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Sydney braces for hotter days, rising sea levels
The picturesque waterways and beaches of Sydney, Australia's "Harbour City", are "vulnerable" to substantial sea level rises unless a greater effort is made to reduce emissions, a government climate report warned on Tuesday.
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British tech mogul Mike Lynch reported missing after yacht sinks near Sicily
ITALY:
UK businessman Mike Lynch, who was recently acquitted in the United States of an $11 billion fraud, is among those missing Monday after a superyacht sank off southern Italy, according to the head of the Civil Protection Agency.…
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Hollywood to bring star power to Democratic Convention
LOS ANGELES:
A month after turning its back on the Democrats, Hollywood is sending star power to the party’s national convention this week to formally nominate Kamala Harris for US president.
Julia Louis-Dreyfus, John Legend, Billy…
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Floods in Yemen claim 60 lives, leaving thousands displaced: UN
SANAA:
Flooding caused by torrential rainfall in war-torn Yemen has led to at least 60 deaths since July, with 13 others still missing and a total of 268,000 people affected, the United Nations said Monday.
Yemen, already grappling…
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Bangladeshi war crimes tribunal initiates mass murder probes against Sheikh Hasina
DHAKA:
A Bangladeshi war crimes tribunal set up by ousted premier Sheikh Hasina has launched three “mass murder” probes into its founder over the unrest that forced her to flee the country, its investigator said on Monday.
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UN Chief Praises Sudan’s Decision to Reopen Adre Border
WASHINGTON:
UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres on Saturday commended a decision by Sudanese authorities to reopen the Adre border crossing between Chad and Darfur.
Guterres underscored the importance of "concrete and sustained"…
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Thousands in Israel demand prisoner-hostage deal
JERUSALEM:
Thousands of Israelis took to the streets on Saturday, demanding a prisoner-hostage swap deal with Palestinian factions in Gaza.
Tens of thousands of Israelis demonstrated in Kaplan Square, central Tel Aviv, to pressure…
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Libya’s central bank halts operations after official abducted
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The central bank of Libya, which is situated in Tripoli, announced that it would cease all activities and wouldn't start up again until a senior bank official who had been abducted earlier in the day was freed.
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Biden thinks there’s still hope for a cease-fire in Gaza
PAKISTAN:
US President Joe Biden believes a cease-fire in gaza is "still possible."
To advance cease-fire negotiations and work on a deal for the release of hostages in Gaza, US Secretary of State Antony Blinken arrived in Israel on…
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Another 9/11 could ‘originate from Afghanistan’
ISLAMABAD:
A top Pakistani diplomat handling Afghan diplomacy has sounded the alarm, cautioning that another 9/11-style attack could originate from Afghanistan, a war-torn country he says the world has all but forgotten.
"Afghanistan…
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