A Cameroonian man who survived the desert crossing between Tunisia and Libya says his wife and daughter died and are the migrants that appear in a graphic photo widely shared on social media. Mbengue …
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By RENATA BRITO, ELAINE GANLEY and SAMY MAGDY
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7/29/23
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Nearly 200 million people in the United States are under either a heat advisory or flood warning of some kind, as high temperatures and severe storms are to continue blazing and battering the nation. …
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BY DREW COSTLEY
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7/28/23
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July 21-27, 2023
The Odesa Transfiguration Cathedral was heavily damaged in a missile attack, wildfires have been burning through southern Europe, Spain had an inconclusive result from its …
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By The Associated Press
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7/28/23
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JULY 21-27, 2023
From Servette’s supporters waving smoke flares during the UEFA Champions League match between Switzerland’s Servette FC and Belgium’s KRC Genk, to Israeli Prime Minister …
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7/27/23
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Sometime this summer, if President Vladimir Putin can be believed, Russia moved some of its short-range nuclear weapons into Belarus, closer to Ukraine and onto the doorstep of NATO’s members in …
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By The Associated Press
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7/27/23
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A system of ocean currents that transports heat northward across the North Atlantic could collapse this century, according to a new study. The Atlantic meridional overturning circulation has been …
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BY DREW COSTLEY
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7/26/23
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Climate change’s sweaty fingerprints are all over the July heat waves gripping much of the globe. A new study finds these intense and deadly hot spells in the American Southwest and Southern Europe …
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By SETH BORENSTEIN
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7/25/23
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A farm in Bavaria is covering its hops with solar panels, providing electricity to 250 households and shading the plants from the increasingly scorching summer heat in the process. Solar panels atop …
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By MATTHIAS SCHRADER and DANA BELTAJI
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7/21/23
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July 14-20, 2023
The 50th anniversary of the death of Bruce Lee in Hong Kong, the "Bonalu” festival, a landslide, flooding and the moon spacecraft in India, the world swimming championships in …
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By The Associated Press
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7/21/23
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JULY 14 - 20, 2023
From French electronic music duo The Blaze performing onstage during the 57th Montreux Jazz Festival in Switzerland, to Iraqis throwing stones during clashes with security …
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7/20/23
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Canada's worst-ever wildfire season has choked much of North America with dangerous smoke for months, coupling with deadly heat around the globe in a summer that's focusing the world's attention on …
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By NOAH BERGER
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7/20/23
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The worst wildfire season in Canadian history is displacing Indigenous communities from Nova Scotia to British Columbia, blanketing them in thick smoke, destroying homes and forests and threatening …
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By TAMMY WEBBER and NOAH BERGER
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7/19/23
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America's top oilfield services companies sold millions of dollars in vital oil equipment to Russia after the invasion of Ukraine. The largest, SLB, maintained and even grew its business after others …
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By ED DAVEY
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7/18/23
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SAINT-GERVAIS MONT-BLANC, France (AP) — Tour de France overall leader Jonas Vingegaard is calling on fans to behave better at cycling’s biggest race after another mass crash marred the 15th stage …
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7/16/23
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The first phase of Ukraine's counteroffensive to recapture Russian-occupied territory after more than 16 months of war began weeks ago without fanfare. Kyiv has claimed that its troops are edging …
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By The Associated Press
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7/16/23
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July 7-13, 2023
U.S. President Joe Biden visited Europe, meeting with King Charles III and British Prime Minister Rishi Sunak before attending the NATO summit in Lithuania. A volcano erupted in …
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By The Associated Press
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7/14/23
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Millions around the world have been seeking refuge from the scorching sun as climate change, a strong El Nino and summer in the Northern Hemisphere converge, toppling temperature records.
In …
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By The Associated Press
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7/13/23
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New research suggests humans lived in South America at the same time as now extinct giant sloths, bolstering evidence that people arrived in the Americas earlier than previously thought. Scientists …
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By CHRISTINA LARSON
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7/11/23
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A team of scientists is recommending to mark the start of a new geological epoch defined by how humans have impacted the Earth with a ‘golden spike’ in the pristine Crawford Lake outside Toronto …
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By SETH BORENSTEIN
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7/11/23
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Russian-installed authorities in the Crimean peninsula have reported shooting down a cruise missile near the city of Kerch and briefly suspending traffic on the Kerch bridge that links the annexed …
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By The Associated Press
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7/9/23
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