International
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Spain records over 5 000 heat-related deaths in three months
Spain has recorded more than 5 000 heat-related deaths between June and August, marking the country’s deadliest summer on record.
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Former gang leader convicted of Tupac Shakur murder after 30 years
Las Vegas jury convicts former gang leader Duane Davis of murdering rapper Tupac Shakur 30 years after the 1996 shooting.
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China-Nepal flood toll tops 1 000 as tunnel rescue offers last hope
Death toll from Himalayan glacial floods crosses 1 000 with rescue teams racing to find survivors trapped in hydropower tunnels.
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Russian missile and drone strike on Kyiv kills eight
Russian missile and drone attack kills eight in Kyiv, including seven railway workers, as children return to school amid intensified strikes.
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Two dead after Times Square knife attack in New York
Woman kills one person and injures another in Times Square knife attack before police shoot her dead after standoff.
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Nepal flash floods: 919 dead, nearly 5 000 missing including ten from South Africa
Ten South Africans are among nearly 5 000 people still missing after devastating flash floods and landslides struck the Nepal-Tibet border region this week.
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Ferry disaster off Northern Cyprus leaves seven dead, 23 missing
A rescue operation is under way after a passenger ferry capsized and sank off Northern Cyprus on Sunday, killing at least seven people and leaving 23 missing.
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Human refrigerator becomes lifeline for Japanese workers in ‘cruelly hot’ summer
A refrigerator for humans was introduced this summer in Japan to cool down employees in the ‘cruelly hot’ weather.
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Manhunt in Switzerland after fatal rave shooting
Swiss police hunt gunmen after shooting at rave near Zurich kills one person and wounds five others in rare attack in the Alpine nation.
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NASA’s Roman telescope set to launch on cosmic mapping mission
NASA’s Roman Space Telescope launches Sunday on a mission to map the cosmos and unlock secrets of dark matter and dark energy.
