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• Mount Everest: Deadly season puts focus on record climbing permits

  08-06-2023 23:58 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Twelve climbers have died and five remain missing, amid worries about overcrowding and climate change.
  
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• Gun used in Florida neighbor's killing was bought last year after previous dispute, affidavit says

  08-06-2023 23:36 via nbcnews.com
  
  OCALA, Fla. — A white woman charged with fatally shooting her Black neighbor through a closed door said she bought the handgun used in the killing about a year ago after an altercation between them, an arrest affidavit states.
  
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• Ukraine: cooling pond at Zaporizhzhia plant at risk after dam collapse – report

  08-06-2023 22:43 via theguardian.com
  
  Nuclear safety organisation says loss of pool would not necessarily be catastrophic, but would dramatically increase safety concernsThe cooling pond at the Zaporizhzhia nuclear power plant is in danger of collapse as a result of the destruction of the Kakhovka dam and the draining of its reservoir, according to a French nuclear safety organisation.Without the reservoir on the other side to counteract it, the internal pressure of the water in the cooling pool could breach the dyke around it, a re
  
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• House Republicans attack Biden and his family after viewing FBI document

  08-06-2023 22:36 via nbcnews.com
  
  House Republicans on Thursday doubled down on their attacks against President Joe Biden and his family after viewing a secret document.
  
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• Taurine, a nutrient found in high-protein foods, slows aging in animals — and maybe humans, too

  08-06-2023 22:27 via nbcnews.com
  
  Taurine, an ingredient present in protein-rich foods and often added to energy drinks, may slow down the aging process, new science suggests.
  
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• FBI agent who testified for Republicans was suspended over leaked sensitive information

  08-06-2023 22:09 via nbcnews.com
  
  Garrett O’Boyle, whom House Republicans presented as an FBI whistleblower, was suspended for alleging leaking sensitive information to Project Veritas.
  
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• China reportedly reaches secret deal with Cuba to host spy base on island

  08-06-2023 22:07 via theguardian.com
  
  Facility would allow Beijing to gather electronic communications from US but Cuba dismisses report as ‘unfounded’China has reached a secret deal with Cuba to establish an electronic eavesdropping facility on the island roughly 100 miles (160km) from Florida, the Wall Street Journal has reported, but the US and Cuban governments cast strong doubt on the report.Such a spy installation would allow Beijing to gather electronic communications from the south-eastern United States, which ho
  
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• Five killed in shooting at car wash near Nazareth as Israel sees wave of violence

  08-06-2023 20:57 via theguardian.com
  
  Police believe Yafa an-Naseriyye incident was connected to dispute between organised crime familiesFive people have been killed in a shooting at a car wash in an Arab town in northern Israel, police said, the latest incident in a wave of criminal violence tearing through the minority community.Police said they believed the shooting on Thursday in the town of Yafa an-Naseriyye, near the city of Nazareth, was connected to a dispute between organised crime families. Continue reading...
  
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• Russian man dies after being mauled by shark off Egyptian Red Sea resort

  08-06-2023 20:54 via theguardian.com
  
  Authorities close off 46-mile stretch of coastline after man attacked by tiger shark near HurghadaA Russian man has died after being mauled by a shark off one of Egypt’s Red Sea resorts, Egyptian and Russian authorities have said.Egypt’s environment ministry said the man was killed on Thursday after being attacked by a tiger shark in the waters near the city of Hurghada. Authorities closed off a 46-mile (74km) stretch of the coastline, announcing it would remain off-limits until Sund
  
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• YouTube demonetizes Candace Owens anti-trans videos, says misgendering part of hateful conduct policy

  08-06-2023 20:49 via nbcnews.com
  
  YouTube said that it demonetized several videos on Candace Owens' channel under its hateful content policies, which it said may include misgendering.
  
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• WATCH: Hawaii's Kilauea volcano erupts after 3-month pause

  08-06-2023 19:34
  
  Kilauea, one of the most active volcanoes in the world, began erupting Wednesday after a three-month pause on Hawaii's Big Island.
  
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• UK heatwave: How does sunscreen work?

  08-06-2023 18:41 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Do you know your UVA from your UVB?
  
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• Palestinian journalist hit in head by bullet during raid on terror suspect’s home

  08-06-2023 18:41 via theguardian.com
  
  News photographer Moamen Sumreen, 22, had been covering the demolition of the apartment in RamallahA Palestinian news photographer is in a serious condition in hospital after being hit in the head by a rubber bullet during a rare Israeli raid in Ramallah, the Palestinian administrative capital in the occupied West Bank.A convoy of Israel Defence Forces (IDF) vehicles entered the city late on Wednesday night in order to demolish the home of a terrorism suspect who had been accused of planting two
  
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• Russia shells civilians fleeing dam collapse in southern Ukraine

  08-06-2023 18:34 via nbcnews.com
  
  Ukraine on Thursday accused Russian forces of shelling civilians fleeing floodwaters caused by the collapse of the Kakhovka dam.
  
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• Quiz of the week: Which book changed Stormzy's life?

  08-06-2023 18:26 via bbc.co.uk
  
  How closely have you been paying attention to what's been going on over the past seven days?
  
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• Canada battles hundreds of wildfires as smoke still chokes major cities

  08-06-2023 18:23 via theguardian.com
  
  Quebec minister described ‘unprecedented’ situation amid warnings that country must be prepared in future• Wildfires latest news – liveWildfire crews in Canada continue to battle hundreds of blazes across the country as air quality in major cities remains poor and other regions brace for intense heat. And as the country burns, experts warn Canada needs to do a better job of readying its communities in areas increasingly prone to destructive blazes.More than half of the 414
  
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• Five killed in criminal shooting in Israeli city of Nazareth

  08-06-2023 17:34 via nbcnews.com
  
  Five men were killed in one of the deadliest crime-related shootings in Israel’s recent history on Thursday, in a suburb of the northern city of Nazareth, Israeli police said.
  
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• Peru extradites Dutch murderer to US over Natalee Holloway disappearance

  08-06-2023 17:25 via theguardian.com
  
  Joran van der Sloot, already serving 28-year sentence, faces fraud and extortion charges linked to Alabama teen missing since 2005Peruvian police have handed over a convicted Dutch murderer to US FBI agents for transfer to the United States, where he faces extortion and fraud charges related to the killing of the Alabama teenager Natalee Holloway two decades ago.Joran van der Sloot, a Dutch national from the Caribbean island of Aruba, is set to face charges in the United States related to the my
  
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• WATCH: Dog has an adorable birthday party guest

  08-06-2023 17:24
  
  This dog's little cat buddy was in attendance when his humans sang him happy birthday.
  
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• Activists take Canada’s environment minister to court in fight to save northern spotted owl

  08-06-2023 17:15 via theguardian.com
  
  Advocacy group says continued destruction of critical habitat leaves it no choice but to take legal action against Steven GuilbeaultEnvironmental groups in Canada are taking legal action against the country’s environment minister, arguing his delay in protecting old growth forest is harming the critically endangered northern spotted owl.In February, Steven Guilbeault said he would recommend an emergency order after determining the species was facing “imminent threats” to its su
  
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• Ukraine launches counteroffensive against Russia

  08-06-2023 17:13 via nbcnews.com
  
  Ukraine's military has launched its long-awaited counteroffensive against Russian forces, two military sources told NBC News, with a push in Zaporizhzhia.
  
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• Taiwan’s ruling party rocked by sexual harassment claims

  08-06-2023 15:49 via theguardian.com
  
  President apologises for second time in a week as politics and media embroiled in #MeToo allegations Taiwan’s ruling party has been rocked by a wave of sexual harassment allegations, as the country grapples with a #MeToo movement that has encompassed politics and the media.On Tuesday, President Tsai Ing-wen apologised for the second time in a week in response to sexual harassment claims against senior staff in the Democratic Progressive party (DPP). “Our society as a whole must educa
  
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• Army of fake social media accounts defend UAE presidency of climate summit

  08-06-2023 15:44 via theguardian.com
  
  Sultan Al Jaber – Cop28 president and CEO of state oil firm – is ‘ally the climate movement needs’, posts sayAn army of fake social media accounts on Twitter and the blogging site Medium have been promoting and defending the controversial hosting of a UN climate summit by the United Arab Emirates.The president of the Cop28 climate talks is Sultan Al Jaber, who is also the chief executive of the state oil giant Adnoc, which has major net zero-busting expansion plans. Conti
  
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• El Niño planet-warming weather phase has begun

  08-06-2023 15:01 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Storms, droughts and record high temperatures lie ahead as US scientists confirm El Niño has arrived.
  
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• From one 'toxic hell' to another: Advice for Americans from cities where air quality is a familiar problem

  08-06-2023 14:38 via nbcnews.com
  
  Asia residents accustomed to living with pollution and low air quality share advice for Americans affected by smoke from Canadian wildfires.
  
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• Threatened Saudi dissident told to live like Edward Snowden by Met police

  08-06-2023 14:00 via theguardian.com
  
  Col Rabih Alenezi received advice after reporting death threats, of which he says he receives 50 a weekA Saudi Arabian dissident living in London was told to “emulate” the life of the US whistleblower Edward Snowden by a Metropolitan police officer, amid death threats he received after fleeing his country.Col Rabih Alenezi, 44, had been a senior official in Saudi Arabia’s security service for two decades, but sought asylum in the UK after he claimed to have been ordered to carr
  
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• WATCH: Lunar rainbows appear at Yosemite waterfall

  08-06-2023 13:16
  
  A strawberry full moon created a magical scene of lunar rainbows forming in the waterfalls at Yosemite National Park, California.
  
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• Biden administration under fire for Iran nuke and hostage deal that could net regime billions

  08-06-2023 13:00 via foxnews.com
  
  JERUSALEM — The Biden administration is facing intense criticism for its reported willingness to pump $17 billion dollars into the coffers of the world’s worst state-sponsor of terrorism — the Islamic Republic of Iran — to reach a controversial deal to impose temporary restrictions on Iran’s illicit nuclear program and secure the release of American hostages. "When Joe Biden was elected, Iran’s nuclear program was in a box, and their economy was in a downward
  
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• Satellite images show the scale of the Ukraine dam destruction

  08-06-2023 12:47 via nbcnews.com
  
  The scale of the destruction caused by the collapse of the Kakhovka dam was laid bare Thursday by new satellite images from Maxar showing southern Ukraine.
  
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• Australian man sentenced to 9 years in 1988 death of gay American man after 35-year battle for justice

  08-06-2023 12:43 via foxnews.com
  
  An Australian man who admitted killing a gay American by punching him off a cliff top in Sydney in 1988 was sentenced on Thursday to nine years in prison, ending the victim's family’s 35-year battle for justice. Scott Phillip White, 52, had pleaded guilty in the New South Wales state Supreme Court to Los Angeles-born Scott Johnson’s manslaughter. White had pleaded guilty last year to the then-27-year-old’s murder — a greater crime — and had been sentenced to more th
  
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• Israeli official blasts Kamala Harris' criticism of judicial reform, says she can't 'name one' provision

  08-06-2023 12:00 via foxnews.com
  
  JERUSALEM — Israel Foreign Minister Eli Cohen on Wednesday accused Vice President Kamala Harris of being clueless about the judicial reform process unfolding in the Jewish state in the latest clash between the Biden administration and Israel’s conservative government over internal domestic polices in the Mideast country.  In a response to Harris’s speech Tuesday at Israel’s embassy in Washington, D.C., where she stated that Israel’s democracy requires an "indep
  
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• Cartel slaughters 8 call center workers after they tried to quit jobs running phone scam: report

  08-06-2023 12:00 via foxnews.com
  
  As many as eight young workers at a Mexican drug cartel's scam call center were confirmed dead after reportedly attempting to quit their jobs. U.S. and Mexican authorities say the eight young workers were reported missing last month after relatives became suspicious when they had not returned from their office in the western city of Guadalajara, according to a report from The Associated Press. Human remains were then found last week, discarded in plastic bags in the western state of Jalisco. Aut
  
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• Pope's abdominal surgery 'went well,' recovering in hospital, Vatican says

  08-06-2023 11:42 via foxnews.com
  
  Pope Francis is recovering after a three-hour operation to remove intestinal scar tissue and repair a hernia in his abdominal wall, problems that developed following previous surgeries. "The night went well," Vatican spokesman Matteo Bruni said in a statement early Thursday, adding further updates would be released later. Francis, 86, underwent a three-hour operation in a Rome hospital on Wednesday, June 7 to repair a hernia, which doctors said was successful enough that he should have no limita
  
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• Massive NATO air drill to simulate attack on member nation: 'our red line'

  08-06-2023 11:00 via foxnews.com
  
  NATO is set to launch its largest-ever air force deployment in its history in a training scheme intended to stimulate an attack on an allied nation, officials said Wednesday. The drill – dubbed Air Defender 23 – will take place Monday over Germany and involve 10,000 participants and 250 aircraft from 25 countries, including 100 aircraft and 2,000 personnel from the U.S., as first reported German news outlet DW. The exercises are meant to ensure a coordinated response from NATO a
  
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• Busy escalator in South Korea suddenly changes direction

  08-06-2023 09:57 via bbc.co.uk
  
  People were thrown to the floor and others tried to escape over the sides of the escalator.
  
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• Canada celebrates annual Clean Air Day, as fires continue to ravage northeastern US

  08-06-2023 07:56 via foxnews.com
  
  In an ironic twist, Canada recognized it's annual Clean Air Day as wildfires continue to ravage Ontario and Quebec and pour smoky, yellow haze into the northeastern U.S. creating a dangerous air quality.  Canada's government took the unique situation to remind residents that, "air pollution knows no boundaries." Created in 1999, Clean Air Day is part of Canadian Environmental Week and was created to "recognize how important good air quality is to our health, our environment, and the economy
  
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• Ukraine war: Deserters risk death fleeing to Romania

  08-06-2023 07:42 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Men desperate to avoid serving in the army are crossing the mountainous Romanian border to escape.
  
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• Ukraine and Myanmar make 2022 most violent year in a decade for medical staff

  08-06-2023 07:00 via theguardian.com
  
  Report demands accountability for war crimes and singles out Russia for ‘mind-boggling’ targeting of hospitals in Ukraine Russian attacks on medical facilities in Ukraine made 2022 the most violent year in a decade for hospitals and health workers operating in conflict zones, according to a new report by a coalition of humanitarian organisations.With 750 reported attacks in 2022, Russia set a 10-year record, according to the Safeguarding Health in Conflict Coalition, which includes H
  
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• Australia: Watch moment trapped humpback whale is cut free

  08-06-2023 05:55 via bbc.co.uk
  
  A 10m humpback whale has been rescued after becoming entangled in a shark net off Australia’s Gold Coast.
  
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• Possible charges loom for Donald Trump over classified documents

  08-06-2023 04:00 via bbc.co.uk
  
  US media report the ex-president has been notified of a probe, suggesting he could soon face charges.
  
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• Sudan conflict: What to do with the dead bodies in Khartoum

  08-06-2023 03:58 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Some Khartoum residents have become accidental undertakers to stop corpses being left on the streets.
  
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• Tens of millions under air quality alerts in US as Canada fire smoke drifts south

  08-06-2023 03:57 via theguardian.com
  
  Eastern US states including New York, Massachusetts and Connecticut issue alerts as hundreds of wildfires burn in CanadaTens of millions of people in the US were under air quality alerts on Wednesday, as smoke from Canadian wildfires drifted south, turning the sky in some of the country’s biggest cities a murky brown and saturating the air with harmful pollution.States across the east, including New York, Massachusetts and Connecticut, issued air quality alerts, with officials recommending
  
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• Mask up due to wildfire smoke, North Americans told

  08-06-2023 03:50 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Officials say residents can wear N95 masks to help alleviate the danger from the particulate-filled air.
  
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• WATCH: Would-be thief foiled by locked door at liquor store

  08-06-2023 03:37
  
  This man's feeble attempt to take a crate of drinks was foiled by a locked door at a liquor store.
  
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• Ukraine dam: Floods devastate tracts of rich farmland

  08-06-2023 03:23 via bbc.co.uk
  
  The long-term consequences for agriculture will be severe in one of Ukraine's most fertile areas.
  
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• Love Island: Do ITV show's new audio descriptions go far enough?

  08-06-2023 03:16 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Blind and visually impaired fans say the introduction by the ITV dating show is the "first step".
  
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• Why Singapore is the only place in the world selling lab-grown meat

  08-06-2023 03:01 via bbc.co.uk
  
  US-based Eat Just says its product is ethical, clean and green but scientists say it may just be a novelty.
  
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• Singapore bids farewell to horse racing to free up land for housing

  08-06-2023 02:53 via theguardian.com
  
  City-state is to close its only turf club in order to redevelop 120-hectare site for public housing amid declining popularity of the sportMore than 180 years of horse racing in Singapore will soon come to an end, as the “land scarce” city state closes its only race course to make space for public housing.The chairman of the Singapore Turf Club, Niam Chiang Meng, said the club was saddened by the decision, but that it also understood the “land needs” of Singapore. The 120-
  
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• Lionel Messi picks MLS's Inter Miami in a move that stuns soccer after exit from Paris Saint-Germain

  08-06-2023 02:14
  
  Lionel Messi says he is coming to Inter Miami and joining Major League Soccer
  
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• New York City's 'smoke wave' response time for warnings criticized

  08-06-2023 02:13
  
  As New York City was bombarded with dangerous air and smoke conditions, some environmental experts questioned if the city's leaders acted quickly enough to warn people.
  
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