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Jul 2022
Sydney is in the fourth round of flood misery after 3 feet of rain

SYDNEY -- Sydney's largest city faced its fourth and most severe flooding in less than one year. More than 30,000 people were asked to evacuate their homes or to prepare for evacuation. The torrential rains caused floods in parts of the city, which was...

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04
Jul 2022
French president reshuffles Cabinet after election losses

PARIS -- French President Emmanuel Macron reorganized his Cabinet Monday after losing his parliamentary majority. He called on his new government "stand strong" in the face of Russia's war with Ukraine and to "transform" France's heavily indebted...

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04
Jul 2022
Rescued 4th Crew member from a sinking ship south of Hong Kong

HONG KONG -- Chinese maritime authorities reported that rescue teams were searching for missing crew members of a Chinese engineering vessel that sank on Saturday. They saved one person and found 12 bodies. Officials confirmed that the crew member who was...

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04
Jul 2022
General declares that the military must leave Sudan for political talks

CAIRO -- Sudan's top general has said Monday that the military will leave negotiations to resolve the political crisis following a coup last January. This will allow civil society representatives to assume their positions. In televised statements broadcast...

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04
Jul 2022
Japan visits Russia and China warships close to disputed islands

TOKYO -- Japan protested at Beijing after seeing Russian and Chinese warships outside its territorial waters surrounding the East China Sea islands. Japan's Defense Ministry stated that a Chinese frigate was seen sailing within the "contiguous area,"...

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04
Jul 2022
Ukraine creates a $750B "recovery plan" for the postwar future

LUGANO (Switzerland) -- Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zeleskyy declared Monday that reconstruction of his war-torn country is the "common responsibility of the entire democratic universe." His prime minister, David Cameron, laid out a $750 million recovery...

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04
Jul 2022
Hezbollah drone provocation is criticized by the Lebanese PM

BEIRUT -- Monday's criticism of Hezbollah's unmanned drones that flew over an Israeli gas station last week by Lebanon's caretaker prime Minister was unfounded. Najib Mikati made the comment two days after Hezbollah had launched three drones...

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04
Jul 2022
Pope defies resignation rumors and hopes to visit Kyiv, Moscow

ROME -- Pope Francis denies rumors that he will resign soon and said that he would like to visit Moscow and Kyiv following his trip to Canada later in the month. In an interview with Reuters published Monday, Francis also stated that he had never considered...

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04
Jul 2022
Canadian government: China Tycoon due to be tried

BEIJING -- Monday's announcement by Canada's government in China reveals that a Canadian-born tycoon was being tried in China. This is five years after he disappeared from Hong Kong during an anticorruption crackdown. A government statement stated...

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04
Jul 2022
Pope Francis' close friend, Cardinal Hummes, passes away at 87

SAO PAULO -- On Monday, Cardinal Claudio Hummes, a Brazilian Catholic cardinal, died at the age of 87. He was a prominent advocate for the poor and one of the country's most important religious leaders. Cardinal Odilo Scherer of Sao Paulo, stated that...

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04
Jul 2022
US: Israelis likely to have fired the shot that killed a journalist

WASHINGTON -- U.S. officials claimed Monday that the bullet that killed Al Jazeera veteran reporter Shireen Abu Akleh likely came from an Israeli position. They said that the bullet was too damaged to be able to make an absolute determination and that there...

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04
Jul 2022
Putin declares victory over the Luhansk region in eastern Ukraine

POKROVSK (Ukraine) -- Russian President Vladimir Putin declared victory in Luhansk in eastern Ukraine Monday, just a day after Ukrainian forces pulled out of the last remaining resistance bulwark in the region. In a televised meeting with Putin Monday, Sergei...

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04
Jul 2022
Rain hampers the search for missing glacier avalanche in Italy

ROME -- Monday's search was hampered by thunderstorms. This happened after an enormous chunk of the Italian Alpine glacier broke apart, sending an avalanche down the slope. Officials have put the death toll at seven. Veneto Gov. stated, "I hope that...

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04
Jul 2022
Myanmar hosts the 1st Regional Meeting since the army takeover

BANGKOK -- Monday's high-level meeting between Myanmar's military government and the Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi, as well as counterparts from the Mekong Delta countries, was held in Bangkok. MRTV, the state broadcaster, reported that Wang...

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04
Jul 2022
German leader meets with unions and employers to combat inflation

BERLIN -- German Chancellor Olaf Scholz met with top employers and labor union representatives Monday at his Berlin office to discuss ways to address rising prices while also preventing an inflation spiral in Europe's largest economy. Monday's meeting...

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04
Jul 2022
Officials say 2 women were killed by shark attacks in Egypt's Red Sea.

CAIRO AND LONDON -- Over the weekend, two women were attacked by sharks in Egypt's Red Sea. Officials closed off a section of the coast. In a statement, the Egyptian Ministry of Environment stated that two women were attacked by sharks while swimming...

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Jun 2022
Report closes on South African leader's corruption scandal

JOHANNESBURG -- The final chapter of a comprehensive judicial investigation into corruption has been delivered to South African President Cyril Ramaphosa. The last section of the report, which is reportedly over 1,000 pages, was handed by Chief Justice Raymond...

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22
Jun 2022
Ecuador rejects Indigenous protesters' dialogue conditions

QUITO (Ecuador) -- The government rejected Wednesday the demands of Indigenous people for a range of changes including lower fuel prices. After 10 days of protests during which some protesters clashed with police, Quito, Ecuador's capital, is currently...

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14
Jun 2022
Russia controls 80% of Ukraine's key cities, cutting escape routes

LVIV (Ukraine) -- Although Russian troops have taken control of about 80% of Sievierodonetsk, an eastern city that is fiercely contested, they have also destroyed all three of its bridges. However, a local official stated Tuesday that the Ukrainians were...

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14
Jun 2022
UK cancels its first flight to Rwanda to deport asylum seekers

LONDON -- Britain cancelled a scheduled flight to Rwanda to transport asylum seekers late Tuesday night after the European Court of Human Rights intervened. They claimed that the plan posed "a real risk of irreversible damage." Asylum seekers' lawyers...

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14
Jun 2022
EU considers east Mediterranean gas alternative to Russia

JERUSALEM -- European leaders visited Israel Tuesday to express hope that natural gas supplies from eastern Mediterranean countries could reduce Russia's dependence as the Ukraine conflict drags on. Israel has become a major gas exporter over the past...

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14
Jun 2022
Danish-Canadian deal ends 49-year-old feud over Arctic isle

COPENHAGEN (Danemark) -- After decades of friendly friction, a territorial dispute between Canada and Denmark over a barren, uninhabited rock in Arctic has ended. The two countries agreed to split the small island on Tuesday. The agreement will draw a border...

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14
Jun 2022
Ex-PM of Czech loses case against secret police collaborating

BRATISLAVA (Slovakia) -- An action brought by Andrej Babis, former Czech Prime Minister, against claims that he conspired with Czechoslovakia's communist-era secret cops has been dismissed by a Slovak court. Babis, a Slovakian-born man, was suing Slovakia's...

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14
Jun 2022
Ecuador: A leader of the indigenous community is arrested for violent protests

QUITO (Ecuador) -- Ecuadorian authorities arrested the leader and founder of a national Indigenous organization on Tuesday. He was accused of being responsible for violence during protests against the government. According to police, Leonidas Iza was taken...

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