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Activist group Palestine Action has been proscribed under Britain's Terrorism Act

UK Arrests 200 Backing Banned Pro-Palestine Group

Police in London arrested at least 200 people Saturday for supporting Palestine Action at the latest and largest protest backing the group since the government banned it last month under anti-terror laws.

Greeks Count Cost Of Wildfire 'Tragedy' Near Athens

Over 200 firefighters had battled to keep the fire from threatening the coastal resorts dotting the coast of Attica
In the municipality of Palaia Fokaia, an hour's drive south of Athens, a typical bucolic Greek landscape of olive groves and hamlets was transformed by a raging Friday wildfire into a dystopia of blackened land and incinerated homes.
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Gold bars weighing either one kilogram or 100 ounces are now subject to reciprocal tariffs

Swiss Gold Refining Sector Hits US Tariff Mine

The first casualty of the imposition of a hefty 39-percent tariff on Swiss imports into the United States may be gold refining after it emerged certain gold bars would face the levy.
Bolivian presidential candidate Jorge "Tuto" Quiroga poses for a picture with supporters in La Paz on August 7, 2025

Bolivia Right-wing Presidential Hopeful Vows 'Radical Change'

One of the front-runners in Bolivia's upcoming presidential election, right-winger Jorge Quiroga, told AFP on Friday the country was poised for "radical change" after two decades of socialist rule marked in recent years by a severe economic crisis.
The United States has increased its bounty on Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro to $50 million

US Raises Bounty On Venezuela's Maduro To $50 Mn

The United States on Thursday doubled its bounty on Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro -- who faces federal drug trafficking charges and whose most recent election victory was not recognized by Washington -- to $50 million.

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