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Jul 05, 2022
A massive online database apparently containing the personal information of up to one billion Chinese citizens was left unsecured and publicly accessible for more than a year -- until an anonymous user in a hacker forum offered to sell the data and brought it to wider attention last week.
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Jul 05, 2022
Turkish security forces killed a child on Sunday after opening fire on a vehicle carrying migrants from the eastern Van province near Turkey's border with Iran, a local official told CNN on Tuesday.
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Jul 05, 2022
The trial in China of a missing Chinese-Canadian tycoon who was abducted from a hotel room in Hong Kong five years ago will take place without consular access, the Canadian Embassy in Beijing told CNN on Tuesday.
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Jul 04, 2022
The Eiffel Tower is riddled with rust and in need of full repairs, but instead it is being given a cosmetic 60 million euro paint job ahead of the 2024 Olympic Games in Paris, according to confidential reports cited by French magazine Marianne.
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Jul 04, 2022
Eighteen people were killed and 243 wounded during unrest in Uzbekistan's autonomous province of Karakalpakstan last week, Uzbek authorities said on Monday -- the worst bout of violence in the Central Asian nation in 17 years.
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Jul 04, 2022
Eighteen people were killed and 243 wounded during unrest in Uzbekistan's autonomous province of Karakalpakstan last week, Uzbek authorities said on Monday -- the worst bout of violence in the Central Asian nation in 17 years.
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Jul 04, 2022
Chile's Constitutional Assembly presented President Gabriel Boric with a historic proposal for a new constitution for the South American country on Monday.
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Jul 04, 2022
Brazil's Amazon rainforest has been deforested by a record amount in the first half of 2022, according to the country's Space Research Institute (INPE).
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Jul 04, 2022
Brazil's Amazon rainforest has been deforested by a record amount in the first half of 2022, according to the country's Space Research Institute (INPE).
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Jul 04, 2022
The Minions went bananas at the box office this weekend.
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Jul 04, 2022
The United States has determined that gunfire from the Israeli military was "likely responsible" for the killing of Al Jazeera correspondent and Palestinian-American Shireen Abu Akleh in May, although an examination overseen by the US of the bullet "could not reach a definitive conclusion" on its origin due to the condition of the bullet, State Department spokesperson Ned Price said in a statement Monday.
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Jul 04, 2022
The United States has determined that gunfire from the Israeli military was "likely responsible" for the killing of Al Jazeera correspondent and Palestinian-American Shireen Abu Akleh in May, although an examination overseen by the US of the bullet "could not reach a definitive conclusion" on its origin due to the condition of the bullet, State Department spokesperson Ned Price said in a statement Monday.
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Jul 04, 2022
• Harry Styles cancels Copenhagen show after shooting near venue
• Watch: Video shows people running inside Copenhagen mall as gunshots ring out
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Jul 04, 2022
Pope Francis has dismissed reports that he plans to resign in the near future, saying he is on track to visit Canada this month and hopes to be able to go to Moscow and Kyiv as soon as possible after that.
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Jul 04, 2022
Seven-time Formula One world champion Lewis Hamilton has said he supports the cause of environmentalist group Just Stop Oil, but not some of its methods after group members invaded the track during the British Grand Prix.
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Jul 04, 2022
• Harry Styles cancels Copenhagen show after shooting near venue
• Watch: Video shows people running inside Copenhagen mall as gunshots ring out
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Jul 04, 2022
Another major Chinese developer has defaulted on its debt, dealing a new blow to the ailing real estate sector in the world's second largest economy.
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Jul 04, 2022
A rescue team from mainland China saved a crew member of a ship that broke in half and sank during Typhoon Chaba in the early hours of Monday morning -- just hours after their counterparts in Hong Kong said a "miracle" would be needed to find any more survivors.
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Jul 04, 2022
As employees return to the office in South Korea, so does gapjil -- the country's longstanding problem of toxic workplace culture.
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Jul 04, 2022
China's Foreign Minister Wang Yi has called on Myanmar's junta leaders to talk to their opponents amid concerns over escalating violence and deteriorating human rights in the Southeast Asian country.
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Jul 04, 2022
A rescue team from mainland China saved a crew member of a ship that broke in half and sank during Typhoon Chaba in the early hours of Monday morning -- just hours after their counterparts in Hong Kong said a "miracle" would be needed to find any more survivors.
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Jul 04, 2022
Indian police made fresh arrests at the weekend over the murder of a Hindu tailor in Rajasthan -- a crime that sparked tensions between the Hindu majority and Muslim minority and a clampdown on protests and the internet to prevent them from escalating.
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Jul 03, 2022
A shooting at a mall in Copenhagen has left several people dead and at least three hospitalized, local authorities said Sunday.
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Jul 03, 2022
Carlos Sainz secured his first victory in F1 during a dramatic British Grand Prix on Sunday where Alfa Romeo's Zhou Guanyu survived a huge crash on the first lap.
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Jul 02, 2022
North Korea has criticized an agreement between the United States, South Korea and Japan to strengthen military cooperation -- claiming it is part of a US plan to create a military alliance like NATO in the region.
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Jul 02, 2022
The Palestinian Authority will allow US investigators to examine the bullet that killed Palestinian-American journalist Shireen Abu Akleh, PA Attorney General Akram Al Khatib announced Saturday.
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Jul 02, 2022
Covid lockdowns in China resulted in a rare drop in production and sales for Tesla in the second quarter.
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Jul 02, 2022
• This Ukrainian athlete convinced his parents to leave Bucha before Russian tanks rolled in, now he's helping save others
• Video: Symbol of Ukrainian resistance at center of new dispute
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Jul 02, 2022
The Taliban's supreme leader Mawlawi Haibatullah Akhundzada has once again warned foreigners not to interfere in Afghanistan during a rare speech at a gathering of Islamic clerics in Kabul on Friday, according to state media.
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Jul 02, 2022
Hundreds of people stormed Libya's eastern parliament building in the port city of Tobruk on Friday, according to local media reports, the latest in a string of clashes between groups supporting rivaling leaders.
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Jul 02, 2022
At least five people were killed and 44 others injured following a string of earthquakes in southern Iran on Saturday, according to the country's semi-official FARS news agency.
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Jul 01, 2022
India on Friday imposed a ban on single-use plastics on items ranging from straws to cigarette packets to combat worsening pollution in a country whose streets are strewn with waste.
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Jul 01, 2022
Beijing's Palace Museum, located in the heart of the Forbidden City, contains the world's largest collection of Chinese art, spanning nearly 5,000 years of history. Now, more than 900 of those treasures are on display at the new Hong Kong Palace Museum -- a "gift" from the central government to coincide with the 25th anniversary of the city's handover from British to Chinese rule.
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Jul 01, 2022
Wang Chen-wei and Chen Jun-ru are unique among parents in Taiwan.
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Jul 01, 2022
I am thinking of a man who sang of freedom. His name is Zeyar Thaw.
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Jul 01, 2022
Pro-Russian investigators in the self-proclaimed Donetsk People's Republic (DPR) on Friday said they have charged another two British citizens with being "mercenaries," according to the Donetsk News Agency.
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Jul 01, 2022
In 1984, British Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher sat at a long table with Chinese Premier Zhao Ziyang in Beijing. They signed large red-bound documents with black fountain pens and shook hands. The crowd behind them applauded.
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Jul 01, 2022
Yair Lapid is used to being in the spotlight.
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Jul 01, 2022
The temperamental weather in Paris proved no match for the enthusiasm of fashion editors, celebrities and influencers who braved the strong mid-day sun and the threat of rain to watch the latest menswear collections -- even as many shows took place outdoors.
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Jul 01, 2022
There's a distinct buzz around the Africa Fashion exhibition at London's prestigious Victoria and Albert Museum.
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Jul 01, 2022
Hong Kong's new leader John Lee on Friday vowed to strengthen the city's standing as a global business hub, but he gave no hint of diverging from Beijing's insistence on strict zero-Covid rules.
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Jul 01, 2022
Chinese leader Xi Jinping on Friday claimed "true democracy" began in Hong Kong 25 years ago when China assumed control, as he marked a symbolic anniversary for the city transformed by his political crackdown.
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Jul 01, 2022
More than 300,000 civilians were killed in one decade in Syria, the "highest estimate yet of conflict-related deaths" in a civil war that started in 2011, according to the United Nations.
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Jun 30, 2022
Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi's party is returning to power in the country's richest state, Maharashtra, giving it a fillip ahead of the 2024 national election after an unlikely ruling alliance of parties crumbled after more than two years.
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Jun 30, 2022
Indonesia's parliament passed legislation on Thursday to create three new provinces in its underdeveloped region of Papua, a move critics fear could undermine the standing of the area's indigenous population and threaten special autonomy powers.
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Jun 30, 2022
A chocolate factory in Belgium has temporarily shut its doors after discovering salmonella in a production batch.
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Jun 30, 2022
A US delegation that traveled to Venezuela this week was unable to secure the release of any of the Americans detained there.
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Jun 30, 2022
The European Union has agreed on ground-breaking rules for regulating crypto assets, EU lawmakers said on Thursday, as the rout in bitcoin piles pressure on authorities to rein in the sector.
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Jun 30, 2022
The Saudi-backed LIV Golf Invitational Series arrived in Oregon for its first tournament on US soil Thursday and faced protests from 9/11 survivors and victims' families who criticized golfers for working with Saudi Arabia, who they say was complicit in the 2001 terrorist attacks.
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Jun 30, 2022
Those dismayed by China's zero-Covid policy were likely also shocked that Beijing's Communist Party chief Cai Qi reportedly said this week the city might keep the policy in place "for the next five years."
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Jun 30, 2022
An exceptionally well-preserved Roman floor mosaic, showing a rich variety of fish, animals, birds and ships, has returned to the site where it was first found in a Tel Aviv suburb after a decade-long tour of some of the world's top museums.
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Jun 30, 2022
China's huge manufacturing and service industries just saw their first month of growth since February, according to surveys published Thursday, as Covid restrictions were eased in many cities.
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Jun 30, 2022
Ferdinand Marcos Jr. was sworn in as the 17th President of the Philippines on Thursday, restoring one of the country's most notorious political dynasties to the Malacañang Palace 36 years after his father was ousted in a popular uprising.
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Jun 29, 2022
Chinese and Hong Kong flags flutter above streets and red celebratory banners line the harbor front, as thousands of Hong Kong police guard the city's high-speed rail terminus, awaiting the arrival of Chinese leader Xi Jinping.
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Jun 29, 2022
Doctors and bankers were among hundreds of Sri Lankans who marched on Wednesday to demand the government resolve a severe fuel shortage at the heart of the Indian Ocean island's worst economic crisis in decades or step down.
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Jun 29, 2022
A Brazilian court ruled on Wednesday that President Jair Bolsonaro must pay "moral damages" of 35,000 reais (approximately $6,700) to a Brazilian journalist after making remarks with sexual innuendo about her in 2020.
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Jun 29, 2022
Buckingham Palace has revealed that it has completed a review into the handling of the allegations that Meghan, the Duchess of Sussex, bullied royal staff, but declined to share the results of the probe.
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Jun 29, 2022
Tesla is increasingly turning to machines rather than humans as it attempts to develop autonomous vehicles.
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Jun 29, 2022
Salah Abdeslam, who is believed to be only surviving member of the group that carried out a series of deadly gun-and-bomb attacks across Paris in November 2015, was found guilty of all five crimes he was charged for, including murder on Wednesday.
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Jun 29, 2022
Indirect talks between US and Iranian officials in Doha aimed at salvaging the Iran nuclear deal ended without any progress, a senior administration official said Wednesday.
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Jun 29, 2022
It's getting harder for shoppers in the United Kingdom to find Heinz baked beans. Blame food price inflation.
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Jun 29, 2022
Unilever has sold its Ben & Jerry's business in Israel to its distributor in the country, following ongoing controversy related to its activities in Israel and the West Bank.
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Jun 29, 2022
NATO formally invited Finland and Sweden to join on Wednesday after Turkey dropped its opposition following an arduous process that has served to remind the alliance of its deepening fault lines.
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Jun 29, 2022
NATO formally invited Finland and Sweden to join on Wednesday after Turkey dropped its opposition following an arduous process that has served to remind the alliance of its deepening fault lines.
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Jun 29, 2022
Bed Bath and Beyond CEO Mark Tritton is out after only three years at the helm of the rapidly sinking retailer.
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Jun 29, 2022
Journalists from leading international media organizations, including Reuters and CNN, have been barred from covering official ceremonies during Chinese leader Xi Jinping's visit to Hong Kong later this week.
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Jun 29, 2022
Coca-Cola has another new flavor. This time, it got some help.
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Jun 29, 2022
Religious tensions are flaring in India following the alleged killing of a Hindu man by two Muslim assailants as authorities attempt to stop video of the brutal attack from circulating online.
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Jun 28, 2022
Two chalk and pastel studies of Leonardo da Vinci's "The Last Supper" that once belonged to a 19th-century Dutch king will be up for auction next month.
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Jun 28, 2022
Indonesian authorities stripped a bar and restaurant chain in the capital Jakarta of its operating permit after police charged six employees with blasphemy over a promotion offering free drinks for people named Mohammed or Maria.
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Jun 28, 2022
Brett Patman never set out to be a photographer.
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Jun 28, 2022
Nobel Peace Prize laureate and journalist Maria Ressa said Tuesday the Philippine government has ordered her news organization Rappler to shut down.
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Jun 28, 2022
Colombia's Truth Commission presented a long-awaited report on nearly six decades of widespread civil conflict during an emotionally charged ceremony in the country's capital, Bogota, on Tuesday.
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Jun 28, 2022
Izabela Sajbor knew for weeks that her longed-for baby was unlikely to live long. On September 22 last year, she realized she was likely to die alongside it.
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Jun 28, 2022
A fire inside an overcrowded Colombian prison killed 51 inmates in the early hours of Tuesday morning, authorities said, marking one of the deadliest incidents of its kind in the country's recent history.
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Jun 28, 2022
Five months of war have forced Ukrainians to adjust their expectations. After readying for a conflict they thought would be a sprint, many are now grappling with the likelihood of a "marathon," said Olena Zelenska, Ukraine's first lady.
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Jun 28, 2022
With its strawberries and cream, grassy slopes, and peaceful setting in a leafy part of London, Wimbledon is a world away from Ukraine, where the bombs still fall four months after Russia invaded.
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Jun 28, 2022
The A380 superjumbo is beloved among aviation fans, thanks to its spacious interior, mighty size and quiet inflight experience, but its days have been numbered since Airbus announced in 2019 it was ceasing production of the airliner.
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Jun 28, 2022
A 101-year-old former Nazi concentration camp guard has been sentenced to five years in prison by a German court for aiding and abetting the murder of 3,518 people during the Holocaust.
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Jun 28, 2022
WNBA star Brittney Griner will attend a preliminary court hearing in the Moscow region Monday, her lawyer Alexander Boykov told CNN.
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Jun 28, 2022
Andy Murray defended the use of the underarm serve he deployed during his first-round win at Wimbledon over Australia's James Duckworth.
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Jun 28, 2022
This week, Russia defaulted on its foreign debt for the first time since the Bolshevik revolution after it failed to pay interest on two bonds during a 30-day grace period that expired Sunday.
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Jun 28, 2022
Tencent's biggest shareholder will reduce its stake in the social media and gaming giant, just over a year after promising it would not sell the stock for three years.
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Jun 28, 2022
In Sri Lanka, people queue for miles to fill a tank of fuel. In Bangladesh, shops shut at 8 p.m. to conserve energy. In India and Pakistan, power outages force schools to shut, businesses to close and residents to swelter without air conditioning through deadly heat waves in which temperatures top 100 degrees Fahrenheit (37 degrees Celsius).
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Jun 28, 2022
British taxpayers now officially hold shares in a company that throws sex parties.
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Jun 28, 2022
British taxpayers now officially hold shares in a company that throws sex parties.
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Jun 28, 2022
Delhi police have arrested a prominent Muslim journalist, accusing him of insulting religious beliefs on social media, in a move condemned by free speech advocates.
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Jun 28, 2022
Delhi police have arrested a prominent Muslim journalist, accusing him of insulting religious beliefs on social media, in a move condemned by free speech advocates.
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Jun 28, 2022
Japan is asking some 37 million people living in and around Tokyo to use less electricity and ration air conditioning even amid a record heat wave that has seen temperatures in some parts of the country pass 40 degrees Celsius (104 degrees Fahrenheit).
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Jun 28, 2022
Japan is asking some 37 million people living in and around Tokyo to use less electricity and ration air conditioning even amid a record heat wave that has seen temperatures in some parts of the country pass 40 degrees Celsius (104 degrees Fahrenheit).
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Jun 27, 2022
Sri Lanka will shut schools and only allow fuel supplies to services deemed essential like health, trains and buses for two weeks starting Tuesday, a minister said, in a desperate attempt to deal with a severe shortage.
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Jun 27, 2022
There are some secret areas on widebody aircraft, where the pilots and cabin crew go to rest during long flights. Passengers can't access them under any circumstance and they're well hidden from view.
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Jun 27, 2022
The US carried out a strike in Syria on Monday targeting a senior leader of Hurras al-Din, an al Qaeda-affiliated terrorist organization, according to a statement from US Central Command.
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Jun 27, 2022
Amazon unveiled its first fully autonomous mobile robot that can move heavy carts and work safely alongside humans. The company says the robot will help address safety concerns, but it comes as Amazon faces a labor crisis and several unionization effort from warehouse workers.
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