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Varun Shetty

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  • Jul 25

    US measles outbreak worst in 35 years as 2026 case count surpasses 2025 total by July

    With 2,318 confirmed infections and five months remaining, 2026 becomes the worst year for measles in the United States since 1991, as vaccine hesitancy undercuts decades of progress.

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Moscow closes Germany's last door

AfD jolts Berlin as Lebanon truce frays and Miami crash disrupts flights

The day turned on borders, literal and political. Germany's far right forced Berlin to confront the weakness of its political firewall, while violence in Lebanon and the West Bank reminded diplomats how thin recent restraints look. A deadly cargo-plane overrun in Miami, migration pressure around Ceuta and a Chinese foldables push added the practical costs.

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    Expels ten Russian diplomats for Vienna Convention violations, ordering them to leave Budapest

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    Vows retaliation as Saudi officials promise a response to the Houthi drone and missile strikes that injured 73 civilians and disrupted energy infrastructure.

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European democracies and populism

No discrete occurrence this cycle; finding adds minority-government scenario and CDU state-branch mandate acknowledgment to coalition arithmetic.

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