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Zelenskyy says Ukraine may face 'very difficult choice' as U.S. gives deadline on peace plan

Ukraine may face a hard choice at a pivotal point in its almost four-year fight to defeat Russia's full-scale invasion, President Volodymyr Zelenskyy told Ukrainians in a national address Friday, pledging to hold constructive discussions with Washington on a U.S. peace proposal in what he called "truly one of the most difficult moments in our history."
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Poland rail explosion shows Europe still struggling to respond to Russia’s shadow war

When Poland announced that an explosion damaged a railway track leading to Ukraine this week, Prime Minister Donald Tusk was quick to declare it was an unprecedented act of sabotage designed to cause catastrophe.
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Mexico City plans exhumation of 6,600 bodies in search for disappeared

Mexico City began a project this week to exhume and identify thousands of bodies from an area of common graves in a municipal cemetery as part of a multi-agency strategy to deal with its growing list of people registered as disappeared.
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89 civilians killed in Islamic State-linked rebel attacks in east Congo: UN force

Islamic State-linked rebels have killed 89 civilians in multiple attacks in eastern Democratic Republic of Congo's Lubero territory, the United Nations peacekeeping mission in the Central African country said on Friday.
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Why Canada is winning the travel trade war with the U.S.

U.S. President Donald Trump’s divisive politics, tariffs and heightened border security have helped drive a decline in international tourism spending in the U.S. Meanwhile, polls and industry experts suggest a surge of Canadian patriotism and perceptions of Canada as a safe and friendly destination helped drive a record-breaking summer for tourism in the country.