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Texas Flood Toll Rises To 24 As Rescuers Search For Missing Children

Rescuers were desperately searching for at least 20 girls missing from a riverside summer camp, officials said Friday, after torrential rains caused...

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Moises Avila

US Rescuers Search For Missing Girls In Deadly Texas Flash Floods

Rescuers were on Saturday searching for more than 20 girls missing from a riverside summer camp in the US state of Texas, after torrential rains...

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Moises Avila

BRICS Nations To Gather Without Xi, Putin

BRICS leaders will meet in Rio de Janeiro from Sunday, with the bloc depleted by the absence of China's Xi Jinping, who is skipping the annual...

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Facundo Fernandez Barrio

'Childhood Dream': Seine Reopens To Paris Swimmers After Century-long Ban

The River Seine reopened to swimmers in Paris on Saturday morning, marking the first time since 1923 that bathers could take a dip in the iconic...

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Juliette Collen

In Already Precarious Industry, US Musicians Struggle For Health Care

In 2019, American musician Jon Dee Graham suffered a heart attack that left him "dead" for several minutes -- a scare that inspired his album,...

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Robert Chiarito

Ozzy Osbourne Brings Curtain Down As Hometown Goes Wild For Black Sabbath

Heavy metal rocker Ozzy Osbourne brought down the curtain on his stellar career with Black Sabbath on Saturday, rattling through the band's most...

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Clement Zampa

UN Expert Says Firms 'Profiting' From 'Genocide' Of Palestinians

UN rights expert Francesca Albanese on Thursday denounced companies she said "profited from the Israeli economy of illegal occupation, apartheid,...

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Afp News

Making Connections In Myanmar's Fractured State

In a riverine battleground in western Myanmar, an entrepreneur hunts for reception using a makeshift bamboo antenna, his payphone kiosk providing...

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Afp News

Hamas Says Holding Consultations On Gaza Truce Proposal

Hamas said Friday it was holding consultations with other Palestinian groups on a proposed truce with Israel, in a possible sign that it was...

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Afp News

'Hug Therapy': How Pope Leo Is Trying To Unify Vatican

Pope Leo XIV heads off on holiday on Sunday, having spent his first two months as Catholic leader rebuilding unity and bolstering tradition after...

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Clement Melki

Russia Brushes Off Talks, Launches Largest Assault On Ukraine

The Kremlin said on Friday that it sees no immediate diplomatic way out of the war in Ukraine, hours after launching its largest ever drone and...

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Victoria Lukovenko And Barbara Wojazer

Asian Stocks Mixed As Traders Shrug At US-Vietnam Trade Deal

Stocks struggled in Asia on Thursday as investors gave a lukewarm reception to the US-Vietnam trade deal, while the dollar held losses ahead of key...

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Afp News

Gaza Civil Defence Says Israeli Forces Kill 69 People

Gaza's civil defence agency said Israeli forces killed at least 69 people on Thursday, including 15 in a strike on a school sheltering Palestinians...

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Afp News

Trump Tax Bill Stalled By Republican Rebellion In Congress

Donald Trump's signature tax and spending bill was in limbo early Thursday as Republican leaders in the US Congress scrambled to win over a group...

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Frankie Taggart

Asian Markets Mixed As Trade Deal Cut-off Looms

Asian markets swung Wednesday amid trade war worries after Donald Trump said he would not push back next week's tariff deadline, with Tokyo taking...

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Afp News

Indonesia Free Meal Plan Stunted By Delays, Protests, Poisonings

When an Indonesian mother dropped off her daughter at school in May, she did not expect her to become violently sick after eating lunch from the...

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Dessy Sagita

Sean 'Diddy' Combs Acquitted Of Sex Trafficking, Convicted On Lesser Charge

Music mogul Sean "Diddy" Combs was found not guilty of racketeering and sex trafficking Wednesday but convicted of a less serious prostitution...

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Maggy Donaldson

Ukraine Left Scrambling After US Says Halting Some Arms Shipments

Ukraine appealed to the United States for clarity on Wednesday after it was caught off-guard by a White House announcement that Washington was...

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Stanislav Doshchitsyn

Iran Ends Cooperation With UN Nuclear Watchdog After Israel, US Strikes

Iran on Wednesday officially suspended its cooperation with the UN nuclear watchdog, a move the world body described as "obviously concerning". It...

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Payam Doost Mohamadi

Demining Ukraine: From Drones To Risking It With A Rake

There were so many mines on Larisa Sysenko's small farm in Kamyanka in eastern Ukraine after the Russians were pushed out that she and her husband...

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Boris Bachorz

Israel's Top Diplomat Urges Seizing Chance After Trump Ceasefire Push

Israel's top diplomat on Wednesday said any chance to free hostages held in Gaza "must not be missed", after US President Donald Trump urged...

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Alice Chancellor With Afp Team In Gaza

Trump Urges 60-day Gaza Ceasefire Deal Ahead Of Netanyahu Visit

US President Donald Trump urged Hamas on Tuesday to accept a 60-day ceasefire in Gaza, saying that Israel had agreed to finalize such a deal, as...

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Afp News

Asian Stocks Rise On Trade Deal Hopes, Tokyo Hit By Tariff Warning

Asian stocks rose Tuesday amid optimism countries will strike US trade deals, though Tokyo's Nikkei sank after Donald Trump threatened to impose a...

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Afp News

Israel Expands Campaign In Gaza Ahead Of Netanyahu's US Visit

Israel's military said Tuesday that it had expanded its operations in Gaza, where residents reported fierce gunfire and shelling days ahead of a...

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Afp News

'Writing Is Thinking': Do Students Who Use ChatGPT Learn Less?

When Jocelyn Leitzinger had her university students write about times in their lives they had witnessed discrimination, she noticed that a woman...

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Daniel Lawler

CBEX Crypto Scam: AI-hyped Ponzi Scheme Defrauds African Investors

Embarrassed and in debt, Edwin was left reeling after losing $16,000 to CryptoBridge Exchange (CBEX), one of the crypto-trading platforms preying...

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Peris Gachahi With Oluseyi Awojulugbe In Lagos

Accrue Real Estate: Creating a Diversified Real Estate Portfolio

Real estate diversification plays a pivotal role in building a resilient investment portfolio. By allocating capital across various property types,...

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Patrick Bateman

Philippines Biodiversity Hotspot Pushes Back On Mining

A nickel stockpile towers over farmer Moharen Tambiling's rice paddy in the Philippines' Palawan, evidence of a mining boom that locals hope a new...

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Cecil Morella

Over 14 Million People Could Die From US Foreign Aid Cuts: Study

More than 14 million of the world's most vulnerable people, a third of them small children, could die by 2030 because of the Trump administration's...

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Daniel Lawler

Macron, Putin Discuss Iran, Ukraine In First Talks Since 2022

Emmanuel Macron and Vladimir Putin on Tuesday spoke by telephone for the first time in over two-and-a-half years, with the French president urging...

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Valerie Leroux

Thailand's PM Suspended By Constitutional Court

Thai Prime Minister Paetongtarn Shinawatra was suspended by the country's Constitutional Court on Tuesday, while her father went on trial for royal...

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Thanaporn Promyamyai