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9/12/23
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NASA astronaut Frank Rubio now holds the record for the longest U.S. spaceflight. Rubio surpassed the U.S. record of 355 days on Monday at the International Space Station. He arrived at the outpost …
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By The Associated Press
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9/12/23
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An earthquake has sown destruction and devastation in Morocco, where death and injury counts continue to rise as rescue crews dig out people both alive and dead in villages that were reduced to …
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By SAM METZ
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9/12/23
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After a year and a half of fighting in Ukraine, Russia needs to replenish its supplies of ammunition for what could be a long war of attrition. Along with ramping up its domestic arms production, …
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By The Associated Press
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9/10/23
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Ukrainian soldiers suffer serious wounds during the ongoing counter-offensive against Russia. Chile remembers the 50th anniversary of the coup where President Salvador Allende was killed, and Gen. …
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9/7/23
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A study conducted over 18 years in Costa Rica shows that small farms with natural landscape features such as shade trees, hedgerows and tracts of intact forest can provide a refuge for some tropical …
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By CHRISTINA LARSON
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9/4/23
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German Chancellor Olaf Scholz has tweeted a pirate-style picture of himself with a black eye patch and dark-red bruises on the right side of his face — the result of a jogging accident on the …
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9/4/23
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A rare blue supermoon — the closest full moon of the year — dazzled stargazers Wednesday night.
Saturn joined the celestial spectacle, visible alongside the moon, at least where skies were …
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By MARCIA DUNN
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8/30/23
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Dominican officials inspect damage inflicted by Tropical Storm Franklin after heavy flooding kills 2
Authorities in the Dominican Republic are fanning out across the Caribbean country to evaluate the damage that Tropical Storm Franklin inflicted on crops and homes after causing heavy flooding that …
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By MARTÍN ADAMES ALCÁNTARA
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8/24/23
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Russian mercenary chief Yevgeny Prigozhin and top officers of his private Wagner military company were presumed dead in a plane crash that was widely seen as an assassination, two months after they …
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By The Associated Press
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8/24/23
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Gen. Sergei Surovikin, a former commander of Russia’s forces in Ukraine who was linked to the leader of an armed rebellion, has been dismissed from his job as chief of the air force, according to …
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By The Associated Press
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8/23/23
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Tropical Storm Franklin is roaring toward the island of Hispaniola shared by the Dominican Republic and Haiti amid fears it would trigger deadly landslides and heavy flooding in both countries. …
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By MARTÍN ADAMES ALCÁNTARA
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8/23/23
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Russian officials say air defense systems have thwarted four nighttime Ukrainian drone attacks. Russia’s Defense Ministry said Tuesday that the falling wreckage of one drone shattered an apartment …
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By The Associated Press
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8/22/23
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Firefighters battle through the night to halt wildfire in Spain's popular tourist island of Tenerife
Firefighters have battled through the night to try to bring under control the worst wildfire in decades on the Spanish Canary Island of Tenerife, a major tourist destination. The fire in the north of …
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By ARTURO RODRÍGUEZ and DAVID BRUNAT
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8/18/23
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Residents in the capital of Canada’s Northwest Territories were ordered to evacuate Wednesday night as wildfires neared the city of 20,000 people. People in the four areas of Yellowknife at highest …
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8/17/23
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A high-ranking Civil Defense official in the Dominican Republic tells The Associated Press that the death toll from a powerful explosion this week has risen to 25. The official was not authorized to …
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By MARTÍN ADAMES ALCÁNTARA
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8/16/23
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Nestled in the sand dunes an hour’s drive from the skyscrapers of Dubai, a desert village abandoned in the 1990s stands as an eerie relic of the rapid urbanization of the United Arab Emirates. …
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By NICK EL HAJJ
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8/16/23
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Authorities say the death toll from a powerful explosion near the capital of the Dominican Republic has risen to 10 as firefighters search through smoldering rubble. More than 50 people were injured …
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By MARTÍN ADAMES ALCÁNTARA
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8/15/23
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A man in Bosnia killed his ex-wife, whose murder he posted live on Instagram, and two other people while on the run before taking his former life. A police statement in the northeastern Bosnian town …
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8/11/23
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Aug. 4-10, 2023
Children cool off in a fountain in Moscow in warm weather as people gather for the annual SUP board festival in St. Petersburg.
Catholics gather to see Pope Francis in …
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By The Associated Press
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8/11/23
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