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Georgia president holds talks on 'how to save' the country as U.S., EU and NATO decry 'Russian law'
By Sam Meredith
What is the newly passed 'Russia law' that has divided people in Georgia for months?
US threatens Georgian politicians — while Congress is blamed for the chaos
By Matt Berg
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China’s Xi Jinping rolls out red carpet for close friend Putin in strong show of unity
By Simone Mccarthy
How the Ukraine war brought China and Russia closer together
By Simone Mccarthy
Putin and Xi sign a joint statement on deepening the comprehensive strategic partnership between Russia and China
Putin in China: Xi Jinping welcomes Russian President
By Christopher Bodeen & Emily Wang
Putin arrives in Beijing for China state visit as Ukraine war intensifies – live
By Jonathan Yerushalmy & Martin Belam
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Hundreds of French police deployed amid New Caledonia riots
France Declares State of Emergency Amid Protests in New Caledonia
By Aurelien Breeden & Cassandra Vinograd
France Deploys Army, Bans TikTok In Riot-hit New Caledonia: PM
Why this French island in the Pacific is being roiled by violence over a vote held 10,000 miles away
By Angus Watson & Helen Regan
Hundreds arrested, roads barricaded in New Caledonia as riots continue
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Israeli defense minister publicly criticizes Netanyahu's Gaza strategy
By Daniel Sagalyn, Ethan Dodd & Zeba Warsi
Israel defense chief says he would oppose ‘Israeli military rule’ in Gaza
By Tamar Michaelis & Jeremy Diamond
Netanyahu Rejects U.S. Calls for Postwar Plan in Gaza
By Dov Lieber & Michael R. Gordon
Israeli defense chief unloads on Bibi over lack of post-war plan
By Barak Ravid
Israeli defence chief challenges Netanyahu over post-war Gaza plans
By Dan Williams
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Slovakia prime minister Robert Fico's condition 'no longer life-threatening': deputy PM
Attempted Assassination of Slovakia’s Robert Fico Puts Europe on Edge
By Andrew Higgins, Richard Pérez-Peña & Cassandra Vinograd
Who is Robert Fico, the Slovakian prime minister who was shot?
By Ladka Bauerova, Loveday Morris & Niha Masih
Who is Robert Fico? Slovakia Prime Minister shot multiple times
By Justin Spike
Slovak prime minister shot, in life-threatening condition
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US aid pier for Gaza floats into wartime reality
By Michelle Nichols & Jonathan Landay
US military says Gaza Strip pier project is completed, aid to soon flow as Israel-Hamas war rages on
A massive U.S. dock to deliver food and other humanitarian aid will reach Gaza tonight
By Courtney Kube
Gaza war: US says floating aid pier operational 'in days'
By Paul Adams
US military says it has completed a Gaza Strip pier project to bring in needed aid by sea as Israel-Hamas war rages on
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Confused about Biden's Israel weapons policy? Here's what you should know.
By Lara Seligman
US sending Israel $1 billion in military aid, Biden administration tells Congress
Bibi's rant: Israel isn't a "vassal state" of the U.S.
By Barak Ravid
Biden administration advances potential $1 billion weapons sale to Israel
By Zoe Richards, Kate Santaliz & Abigail Williams
Opinion | Biden's Israel Arms Embargo Starts to Crack
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Ukrainian troops pull out of some areas and Zelenskyy postpones foreign trips amid Russian offensive
By Illia Novikov & Matthew Lee
Opinion | Russia Has Opened Up a New Front. What Comes Next?
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By Michael Kofman & Rob Lee
Ukraine withdraws troops near Kharkiv, Russia enters Vovchansk in new offensive
By Alexander Smith
Russia Advances on New Front, Stretching Outnumbered Ukrainian Troops
By Alan Cullison, Ian Lovett & Matthew Luxmoore
‘Catastrophic moment’: Russia advances on key city in Ukraine
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Israeli war updates: No humanitarian crisis in Rafah, Netanyahu says
Israel’s war on Gaza live: Mass displacement as Israelis intensify assaults
By Alastair Mccready, Zaheena Rasheed & Mersiha Gadzo
Misery deepens in Gaza's Rafah as Israeli troops press operation
What is the history of the Israel-Palestinian conflict?
By Edmund Blair & Peter Graff
Maps Show Scarce Shelter and Medical Care as Rafah Operation Is Underway
By Leanne Abraham, Bora Erden & Amy Schoenfeld Walker
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Doctor who saved Sen. Duckworth’s life says he's trapped in Gaza but still helping patients
By Syedah Asghar, Frank Thorp V & Ryan Nobles
Doctor still treating patients in Gaza while being blocked from leaving
Trapped in Rafah, U.S. medical volunteers say they can't save lives and can't evacuate
By Jane Arraf
American doctors trapped in Gaza hospital after Rafah border closing
American Medical Missions Trapped in Gaza, Facing Death by Dehydration as Population Clings to Life
By Ryan Grim & Hind Khoudary
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RFK Jr. becomes Biden, Trump's debate wild card
By Justin Green & Alex Thompson
RFK Jr. accuses Biden and Trump of 'colluding' to exclude him from debates
By Katherine Koretski
RFK Jr. rails against being left out of the Biden-Trump presidential debates
By Christine Zhu
RFK Jr claims that Biden, Trump are 'colluding' to keep him from presidential debates
By Jeremy Yurow
Dean Phillips says RFK Jr. should be included in Trump, Biden debates
By Lauren Irwin
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IDF tanks kill and wound multiple Israeli soldiers in friendly fire - Israel News
By Yonah Jeremy Bob
U.S. offers aid as Zelensky drops foreign trip due to Russian advance
By Michael Birnbaum
Zelenskyy pleads for more support amid one of Russia's largest offensives of the war
By Teresa Cebrián Aranda
Zelensky cancels foreign trips as Russia attacks north-east Ukraine
Zelenskiy postpones travel abroad as Russian troops enter Ukraine border town
By Yuliia Dysa, Sergiy Karazy & Tom Balmforth
Ukraine Fights to Hold Off Fierce Russian Assaults in Northeast
By Constant Méheut
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Egypt, UAE, Morocco said weighing US plan to create post-war Gaza peacekeeping force
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Hezbollah drone hits Lower Galilee in terror group’s deepest strike of war
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'Very painful and very surprising move’: Ukrainian journalist on Russia’s latest attack
By Andrea Mitchell
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Far-right activists mistake commercial truck for Gaza aid convoy, attack driver
Protesters in Israel arrested after attacking Gaza aid trucks
By Will Gretsky & Kiara Alfonseca
‘Barbaric’: Palestinian lorry drivers recount settlers’ attack on Gaza aid convoy
By Jason Burke, Sufian Taha & Lorenzo Tondo
See Israeli protesters ransack aid headed for Gaza
Israeli’s tearful plea decrying Gaza aid convoy attacks
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South Africa's National Health Insurance (NHI) Bill: Why it is controversial
By Farouk Chothia
South African Leader to Sign Health Law Opposed by Business
By Monique Vanek
South Africa’s Ramaphosa signs health bill weeks before election
A new South Africa health law aims at deep inequality, but critics say they'll challenge it
By Mogomotsi Magome
South Africa's president signs major health bill just before election
By Nellie Peyton & Nqobile Dludla
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Netherlands: Right-wing parties to form government
Dutch Right-Wing Parties Reach Preliminary Deal to Form a Government
By Claire Moses
The Netherlands veers sharply to right with new government dominated by party of Geert Wilders
By Raf Casert & Molly Quell
How Geert Wilders turned all corners of Dutch society into far right voters
By Hanne Cokelaere & Eva Hartog
Far-right Geert Wilders agrees deal for Dutch coalition government
By Senay Boztas
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South China Sea: Filipino activists, fishermen sail in 100-boat flotilla to disputed shoal
By Jim Gomez
Filipino activists decide not to sail closer to disputed shoal, avoiding clash with Chinese ships
By Jim Gomez
China Deploys Dozens of Ships to Block Philippine Protest Flotilla
By Camille Elemia & Chris Buckley
China Coast Guard conducts training in the waters of Huangyan Dao
South China Sea: huge civilian Filipino flotilla heads to disputed shoal to ‘assert sovereign rights’
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Massive manhunt underway for escaped inmate known as "The Fly" after officers killed in prison van attack in France
A France in Shock Confronts the Violence in Its Midst
By Roger Cohen
Mohamed Amra: Who is ‘The Fly,’ the French prisoner who escaped in deadly ambush?
By Sophie Tanno & Niamh Kennedy
France reels after double prison guard killing
By Hugh Schofield
'Unprecedented' manhunt in France after gunmen bust gangster known as 'The Fly' out of prison, kill 2 guards
By Chris Pandolfo
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Patients with female doctors have lower risk of death, research shows
By Aria Bendix
Surgery patients face lower risks when their doctors are women, more research shows
By Emily Mae Czachor
Hospital surgical teams with more women improve patient recovery, study finds
By Andrew Gregory
More female doctors in the operating room could improve patient outcomes: study
By Amina Zafar
Including more women on hospital teams yields better surgery outcomes, new study finds
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Egypt warns Israel of ‘dire repercussions’ over Rafah operation in Gaza
By Nadeen Ebrahim
Israeli delegation visits Cairo in bid to mend growing rift over capture of Rafah Crossing
Israel war live updates: Egypt says Israel to blame for Gaza crisis
Egypt-Israel relations in a deep valley, but not for the first time - analysis
By Herb Keinon
Israel's Rafah Offensive Strains 45 Years of Peace With Egypt
By Summer Said & Jared Malsin
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To Minimize Losses: Russia's New Defense Minister Lists Priorities for Ukraine Invasion
Putin's Preparing Better Than Us for a Long War
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By Marc Champion
Russia’s defence rejig: ‘Unfortunately for Ukraine, a very effective move’
By Mansur Mirovalev
Shifting his fishing buddy sideways in the Kremlin, Putin chooses an economy expert for the war in Ukraine. Here’s why
By Nathan Hodge
Putin’s New Defense Minister Signals Russia’s Plan for a Long War in Ukraine
By Anatoly Kurmanaev & Anton Troianovski
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2023 temperatures were warmest we've seen for at least 2000 years
By John Timmer
Summer 2023 Was the Northern Hemisphere's Hottest in 2000 Years, Study Finds
By Delger Erdenesanaa
Ancient trees unlock an alarming new insight into our warming world
By Rachel Ramirez
Temperatures measured during summer 2023 'unparalleled' to past 2,000 years, researchers say
By Julia Jacobo
Summer of 2023 was the hottest in 2,000 years in some parts of the world, researchers say
By Li Cohen
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Asia just had a deadly heat wave, and scientists say it could happen again. Here's what's making it much more likely.
By Li Cohen
‘Impossible’ heatwave struck Philippines in April, scientists find
By Damian Carrington
Sweltering heat across Asia was 45 times more likely because of climate change, study finds
By Sibi Arasu
A deadly heat wave worsened Gaza’s humanitarian crisis. It was fueled by climate change, new data shows
By Laura Paddison
Asia's extreme April heat worsened by climate change, scientists say
By David Stanway
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Pod of killer whales attacks and sinks 50-foot yacht in Strait of Gibraltar
By Hammar Castano & Leah Sarnoff
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Waibhav Kale: UN says Israeli tank attack killed staff member in Gaza
By Janhavee Moole & Cherylann Mollan
Taiwan drag queens bring their glamour to presidential office celebrating RuPaul win
By Ben Blanchard
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Raging bull attacks woman on Mexican beach as tourists scream in horror: video
By Michael Dorgan
Tourist Attacked After Provoking Wild Bull on Beach in Mexico
By Stacey Ritzen
Woman gored by bull after ignoring warnings from beachgoers in Mexico
By Tony Kurzweil
Distressing moment a wild bull attacks a tourist in front of onlookers on popular Mexico beach: 'Get away!'
By Richard Pollina
Video shows bull attacking woman on beach near Cabo San Lucas
By Alexi Chidbachian
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Ukraine says it has no reserves as Putin amasses half-million troops for summer offensive: report
By Steve Janoski
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Palestinians mark 76th "Nakba," as the raging Israel-Hamas war leaves them to suffer a brand new catastrophe
By Imtiaz Tyab & Agnes Reau
From one generation to the next, Palestinians aim to keep the history of al-Nakba alive
By Alaa Elassar
Palestinians mark 1948 Nakba in the shadow of war in Gaza
By Mohammad Salem & James Mackenzie
Sirens sound for 76th anniversary of Palestinian Nakba
#Nakba76: Demand action and accountability to end #GazaGenocide and #DismantleApartheid
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IDF strikes deep in Lebanon after Hezbollah drone attack
By Tzvi Joffre
Israel said to strike in Lebanon’s Baalbek, hours after Hezbollah drone attack
Israeli army says senior Hezbollah leader killed in Lebanon airstrike
Report: Hezbollah Commander Among Two Killed in Israeli Drone Strike in Southern Lebanon - Israel News
IDF Confirms Killing Of Hezbollah Southern Front Commander In Tyre - I24NEWS
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Israeli military calls for investigation after releasing video showing armed men at UN facility in Gaza
By Jeremy Diamond
Why U.N. lowered Gaza death toll for women and children
U.N. Lowers Count of Women and Children Killed, Citing Incomplete Information
By Abu Bakr Bashir, Liam Stack & Nader Ibrahim
United Nations cuts estimate for deaths of women and children in Gaza in half
By Joey Garrison
Why the U.N.’s Gaza Casualty Figures Were So Off
By David Adesnik
UN cuts by more than half the number of women, children ‘identified’ as killed in Gaza
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