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CAIRO, June 16 (Reuters) – The Islamic State claimed responsibility on Tuesday for an attack on a Syrian interior ministry camp in the city of Raqqa that killed one member of the security personnel a day earlier. Syria’s Interior Ministry said on Monday that one of its security personnel had been killed as its forces thwarted an attack by two Islamic State militants on a command headquarters of the country’s […]

NEW YORK (AP) — Some of the most promising young filmmakers in the movie business are arriving in Hollywood already experts at entertaining audiences and going viral. The twin sensations of “Obsession” and “Backrooms” — both by 20-something YouTubers-turned-filmmakers — has put a new spotlight on an increasingly well-trod path to the director’s chair. Hollywood executives are scouring platforms like YouTube, TikTok and Instagram to find the next Steven Spielberg. […]

NEW YORK (AP) — Days before “Obsession” opened in theaters, its 26-year-old director, Curry Barker, made a bet with his manager and agent. They said if the movie opened above $20 million, they would all get tattoos. “Obsession” fell just short. It debuted with $17 million. They were still thrilled. Barker made the horror film with just $750,000. It was enormously successful. But then something unexpected happened. The following weekend, […]

COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) — Republican Gov. Mike DeWine said Tuesday that Ohio should abolish the death penalty, saying it is no longer a deterrent to violent crime, confirming his change of heart on the policy he helped write as a state legislator 45 years ago. The term-limited governor has repeatedly postponed scheduled executions in the state. He said during a news conference that federal and state data indicates the death […]

By Will Dunham WASHINGTON, June 16 (Reuters) – Taking a fresh look at data involving a specific type of stellar explosion, a team of researchers says it has confirmed the long-accepted notion that the universe is expanding at an accelerated rate – the very observation that led to the identification in the 1990s of an enigmatic cosmic force called dark energy. The study’s results rebut research published last year that […]

By Nidal al-Mughrabi and Ebrahim Hajjaj CAIRO/GAZA, June 16 (Reuters) – An Israeli strike killed at least two Palestinians in the central Gaza Strip, health officials said, as residents of an area in the north of the enclave fled their homes after Israeli forces expanded their control in the territory. Medics said an Israeli strike near a residential building in the Nuseirat refugee camp, in the central Gaza Strip, killed […]

By Camillus Eboh ABUJA, June 16 (Reuters) – Nigeria has put hundreds more suspected Islamist militants on trial in its latest round of mass prosecutions, as authorities step up efforts to tackle a long-running insurgency, Attorney-General Lateef Fagbemi said on Tuesday. Africa’s top oil producer is grappling with a 17-year insurgency led by Boko Haram and Islamic State West Africa Province (ISWAP) in the country’s northeast. The conflict has killed […]

BEIJING, June 16 (Reuters) – China on Tuesday issued a revised prevention and control plan for the Ebola epidemic, requiring close contacts of Ebola cases to undergo tracking and quarantined medical observation and laying out more stringent monitoring protocols for medical institutions and customs.  • The National Disease Control and Prevention Administration revised the plan after recent Ebola outbreaks in the Democratic Republic of the Congo and Uganda, the administration […]

PARIS, June 16 (Reuters) – G7 leaders called on Tuesday for a strong and coordinated response to the Ebola outbreak in Congo, urging other nations to dedicate resources in a bid to ensure the virus remains contained to as small an area as possible. “We continue to closely monitor the situation as it evolves, along with our partners, to ensure that this dangerous virus does not spread, including across borders,” […]