Days before President Donald Trump said he would help Afghan evacuees who fled their country and were stuck in the UAE, cables reveal the Emirati government had already begun returning them to Afghanistan. The U.S. Forest Service is struggling to cope with an increase in wildfires, as cuts under the Trump administration hit home. And scientists are analyzing Antarctica's oldest ice with hopes to reveal more about the Earth's climate and atmospheric record.
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Syria, Japan, Coke sugar and equal pay in women’s sports
Residents say no gunfire heard Sunday morning in Syria's Sweida. Japan's exit polls show a defeat for the ruling party coalition in the upper parliament. The fight for equal pay in U.S. women's basketball is on court, while in the UK a female footballer reaches a milestone. Plus, Trump's push for Coke to use cane sugar.
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Wegovy and the future of childhood obesity
Teenagers in the United States are using Wegovy and other weight-loss drugs at quickly rising rates. On this special episode of Reuters World News, we look at the decisions facing parents and children in the battle against childhood obesity.
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Damascus, Powell, immigration and a Mars rock
A U.S.-brokered ceasefire takes hold in Syria as the interim president promises to protect the rights of the Druze minority. Trump says he's not planning to fire Fed chair Jerome Powell. Trump's approval rating on immigration drops to its lowest point. And the biggest piece of Mars ever to make it to earth sells for a record $5.3 million.
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Epstein, Air India, ‘Japanese First’ party and three-person IVF
U.S. President Donald Trump orders the release of grand jury documents in the Epstein case. A cockpit voice recording from the Air India flight that crashed last month suggests the captain cut the flow of fuel to the plane's engines. An upstart far-right party is gaining ground ahead of elections this weekend in Japan. And the three-person IVF technique that spared eight children from inherited diseases.
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