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The military’s failure to keep extremists away from two Palestinian families trapped in their West Bank homes made clear the chaos gripping the Israeli-occupied territory.
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The spill of Russian crude bound for India compounds the environmental damage from spills in and around the Strait of Hormuz, where tankers and oil facilities have come under attack.
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The Cernavodă plant, which produces 20% of Romania’s electricity, is not expected to be restarted within the next 10 days.
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Earthquake damages Cali’s hospitals, forcing medical staff to prioritize critical patients as rescue teams work nonstop.
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The global weather disrupter appears to be taking a toll, and its peak could still be months away.
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Emergency services said they were working at the scene of a train derailment near Lewes, in East Sussex, on Thursday.
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There are reports of food shortages, broken plumbing and other potential harms aboard the USS Abraham Lincoln, which has been deployed since November.
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Ash spewing from Sicily’s Mount Etna volcano caused the cancelation of more than 700 flights, during the peak of Italy’s summer tourism season.
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Topos Azteca, a Mexican volunteer rescue group that works worldwide and helped after the Sept. 11 attacks, arrived in Colombia after searching for survivors in Venezuela.
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Under local regulations in the region, “it is forbidden to needlessly disturb, attract or pursue a polar bear”.
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NAIROBI, August 13 (IPS) – Women’s rights advocates, judges and lawyers have launched a coordinated campaign to reform family laws that discriminate against women and girls in Africa. Read the full story, “African Rights Advocates Coordinate Response to Family Law Backlash”, on globalissues.org →
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A group of Israeli settlers has trapped two Palestinian families in the West Bank since Sunday, highlighting the Israeli army’s struggle to contain settler violence.
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A U.S. oil company says it could be on the verge of a major discovery in Greenland. The proposal comes at a tricky time for the Arctic island, and locals are lining up against it.
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A court found Christopher Alan Saunders, the former bishop of Broome, guilty of sexually abusing two men, the Australian Broadcasting Corporation reported.
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Hear from voters in Kingsport, home to a munitions plant supplying the US military, as tensions over the Iran war spark debate.
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Despite growing opposition to the death penalty, one state is behind the rising numbers.
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The distance between life and death is razor thin at one medical clinic in Rwampara, the heart of the epidemic ravaging the Democratic Republic of Congo.
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Romania had tried to avert a total shutdown of the plant, which usually generates a fifth of the country’s electricity.
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Etna erupts often, but it usually doesn’t release this much ash, an expert said. Tens of thousands of travelers’ plans have been disrupted in the past week.
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Tributes to the former premier recalled his spirited style and his efforts to integrate China into global commerce, in contrast with the rigidity of the Xi era.
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With forecasters issuing a warning for very high temperatures, this summer is on track to be one of the hottest yet.
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The deadly strikes are part of a long-running maritime battle with Ukraine and echo battles over other key shipping routes around the world.
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Users of the popular streaming platform criticised allowing Amazon to use their data by dafault.
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UNITED NATIONS, August 13 (IPS) – Global goods trade reached approximately USD 13.7 trillion in the first half of 2026, up 12.5 percent from the same period in 2025, while services grew 10.5 percent, together adding USD 2 trillion to global trade. While these figures point to continued expansion, much of the increase reflects rising […]
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DHAKA, Bangladesh, August 13 (IPS) – Dhaka’s recent and recurrent flooding is often treated as a natural disaster, but rain is only the trigger. The deeper causes are political, planning and ecological failure: wetland loss, canal encroachment, unplanned growth, weak enforcement, fragmented institutions and short-term engineering fixes. Dhaka is not drowning because it rains; it […]
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The vote will test if incumbent Hakainde Hichilema’s reforms are enough to overcome widespread economic frustration.
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The announcement of a new naval blockade threatens to restart full-scale war between Yemen’s Houthis and Saudi Arabia
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Karoline Leavitt has announced that she will be stepping down from her position as White House press secretary.
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Donald Trump’s second term has been defined by tariffs, but experts question whether they actually work.
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The Russian leader visited the Kuril islands for the first time, according to state media.
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The chief minister of Andhra Pradesh has 25,000 workers building his dream capital with waterways, bike lanes and a “Quantum Valley” tech hub.
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Up to 40km of coastline affected by oil pollution, Omani environmental authority says.
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President de La Espriella promises to set up an emergency fund to help rebuild destroyed hospitals and schools.
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A partial solar eclipse illuminated Paris’s sky over the city’s iconic Eiffel Tower.
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Spanish Olympic skateboarder Danny León timed a jump with the moon passing in front of the sun during a solar eclipse.
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In a place known for its fickle weather, eclipse watchers took a risk. Only some got to see the sun.
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With temperatures set to soar as high as 109 degrees Fahrenheit (43 Celsius) this week, Europeans and tourists say that summer in Europe has lost its appeal.
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In the comments, Kelce called Swift his “wife” for first time and said it was a “childhood dream” to wed at Madison Square Garden.
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Zhu Rongji, the former Chinese premier, died in Beijing on Wednesday at the age of 97. He helped guide China toward a market-based economy in the 1990s and later into the World Trade Organization that skyrocketed the country’s exports.
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Trump boarded a different plane in Turkey during a Nato summit for security reasons involving Iran.
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