Cyclone Biporjoy is churning through coastal India toward Pakistan with lashing rain and gusts of up to 105 kph (65 mph). A man and his son died as they tried to save their livestock amid the …
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By AJIT SOLANKI, SIBI ARASU and MUNIR AHMED
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6/16/23
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Summer is wildfire season in southern Europe, but this year the continent’s north is also at risk, with forest fire warnings in effect across the Nordic and Baltic countries. A lack of rain and …
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By JARI TANNER and KARL RITTER
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6/16/23
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Nearly 20,000 people have fled from an erupting volcano in the Philippines and are sheltering in schools, disrupting the education of thousands of students. Officials said Friday that many students …
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By JIM GOMEZ AND AARON FAVILA
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6/15/23
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Archeologists have found a pre-Hispanic mummy surrounded by coca leaves on top of a hill in Peru’s capital next to the practice field of a professional soccer club. A team from The Associated Press …
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By FRANKLIN BRICEÑO
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6/15/23
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Canadian police say a bus carrying mostly seniors collided with a semi-trailer truck at a highway intersection in a rural part of the province of Manitoba on Thursday, killing 15 people and injuring …
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By ROB GILLIES
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6/15/23
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Worldwide temperatures briefly exceeded a key warming threshold earlier this month, drawing notice in the scientific community and prompting public chatter that climate change might be accelerating. …
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6/15/23
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The United Nations will require delegates attending the global body’s annual climate summit to disclose their affiliation in an effort to clamp down on undue influence by fossil fuel companies and …
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By FRANK JORDANS
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6/15/23
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Spanish Prime Minister Pedro Sánchez believes the European Union will finalize a controversial pact on migration by the end of the year. Spain takes over the bloc’s rotating presidency on July 1. …
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By JENNIFER O'MAHONY
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6/15/23
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Donor nations from across the globe are scrambling to find billions in dollars to extend their aid commitment to millions of Syrians who have been battered by hunger, poverty, civil war and a massive …
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By RAF CASERT and KAREEM CHEHAYEB
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6/15/23
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NATO Secretary-General Jens Stoltenberg says the military organization has seen no evidence that Russia has changed its nuclear posture. On Tuesday, President Alexander Lukashenko claimed that …
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6/15/23
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South Korea says North Korea has fired a ballistic missile off its east coast. South Korea’s military says the North Korean launch occurred Thursday evening but gave no further details. The launch …
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6/15/23
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The head of the United Nations nuclear watchdog is visiting Europe’s largest atomic power plant in southern Ukraine. A recent dam burst and the start of a counteroffensive in the war by Kyiv’s …
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By JAMEY KEATEN
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6/15/23
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The Vatican has released the first images of Pope Francis since his June 7 abdominal surgery. The photos show Francis in his wheelchair visiting the children’s cancer ward in a sign he is getting …
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6/15/23
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Palestinian health officials say Israeli forces killed a Palestinian man in the occupied West Bank. It was the latest death in a spike of violence that has rocked the region. The Palestinian Health …
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6/15/23
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NATO defense ministers are weighing future relations with Ukraine as Russia’s war on the country thwarts its hopes of joining the world’s biggest security alliance soon. NATO agreed in 2008 that …
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6/15/23
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They call themselves Abeja Negra SOS — a group of mostly women working hive by hive to relocate bees that would be exterminated if they remained in Mexico’s crowded capital city. It began in 2018 …
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By MEGAN JANETSKY
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6/15/23
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Russian forces have destroyed or damaged thousands of Ukrainian schools. But the disruption to education goes far beyond devastated buildings. Experts say schooling is suffering in unprecedented …
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By VANESSA GERA and HANNA ARHIROVA
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6/15/23
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The organization that handles claims on behalf of Jews who suffered under the Nazis says that Germany has agreed to extend another $1.4 billion overall for Holocaust survivors around the globe for …
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By KIRSTEN GRIESHABER
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6/15/23
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Authorities say a drug syndicate that tried to smuggle tons of methamphetamine from Canada to Australia and New Zealand by hiding it in shipments of maple syrup and canola oil has been busted. …
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By NICK PERRY
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6/14/23
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The shipwreck off southern Greece, involving a large boat carrying migrants that capsized after apparently rebuffing offers of help, is just the latest case of smugglers packing vessels full of …
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By NICOLE WINFIELD
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6/14/23
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