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Under Taliban, barring Afghan girls from school takes an emotional toll — and a community one, too

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UN, scientists warn that strong El Nino will add fuel to 'a planet already on fire'

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Funeral for Staff Sgt Angel Rampersad, killed in Iranian missile attack

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Israelis worry about weakening connection with younger Jewish Americans

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A high-stakes test for Trump's Gaza ceasefire board as Hamas disarmament looms

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An Australian jury convicts British entertainer Yung Filly of assault as he weeps in court

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Quake survivors in southwestern Japan sleep in cars in sweltering heat as death toll rises to 34

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Tens of thousands of migrants voluntarily leave after crossing into Spanish territory of Ceuta

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Hamas says it will disarm if Israel halts strikes and withdraws from Gaza, but obstacles remain

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Today in History: July 31, Apollo 15 astronauts use a lunar rover for the first time

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Child soldiers recount horrors of Sudan's war and presence of Colombian mercenaries

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Milei empowers Argentina to bar or deport foreigners over hateful remarks about the country

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Record-low Danube River affects tourism and industry as drought and heat grip Central Europe

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A 150-year-overdue book resurfaces in an Australian library, found bricked in a fireplace

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Here's why new fronts seem to be opening up across the Middle East

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Prague zoo keeps polar bears cool with ice cubes as European summer heatwave hits

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Cuba loosens control of its private sector in a struggle with a mounting humanitarian crisis

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Hope dwindles for rescue in southwestern Japan quake as death toll climbs to 25

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Russian strikes across Ukraine kill 10 and NATO scrambles jets after a missile falls in Poland

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Congo says the death toll in fastest-growing Ebola outbreak has passed 1,500

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Today in History: July 30, India plunged into world's biggest blackout

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Oprah Winfrey hands over control of South African girls school

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K-pop band BTS opts out of Grammys contention amid new 'Asian pop' category

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Iraq's balancing act is only getting harder as the war between the US and Iran widens

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Wildfires near Bordeaux bring more troubles to France's wine industry

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After Venezuela's quakes, experts say environmental and health risks have just begun

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This Lebanese couple is among those returning to shattered homes under US-brokered deal with Israel

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The fastest growing Ebola outbreak is worsening hunger in eastern Congo, a UN agency chief warns

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Wildfires are more extreme in Europe and North America, but global burning is oddly decreasing

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Russia accuses Telegram CEO of aiding terrorism in its latest digital crackdown

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Ukraine says it hits 2 major Russian oil refineries hours after Zelenskyy's meeting with Trump

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Rescuers search for survivors after a 7.1 quake kills 18 in southwestern Japan

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Today in History: July 29, Drew Peterson gets 40 more years for murder-for-hire plot

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Kavinsky, French DJ and composer of 'Nightcall', dies at 50

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Glen Hansard, Irish musician who won Oscar for 'Once,' dies in motorcycle crash

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Bosnian authorities investigate desecration and fire damage at Medjugorje Virgin Mary shrine

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Keiko Fujimori is inaugurated as Peru's president following a narrow election victory

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US thwarts an Iranian missile attack and launches strikes with Saudi Arabia against militias in Iraq

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Criminal gangs increasingly lure people to work in online scam centers, UN migration agency warns

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6 refugees speak out as UN-backed treaty to help people fleeing war and persecution marks 75 years

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Four decades after Chernobyl, a generational divide reshapes Italy's nuclear debate

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Uganda declares itself free of Ebola after last patient was discharged in mid-June

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Months of fighting between Afghanistan and Pakistan have killed nearly 500 Afghan civilians, UN says

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NATO member Romania shoots down stray drones from Russia-Ukraine war after years of incursions

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A 7.1 magnitude quake hits Japan's southern Kyushu island killing at least 3

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Rape and assault case against British entertainer Yung Filly heading to jury in Australia

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Ebola cases in Congo top 3,200, nearing record of the country's worst outbreak

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Netanyahu praises first meeting with Trump since launching the Iran war

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Zelenskyy has a 'good meeting' with Trump at the White House as he seeks more cooperation with US

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Today in History: July 28, Summer Olympics opens in Los Angeles

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Cheaper, open and intelligent: Chinese AI models gain ground, as they make inroads in the US

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Police investigate shooting at US consulate in Toronto

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US walks out on France at UN meeting to protest ally's criticism of America's human rights record

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UN human rights chief says Israel must end occupation and house demolitions in Lebanon

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What to know about the historic wildfires in France and Spain

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Days disrupted: 7 people around the world share how the Iran war has reshaped their lives

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In a Ukrainian bomb shelter, Laura Loomer explains shift on Russia's war

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Zelenskyy and Britain's new leader discuss drone projects and missile defense for Kyiv

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Major hurricane Genevieve roars in the Pacific as Hurricane Fausto nears Hawaii

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US-Canada bridge opens in Detroit even as trade disputes test the neighbors' ties

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Today in History: July 27, horrific kidnapping, killing leads to 'America's Most Wanted'

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Netanyahu accuses Mamdani of 'fomenting hate,' calls ICC charges 'bogus'

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A fatal attack on Berlin's Pride festival leaves locals wondering how their city will recover

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Today in History: July 26, Hillary Clinton wins nomination for Democratic presidential candidate

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The suspect in the deadly Berlin Pride attack is killed in a confrontation with police

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Today in History: July 25, first 'test tube baby' born in England

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UN human rights chief wins second term despite opposition from US, Israel and Russia

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More than 200,000 people flee raging wildfires in France and Spain, some escaping by boat

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Giraffes given a new home in Uganda to escape oil drilling in the country's largest park

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Brazil uses forensic science to trace gold's origin and tackle illegal mining in the Amazon

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Chris Brown pleads guilty in nightclub bottle attack

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With swords, axes and shields, fighters go head-to-head in medieval combat world championship

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UNESCO adds West Bank site and Lebanese castles to World Heritage List despite Israeli objections

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Northern West Bank in lockdown as clashes rock villages and Israel deploys troops in Nablus

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Russian ballistic strike kills 10 after Ukraine's Zelenskyy hosts US company making Patriots

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Canada celebrates new bridge to US during tariff troubles with Trump

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Today in History: July 24, stampede at Germany music festival kills 21

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Norway protests Trump call to FIFA regarding Folarin Balogun suspension

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Fate of ICC chief prosecutor heads to unprecedented vote as US sanctions keep him out of New York

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Sex work or starve: Aid workers in Nepal left jobless by USAID cuts turn to sex work to survive

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Pakistan rejects Amnesty call for war crimes probe into Kabul airstrike

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FBI Director Patel returns looted cultural artifacts to Indonesian President Prabowo

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What experts are saying as Ebola outbreak in Congo and Uganda kills more than 1,000 people

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EU hits Google with $1 billion fine over its Play app store and search

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Mideast oil producers step up plans to bypass the Strait of Hormuz

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Today in History: July 23, Kerri Strug, with torn ankle ligaments, secures Team USA gold medal

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Epstein model recruiter Daniel Siad, 69, found dead in France

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Demand for critical minerals fuels conflict but could help resource-rich nations, WTO says

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Epstein model recruiter Daniel Siad, 69, found dead in France

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FBI chief hold talks in Cambodia over closer security cooperation to combat online scam crimes

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Why the fastest-growing Ebola outbreak in history is becoming more challenging

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An Australian woman gives birth to rare identical quadruplet girls

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2,000 VOLUNTEERS JOIN A PAINSTAKING EFFORT TO RESTORE MASSIVE SKELETON OF PREHISTORIC PREDATOR

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Orphaned by war in Gaza, Palestinian siblings reunite with their sister in Israel

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Adolf Hitler's birthplace in Austria reopens as a police station to deter Nazi pilgrimages

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France recorded 5,700 more deaths than usual during its historic June heat wave

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Amnesty International says Pakistan strike on Kabul drug treatment center may be a war crime

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Louvre reopens Apollo Gallery after a brazen heist, but no jewels are on display

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US and Pakistan condemn Houthi Red Sea threats to shipping and Saudi Arabia

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