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• Taiwan's defense ministry detects 42 Chinese military aircraft amid 'warning' after top official's US trip

  19-08-2023 23:54 via foxnews.com
  
  Taiwan's defense ministry says it detected 42 Chinese military aircraft on Saturday amid Chinese drills, which Beijing says is a "stern warning" over so-called collusion with "separatists and foreign forces," which comes just days after the island's vice president made a short visit to the United States. Taiwanese Vice President William Lai's trip to Paraguay included stops in both New York City and San Francisco, which China's Communist Party blasted, saying the island is its territory and shou
  
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• Man's wife ignores husband's hole-in-one in hilarious text exchange

  19-08-2023 23:38 via foxnews.com
  
  Greg Gable will never forget his hole-in-one or his wife's immediate reaction to it. Gable, a father of two daughters, spent a recent day on the links and hit the shot of a lifetime. His wife couldn't care less. Gable sent a photo of him with a ball next to a flagstick to his wife Elizabeth. No caption, no hints, no words, no nothing.  CLICK HERE FOR MORE SPORTS COVERAGE ON FOXNEWS.COM It was the typical "I just hit a hole-in-one photo." Elizabeth even "K'd" her husband when he let her know
  
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• California machete-wielding attacker injures man in West Hollywood, police looking for suspect

  19-08-2023 23:35 via foxnews.com
  
  A California man was attacked by a machete-weilding suspect in West Hollywood, California, on Saturday afternoon, Fox News Digital has learned. The Los Angeles Police Department confirmed that a 25-year-old man was attacked at approximately 1 p.m. local time at the intersection of Romaine Street and Highland Avenue.  LOUISIANA POLICE CAPTURE SUSPECT IN MURDER, ASSAULT OF 11-YEAR-OLD TEXAS GIRL Police said that the victim was attacked with a machete and was injured with chest lacerations. Au
  
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• Man City 1-0 Newcastle: Julian Alvarez goal gives defending champions victory

  19-08-2023 23:30 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Defending champions Manchester City remind their title rivals they remain the team to beat by seeing off a determined Newcastle side.
  
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• Sunday's gossip: Cancelo, Balogun, Tavares, Kolo Muani, Partey, Kudus, Tierney

  19-08-2023 23:09 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Barcelona strike Cancelo agreement, PSG set to sign Kolo Muani, West Ham have Kudus bid rejected, plus more.
  
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• WATCH: Critically endangered antelope born in Illinois zoo

  19-08-2023 23:00 via abcnews.go.com
  
  An Illinois zoo welcomed the birth of a critically endangered antelope calf earlier this month.
  
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• Delegation from west African bloc meets Niger’s ousted president

  19-08-2023 22:53 via theguardian.com
  
  Ecowas group seeking restoration to power of Mohamed Bazoum also met army officers behind coupA delegation from west Africa’s economic bloc has arrived in Niger and met the ousted president on Saturday, as it sought a peaceful solution after army officers seized power in a coup.Mohamed Bazoum was “in good spirits”, a source close to the Economic Community of West African States (Ecowas) told AFP – though he remained under detention and his electricity was still cut off. C
  
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• Almeria 1-3 Real Madrid: Jude Bellingham scores twice as visitors maintain 100% La Liga start

  19-08-2023 22:30 via bbc.co.uk
  
  England midfielder Jude Bellingham scores twice as Real Madrid come from behind to maintain their 100% La Liga start with a victory at Almeria.
  
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• Ireland 29-10 England: Billy Vunipola sent off as Irish score five tries

  19-08-2023 21:14 via bbc.co.uk
  
  England forward Billy Vunipola is sent off as Ireland secure a major momentum boost before the World Cup by scoring five tries in a comfortable win.
  
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• Tottenham Hotspur 2-0 Manchester United: Spurs earn boss Ange Postecoglou first Premier League win

  19-08-2023 20:54 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Ange Postecoglou enjoys his first Premier League win as Tottenham manager thanks to two second-half goals against Manchester United.
  
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• Canada wildfires: British Columbia declares emergency as 15,000 homes told to evacuate

  19-08-2023 20:23 via bbc.co.uk
  
  About 15,000 households are told to evacuate in British Columbia, with an emergency declared.
  
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• New shooting mars election campaign in Ecuador

  19-08-2023 20:13 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Another shootout prompts a call to tackle gang violence ahead of Sunday's presidential vote.
  
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• Hurricane Hilary heads for Mexico and California

  19-08-2023 20:09 via bbc.co.uk
  
  The storm is expected to hit Mexico's Pacific coast and then move towards southern California.
  
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• New Orleans Saints' Jimmy Graham arrested following 'medical episode'

  19-08-2023 19:27 via foxnews.com
  
  New Orleans Saints tight end Jimmy Graham experienced a medical episode Friday night, and he was taken into custody by authorities and transported to a hospital, the Saints said in a statement Saturday.  "New Orleans Saints tight end Jimmy Graham experienced a medical episode last evening, which resulted in him becoming disoriented," the statement says.  "He was taken into custody by local authorities and transported to a local hospital for evaluation for what Dr. John Amoss believes t
  
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• Tennessee hiking couple found safe in Alaska after search and rescue

  19-08-2023 19:11 via foxnews.com
  
  A Tennessee couple who were reported missing while hiking in Alaska have been found safe after a successful search and rescue. Jonas Bare, 50, and Cynthia Hovsepian, 37, were reported missing by local authorities last week after failing to check out of their accommodations following a hike. The couple were found safe on Friday, more than a week after going missing near Fairbanks, Alaska. TENNESSEE MAN, WOMAN GO MISSING DURING ALASKAN VACATION AS POLICE FIND ABANDONED CAR NEAR HIKING TRAIL The tw
  
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• Chernihiv: Russian missile strike kills seven and injures 129, Ukraine says

  19-08-2023 19:08 via bbc.co.uk
  
  A Russian missile strike hits the heart of the northern city of Chernihiv, Ukraine says.
  
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• Liverpool 3-1 Bournemouth: Alexis Mac Allister sent off on Anfield debut

  19-08-2023 18:49 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Alexis Mac Allister is sent off in his first home match for Liverpool but the Reds still overpower Bournemouth 3-1 in a thrilling Premier League match at Anfield.
  
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• Concerns at power of inquiry into UK nurse who killed babies

  19-08-2023 18:39 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Families of some of the babies attacked said a non-statutory inquiry was 'inadequate'.
  
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• ‘A huge human drama’: how the revolt that began on the Gladstone plantation led to emancipation

  19-08-2023 18:04 via theguardian.com
  
  The Demerara Rebellion failed, but it was a step towards ending slavery in the British empire• William Gladstone: family of former British PM to apologise for links to slaveryThe Demerara Rebellion of August 1823 was a pivotal event in the abolition of slavery in the British Empire.While the transatlantic slave trade, the largest forced migration in human history, was outlawed by Britain in 1807, slavery continued across the colonies. Conditions were brutal in Demerara, one of three provinc
  
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• William Gladstone: family of former British PM to apologise for links to slavery

  19-08-2023 18:01 via theguardian.com
  
  Descendants of PM, whose father’s wealth came from sugar plantations, travel to Guyana for 200th anniversary of rebellion by enslaved AfricansThe family of one of Britain’s most famous prime ministers will travel to the Caribbean this week to apologise for its historical role in slavery.Six of William Gladstone’s descendants will arrive in Guyana on Thursday as the country commemorates the 200th anniversary of a rebellion by enslaved people that historians say paved the way for
  
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• West Bank: Two Israelis killed in suspected Palestinian shooting near Huwara

  19-08-2023 17:50 via bbc.co.uk
  
  The Israeli military has set up blockades near the village of Huwara and is hunting for the gunman.
  
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• Pakistani opposition leader Shah Mahmood Qureshi detained

  19-08-2023 17:19 via theguardian.com
  
  Reason for arrest of former foreign minister and leader of PTI is not immediately clear, party saysThe Pakistani opposition leader Shah Mahmood Qureshi was detained on Saturday, his Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) party said, just hours after he said it would challenge any delay to the country’s election in the courts.Party spokesperson Zulfi Bukhari told Reuters the specific reason for the detention of Qureshi, twice Pakistan’s foreign minister, was not immediately clear. The caretak
  
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• Two Israelis killed in suspected Palestinian shooting at West Bank car wash

  19-08-2023 16:57 via theguardian.com
  
  Incident forms part of the worst escalation of violence in the occupied territory for nearly two decadesTwo Israelis, reportedly a father and son, have been killed in a suspected Palestinian shooting attack on a car wash in a volatile stretch of the occupied West Bank, the latest outburst of violence in the region.The Israeli military said it was searching for suspects and setting up roadblocks near the town of Hawara, a flashpoint area in the northern West Bank, which has been the scene of repe
  
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• Women's World Cup 2023: England v Spain in final - all you need to know

  19-08-2023 16:41 via bbc.co.uk
  
  The Lionesses will become the first England side since 1966 to win a senior final on the global stage if they defeat Spain at Stadium Australia in Sydney on Sunday.
  
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• Britney Spears on Sam Asghari divorce: 'I couldn't take the pain anymore'

  19-08-2023 15:51 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Writing after her husband filed for divorce, the singer says she "couldn't take the pain anymore".
  
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• Sweden 2-0 Australia: Kosovare Asllani stunner secures World Cup bronze for Sweden

  19-08-2023 15:00 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Kosovare Asllani's stunning second-half strike seals victory for Sweden as they beat Australia to finish third at the Women's World Cup at Brisbane Stadium.
  
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• How England became so good at women’s football

  19-08-2023 14:45 via bbc.co.uk
  
  More than 50 years after a ban on women's football was lifted, England are in to the World Cup final - but how did we get here?
  
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• Colombia earthquake: Guests leave as live TV broadcast disrupted

  19-08-2023 13:45 via bbc.co.uk
  
  The news anchor remained calm and went to a commercial break.
  
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• Michael Jackson lawsuits alleging sex abuse can be revived, US appeals court says

  19-08-2023 13:17 via bbc.co.uk
  
  US judges rule Wade Robson and James Safechuck can pursue lawsuits against the singer's companies.
  
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• Women's World Cup final: 'England have to play game of our lives' against Spain - Bright

  19-08-2023 11:30 via bbc.co.uk
  
  England have to "play the game of our lives" if they are to win the Women's World Cup, says captain Millie Bright.
  
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• Taiwan detects 42 warplanes in Chinese military drills

  19-08-2023 11:28 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Taiwan condemned China's actions, saying the military drills were "irrational and provocative".
  
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• WATCH: Bottlenose dolphins spotted in rare visit off English coast

  19-08-2023 11:08 via abcnews.go.com
  
  In a rare visit to the English coast, a group of bottlenose dolphins were spotted swimming and surfacing by a drone camera in Norfolk, England.
  
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• Made In Heaven: A show taking on all that's wrong with Indian weddings

  19-08-2023 10:09 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Made In Heaven, a show about wedding planners, explores deep-rooted prejudices plaguing Indian marriages.
  
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• China sends dozens of warplanes near Taiwan after vice-president’s US stopover

  19-08-2023 08:51 via theguardian.com
  
  Chinese state media says military exercises involving planes and vessels were intended as a ‘stern warning’ against colluding with ‘foreign elements’China launched military drills around Taiwan on Saturday as a “stern warning” after voicing anger over a stopover in the United States by the island’s vice-president, William Lai.Lai – the frontrunner in Taiwan’s presidential election next year and a vocal opponent of Beijing’s claims to th
  
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• Chinese military launches drills around Taiwan as 'warning' after top island official stopped in US

  19-08-2023 08:01 via abcnews.go.com
  
  China’s defense ministry says its military has launched drills around Taiwan as a “stern warning” over what it calls collusion between “separatists and foreign forces,” days after the island’s vice president stopped over in the United States
  
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• Maui wildfire death toll, already highest in modern U.S. history, could surge

  19-08-2023 06:31 via nbcnews.com
  
  The windswept wildfires that scorched Maui last week were the deadliest in modern U.S. history.
  
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• Marine dies during live-fire training exercise at Camp Pendleton

  19-08-2023 04:36 via abcnews.go.com
  
  A Marine died while participating in a live-fire training exercise at Camp Pendleton in Southern California, the Marine Corps said.
  
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• Hilary track and updates: 1st ever tropical storm watch issued in Southern California

  19-08-2023 04:36 via abcnews.go.com
  
  Hilary, now a powerful Category 4 hurricane, is expected to make landfall in Mexico's Baja California on Sunday.
  
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• Lolita, popular Miami Seaquarium orca, dies ahead of planned release to her natural habitat

  19-08-2023 04:23 via nbcnews.com
  
  Lolita, a Miami Seaquarium whale with her own fan club, died Friday from an unspecified ailment related to her kidneys, a nonprofit group dedicated to her care announced.
  
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• A timeline of the deadly wildfires taking over Maui

  19-08-2023 04:20 via abcnews.go.com
  
  This timeline captures how the deadly wildfires took over the island of Maui, and what officials knew and did to battle the blazes.
  
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• Pilot accused of destroying parking barrier at Denver airport with an ax says he hit breaking point

  19-08-2023 04:18 via abcnews.go.com
  
  A United Airlines pilot has been charged with criminal mischief for allegedly using an ax to destroy a barrier gate at an employee parking lot at Denver’s airport
  
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• Chemical treatment to be deployed against invasive fish in Colorado River

  19-08-2023 04:17 via abcnews.go.com
  
  The National Park Service will renew efforts to rid an area of the Colorado River in northern Arizona of invasive fish with a chemical treatment
  
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• Fired founder of right-wing org Project Veritas is under investigation in New York

  19-08-2023 03:46 via abcnews.go.com
  
  The fired founder of conservative nonprofit Project Veritas is under investigation by a suburban New York prosecutor’s office for allegedly mistreating workers and misspending organization funds
  
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• Federal judges rule against provisions of GOP-backed voting laws in Georgia and Texas

  19-08-2023 03:35 via nbcnews.com
  
  The Georgia and Texas laws were two of the most prominent GOP restrictions on voting passed in the wake of Trump’s 2020 loss, which he falsely blamed on fraud.
  
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• Wildfire, high winds prompt evacuation of Washington town of Medical Lake

  19-08-2023 03:21 via nbcnews.com
  
  With a wildfire bearing down, officials on Friday gave orders for evacuation of the entire town of Medical Lake, Wash.
  
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• Utah mom who wrote children's book about grief after allegedly killing husband won't face death penalty

  19-08-2023 03:11 via nbcnews.com
  
  A Utah author accused of lacing her husband’s drink with a lethal dose of fentanyl and writing a children’s book about grief will not face the death penalty, prosecutors said Friday.
  
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• Epstein referred former Obama White House counsel to JPMorgan as client

  19-08-2023 02:56 via nbcnews.com
  
  Disgraced financier Jeffrey Epstein referred former Obama White House counsel Kathryn Ruemmler to JPMorgan Chase as a client in 2019, months before he was arrested on charges related to federal sex trafficking, court documents showed.
  
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• WATCH: This unlikely duo seems to be the perfect pair

  19-08-2023 02:42 via abcnews.go.com
  
  Dog and bunny duo Charlie and Roger are truly the best of friends.
  
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• Search underway for Tennessee pair missing in Alaska for more than a week

  19-08-2023 02:41 via nbcnews.com
  
  A search is underway in Fairbanks, Alaska, for a pair of travelers from Tennessee who were reported missing a week ago, authorities said.
  
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• Canada wildfires: The past 2 days in 75 seconds

  19-08-2023 02:35 via bbc.co.uk
  
  As Canada's northern and western provinces battle historic wildfires, thousands have been displaced.
  
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