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At least 112 dead in India as rains trigger floods, landslides
Metro USA 23 Jul 2021
MUMBAI (Reuters) -At least 112 people have died in the western Indian state of Maharashtra, authorities said on Friday, after torrential monsoon rains caused landslides and flooded low-lying areas, cutting off hundreds of villages ... “Dams and rivers are overflowing ... (Reporting by Rajendra JadhavEditing by Joe Bavier and Giles Elgood). FILE PHOTO.
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US carried out airstrikes in Afghanistan: Pentagon
Indian Express 23 Jul 2021
Top News Right Now ... The Pentagon, however, refrained from giving any specifics of its airstrikes in Afghanistan ... Tags ... Live Blog ... Weather Forecast Today LIVE Updates ... The Process Metro Food Hoppers The Sandip Roy Show Talking Books What to Watch this Weekend From the Print Opinion Explained Delhi Confidential Astrology Epaper Todays Paper Sunday Eye ... .
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Russia battles with ‘catastrophic’ wildfires as scrutiny turns to lack of fire defence funding
The Independent 23 Jul 2021
Wildfires are raging throughout Russia, overwhelming an overstretched firefighting service, and leaving desperate locals with little choice but to defend themselves however they can. The summer may not set a record for forest fires in recent memory — that was likely set in 2003 ... In Yakutia, many towns have been blanketed in a layer of smoke ... .
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Rapper Lil Uzi Vert becoming ‘first human to own a planet’ months after inserting $24m diamond into his actual forehead
Metro UK 22 Jul 2021
Yes, you read that right ... Still working on it.’ ... Apparently @LILUZIVERT owns this planet – just a heads up https.//t.co/rcyQ2ts7Hj— Grimes (@Grimezsz) July 22, 2021 ... Documentation almost complete for @LILUZIVERT to legally claim wasp-127b – this is huge! First human to legally own a planet https.//t.co/GBizLOC1yq— Grimes (@Grimezsz) July 22, 2021 ... .
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Biden's belief that Putin is conspiring with China to take down democracy betrays his complete ignorance of Russia's own politics
Russia Today 23 Jul 2021
Russia and China are betting that autocracy will beat democracy. That’s according to US President Joe Biden. But apart from generating headlines, his explosive claim seems to have little to do with the reality in either country. Not only is lumping the two states together a mistake, so too is the act of contrasting the two ideologies ... autocracy.
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What Russia, China, Iran Want in Afghanistan When U.S. Troops Leave
Newsweek 23 Jul 2021
Russia, China and Iran seek to ensure stability in Afghanistan while securing their own interests, as friendly ties with Kabul are tested by a desire to engage with the powerful Taliban movement that has retaken much of the country ....
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US set to formalize end of combat mission in Iraq
Middle East Online 23 Jul 2021
WASHINGTON - The United States and Iraq are expected to formalize the end of Washington's combat mission in Iraq by the end of the year and continue the transition toward training and advising Iraqi forces, US officials said on Thursday ... "The mission doesn't change ... .
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Pakistan seeks U.N. probe of India's use of Pegasus spyware
Reuters 23 Jul 2021
ISLAMABAD, July 23 (Reuters) - Pakistan called on the United Nations on Friday to investigate whether India used Israeli-made Pegasus spyware to spy on public figures including Prime Minister Imran Khan ... India's foreign ministry did not immediately respond to a request for comment on the statement ... read more ... read more ... Our Standards ... More from Reuters.
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UN warns of ISIS, Al Qaeda threats expanding in Africa
Yahoo Daily News 23 Jul 2021
New York [US], July 23 (ANI). The United Nations on Thursday warned that terrorist organisations - Islamic State (ISIS) and Al Qaeda pose a growing threat in much of Africa ... The UN report suggests a consistent pattern ... "We might be done with jihadis, but they are not done with us." ... (ANI) ... Horoscope Today, July 23, 2021 ... Horoscope Today, July 22, 2021 ... .
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Biden Tells Central American Asylum Seekers to Stay Home
Human Rights Watch 23 Jul 2021
Refugees are defined under international law as people outside their country who fear being persecuted upon return. United States President Joe Biden seeks to turn that definition on its head ... History is one thing, but consider also what it would be like to be a Salvadoran whose life is being threatened by a gang today ... Click for original article. .
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The state of the forests, deforestation, and what we can do about it
WorldNews.com 23 Jul 2021
Deforestation at warp speedUp until about the Industrial Revolution, deforestation—if it could be called that—used to be a not unnatural consequence of man’s need for timber, the expansion of human settlements, and slash-and-burn agriculture which has been ...
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Zuckerberg wants Facebook to become online 'metaverse'
BBC News 23 Jul 2021
Mark Zuckerberg has laid out his vision to transform Facebook from a social media network into a “metaverse company” in the next five years ... The Facebook CEO described it as “an embodied internet where instead of just viewing content - you are in it” ... “A lot of the meetings that we have today, you’re looking at a grid of faces on a screen ... .
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Bosnia’s High Representative Imposes Genocide Denial Ban
Balkan Insight 23 Jul 2021
Bosnia and Herzegovina’s top international official, High Representative Valentin Inzko, used his power to impose amendments to the country’s criminal code to ban the denial of genocide and the glorification of war criminals. Valentin Inzko at the Srebrenica Memorial Centre. Photo courtesy of N1 ... .
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Violence overshadows memorial Mass for slain Haitian leader
Indian Express 23 Jul 2021
The Rev. Jean-Gilles Sem spoke to dozens of people wearing white T-shirts emblazoned with Moise’s picture on Thursday ... Read ... Weather Forecast Today LIVE Updates ... The Process Metro Food Hoppers The Sandip Roy Show Talking Books What to Watch this Weekend From the Print Opinion Explained Delhi Confidential Astrology Epaper Todays Paper Sunday Eye.
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Xi Jinping makes rare visit to Tibetan town bordering Arunachal Pradesh
Indian Express 23 Jul 2021
Top News Right Now ... Nyingchi is a prefecture-level city in Tibet that is adjacent to the Arunachal Pradesh border ... Tags ... Live Blog ... Weather Forecast Today LIVE Updates ... The Process Metro Food Hoppers The Sandip Roy Show Talking Books What to Watch this Weekend From the Print Opinion Explained Delhi Confidential Astrology Epaper Todays Paper Sunday Eye ... .
