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UK firefighters out in force to tackle fires on hottest day of the year
Firefighters are tackling multiple fires in central England on a day that the U.K. recorded its hottest day of the year as an intense stretch of hot weather continued to grip Europe
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A British firm starts containment of oil spill from stricken tanker off Oman
A British maritime company has been hired to salvage a grounded Russian tanker off Oman and stop a spreading oil spill
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Israeli settlers' siege of Palestinian homes draws a sharp US rebuke
Israeli settlers have besieged three homes in the occupied West Bank, including one owned by a Palestinian American, for several days
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Taiwan briefly slows its mobile internet to text-only speed as part of defense drill
For 30 minutes, the internet in parts of Taiwan crawled
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North Korea slams US-South Korea military drills and threatens strong response
North Korea has threatened unspecified stern steps against the United States and South Korea, slamming their upcoming military drills as a war rehearsal that it claimed would be more provocative than last year
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Judge drops Nevada case against electors accused of forging certificate in 2020 election
A judge has dismissed Nevada’s fake electors case
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Documents show federal surveillance operation in Minnesota targeted progressive groups, unions
Advocates are speaking against a sweeping undercover federal surveillance operation that court documents say targeted progressive groups and unions protesting the Minneapolis immigration crackdown
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Alabama man put to death for the murder of a 5-year-old girl in last of three US executions in a day
Tennessee and Oklahoma have put inmates to death within 30 minutes of each other and Alabama followed suit hours later as U.S. states executed three men in one day
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Iran-backed Houthis clash with Yemeni forces and other Mideast developments
Clashes between Iran-backed Houthi rebels and government forces in Yemen raged overnight
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Rescuers call for silence around earthquake rubble as window for survival narrows in Colombia
Rescuers in Colombia are calling for silence as they listen for signs of life in the rubble left by a deadly earthquake
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