Deadly fire engulfs home warehouse in the Philippines

MANILA — At least 15 people were killed after a fire broke out at a house that was being used as a factory in the Metro Manila area on Thursday, CNN affiliate CNN Philippines reported, citing local authorities.Marcelo

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At least 73 dead after fire tears through South Africa building housing migrants

JOHANNESBURG — At least 73 people have died and dozens more were injured after a fire tore through a five-story building in central Johannesburg which housed “hundreds” of informal settlements.Authorities

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Florida takes stock in Storm Idalia's aftermath

HUDSON — When the rain started to get really bad, Brent Berzett and David Hickmon sought refuge on their houseboat.Their floating home in Hudson, about an hour north of Tampa, certainly wasn't the

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Super blue Moon: Rare spectacle set to light up skies

LONDON — The biggest and brightest Moon of the year will be visible on Wednesday and Thursday from around the world.It will be a rare chance to see what is known as a blue supermoon — the last one

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Nagorno-Karabakh: 'People are fainting queuing up for bread'

YEREVAN — They call it the Road of Life, as it is the only route connecting 120,000 ethnic Armenians living in Azerbaijan's Nagorno-Karabakh region with the Republic of Armenia.But for nearly nine

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Army officers say they are taking power in Gabon

LIBREVILLE — Army officers have appeared on national television in Gabon to say they have taken power.They said they were annulling the results of Saturday's election, in which President Ali Bongo

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Eminem tells Republican Vivek Ramaswamy to stop rapping his songs

IOWA CITY — Rap star Eminem has asked aspiring Republican presidential candidate Vivek Ramaswamy to stop using his songs.The letter comes more than a week after the biotech entrepreneur delivered an

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India Club in London: Iconic restaurant to shut after 70 years

MUMBAI — The place is nondescript; if you don't look for it, you may not find it. And yet, for over 70 years, many Indians in London have sought it out, looking for familiar flavors and faces —

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Putin tells Indian PM Modi he will not attend Delhi summit

NEW DELHI — Russian President Vladimir Putin has told Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi that he will not attend the G20 Summit in Delhi next month.India is hosting this year's summit, which will

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Thai poultry farmer loses his 36th defamation suit

BANGKOK — Three Thai human rights campaigners have been found not guilty of criminal defamation over social media posts.Poultry businessman Chanchai Pheamphon accused the women of posting comments in

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France to ban the wearing of abayas in schools, fueling accusations of Islamophobia

PARIS — France will ban schoolchildren from wearing abayas ahead of the upcoming academic year, the government has said, the latest in a series of contentious restrictions in the country on clothing

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Trump faces March 4 trial just a day before Super Tuesday

WASHINGTON — Donald Trump, seeking a return to the White House in 2024, already had a crammed political calendar. Now, with multiple legal dramas set to unfold, it is approaching the point of pure chaos.A

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Air traffic control ‘failure’ hits UK airports

LONDON — Air passengers across Europe faced delays on Monday on one of the summer’s busiest travel days after the UK’s air traffic control system suffered a “technical issue” resulting in restrictions

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Japan complains to China over Fukushima abuse calls

TOKYO — Japan has complained to China after local businesses and institutions were inundated with abusive phone calls over the Fukushima plant discharge.The calls come from numbers with Chinese dialling

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Taliban stop female students leaving Afghanistan to study in Dubai

KABUL — "After the Taliban shut universities for women, my only hope was to get a scholarship which would help me study abroad," says 20-year-old Afghan student Natkai.Natkai's name has

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Protests erupt in Libya over contact with Israel

TRIPOLI — Libya's PM has suspended his foreign minister after she met informally with her Israeli counterpart.Libya does not recognize Israel, as Tripoli backs the Palestinian cause, and the meeting

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SpaceX capsule docks at space station carrying 4 astronauts from 4 countries

FLORIDA —Astronauts aboard a SpaceX Crew Dragon capsule docked Sunday at the International Space Station (ISS), concluding a one-day trip to rendezvous with the orbiting laboratory after launching from

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Wagner boss Prigozhin confirmed dead in plane crash — Moscow

MOSCOW — Wagner chief Yevgeny Prigozhin has been confirmed dead after genetic analysis of bodies found in Wednesday’s plane crash, Russian officials say.The Investigative Committee (SK) said the identities

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Jacksonville shooting: Racist gunman kills three black people in Florida store

JACKSONVILLE — A gunman killed three black people in a racially motivated attack then killed himself in Jacksonville, Florida, the city’s sheriff said.The man, described as white and in his early 20s,

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Taliban ban women from visiting popular national park

KABUL — The Taliban government have banned women from visiting the Band-e-Amir national park in Bamiyan province.Afghanistan’s acting Minister of Virtue and Vice Mohammad Khaled Hanafi said women had

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Ukrainian fighter ace and two other pilots killed in mid-air crash

KYIV — One of Ukraine’s most celebrated fighter pilots and two other airmen have been killed in a mid-air crash.Andrii Pilshchykov won fame taking part in dogfights over Kyiv during the early phase

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Trump campaign raises $7.1m following historic Georgia mugshot

ATLANTA, Georgia — Donald Trump’s election campaign says it has raised $7.1m (£5.6m) since his police mugshot was taken at a prison in Atlanta, Georgia, on Thursday.Much of the money comes from merchandise

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Wagner mercenaries must swear allegiance to Russia — Putin

MOSCOW — President Vladimir Putin has called on all employees of Wagner and other Russian private military contractors to take an oath of allegiance to the Russian state.The decree applies to anyone

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Daesh and affiliates still a threat in conflict zones, UN counter-terrorism officials report

NEW YORK — Despite successful international counter-terrorism initiatives, the extremist group Daesh and its affiliates continue to pose a serious threat in conflict zones and neighboring countries,

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New global fund ‘welcome boost’ to safeguarding biodiversity

GENEVA — A new global environmental fund marks a major step towards securing the wellbeing of biodiversity in developing countries and will help to ensure sustainable utilization of their natural resources,

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Kremlin calls accusations it killed Wagner boss Prigozhin an 'absolute lie'

MOSCOW — Russia denied it was involved in the Wednesday plane crash that may have killed Wagner boss Yevgeny Prigozhin, calling such speculation "an absolute lie."Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov

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UK asylum seeker jailed for stabbing housemate with bread knife

NOTTINGHAM — A man who stabbed his housemate in the side of the head and neck while shouting "I will kill you" has been jailed.Yehya Mahdi told police he drank 12 cans of beer and armed himself

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Conflict in Sudan could tip the region into humanitarian catastrophe, UN warns

GENEVA — With cross-border displacement nearing the one million mark, a protracted conflict in Sudan could tip the entire region into a humanitarian catastrophe, UN humanitarian chief Martin Griffiths

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Donald Trump surrenders in Georgia election subversion case

ATLANTA — Donald Trump surrendered Thursday at the Fulton County jail on more than a dozen charges stemming from his efforts to reverse Georgia’s 2020 election results, the fourth time this year the

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India is on the moon’: Pride and joy as lunar landing burnishes country’s image

NEW DELHI — Indians around the world have united with pride and excitement after the South Asian nation on Wednesday became the first country to soft-land a spacecraft on the moon’s unexplored South

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Malka Leifer: Israeli ex-principal jailed for sexually abusing Australian students

SYDNEY — An Israeli former principal will spend up to 15 years in jail for sexually assaulting two students at an ultra-Orthodox Jewish school in Australia.Malka Leifer raped and indecently assaulted

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Israeli Arabs demand action over spike in murders linked to organized crime

JERUSALEM — Israeli Arab groups are calling for an emergency session of the country's parliament, after the latest series of murders within the community.Four men were shot dead in the Arab town

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Mar-a-Lago IT manager implicates Trump in classified files case

WASHINGTON — Former US President Donald Trump has been implicated by one of his employees in a classified documents case, according to a court filing.Yuscil Taveras, an IT director identified as Trump

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Chandrayaan-3: India's Moon lander aims for historic lunar south pole landing

DELHI — India is looking to make history on Wednesday with its third lunar mission set to land on the Moon.If Chandrayaan-3 is successful, India will be the first country to land near the Moon's

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Greece wildfires: Eighteen bodies found in Greek forest

ATHENS — Eighteen bodies have been found in a forested area of northern Greece hit by wildfires for the past four days, the Greek fire service says.Initial reports suggest those who died may have been

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Wagner making Africa more free, Prigozhin says in first video address since coup attempt

LONDON — Wagner chief Yevgeny Prigozhin has appeared in his first video address since his failed mutiny in Russia, which suggests he is in Africa.The BBC has not been able to verify where the video was

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Hilary moves through western US with historic amount of rainfall

LOS ANGELES — Hilary has triggered flooding, heavy rains and powerful gusts across parts of the western US and Mexico, transforming streets into raging rivers and forcing some residents to flee, and

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Thaksin Shinawatra: Divisive ex-PM returns to Thailand after 15 years

BANGKOK — Former prime minister Thaksin Shinawatra has returned to Thailand after 15 years in exile, hours ahead of a vote that determines who will be the country's next leader.Thailand's most

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Flooding from Storm Hilary cuts off Palm Springs in California

NEW YORK — Tropical Storm Hilary, which has hit California with life-threatening floods, has also cut off the state’s desert town of Palm Springs.As of Monday morning, major roads in and out of Palm

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Leftist leads Ecuador presidential poll count amid spike in violence

QUITO — Left-winger Luisa Gonzalez is leading in Ecuador's presidential election overshadowed by the assassination of one of the candidates.With nearly 80% of the votes counted, electoral officials

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UK nurse Lucy Letby to be sentenced for murdering seven babies

LONDON — Nurse Lucy Letby is due to be sentenced after being found guilty of murdering seven babies, making her the UK's most prolific child serial killer in modern times.The 33-year-old was also

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Building a digital army: UN peacekeepers fight deadly disinformation

NEW YORK — With smartphones, editing apps, and innovative approaches, some UN peacekeeping operations across the world are building a “digital army” aimed at combating mis- and disinformation on

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Bridging troubled waters amid deluge, drought in the US

WASHINGTON — A global approach to tackle the ongoing water crisis is needed as vulnerable communities in the United States face historic deluge and drought — issues very much in the spotlight at the

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Russia’s lander experiences ‘emergency situation’ while approaching lunar surface

MOSCOW — The Luna 25 spacecraft reported an “emergency situation on board,” Russia’s space agency, Roscosmos, said on Saturday.An incident occurred as the spacecraft was trying to enter a pre-landing

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Hurricane Hilary heads for Mexico and California

WASHINGTON — An impending storm could cause “life-threatening” flooding in Mexico and the south-western United States, the US National Hurricane Center has warned.Hurricane Hilary is moving towards

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Taiwan detects 42 warplanes in Chinese military drills

TAIPEI — More than 40 Chinese warplanes flew over Taiwan’s air defense zone on Saturday, as part of military drills that Taiwan called “irrational and provocative”.About 26 Chinese aircraft crossed

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Lucy Letby: Concerns inquiry will not have enough powers

LONDON —Concerns have been raised that the inquiry looking into the murders and attempted murders of babies by Lucy Letby will not go far enough.An independent inquiry has been ordered following the

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Michael Jackson lawsuits alleging sex abuse can be revived: US appeals court

LOS ANGELES — Two men who allege they were sexually abused as children by Michael Jackson can revive a lawsuit against his companies, judges at a US court ruled.Wade Robson and James Safechuck, both

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Scorching ‘new normal’ as world buckles under extreme heat: WMO

GENEVA — Heatwaves sweeping large parts of the world offer yet another reminder that extreme weather events boosted by human-induced climate change have become “the new normal”, the UN World Meteorological

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Protecting humanitarians 20 years after deadly Baghdad attack, amid rising risks

BAGHDAD — The United Nations on Friday paid tribute to 22 staff members killed in the bombing of its headquarters in Iraq 20 years ago, one of the darkest days in the organization’s history.The wreath-laying

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Guterres condemns assault against UN peacekeepers in Cyprus

NEW YORK — The UN chief has condemned an assault on Friday by Turkish Cypriot security forces against ‘blue helmets’ serving with the peacekeeping force on the divided Mediterranean island.Spokesperson

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Biden hosts historic SK-Japan summit to counter China

CAMP DAVID — The United States and China have achieved what many deemed impossible — a historic meeting between US President Joe Biden, Japan's Prime Minister Fumio Kishida and South Korea's

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Thousands scramble to evacuate capital of Canada’s Northwest Territories as wildfires blanket region

TORONTO — Thousands of residents are rushing to evacuate the capital of Canada’s Northwest Territories as more than 200 fires burn across the region, leaving many to face dangerous road conditions

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More rain, less snow are turning Himalayas dangerous

SHIMLA — Torrential rains and unabated construction are frequently triggering disasters in India's Himalayan region.But an unusual increase in rainfall is making the terrain even more dangerous.Landslides

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Gotthard: World's longest rail tunnel shut for months after freight crash

GENEVA — The world's longest rail tunnel has been shut to passenger services after a derailment in Switzerland caused damage that will take months to repair.Swiss authorities said there was "no

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Race to evacuate Canada city as wildfire approaches

TORONTO — One of the largest cities in Canada's far north is being evacuated amid warnings that a wildfire could reach it by the weekend.The 20,000 residents of Yellowknife, the capital of the Northwest

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Pakistan arrests more than 100 over church burnings

ISLAMABAD — More than 100 people have been arrested in an east Pakistan city after thousands of Muslims burned churches and vandalized homes.The violence in Jaranwala was sparked by claims that two Christian

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Chandrayaan-3: India's lunar mission inches closer to Moon

NEW DELHI — India's third lunar mission is inching closer to the Moon's little-explored south pole where it aims to set down a lander and rover on 23 August.On Thursday, the lander detached from

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Landlocked Belarus sees more borders to the west closed as tensions rise

VILNIUS — Lithuania has closed two of its six border crossings into Belarus, as Latvia and Poland bolster their borders with Russia's ally.There has been tension in the Baltic states and Poland over

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Wagner cements Belarus presence as 'educational organization'

MINSK — The Russian mercenary group Wagner has been listed as an "educational organization" in Belarus.Media reports on Wednesday revealed that the group had been registered as a limited company

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Drunk US tourists stay in Eiffel Tower overnight

PARIS — Two American tourists in Paris have been found sleeping inside the Eiffel Tower after getting stuck while drunk, according to prosecutors.The two men were found by security guards in the early

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Deadly wildfires: Joe Biden vows to visit Hawaii soon amid criticism

WASHINGTON — US President Joe Biden says he will travel to Hawaii "as soon as he can" amid criticism of his response to the island's deadly wildfires.Speaking in Milwaukee on Tuesday, Biden

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Rudy Giuliani jailed mobsters with a charge he now faces

WASHINGTON — As a federal prosecutor in the 1980s, Rudy Giuliani made headlines around the world for aggressively going after New York’s organized crime families.To do so, he pioneered the use of a

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Suspected Russian spies held in major UK security probe

LONDON — Three suspected spies for Russia in the UK have been arrested and charged in a major national security investigation.The defendants, all Bulgarian nationals, were held in February and have been

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Three killed after Russian missile strikes in western Ukraine

KYIV — Three people have been killed by Russian missile attacks in the Volyn region of north-western Ukraine, local officials have said.Several were wounded after an industrial building in Lutsk was

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Trump, 18 others indicted in Georgia election probe

ATLANTA — Former US President Donald Trump has been charged with attempting to overturn his 2020 election loss in the state of Georgia.He and 18 others have been indicted on counts that include racketeering

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Georgia prosecutors could charge Trump with racketeering, experts say

GEORGIA — Donald Trump is already facing 78 criminal charges across three cases — but this week in Georgia, he could be hit with one he has never seen before: racketeering.Local prosecutors in Fulton

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Nine dead, dozens trapped in India temple collapse

SHIMLA — Nine people have died and dozens more are feared trapped after an ancient Hindu temple collapsed in the northern state of Himachal Pradesh due to heavy rains.Rescue operations are underway after

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Israelis seek opportunities abroad amid unrest at home

TEL AVIV — As tens of thousands of Israelis continue to join weekly protests over the government's highly controversial plans to change the justice system, as many as one in three citizens are thinking

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When 'fire hurricane' hit, Maui's warning sirens were deathly silent

LAHAINA, Hawaii — Lahaina, once Hawaii's royal capital, is now a crematorium."We pick up remains and they fall apart," said Maui County police chief John Pelletier on Saturday, four days

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New Zealand’s youth vaping crisis clouds smoke-free future

AUCKLAND — “It got more accessible for me, so I got addicted. Everyone around me was vaping at the time.”Coco, whose name has been changed to protect her identity, was 12 when she vaped for the first

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Maui fire: 93 killed as governor warns of ‘significant’ death toll rise

MAUI — Ninety-three people have been confirmed killed in the Maui fire that razed the historic town of Lahaina, marking the most-deadly US fire in a century.The number of victims could rise “significantly”,

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Ecuador: Thousands of soldiers move gang leader Fito

QUITO — Thousands of Ecuadorian soldiers and police have been involved in a dawn operation to move a notorious gang leader to a maximum-security jail.Jose Adolfo Macias, known as “Fito” is accused

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South Korea grapples with back-to-back ‘Mudjima’ stabbings

SEOUL — A knife darting out in a packed subway car. An assailant, chasing shoppers, stabbing wildly in the street.These nightmares have played out in the minds of many South Koreans following a mass

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Perseid meteor shower lights up skies

LONDON —The annual Perseid meteor shower has lit up skies across the world to the delight of those hoping to catch a glimpse of a shooting star.The phenomenon brings up to 100 meteors an hour, as the

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Russia says it destroyed 20 Ukrainian drones over Crimea

MOSCOW — Russian forces destroyed 20 Ukrainian drones launched to the Crimean Peninsula overnight into Saturday, Russia’s Ministry of Defense said.There were no casualties and no damage as a result

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EU welcomes the unloading of oil from Safer tanker

BRUSSELS — The EU welcomed the complete unloading of crude oil from the Safer tanker in the Red Sea waters off the coast of Yemen.Spokesperson for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy Peter Stano said

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Pope condemns ‘unjustifiable’ assassination of Ecuadorian presidential candidate

VATICAN/ QUITO — Several Colombians have been arrested in connection with the murder of Fernando Villavicencio, as the body of the assassinated Ecuadorian presidential candidate was buried in a private

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Migrant boat sinks in Channel killing six people

LONDON — Six people have died after a boat carrying migrants sank in the Channel.A spokeswoman from French coastal authority Premar said between five and 10 others are missing, AFP reports.British and

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Hawaii grapples with disaster as deaths rise to 80

MAUI —Eighty people have now been confirmed to have been killed by wildfires on the Hawaiian island of Maui, officials say.There are fears the numbers will rise further, as hundreds are still uncontactable.Firefighters

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Yemen: UN concludes removal of one million barrels of oil from decaying tanker

SANAA — A UN-led operation to remove over one million barrels of crude oil from a rusting supertanker off Yemen safely concluded on Friday, preventing the immediate threat of a massive spill in the Red

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Zaporizhzhya nuclear plant initiates reactor shutdown following water leak: IAEA

KYIV —The Zaporizhzhya Nuclear Power Plant in Ukraine has begun transitioning one of its reactor units from a hot shutdown to a cold shutdown after a water leak was detected in one of its steam generators,

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As record warming puts climate targets at risk, young people’s ‘green skills’ may help save planet

SHARM EL-SHEIKH — Young climate advocates are preparing to tell leaders at a UN summit next month that they are out of options: they must deliver now on ambitious climate action that pushes the world

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WHO urges swift action as dengue cases surge in Bangladesh

DHAKA — A significant surge in dengue fever cases has gripped Bangladesh, the UN World Health Organization (WHO) reported on Friday, calling for efforts to control the mosquito vector population and

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Investments plunge as Israel pushes on with judicial reform

TEL AVIV — Almost every weekend for more than 30 weeks, tens of thousands of Israelis have taken to the streets of Tel Aviv to protest against government plans to weaken the judiciary and chip away at

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Deadly wildfires in Hawaii leave 55 dead and hundreds missing

HONOLULU — The wildfires ripping through Maui will likely be the largest natural disaster the state of Hawaii has ever seen, Gov. Josh Green said Thursday, as the blazes have killed dozens, displaced

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Modi wins no-trust vote over India ethnic violence

NEW DELHI — India's Prime Minister Narendra Modi has defeated a no-confidence vote in the parliament after a three-day debate.His government was not expected to lose the vote as his Bharatiya Janata

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Iran releases US dual nationals into house arrest, lawyer says

TEHRAN — Iran has released five US-Iranian dual nationals into house arrest, US officials say.Siamak Namazi, Emad Shargi and Morad Tahbaz, who also has a British passport, were released alongside a fourth

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Barbie banned in Kuwait as Lebanon urges action

KUWAIT CITY — The Barbie film has been banned in Kuwait and faces calls for a ban in Lebanon amid criticism in the Arab world of the movie's social values.Kuwait acted to protect "public ethics",

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Elephant Whisperers: Indian couple in Oscar-winning documentary sue film's makers

MUMBAI — A indigenous couple at the center of an Oscar-winning Indian film has sued its makers, alleging mistreatment.Elephant Whisperers tells the story of Bomman and Bellie as they care for an orphaned

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Candidate in Ecuador's presidential election shot dead at rally

QUITO — A candidate in Ecuador's forthcoming presidential election who campaigned against corruption and gangs has been shot dead at a campaign rally.Fernando Villavicencio, a member of the country's

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Hawaii fires: At least 36 killed as flames tear through Maui island

HONOLULU — At least 36 people have died as fast-moving wildfires tear through the Hawaiian island of Maui, officials say.The deaths in the resort city of Lahaina, the island's main tourist destination,

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West sanctions Belarus 3 years after Lukashenko's re-election

MINSK — Western countries announced new sanctions against Belarus on Wednesday, three years after the re-election of President Alexander Lukashenko.The 9 August 2020 vote sparked a massive protest movement

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Arrowhead made from meteorite 3,000 years ago found near lake in Europe

BERN — A Bronze Age arrowhead unearthed in Switzerland was made from a meteorite, a new study has found.Dating back to between 900 and 800 BC, the 39-millimeter-long (1.5-inch-long) arrowhead was found

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Forty-one migrants die in shipwreck off Italy

ROME — Forty-one migrants have died in a shipwreck off the Italian island of Lampedusa, survivors told local media.A group of four people who survived the disaster told rescuers that they were on a boat

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Spain curbs irregular immigration as other European countries see increases

MADRID — In early June a sadly common sight in the Mediterranean was repeated on the Spanish coast.A small group of fishermen found a migrant boat with 52 people on board trying to reach the Canary Islands.

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Miss Universe Indonesia contestants allege sexual abuse

JAKARTA — Several Miss Universe Indonesia candidates have registered police complaints accusing organizers of sexual abuse.The contestants were asked to take off their tops for "body checks"

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Pakistan's Imran Khan barred from politics for five years

ISLAMABAD — The former prime minister of Pakistan, Imran Khan, has been barred from holding public office for five years by the country's electoral authorities.The decision was announced by the Election

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Chinese propaganda slogans turn London street art wall into a protest site against Beijing

LONDON — A graffiti wall in London’s bustling street art hub of Brick Lane has become an unlikely canvas for protest messages against China’s authoritarian rule, after it was whitewashed and painted

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China assures Russia it remains ‘impartial’ on Ukraine war after attending Saudi peace talks

HONG KONG — China’s top diplomat Wang Yi told his Russian counterpart that Beijing remains “impartial” on the war in Ukraine, a day after a Chinese delegation participated in international talks

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Indian parliament debates no-confidence motion against Modi's government

NEW DELHI — India's parliament is debating a no-confidence motion that opposition parties have brought against Prime Minister Narendra Modi's government.Congress party lawmaker Gaurav Gogoi,

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Five killed in Russian missile strike on eastern Ukraine, officials say

KYIV — At least five people have been killed in a Russian missile attack on residential buildings in the eastern Ukrainian town of Pokrovsk, officials say.Four civilians and an official were killed,

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Rahul Gandhi returns to India's parliament as MP

NEW DELHI — Indian opposition leader Rahul Gandhi has returned to parliament for the first time since he was convicted in a criminal defamation case.The Congress party leader had lost his lawmaker status

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Historic India Moon mission sends new photos of lunar surface

NEW DELHI — India's space agency has released the first images of the Moon taken by the Chandrayaan-3 spacecraft, which entered lunar orbit on Saturday.The images show craters on lunar surface getting

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India’s Chandrayaan-3 enters lunar orbit in step closer to moon rover soft landing

NEW DELHI — India moved one step closer to executing a controlled landing on the moon after its Chandrayaan-3 spacecraft entered lunar orbit over the weekend, inching toward the surface’s unexplored

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Uniform Civil Code: Common law proposal sparks fear in India tribes

RANCHI, India — For many years now, Anil Jonko's life follows a simple routine.He starts his day by offering prayers at his parents' grave in Chaibasa, a small village in the eastern Indian state

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Niger junta shuts airspace citing military intervention threat

NAIMEY — Niger's coup leaders have closed the country's airspace until further notice, citing the threat of military intervention from their neighbors.Flight tracking website Flightradar24 is

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Egypt, Bahrain seek to maintain regional peace

CAIRO — Egypt and Bahrain stressed the importance of strengthening the mechanisms of joint Arab action within the framework of the effort to maintain the state of peace and security in the face of various

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UN pushes disarmament talks amid fears that drums of nuclear war are beating again

GENEVA — As United Nations-led talks on nuclear disarmament continued in Geneva, New York and Vienna, UN Secretary-General António Guterres warned on Sunday that “the drums of nuclear war are beating

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Conspiracy theories and disinformation mar UK local election

LONDON — Claims circulated online that London would be turned into a “net zero prison” with the introduction of “climate lockdowns”.Conspiratorial narratives and rampant misinformation were used

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Voyager 2: NASA fully back in contact with lost space probe

NEW YORK — NASA is back in full contact with its lost Voyager 2 probe months earlier than expected, the space agency said.In July a wrong command was made to the spacecraft, sent to explore space in

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Black Sea deal collapse sparks rise in global food prices: FAO

ROME — Global food prices rose for the first time in months following the collapse of the landmark agreement to ship grain from war-torn Ukraine to the rest of the world, the Food and Agriculture Organization

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Hyundai fire risk warning as 91,000 vehicles recalled

SEOUL — South Korea's Hyundai Motor and Kia are recalling almost 92,000 vehicles in the US because of a fire risk.The recall affects several models and stems from an issue with an electrical component

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Russian ship hit in Black Sea drone attack, Ukraine sources say

KYIV — A Russian naval ship has been damaged in a Ukrainian naval drone attack in the Black Sea, Ukrainian sources say.The assault reportedly occurred near the Russian port of Novorossiysk, which is

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Niger’s ousted president warns of ‘devastating’ coup impact, growing Russian influence

NIAIMEY — Niger’s President Mohamed Bazoum said Thursday he is being held hostage by the country’s military as he warned in a Washington Post op-ed that the junta’s power grab could have “devastating

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Trump pleads not guilty to 2020 election charges

WASHINGTON — Former US President Donald Trump has pleaded not guilty to charges he tried to overturn the results of the 2020 presidential election.The early front-runner for the 2024 Republican presidential

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North Korea confirms custody of US soldier

SEOUL — North Korea has confirmed custody of Travis King in its first response to requests for information on the US soldier's whereabouts, the UN Command has said.The 23-year-old private dashed

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At least 12 injured in South Korea stabbing rampage

SEOUL — At least 12 people have been injured in an attack by a man inside a shopping center close to the South Korean capital, Seoul.The suspect drove his car at random into four people, then got out

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Donald Trump slams election indictment on eve of court hearing

WASHINGTON — Ex-US President Donald Trump has lashed out at prosecutors on the eve of his court appearance on charges of plotting to overturn his 2020 election defeat.The "unprecedented indictment"

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El Salvador rings off entire region to hem in gangs

SAN SALVADOR — Soldiers and police in El Salvador have surrounded the entire central Cabanas department as part of President Nayib Bukele's ongoing war against gangs."Since this morning, 7,000

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Heaviest rainfall in 140 years drenches Beijing as Typhoon Khanun hits Japan’s Okinawa

TOKYO — Severe flooding in Beijing was caused by the heaviest rainfall in 140 years, according to local meteorologists, and there’s little reprieve for the region as Typhoon Khanun lashes Japan with

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Russian drones target Odesa grain stores near Romania border

KYIV — A Russian drone strike has hit Ukrainian port facilities at Izmail on the River Danube, a short distance from Nato member state Romania.A grain warehouse, a passenger building and an elevator

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Donald Trump charged with conspiracy to overturn 2020 election defeat

WASHINGTON — Former US President Donald Trump has been charged with plotting to overturn his 2020 election defeat.He is accused of four counts including conspiracy to defraud the US, tampering with a

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Mosque set on fire, cleric killed in communal clashes in India's Haryana state

NEW DELHI — A mosque was set on fire and a Muslim cleric killed during religious clashes that broke out after a procession by Hindu nationalist groups in the northern Indian state of Haryana.Those killed

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Three killed and dozens injured in communal clashes in India's Haryana state

NEW DELHI — Three people have been killed and dozens injured in communal clashes that broke out during a procession by Hindu nationalist groups in the northern Indian state of Haryana.Those killed include

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Xi Jinping replaces leaders of China's elite nuclear force

BEIJING — China replaced two leaders of an elite unit managing its nuclear arsenal.General Li Yuchao who headed the People's Liberation Army's (PLA) Rocket Force unit and his deputy have been

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