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Vehicle plows into Iran pro-government rally, killing four in Mashhad
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The car's speed was restored to what the traffic police described, the sequence of the crash was corrected to match the reported order of events, and an unsupported vision detail was not added.
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Overnight in the northeastern Iranian city of Mashhad, a speeding car struck a gathering of government and armed forces supporters, leaving four dead and more than 10 injured.The driver, a 35-year-old man with a conditional license and medical restrictions, lost control after hitting another vehicle and barriers before entering the crowd.
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Overnight in the northeastern Iranian city of Mashhad, a car traveling at high speed struck a gathering of government and armed forces supporters, leaving four dead and more than 10 injured.The driver, a 35-year-old man with a conditional license and medical restrictions, collided with another vehicle and lost control before hitting barriers and traffic signs and entering the crowd.
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Vehicle plows into Iran pro-government rally, killing four in Mashhad
A detail appeared that no source reported
The car's speed was restored to what the traffic police described, the sequence of the crash was corrected to match the reported order of events, and an unsupported vision detail was not added.
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Overnight in the northeastern Iranian city of Mashhad, a speeding car struck a gathering of government and armed forces supporters, leaving four dead and more than 10 injured. The driver, a 35-year-old man with a conditional license and medical restrictions, lost control after hitting another vehicle and barriers before entering the crowd.
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Overnight in the northeastern Iranian city of Mashhad, a car traveling at high speed struck a gathering of government and armed forces supporters, leaving four dead and more than 10 injured. The driver, a 35-year-old man with a conditional license and medical restrictions, collided with another vehicle and lost control before hitting barriers and traffic signs and entering the crowd.
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Jean-Paul Rappeneau, director of Cyrano de Bergerac, dies at 94
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A film release date not found in any source was removed, and the César win was reattached to the year the sources actually give, 1991.
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The French filmmaker Jean-Paul Rappeneau died on Wednesday at age 94, his son announced.His 1990 film Cyrano de Bergerac, starring Gérard Depardieu, won 10 César awards including best film.
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The French filmmaker Jean-Paul Rappeneau died on Wednesday at age 94, his son announced.His film Cyrano de Bergerac, starring Gérard Depardieu, won 10 César awards including best film in 1991.
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Jean-Paul Rappeneau, director of Cyrano de Bergerac, dies at 94
A date or day was not supported by the sources
A film release date not found in any source was removed, and the César win was reattached to the year the sources actually give, 1991.
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The French filmmaker Jean-Paul Rappeneau died on Wednesday at age 94, his son announced. His 1990 film Cyrano de Bergerac, starring Gérard Depardieu, won 10 César awards including best film.
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The French filmmaker Jean-Paul Rappeneau died on Wednesday at age 94, his son announced. His film Cyrano de Bergerac, starring Gérard Depardieu, won 10 César awards including best film in 1991.
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Democracy activist Joshua Wong admits to seeking foreign support
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A phrase implying the sanctions push was a single event six years ago was changed to reflect that it began six years ago and continued, and 'overturn' was corrected to 'repeal' to match the sources' description of the campaign's goal.
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Wong, 29, acknowledged pushing for international sanctions against Beijing and Hong Kong officials in actions taken six years ago.He worked alongside fugitive ex-lawmaker Nathan Law Kwun-chung to obtain backing from overseas powers for efforts to overturn the national security law.
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Wong, 29, acknowledged pushing for international sanctions against Beijing and Hong Kong officials starting six years ago.He worked alongside fugitive ex-lawmaker Nathan Law Kwun-chung to obtain backing from overseas powers for efforts to repeal the national security law.
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Democracy activist Joshua Wong admits to seeking foreign support
A rewording changed the meaning of a source
A phrase implying the sanctions push was a single event six years ago was changed to reflect that it began six years ago and continued, and 'overturn' was corrected to 'repeal' to match the sources' description of the campaign's goal.
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Wong, 29, acknowledged pushing for international sanctions against Beijing and Hong Kong officials in actions taken six years ago. He worked alongside fugitive ex-lawmaker Nathan Law Kwun-chung to obtain backing from overseas powers for efforts to overturn the national security law.
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Wong, 29, acknowledged pushing for international sanctions against Beijing and Hong Kong officials starting six years ago. He worked alongside fugitive ex-lawmaker Nathan Law Kwun-chung to obtain backing from overseas powers for efforts to repeal the national security law.
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Russia faces German sanctions over attempted drone attack at airport
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Corrected 'drone strike' to reflect the sources' description of an attempted attack, and clarified that Putin called the sanctions a mistake rather than the broader diplomatic actions.
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Berlin has attributed last month's explosive-laden drone incident at a strategic airport to Moscow and is responding with diplomatic measures.The closures include Russia's consulate in Bonn and the Russian House cultural centre in Berlin, though Vladimir Putin dismissed the actions as a mistake.
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Berlin has attributed last month's explosive-laden drone incident at a strategic airport to Moscow and is responding with diplomatic measures.The closures include Russia's consulate in Bonn and the Russian House cultural centre in Berlin, though Vladimir Putin dismissed the sanctions as a mistake.
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Russia faces German sanctions over attempted drone attack at airport
A rewording changed the meaning of a source
Corrected 'drone strike' to reflect the sources' description of an attempted attack, and clarified that Putin called the sanctions a mistake rather than the broader diplomatic actions.
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Berlin has attributed last month's explosive-laden drone incident at a strategic airport to Moscow and is responding with diplomatic measures. The closures include Russia's consulate in Bonn and the Russian House cultural centre in Berlin, though Vladimir Putin dismissed the actions as a mistake.
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Berlin has attributed last month's explosive-laden drone incident at a strategic airport to Moscow and is responding with diplomatic measures. The closures include Russia's consulate in Bonn and the Russian House cultural centre in Berlin, though Vladimir Putin dismissed the sanctions as a mistake.
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Russia faces German sanctions over attempted drone attack at airport
A rewording changed the meaning of a source
Corrected 'drone strike' to reflect the sources' description of an attempted attack, and clarified that Putin called the sanctions a mistake rather than the broader diplomatic actions.
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Russia faces German sanctions over drone strike at airport
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Russia faces German sanctions over attempted drone attack at airport
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Ex-gang leader convicted of murder in Tupac Shakur killing
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A specific year for the killing that no source carried was removed and replaced with the sources' own description of the timing.
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A jury in Clark County, Nevada found Duane Davis guilty of first-degree murder for his role in the 1994 Las Vegas killing of hip-hop star Tupac Shakur in a drive-by shooting.Davis faces a maximum sentence of life without parole at his sentencing on October 13.Police long suspected Davis but lacked evidence to charge him until he publicly discussed the killing in media appearances and a 2019 memoir.
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A jury in Clark County, Nevada found Duane Davis guilty of first-degree murder for his role in the Las Vegas killing of hip-hop star Tupac Shakur in a drive-by shooting decades ago.Davis faces a maximum sentence of life without parole at his sentencing on October 13.Police long suspected Davis but lacked evidence to charge him until he publicly discussed the killing in media appearances and a 2019 memoir.
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Ex-gang leader convicted of murder in Tupac Shakur killing
A date or day was not supported by the sources
A specific year for the killing that no source carried was removed and replaced with the sources' own description of the timing.
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A jury in Clark County, Nevada found Duane Davis guilty of first-degree murder for his role in the 1994 Las Vegas killing of hip-hop star Tupac Shakur in a drive-by shooting. Davis faces a maximum sentence of life without parole at his sentencing on October 13. Police long suspected Davis but lacked evidence to charge him until he publicly discussed the killing in media appearances and a 2019 memoir.
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A jury in Clark County, Nevada found Duane Davis guilty of first-degree murder for his role in the Las Vegas killing of hip-hop star Tupac Shakur in a drive-by shooting decades ago. Davis faces a maximum sentence of life without parole at his sentencing on October 13. Police long suspected Davis but lacked evidence to charge him until he publicly discussed the killing in media appearances and a 2019 memoir.
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Former Israeli police official to run for Arab party in election
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The headline's description of Segalovitz as 'retired' was changed to 'former,' matching the sources; the October 27 election date already carried in the sources was preserved and 'october' in the headline was corrected to reflect that specific date is not named there.
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Retired Israeli police official to run for Arab party in October election
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Former Israeli police official to run for Arab party in election
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Newcastle United edge closer to £55m Lille forward acquisition as deadline looms
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The claim that the deal was set to close and the day it would close were softened and removed to match what the sources actually reported, and the description of the player's squad status was restored to the sources' own wording.
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Matias Fernandez-Pardo, 21, is set to join Newcastle in a move that could reach £55m before Tuesday's transfer window closure.The Belgian forward was sidelined by Lille last week with instructions to train separately from the squad.
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Matias Fernandez-Pardo, 21, is closing in on a move to Newcastle that could reach £55m before the transfer window closes.The Belgian forward was left out of Lille's squad last week and ordered to train away from the first-team squad.
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Newcastle United edge closer to £55m Lille forward acquisition as deadline looms
A rewording changed the meaning of a source
The claim that the deal was set to close and the day it would close were softened and removed to match what the sources actually reported, and the description of the player's squad status was restored to the sources' own wording.
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Matias Fernandez-Pardo, 21, is set to join Newcastle in a move that could reach £55m before Tuesday's transfer window closure. The Belgian forward was sidelined by Lille last week with instructions to train separately from the squad.
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Matias Fernandez-Pardo, 21, is closing in on a move to Newcastle that could reach £55m before the transfer window closes. The Belgian forward was left out of Lille's squad last week and ordered to train away from the first-team squad.
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Iran agrees to draft conditions for reopening Strait of Hormuz
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Restored the sources' precise wording on the U.S. stepping back from talks, corrected the attribution structure around Rezaei's remarks, and removed a traffic figure that was not properly tied to the strait's pre-war baseline.
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Iran has agreed to draw up a list of conditions for restoring normal shipping traffic through the Strait of Hormuz, mediators said, as diplomacy around the six-month-old war shifts toward reopening the waterway.Qatari Prime Minister and Foreign Minister Sheikh Mohammed bin Abdulrahman Al Thani met senior Iranian officials in Tehran on Thursday and said on X that he had underscored "the importance of respecting freedom of navigation in the Strait of Hormuz in accordance with international law," with the United States having stepped back from talks in favor of economic pressure.Mohsen Rezaei, secretary of Iran's Supreme National Security Council, said Iran was preparing the conditions after me
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Iran has agreed to draw up a list of conditions for restoring normal shipping traffic through the Strait of Hormuz, mediators said, as diplomacy around the six-month-old war shifts toward reopening the waterway.Qatari Prime Minister and Foreign Minister Sheikh Mohammed bin Abdulrahman Al Thani met senior Iranian officials in Tehran on Thursday and said on X that he had underscored "the importance of respecting freedom of navigation in the Strait of Hormuz in accordance with international law," with the United States having disengaged from talks in favor of an economic pressure campaign.Mohsen Rezaei, secretary of Iran's Supreme National Security Council, said Iran was preparing the condition
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Nepal and China halt flood rescues as new lake threatens to burst
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Removed the unsupported claim that most of the nearly 1,400 missing are tourists, and trimmed a detail about rescuers' activity that the source did not include.
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Rescue teams in Nepal and Tibet have suspended search operations at the site of Wednesday's catastrophic flooding and landslides, as officials warn that a newly formed lake could burst and unleash a second deluge.Nepal's overall death toll has risen to 469 people, with more than 1,300 people still missing, according to figures cited in one account. Another report put the toll at more than 470, with nearly 1,400 missing, most of them tourists.Chinese authorities say a lake formed by immense piles of debris near the epicentre of the disaster has begun overflowing toward the area where rescue crews were working, according to state broadcaster CCTV.China has said there is a high risk the lake co
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Rescue teams in Nepal and Tibet have suspended search operations at the site of Wednesday's catastrophic flooding and landslides, as officials warn that a newly formed lake could burst and unleash a second deluge.Nepal's overall death toll has risen to 469 people, with more than 1,300 people still missing, according to figures cited in one account. Another report put the toll at more than 470, with nearly 1,400 missing.Chinese authorities say a lake formed by immense piles of debris near the epicentre of the disaster has begun overflowing toward the area where rescue crews were working, according to state broadcaster CCTV.China has said there is a high risk the lake could burst in the coming
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Death toll rises to 157 in Nepal-Tibet flash floods as hundreds remain missing
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Removed five nationalities among the missing that no source named, and attributed the earthquake-landslide theory specifically to Nepal's foreign minister rather than to authorities generally.
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Rescue teams searched Wednesday for hundreds of missing people along the Nepal-Tibet border after flash floods and landslides killed at least 157 people, Nepali police said.More than 800 people remain unaccounted for, most of them tourists, according to authorities. The death toll is expected to rise.Nepal's Ministry of Tourism said 403 tourists, including 341 foreigners, had not been located hours after the disaster. The missing foreigners include 142 Indians along with people from Australia, the United Kingdom, Malaysia, the Netherlands, Portugal, South Africa, South Korea, Ukraine and the United States.Nepal's foreign minister, Shishir Khanal, said an earthquake likely caused a landslide
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Rescue teams searched Wednesday for hundreds of missing people along the Nepal-Tibet border after flash floods and landslides killed at least 157 people, Nepali police said.More than 800 people remain unaccounted for, most of them tourists, according to authorities. The death toll is expected to rise.Nepal's Ministry of Tourism said 403 tourists, including 341 foreigners, had not been located hours after the disaster. The missing foreigners include 142 Indians along with people from Australia, Malaysia and Portugal.Nepal's foreign minister, Shishir Khanal, said an earthquake likely caused a landslide that blocked a river, leading to the surge in water that produced the flooding.Nepal's disas
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Death toll rises to 157 in Nepal-Tibet flash floods as hundreds remain missing
A rewording changed the meaning of a source
Removed five nationalities among the missing that no source named, and attributed the earthquake-landslide theory specifically to Nepal's foreign minister rather than to authorities generally.
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Nepali authorities say an earthquake-triggered landslide may have blocked a river before flooding swept through villages, with over 800 people, mostly tourists, unaccounted for.
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Nepal's foreign minister says an earthquake-triggered landslide may have blocked a river before flooding swept through villages, with over 800 people, mostly tourists, unaccounted for.
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Apple sets September 9 event, first under incoming CEO John Ternus
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A sentence stating flatly what the event would unveil was softened back to analyst expectation, and the Samsung comparison was adjusted to match how the source phrased it.
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Apple has confirmed a launch event for September 9 at 1PM ET, to be held at the Steve Jobs Theater in Apple Park with a livestream also offered.Invitations carrying the tagline "Surprise and shine" went out on Wednesday, according to the event announcement.The gathering will be the first Apple product event under incoming chief executive John Ternus, who is scheduled to take over from Tim Cook on September 1.Analysts expect Apple to launch new iPhones and Apple Watches, including the company's first folding phone.Apple is also expected to refresh its Pro and Pro Max phone lines at the event.A photograph of an apparent dummy unit indicates the foldable device may use a wide form factor, simil
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Apple has confirmed a launch event for September 9 at 1PM ET, to be held at the Steve Jobs Theater in Apple Park with a livestream also offered.Invitations carrying the tagline "Surprise and shine" went out on Wednesday, according to the event announcement.The gathering will be the first Apple product event under incoming chief executive John Ternus, who is scheduled to take over from Tim Cook on September 1.Analysts expect Apple to launch new iPhones and Apple Watches, including the company's first folding phone.Apple is also expected to refresh its Pro and Pro Max phone lines at the event.A photograph of an apparent dummy unit indicates the foldable device may have a wide form factor simil
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Apple sets September 9 event, first under incoming CEO John Ternus
A cause was asserted that the sources did not state
A sentence stating flatly what the event would unveil was softened back to analyst expectation, and the Samsung comparison was adjusted to match how the source phrased it.
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The "Surprise and shine" event at Apple Park is expected to unveil new iPhones, Apple Watches and the company's first folding phone.
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The "Surprise and shine" event at Apple Park comes as analysts expect new iPhones, Apple Watches and the company's first folding phone.
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Meta settles teen social media addiction lawsuit with US states, adds safety limits
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A nationality attributed to an outlet, an overstated framing of the two-hour limit as a fixed mandatory cap, and an unsupported claim about a prior ban on cosmetic surgery filters were removed or corrected to match what the sources state.
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Meta Platforms has agreed to a settlement ending a lawsuit brought by dozens of US states accusing the company of designing Facebook and Instagram to be addictive for teenagers, state attorneys general said.Accounts of the settlement's total value differ. France 24 and the South China Morning Post put the figure at $17 billion, Reuters and CNA cited $18 billion, and a Brazilian outlet reported the fines total as US$16.68 billion.The states, 47 in total according to the attorneys general, accused Meta of deliberately engineering addictive features in Facebook and Instagram while deceiving the public about the harm to young users.Twenty-nine states sued Meta in 2023, including California, Colo
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Meta Platforms has agreed to a settlement ending a lawsuit brought by dozens of US states accusing the company of designing Facebook and Instagram to be addictive for teenagers, state attorneys general said.Accounts of the settlement's total value differ. France 24 and the South China Morning Post put the figure at $17 billion, Reuters and CNA cited $18 billion, and an outlet reported the fines total as US$16.68 billion.The states, 47 in total according to the attorneys general, accused Meta of deliberately engineering addictive features in Facebook and Instagram while deceiving the public about the harm to young users.Twenty-nine states sued Meta in 2023, including California, Colorado, Ken
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Tinubu orders rescue operation after mass kidnapping at Nigerian mosque
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A claim about attackers wearing military uniforms and raiding four villages, sourced only to an unverified non-English account, and an unsupported characterization of Tinubu's motive were removed.
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Nigerian President Bola Tinubu ordered security agencies to launch an immediate rescue operation after gunmen attacked worshippers at a mosque in Dekara village, Niger State, last Friday.Residents said roughly 600 women, children and older people were abducted in the raid. Local authorities said they were still trying to verify the exact number of people missing.An armed group later posted a video on Facebook and WhatsApp showing large groups of people seated in a forested area, surrounded by armed men. Children could be heard crying in the background.Armed men in military uniforms raided four villages in the area and attacked mosques during prayer time, according to accounts from the scene.
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Nigerian President Bola Tinubu ordered security agencies to launch an immediate rescue operation after gunmen attacked worshippers at a mosque in Dekara village, Niger State, last Friday.Residents said roughly 600 women, children and older people were abducted in the raid. Local authorities said they were still trying to verify the exact number of people missing.An armed group later posted a video on Facebook and WhatsApp showing large groups of people seated in a forested area, surrounded by armed men. Children could be heard crying in the background.The identity of the kidnappers has not been officially confirmed. Survivors identified them as jihadists linked to the Islamic State group.Tin
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Canada announces $20bn in retaliatory tariffs on US goods
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The claim of a flat 50% levy on US imports was corrected to reflect the tiered 15%, 25% and 50% duties described in sources, and the dek was adjusted to match.
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Canada announced retaliatory tariffs worth $20 billion on US goods on August 25, as the trade war between the two countries escalates.The tariffs amount to a 50% levy on hundreds of American imports, set to take effect from September 8.The move fulfills Prime Minister Mark Carney's earlier pledge to match United States tariffs "dollar for dollar."
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Canada announced retaliatory tariffs worth $20 billion on US goods on August 25, as the trade war between the two countries escalates.The tariffs impose duties of 15%, 25% and 50% on hundreds of American imports, set to take effect from September 8.The move fulfills Prime Minister Mark Carney's earlier pledge to match United States tariffs "dollar for dollar."
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Canada announces $20bn in retaliatory tariffs on US goods
A rewording changed the meaning of a source
The claim of a flat 50% levy on US imports was corrected to reflect the tiered 15%, 25% and 50% duties described in sources, and the dek was adjusted to match.
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Hundreds of US imports face 50% levies from September 8 as Canada matches US tariffs 'dollar for dollar'
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Hundreds of US imports face levies of up to 50% from September 8 as Canada matches US tariffs 'dollar for dollar'