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India monsoon: Rescuers search for survivors after heavy rains

Heavy rains have battered India's western coast, leaving dozens dead and prompting mass evacuations.

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U.S. to Announce Troop Drawdown From Iraq, but Little Is Expected to Change

The deal appears to be the latest effort by the Iraqi prime minister to balance the needs and demands of the country’s two closest allies: the United States and Iran.

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Amateur Fossil Hunters Make Rare Find in U.K. Using Google Earth

While some indulged in baking through lockdown, a husband-and-wife team discovered an exceptionally large and well-preserved group of Jurassic starfish.

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Typhoon In-Fa sweeps towards China after flooding chaos

Typhoon In-Fa is expected to make landfall on Sunday, days after floods devastated central areas.

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Tennessee Redirects Teen Vaccine Outreach to Parents

Two weeks ago, a campaign to encourage public school students to get vaccinated was halted when Republican elected officials complained that parents should make the decisions.

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Flood Deaths in China Show Road Risks From Climate Change

At least four people died in a highway tunnel in central China that flooded at the same time as a subway tunnel after eight inches of rain fell in a single hour.

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Afghanistan curfew imposed as Taliban militants advance

The government says the measure is to help its forces stop Taliban militants infiltrating cities.

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Conservative Tennessee Radio Host Hit With Covid Urges Vaccinations

Phil Valentine is currently one of hundreds of Covid patients in Tennessee, which has seen a 77 percent increase in hospitalizations over the past two weeks.

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Tense Funeral for Haiti Leader Exposes Rifts, and U.S. Delegation Departs Early

Angry protests before and during the funeral reflected the nation’s deep divisions, a backdrop to a moment many had hoped would help mend a fractured nation. Shots were reported outside the event.

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Budapest Pride stands up for LGBT rights in Hungary

Organisers accuse Hungary's right-wing government of seeking to discriminate against gay people.

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In Hungary, an Embattled L.G.B.T.Q. Community Takes to the Streets

Thousands of people attended the Budapest Pride march, defying efforts by the government of Prime Minister Viktor Orban to marginalize the country’s L.G.B.T.Q. community.

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Cambodia forces people into bleak quarantine camps as an outbreak rages.

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A largely maskless, sometimes violent protest against Sydney’s lockdown raises fears of superspreading.

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Large Protests Against Health Passes Hit France for a 2d We

The interior ministry said that over 160,000 people demonstrated in Paris, Marseille, Montpellier and over a dozen other cities, some chanting “freedom” and carrying signs accusing the government of imposing a “dictatorship.”

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How a Frontline Nurse Trained for the Olympics in a Time of Pandemic

When the coronavirus hit her home country, Joan Poh, Singapore’s only female rower competing in Tokyo, had to juggle a return to her hospital work with getting ready for the Games.