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• US now leads globe in reported monkeypox cases, data shows

  26-07-2022 23:52 via abcnews.go.com
  
  Last week, the World Health Organization declared the monkeypox outbreak to be a public health emergency of international concern.
  
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• Saying goodbye to a generation of movie tough guys

  26-07-2022 23:51 via cnn.com
  
  These have been hard times for bad guys. Not "bad" bad guys. There are still plenty of those around in real life. I mean the "good" bad guys: movie actors who were so gifted at being hard, tough and occasionally junkyard-dog mean that they're not always as easy to hate. It may say something about the brutality of Summer 2022 that it has taken away so many gifted actors known for brute-force roles.
  
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• Trump speaks in Washington DC for first visit since leaving office – as it happened

  26-07-2022 23:50 via theguardian.com
  
  Ex-president addresses America First Agenda SummitSign up to receive First Thing – our daily briefing by emailJoe Biden’s daily health bulletin is a good one, as he continues to recover from the Covid-19 infection announced last week.The president has improved enough to be able to resume his regular exercise routine, according to a Tuesday morning update from physician Dr Kevin O’Connor, reported by the Associated Press. Continue reading...
  
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• Marjorie Taylor Greene calls herself a 'nationalist.' This is what that means

  26-07-2022 23:49 via cnn.com
  
  The US is being divided by more than political parties as a new movement rises against ethnic diversity and freedom of religion. CNN's Victor Blackwell talks to professor Samuel Perry, who explains the White Christian nationalist movement.
  
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• Liz Truss vows to bring back national crime targets for police

  26-07-2022 23:30 via theguardian.com
  
  Plan to publish league tables for forces in England and Wales if she becomes PM condemned as ‘failed approach’Liz Truss would return to national crime targets – pledging a 20% reduction in murders, other violence and burglaries within two years if she became prime minister – under a plan immediately condemned as a “failed approach” and political meddling.In another example of the policy arms race with Rishi Sunak as they vie for the Conservative leadership, wi
  
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• Instagram causes eating disorders, depression in young girls, new lawsuits claim

  26-07-2022 23:25 via abcnews.go.com
  
  Two lawsuits call for Meta to take responsibility for Instagram's impact.
  
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• Luis Suarez: Uruguay striker has 'preliminary agreement' to rejoin first club Nacional

  26-07-2022 23:21 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Former Liverpool and Barcelona striker Luis Suarez says he has "a preliminary agreement" to join his first club Nacional.
  
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• 1 dead in flooding as St. Louis breaks 100-year-old rainfall record

  26-07-2022 22:48 via abcnews.go.com
  
  A record amount of rain has poured down on the St. Louis area overnight as the area has recorded 7.02 inches of rainfall since midnight.
  
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• Garland: ‘Justice without fear or favor’ will guide decision on charging Trump

  26-07-2022 22:44 via theguardian.com
  
  Justice department is investigating Trump’s election subversion efforts, while House select committee could make a referral to DoJThe US attorney general, Merrick Garland, said he would “pursue justice without fear or favor” when it comes to weighing political sensitivities around his decision on whether to charge Donald Trump with crimes related to the Capitol attack and his attempt to overturn the 2020 election.NBC released a clip of its eagerly awaited interview with Garland
  
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• Exercise more than the recommended amounts for the longest life, study says

  26-07-2022 22:43 via cnn.com
  
  A longer life may mean scheduling in even more than the recommended amount of weekly exercise, according to a new study.
  
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• State lawmakers advance new abortion bill after pre-Roe ban blocked

  26-07-2022 22:37 via abcnews.go.com
  
  Lawmakers in West Virginia have advanced a new abortion bill banning the procedure at nearly every stage of pregnancy after a pre-Roe law was blocked in court.
  
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• UK PM debate scrapped after TV host faints

  26-07-2022 22:29 via bbc.co.uk
  
  The Sun and TalkTV programme comes off air after the presenter collapses in the studio.
  
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• Public consensus emerges on Trump's efforts to stay in power despite losing

  26-07-2022 22:00 via cnn.com
  
  • Garland doesn't rule out charging Trump
  • Pence gives speech in Washington just hours before Trump set to return to capital
  
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• ‘Political pressure’ claims in inquiry into alleged SAS killings of Afghans

  26-07-2022 21:53 via theguardian.com
  
  Emails disclosed by lawyers for two families of victims suggested police told to ignore role of senior officers“Political pressure” was applied in 2016 to narrow the focus of a military police investigation into allegations of summary killings by SAS soldiers in Afghanistan, according to a legal claim made in the high court on Tuesday.An email disclosed to lawyers representing two families of Afghans killed by the SAS showed that the second in charge of the unit investigating the all
  
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• Brittney Griner shares message to wife as WNBA star's trial in Russia resumes

  26-07-2022 21:50 via abcnews.go.com
  
  As Brittney Griner returned to court in Russia on Tuesday for her drug possession trial, the American basketball star told ABC News she has a message for her wife.
  
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• 'Severe pain': Man describes experience after recovering from monkeypox

  26-07-2022 21:47 via cnn.com
  
  Kyle Planck, a New York man who contracted monkeypox and recovered from it, describes the symptoms of the infection and the challenges he faced getting treatment.
  
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• Biden administration tries to convince Pelosi of risks of Taiwan trip

  26-07-2022 21:40 via cnn.com
  
  National security officials are quietly working to convince House Speaker Nancy Pelosi of the risks her potential trip to Taiwan could pose during a highly sensitive moment between the self-governing island and China.
  
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• Centuries-old shipwreck thought to have inspired 'The Goonies' has been discovered off Oregon coast

  26-07-2022 21:33 via cnn.com
  
  It may not have been a mountain of pirate treasure, but archaeologists have discovered remnants of a centuries-old shipwreck that they believe inspired the movie "The Goonies."
  
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• Ukraine war round-up: Spa town attacked and orphans tied up

  26-07-2022 21:31 via bbc.co.uk
  
  The resort of Zatoka, near Odesa, is hit, and the BBC finds widespread abuse in Ukrainian orphanages.
  
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• Buzz Aldrin's moon landing jacket fetches record-breaking $2.7 million

  26-07-2022 21:31 via cnn.com
  
  The jacket worn by retired astronaut Buzz Aldrin when he set foot on the moon sold for a record-breaking price of $2,772,500 on Tuesday, less than a week after the landing's 53rd anniversary.
  
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• Pope Francis delivers homily at Mass at Canadian stadium

  26-07-2022 21:24 via foxnews.com
  
  Pope Francis oversaw a Mass in Edmonton, Canada, on Tuesday as part of his apostolic journey. The pope was dressed in vestments made by an indigenous artist and carried a handcrafted crozier for the Mass, where he delivered a homily reflecting on the historically tumultuous relationship between the institutional Catholic Church and Canadian indigenous communities. Celebrating a pontifical Mass, Francis was called to deliver the homily – a reflection on Scripture read at the Mass – in
  
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• Russia deploying more forces to bolster southern flank

  26-07-2022 21:16 via edition.cnn.com
  
  • Analysis: Russia shows its true colors by attacking port, just hours after signing grain deal with Ukraine
  
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• Indiana's restrictive abortion bill advances despite protests

  26-07-2022 21:14 via abcnews.go.com
  
  Indiana lawmakers pass bill that restricts most abortions.
  
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• Biden administration working behind the scenes to convince Pelosi of the risks of traveling to Taiwan

  26-07-2022 21:04 via cnn.com
  
  National security officials are quietly working to convince House Speaker Nancy Pelosi of the risks her potential trip to Taiwan could pose during a highly sensitive moment between the self-governing island and China.
  
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• Sandy Hook defamation jury told of Alex Jones’s ‘massive campaign of lies’

  26-07-2022 20:58 via theguardian.com
  
  Infowars founder ‘attacked the parents of murdered children’ by telling audience shooting in which 26 died was a hoax, court hearsConspiracy theorist Alex Jones repeatedly “lied and attacked the parents of murdered children” when he told his Infowars audience that the Sandy Hook elementary school shooting was a hoax, an attorney for one of the victim’s parents told a Texas jury on Tuesday at the outset of a trial to determine how much Jones must pay for defaming the
  
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• Man's 63-month prison term matches longest for Capitol riot

  26-07-2022 20:57 via abcnews.go.com
  
  A man who attacked police officers with poles during the U.S. Capitol riot has been sentenced to more than five years in prison
  
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• Sharks are millions of years older than dinosaurs and 5 other facts that may surprise you

  26-07-2022 20:48 via cnn.com
  
  Sharks have scared us a lot this summer, primarily for suspected attacks on humans. However, humans are a larger threat to sharks than sharks are to us.
  
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• Japan executes man for mass truck attack, its first execution this year

  26-07-2022 20:43 via foxnews.com
  
  Japan carried out its first execution of 2022 on a man who was convicted of plowing a truck into a crowd in 2008 on Tuesday. Tomohiro Kato killed seven people in the attack, which saw him driving a vehicle into a large crowd in Tokyo. He exited the vehicle after it came to a stop and began stabbing people at random. "I came to Akihabara to kill people. It didn't matter who I'd kill," Kato told police of his crimes. Akihabara is a district within Tokyo. Kato reportedly documented his plan of atta
  
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• ‘We can’t play God’: daughter opposes death penalty for mother’s killer

  26-07-2022 20:20 via theguardian.com
  
  Terryln Hall was just six when Joe Nathan James Jr shot her mother, Faith, in Alabama but 30 years on is asking for mercyTerryln Hall was just six years old when her mother, Faith, was fatally shot by a former boyfriend.Now, nearly 30 years later, Hall and her sister – along with their uncle – oppose Alabama’s plan to execute the man who killed their mother. Unless a judge or the governor intervenes, Joe Nathan James Jr, 49, will die by lethal injection on Thursday evening at a
  
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• At least 15 killed in second day of anti-UN violence in DRC

  26-07-2022 20:14 via theguardian.com
  
  Protesters and United Nations personnel among dead after incidents that left about 50 injuredAt least 15 people were killed and about 50 wounded during a second day of violent anti-United Nations protests in the Democratic Republic of the Congo’s eastern cities of Goma and Butembo, authorities have said.The dead included demonstrators and UN personnel as UN sites were attacked by crowds. Continue reading...
  
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• Papua New Guinea election violence: what has caused it and what can be done?

  26-07-2022 20:00 via theguardian.com
  
  The massacre of 18 people in the Highlands confirmed fears that an outdated electoral roll and lack of security could lead to troubleVoting in Papua New Guinea’s elections has been overshadowed by outbreaks of violence including the massacre of 18 people in the Highlands and a group of men attacking people with machetes outside a counting centre in Port Moresby.Voting began at the beginning of July and continues until the end of the month. But what has caused the violence and what can be d
  
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• This animatronic Baby Yoda puppet looks like it's alive

  26-07-2022 19:58 via cnn.com
  
  EFX Collectibles showed off an animatronic Baby Yoda puppet at San Diego Comic-Con. The toy, produced by Garner Holt Productions, is arguably the most lifelike one to date.
  
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• Watch bus driver's reaction as deer crashes through the front window

  26-07-2022 19:47 via cnn.com
  
  A bus driver in the city of Lawton, Oklahoma had quite the surprise when a deer crashed through the front window of the bus.
  
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• Russia's credibility 'at rock bottom': Polish diplomat

  26-07-2022 19:44 via cnn.com
  
  Polish Deputy Foreign Minister Pawel Jablonski tells Bianna Golodryga Russia's credibility is "at rock bottom" after the bombing of the port of Odessa a day after an grain export deal was agreed.
  
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• Russia to pull out of International Space Station

  26-07-2022 19:40 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Moscow says it now wants to build its own station, ending more than 20 years of cooperation with the US.
  
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• How does the EU plan to cut gas usage by 15% this winter?

  26-07-2022 19:33 via theguardian.com
  
  Industry to feel pinch first after all countries in bloc except Hungary agreed to voluntary reductionThe EU has agreed to cut its gas consumption by 15% in an attempt to stave off a winter crisis triggered by a sharp reduction or total shutdown of Russian gas supplies to the bloc. Continue reading...
  
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• Trio of meteor showers set to dazzle in Australia’s skies – here’s when and where to look

  26-07-2022 19:30 via theguardian.com
  
  New moon will provide ideal viewing conditions as cosmic debris from comets enters Earth’s atmosphereGet our free news app, morning email briefing and daily news podcastThe night sky is set to be illuminated by a trio of meteor showers – the Piscis Austrinids, the Southern Delta Aquariids and the Alpha Capricornids – that will peak later this week.The meteor showers coincide with the dark night sky of a new moon on 29 July, providing ideal viewing conditions.Sign up to receive
  
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• Lismore residents with flood-damaged homes still received bills from energy companies

  26-07-2022 19:30 via theguardian.com
  
  Some customers whose homes were uninhabitable for months were billed based on estimated power usageFollow our live blog for the latest updatesGet our free news app, morning email briefing and daily news podcastLismore residents whose flood-damaged homes have been uninhabitable for months have received bills for hundreds of dollars from energy providers, based on estimated power usage.Lismore resident Ella Buckland only moved back home with her young daughter last week following flooding in Febru
  
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• Cashless debit card users able to opt out by October as Labor prepares to scrap program

  26-07-2022 19:30 via theguardian.com
  
  Support will be available to those who want to transition off the card that ‘often makes participants’ lives more difficult’, social services minister saysFollow our live blog for the latest updates​​Get our free news app, morning email briefing and daily news podcastParticipants in cashless debit card trial sites may be able to opt out of the program within two months, as the Albanese government prepares to abolish the controversial welfare initiative. Social servi
  
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• ‘Absolutely ridiculous’: experts condemn Victoria’s scaling back of Covid PCR testing

  26-07-2022 19:30 via theguardian.com
  
  State government guidelines say ‘targeted’ testing approach is for ‘clinically vulnerable people’ and other at-risk groupsFollow our live blog for the latest updatesGet our free news app, morning email briefing and daily news podcastEpidemiologists have questioned Victoria’s scaling back of its PCR Covid testing regime amid soaring case numbers and hospitalisations, describing it as a “backwards step”.Victoria has “scaled back” its mass PCR C
  
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• Germany v France in Euro 2022: Klara Buhl ruled out of semi-final with Covid

  26-07-2022 19:27 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Winger Klara Buhl is ruled out of Germany's Euro 2022 semi-final against France after testing positive for Covid.
  
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• Briton jailed in Iraq for smuggling antiquities to be freed, says lawyer

  26-07-2022 19:24 via theguardian.com
  
  Family of retired geologist Jim Fitton, 66, ‘over the moon’ after court quashes 15-year jail sentenceA retired British geologist is to be released from an Iraqi prison after his 15-year jail sentence for smuggling antiquities was quashed, according to his family and lawyer.Jim Fitton, 66, was jailed after collecting 12 stones and shards of broken pottery as souvenirs while visiting a site in Eridu as part of an organised geology and archaeology tour. Continue reading...
  
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• The EU will allow countries leeway in reduction targets, as the threat of a severe supply shock looms

  26-07-2022 19:18 via edition.cnn.com
  
  • Analysis: Russia shows its true colors by attacking port, just hours after signing grain deal with Ukraine
  
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• British tourist killed by helicopter rotor blades in Greece; 3 arrested, including pilot

  26-07-2022 19:06 via foxnews.com
  
  A British tourist was killed by a helicopter rotor blades after landing in Greece, and now the pilot and two members of the ground crew are facing negligent homicide charges, according to reports.  A group of British tourists returning from Mykonos landed at a private heliport in Spata and were supposed to get into cars to head to Athens International Airport, where they planned to board a private jet to return to the United Kingdom. But after the chopper landed, Jack Fenton, 22, from Kent,
  
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• EU agrees plan to ration gas use over Russia supply fears

  26-07-2022 19:01 via theguardian.com
  
  Despite most energy ministers backing the scheme the EU was forced to water down proposals The EU has been forced to water down its plan to ration gas this winter in an attempt to avoid an energy crisis generated by further Russian cuts to supply.Energy ministers from the 27 member states, except Hungary, backed a voluntary 15% reduction in gas usage over the winter, a target that could become mandatory if the Kremlin ordered a complete shutdown of gas to Europe. Continue reading...
  
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• Tunisia president celebrates projected victory to give him almost total power

  26-07-2022 18:58 via theguardian.com
  
  Kais Saied’s supporters fill central Tunis as some fear return of authoritarian rule in birthplace of Arab springTunisian president Kais Saied has celebrated the almost certain victory of the yes vote in a referendum on a new constitution that hands him wide-ranging powers and risks the return of authoritarian rule in the birthplace of the Arab spring.Preliminary results for the vote, held a year to the day after Saied sacked the government and froze parliament in what rivals have called a
  
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• See why swarms of jellyfish are surrounding this boat in the Mediterranean

  26-07-2022 18:56 via cnn.com
  
  In Israel, rising water temperatures are creating the ideal conditions for swarms of jellyfish and costing the tourism industry $10 million in lost revenue. CNN's Hadas Gold reports.
  
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• Longstanding adviser to Viktor Orbán resigns over ‘pure Nazi speech’

  26-07-2022 18:53 via theguardian.com
  
  Zsuzsa Hegedüs said the Hungarian prime minister’s remarks on ‘race mixing’ were indefensibleA longstanding adviser to Viktor Orbán has resigned in protest at “a pure Nazi speech” the Hungarian prime minister gave that was “worthy of Goebbels”.Zsuzsa Hegedüs, one of Orbán’s longest-serving advisers, has known the prime minister since 2002 and described her relations with him as friendly. However, in her resignation letter &n
  
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• Eurozone crisis in reverse as southern states scold Germany over gas

  26-07-2022 18:42 via theguardian.com
  
  Analysis: Southern European countries were unwilling to sign up to homogenous 15% cut in gasA decade after its government admonished southern European states to “do their homework” of painful fiscal changes to end a sovereign debt crisis, Germany is slowly adapting to the humbling reality of being worst-in-class when it comes to reliance on Russian gas.As EU countries in recent days sought to agree on emergency proposals to curb their gas demand in reaction to Russia’s Gazprom
  
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• Scot held in India since 2017 faces conspiracy to murder charge

  26-07-2022 18:40 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Jagtar Singh Johal has been formally charged for the first time since his detention in 2017.
  
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