and 10 parachutists, were killed when a small plane crashed in the northeastern French town of Tomblaine on Sunday, narrowly missing nearby homes as their families watched, officials and a witness said.The aircraft, used by a parachuting school…

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Record heatwave disrupts Europe as France warns death toll to rise

By Makini Brice, Francesca Landini and Dave GrahamTemperatures hit 40 degrees Celsius (104 degrees Fahrenheit) in parts of Europe on Sunday as storms moved into other areas, with France reporting 1,000 excess deaths during the record-breaking heatwave.The French public health agency said most of th…

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Egypt lines up four state-owned companies for privatisation, cabinet says

Egypt has granted four state-owned companies preliminary listings as part of the government's privatisation programme, the cabinet said on Sunday.Three are from the petroleum sector — Engineering for Petroleum and Chemical Industries (ENPPI), Egyptian Linear Alkyl Benzene Company (ELAB) and Petrole…

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French authorities responding to incident involving civilian aircraft

Authorities were responding to an incident involving a civilian aircraft in the town of Tomblaine in northeastern France on Sunday, the local prefecture said.Newspaper L'Est Republicain reported a plane that was transporting a group of skydivers had crashed.

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Three firefighters killed, 2 injured in Snyder wildfire on Utah-Colorado border

Three firefighters have been killed and two injured while responding to the Snyder wildfire burning along the Utah-Colorado border, the U.S. Wildland Fire Service said.Colorado's governor Jared Polis declared a disaster emergency response to the fire on Saturday, authorizing the Colorado National G…

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As Supreme Court's term nears its end, three major Trump rulings due

By Will DunhamThe U.S. Supreme Court is expected to wrap up its current term in the coming days, with several major cases yet to be decided, including three involving Donald Trump's far-reaching assertion of presidential powers, two important election-related cases and one involving a crackdown by…

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Hungary's Paks nuclear plant likely to cut output further in heatwave

Hungary's Paks nuclear power plant is likely to reduce output by an additional 320 MW on Sunday because of the high temperature of the Danube River that it uses as a coolant, the government said on its website.* Government says daily temperature record of 39.9 degrees Celsius likely to be broken on…

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Egypt lists four state-owned companies as part of privatisation programme, cabinet says

Egypt has listed four state-owned companies as part of the government's privatisation programme, the cabinet said on Sunday.Three are from the petroleum sector — Engineering for Petroleum and Chemical Industries (ENPPI), Egyptian Linear Alkyl Benzene Company (ELAB) and Petroleum Marine Services — w…

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Key Volkswagen shareholder pitches producing China car models in Germany

Volkswagen XETR:VOW could secure jobs in Germany if it produced auto models there that it currently develops in China, the premier of the German state of Lower Saxony, a major shareholder, was quoted as saying.Lower Saxony premier Olaf Lies made his remarks to German news agency DPA following repor…

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