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NAIROBI, Kenya (AP) — Kenya and Britain on Tuesday agreed to resume military training in the East African nation after a delay in signing a new defense cooperation agreement that were largely attributed to Kenyan legislators’ concerns about protecting nearby communities. Neither government commented on allegations of human rights violations involving British soldiers during previous training exercises. Kenya’s foreign affairs minister, Musalia Mudavadi, said the government welcomed the decision to […]

LONDON (AP) — Scientists have reacted with alarm to news that the British government will cut funding to the world-famous radio telescope at the Jodrell Bank Observatory, a UNESCO World Heritage Site in northwest England that has been helping explore the cosmos for almost 70 years. Government funding body U.K. Research and Innovation announced Monday that it will no longer fund the Lovell telescope, whose 250-foot-wide (76-meter-wide) parabolic reflecting bowl […]

BEIJING (AP) — Teams recovering bodies from a landslide this month in southwestern China have identified 30 more victims over the past week to bring the overall toll in Chongqing to 41 dead with 20 people still missing, authorities said Tuesday. Ten people also were injured on July 17 when massive amounts of rock and soil washed down a slope and buried at least 10 residential buildings as well as […]

MADISON, Wis. (AP) — A tornado that touched down in northeastern Wisconsin and remained on the ground for more than 20 minutes hollowed out homes, tossed around cars and toppled power lines as it left the area a splintered mess. There have been no reports of deaths or missing people caused by the twister that carved a path of destruction Monday through the Fox Cities region, which includes Appleton, Menasha […]

July 28 (Reuters) – Michigan health officials reported 9,680 cases of cyclosporiasis on Tuesday, an increase of 427 cases since their last update a day earlier, as the intestinal infection outbreak grows. The outbreak in Michigan has resulted in 160 hospitalizations, according to the state’s health department. No deaths have been reported. Cyclosporiasis, caused by the cyclospora parasite, can be contracted by consuming food — typically raw fruits and vegetables […]

By Marc Jones LONDON, July 28 (Reuters) – The artificial intelligence boom could make it significantly harder for central banks to judge the state of the economy and set interest rates, as the technology simultaneously boosts both demand and supply, the Bank for International Settlements said on Tuesday.  In a bulletin on the economic implications of AI, the central bank umbrella group said policymakers face an unusually difficult task as […]

July 28 (Reuters) – Shein’s U.S. operations are under investigation by the U.S. Federal Trade Commission, the fast-fashion e-commerce platform said in the documents relating to its Hong Kong IPO that were published by Hong Kong’s stock exchange on Sunday. (Reporting by Sherin Sunny in Bengaluru; Editing by Shreya Biswas) Brought to you by www.srnnews.com

By Jason Lange WASHINGTON, July 28 (Reuters) – American leftists aligned with the democratic socialist movement have been defeating moderate Democrats in primary elections this year but large swaths of the country still don’t know what the movement stands for, according to a new Reuters/Ipsos poll. Michigan Democrat Abdul El-Sayed, who says he is a progressive candidate and not a socialist, will face moderate Democrat Haley Stevens next Tuesday in […]

WASHINGTON (AP) — The Federal Reserve is expected to keep its key interest rate unchanged when it meets Tuesday and Wednesday, but chair Kevin Warsh is under increasing pressure to hike rates soon, a move that could provoke ire from President Donald Trump, who appointed him. The Iran war has reignited, pushing oil and gas prices higher — a trend that will worsen inflation in the coming months. Soaring investment […]