A wave of heat is not loosening its grip on the globe. Phoenix has broken its own streak of blistering hot days, while southern Europeans and millions of people on vacation there broiled under near-record temperatures, and parts of the Middle East tested the limits of what the human body is capable of enduring. Parts of southern Europe have also …
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Resurgent nationalists in Spain aim to roll back the left-wing coalition’s reforms.
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Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu of Israel was rushed to the hospital early Sunday for a heart operation to implant a pacemaker, casting new uncertainty over his government’s deeply contentious plan to pass a law on Monday to limit judicial power. Doctors at the Sheba Medical Center, east of Tel Aviv, said Sunday morning that the unexpected operation had been successful …
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Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu was undergoing a procedure to receive a pacemaker on Sunday, his office confirmed. In a short statement, Mr Netanyahu’s office said Israel’s leader would be placed under sedation with justice minister Yariv Levin standing in for him. The procedure comes one week after Mr Netanyahu was taken to hospital for what his office described as …
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Roughly two weeks after a man surrendered to police for allegedly killing a bald eagle, the identity of the suspect has been released. The alleged poacher is 50-year-old Rodney Thomas, whose son, Rodney Thomas II, is a safety for the Indianapolis Colts. The alleged shooting happened May 12 outside Pittsburgh when residents found one of two local mature bald eagles …
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The board of education approved the new teaching guidelines for kindergarten through high school on Wednesday. Florida’s board of education has approved new guidelines for teachers on how black American history should be taught despite sharp criticism. The board of education approved the new teaching guidelines for kindergarten through high school on Wednesday. Earlier this year Florida rejected a …
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A former official is accused of aiding and abetting sexual exploitation of children The first ever elected openly transgender New Hampshire lawmaker is facing criminal charges for allegedly conspiring with her ex-girlfriend to gather sexually explicit photos of children, federal prosecutors announced this week. “Stacie Marie Laughton, 39, of Nashua, N.H., was charged with one count of sexual exploitation of children — …
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These are the main developments as the Russian invasion of Ukraine enters its 515th day. Here is the situation on Sunday, July 23, 2023. Fighting Russia launched another wave of attacks on the Black Sea port of Odesa early on Sunday, killing one person and wounding 18, including four children, according to Ukrainian officials. A Ukrainian drone attack on the …
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Odesa’s regional governor said 14 people were hospitalised in the blasts, including four children.
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Spaniards will go to the polls on Sunday to vote in an early general election that could see the right return to power and, more crucially, the far right enter the national government for the first time since the Franco dictatorship, nearly a half-century ago. The outcome will determine whether Spain — a nation of about 48 million people and …
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