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US ends cap on local TV station owners amid concerns of media consolidation
Critics say the 39 percent cap was a safeguard against excessive concentration of media ownership in the US.
Vinicius Jr extends Real Madrid deal to 2032, ending transfer speculation
The 26-year-old Brazil international had been linked with a move to English champions Arsenal.
Israeli attacks wound eight in Lebanon despite Rome talks
Israel launches strikes on southern Lebanon's Tyre as third day of the seventh round of US-brokered talks concludes.
How fragile is Lebanon’s uneasy peace?
Israel goes on the attack after the first soldiers are killed since ceasefire began two months ago.
US Senator McConnell says he’s been discharged from rehabilitation centre
Republican senator has not been seen in public since mid-June, sparking criticism of transparency over his condition.
Israeli settler charged over Palestinian activist’s killing
Israeli prosecutors have charged a settler with “reckless manslaughter” in the killing of prominent Palestinian activist
Deadly explosion on minibus near Damascus
Two people were killed and 13 injured when an explosion ripped through a minibus in Jaramana, southeast of Damascus.
US diplomat Rubio targets Cuban military officials, companies in sanctions
US says the five entities and eight individuals sanctioned help Cuba acquire military equipment from Russia and China.
Fire engulfs earthquake housing site in Turkiye
A fire broke out at a workers' accommodation camp at a construction site for earthquake housing in Hatay, Turkiye.
WHO chief: Ebola outbreak in DRC spreading at ‘unprecedented rate’
The world's fastest-growing Ebola outbreak has killed 1,751 people in DR Congo.