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• North Korea says its 2nd attempt to launch a spy satellite has failed

  23-08-2023 23:50 via abcnews.go.com
  
  North Korea says that its second recent attempt to launch a spy satellite has failed
  
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• Suspect dead after 'active shooting situation' in Pittsburgh neighborhood

  23-08-2023 23:33 via abcnews.go.com
  
  A gunman who allegedly opened fire in a Pittsburgh neighborhood after being served an eviction notice has died, according to law enforcement officials.
  
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• Jeffrey Epstein's New Mexico ranch is sold for an undisclosed price to a newly registered company

  23-08-2023 23:12 via abcnews.go.com
  
  Known as the Zorro Ranch, a high-desert property once owned by disgraced financier Jeffrey Epstein has been sold after two years on the market
  
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• Wagner Group leader Yevgeny Prigozhin dies in plane crash

  23-08-2023 23:08 via abcnews.go.com
  
  Wagner Group leader Yevgeny Prigozhin was killed in a plane crashed in Russia's Tver region on Wednesday.
  
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• South Carolina's all-male highest court reverses course, upholds strict abortion ban

  23-08-2023 22:47 via abcnews.go.com
  
  The 4-1 ruling departs from the court’s own decision earlier this year.
  
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• Officer who fatally shot 27-year-old man is expected to be fired: Commissioner

  23-08-2023 22:24 via abcnews.go.com
  
  A Philadelphia police officer who fatally shot a 27-year-old man is expected to be fired after a 30-day suspension, the police commissioner said.
  
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• WATCH: Grandpa has best reaction to granddaughter’s engagement news

  23-08-2023 22:22 via abcnews.go.com
  
  Liv Postl surprised her grandpa Gary on FaceTime with her engagement announcement.
  
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• North Korea conducts rocket launch in likely 2nd attempt to put spy satellite into orbit

  23-08-2023 22:22 via abcnews.go.com
  
  South Korea says North Korea has launched a long-range rocket
  
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• Minnesota names first Black chief justice of state Supreme Court, Natalie Hudson

  23-08-2023 22:22 via abcnews.go.com
  
  Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz has promoted Natalie Hudson to chief justice of the Minnesota Supreme Court
  
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• Prigozhin's years of living dangerously

  23-08-2023 22:21 via bbc.co.uk
  
  For decades Russia's Vladimir Putin relied on Yevgeny Prigozhin's services, until he staged a mutiny.
  
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• Colorado man accused of killing 10 at supermarket in 2021 is competent for trial, prosecutors say

  23-08-2023 22:20 via abcnews.go.com
  
  Prosecutors say a Colorado man charged with killing 10 people at a Boulder supermarket in 2021 is competent to proceed toward a trial
  
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• 1-year-old dies after left in day care van, driver arrested: Police

  23-08-2023 21:52 via abcnews.go.com
  
  The driver of a day care van was arrested after a 1-year-old girl died after being left in the vehicle for several hours amid sweltering temperatures, police said.
  
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• 'Active shooting situation' unfolding in Pittsburgh neighborhood

  23-08-2023 21:28 via abcnews.go.com
  
  Police are at the scene of an ongoing "active shooting situation" in Pittsburgh's Garfield neighborhood on Wednesday, according to authorities.
  
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• Quebec judge gives go-ahead for lawsuit over sterilisation of Indigenous women

  23-08-2023 21:10 via theguardian.com
  
  Three doctors accused of performing or coercing women into sterilisation proceduresA judge in Quebec has given the go-ahead for a class action lawsuit over the forced sterilisation of Indigenous women in the Canadian province.Two Atikamekw women known publicly by only their initials, UT and MX, brought the lawsuit against three doctors they accuse of performing or coercing women into sterilisation procedures in a small, remote town in northern Quebec. Continue reading...
  
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• Russia: Video shows plane crash in Russian village

  23-08-2023 20:44 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Online footage appears to show a plane falling from the sky in the Tver region.
  
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• Judge denies Alec Baldwin motion to dismiss 'Rust' crew's lawsuit

  23-08-2023 20:42 via abcnews.go.com
  
  A New Mexico judge denied Alec Baldwin's request to dismiss a lawsuit filed by "Rust" crew members. Halyna Hutchins was fatally wounded in a 2021 rehearsal.
  
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• Voting in Zimbabwe general election delayed by lack of ballot papers

  23-08-2023 20:41 via theguardian.com
  
  Most urban polling stations in Harare and Bulawayo, where opposition claims it has strong support, open four hours lateDelays have marred voting in Zimbabwe’s general election after a campaign dominated by the country’s interlinked economic crises.Voting at most urban polling stations in Harare and Bulawayo began four hours late after polling officers failed to distribute papers for the council elections. Some polling stations were still to receive election material more than seven h
  
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• Drowning death of former President Obama’s personal chef on Martha's Vineyard ruled an accident

  23-08-2023 20:06 via abcnews.go.com
  
  The drowning death of former President Barack Obama’s personal chef near the family’s home on Martha’s Vineyard has been ruled an accident by the Massachusetts medical examiner
  
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• WATCH: 93-year-old woman rescued amid deadly flooding in Chile

  23-08-2023 19:10 via abcnews.go.com
  
  SAFE AND SOUND: A 93-year-old woman was rescued in Curico, Chile, by emergency services amid deadly flooding.
  
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• India bridge collapse: At least 26 killed at construction site

  23-08-2023 18:53 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Some workers are still unaccounted for after the bridge suddenly gave way in the state of Mizoram.
  
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• Amazon’s emissions ‘doubled’ under first half of Bolsonaro presidency

  23-08-2023 18:22 via theguardian.com
  
  New study published in Nature says period was as destructive as record 2016 El Niño drought and heatwaveThe first half of Jair Bolsonaro’s presidency was so destructive for the Amazon that it was comparable to the record 2016 El Niño drought and heatwave in terms of carbon emissions, according to scientists.Annual emissions from the world’s largest rainforest roughly doubled in 2019 and 2020, compared with the 2010 to 2018 average, according to a new study published in
  
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• 19-year-old woman randomly kidnapped from park and killed

  23-08-2023 18:16 via abcnews.go.com
  
  A 19-year-old woman who was kidnapped from a Southern California park and killed appeared to have been randomly targeted.
  
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• Texas elementary school students escape injuries after a boy fires a gun on a school bus

  23-08-2023 18:12 via abcnews.go.com
  
  Authorities say no one was injured after a Texas elementary school student fired a gun while on a crowded school bus
  
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• India’s south pole moon landing is big business for global space race

  23-08-2023 17:52 via theguardian.com
  
  India has raised its spacefaring profile and will now be seen as low-cost provider for missions possibleFor all the risks, for all that was riding on a successful landing, the descent to the moon’s surface was remarkably uneventful, if not exactly stress-free. The Vikram lander, part of India’s Chandrayaan-3 mission, dropped steadily on its thrusters to the rock below, slowed to a hover as it approached the ground, and finally came to a rest on the dusty terrain.When confirmation cam
  
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• Women's World Cup: Three events that show the gap between men and women's football

  23-08-2023 17:46 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Controversial incidents distracted from women’s achievements on the pitch during the Women’s World Cup.
  
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• Pakistan cable car: Drone shows people trapped above ravine

  23-08-2023 17:26 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Footage exclusively obtained by the BBC shows people huddling together in the stranded cable car.
  
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• Vietnam's iconic 'kissing rocks' at risk of collapse

  23-08-2023 17:25 via bbc.co.uk
  
  A new report says overfishing in the area is contributing to increased erosion of the rocks.
  
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• Moment police officer wakes up people in burning house

  23-08-2023 17:09 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Bodycam footage shows how a police officer saved residents from a burning house.
  
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• Fukushima: What are the concerns over waste water release?

  23-08-2023 16:05 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Japan wants to release Fukushima's waste water into the ocean - and a lot of people are not happy.
  
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• Israeli Arabs demand action over spike in murders linked to organised crime

  23-08-2023 15:50 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Groups calls for an emergency parliamentary debate on the crime wave, after four men are shot dead.
  
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• India lands spacecraft near south pole of moon in historic first

  23-08-2023 15:50 via theguardian.com
  
  Vikram lander touches down at lunar south pole shortly after 6pm India time India has become the first country to successfully land a spacecraft near the south pole of the moon, in a historic moment that drew cheers at watching parties around the country.“India is on the moon,” Sreedhara Panicker Somanath, the chair of the Indian Space Research Organisation, said as the Chandrayaan-3 spacecraft’s Vikram lander touched down shortly after 6pm (1230 BST) near the little-explored l
  
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• 'My goodness!' - BBC reporter's live reaction to historic moon landing

  23-08-2023 15:12 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Watch Samira Hussein's response as India's Chandrayaan-3 space mission reaches the lunar surface.
  
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• Cheers and applause as India's lander touches down

  23-08-2023 14:57 via bbc.co.uk
  
  See a simulation of the moment Chandrayaan-3 lands near the Moon's south pole for the first time.
  
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• Japan readies Fukushima water for Pacific release on Thursday

  23-08-2023 12:27 via abcnews.go.com
  
  Japan plans to begin a decades-long process of releasing treated wastewater from the 2011 Fukushima nuclear meltdown into the Pacific Ocean on Thursday.
  
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• Railway bridge collapse in India kills at least 26 workers

  23-08-2023 12:22 via theguardian.com
  
  Government-run railway opens inquiry after incident in north-eastern state of MizoramA railway bridge under construction in India has collapsed killing at least 26 workers and injuring two, police said, as the state-run railway authority opened an investigation.The incident happened on Wednesday in the town of Sairang in the north-eastern state of Mizoram, its chief minister, Zoramthanga, said on the messaging platform X, formerly known as Twitter. Continue reading...
  
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• Pakistan cable car updates: All 8 passengers rescued from 600 feet in the air

  23-08-2023 12:09 via abcnews.go.com
  
  A cable broke in a mountainous region in Pakistan.
  
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• Ukraine war: Three killed in Belgorod hours after drones hit Moscow

  23-08-2023 11:50 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Russian officials blame Ukraine for the incidents, but it is unclear who is responsible.
  
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• Pakistan cable car: Videos of extraordinary rescues caught on camera

  23-08-2023 11:20 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Army helicopters and zip line experts were deployed in a dangerous operation that took over 12 hours.
  
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• WATCH: This baby can't stop laughing at his mom's fake sneezes

  23-08-2023 10:45 via abcnews.go.com
  
  There’s no better feeling than making a baby laugh “achoo.”
  
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• UK minister heads to India as post-Brexit trade talks reportedly ramp up – business live

  23-08-2023 09:04 via theguardian.com
  
  UK trade secretary Kemi Badenoch is expected to progress talks with Indian counterparts in Jaipur, during a meeting of G20 trade ministersQuick prints from European markets.Gains on major indices are relatively muted, as trading kicks off:FTSE 100 is up 0.15%FTSE 250 is up 0.12%Spain’s IBEX is up 0.1%France’s CAC 40 is up 0.3%Germany’s DAX is up 0.3%The pan-European STOXX 600 is up 0.01%The UK and India are committed to working towards the best deal possible for both sides. We&
  
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• Australia news live: airports chief warns duopoly becoming too strong for intervention

  23-08-2023 09:04 via theguardian.com
  
  Follow today’s live news updatesExplainer: One in 10 flights between Sydney and Melbourne are cancelled. Is slot hoarding to blame?Get our morning and afternoon news emails, free app or daily news podcastChildren’s mental health not improved since Covid, research showsThe pandemic may be behind us but its impacts are still prevalent in the mental health of young people, new research shows.Now that pandemic restrictions have been lifted, life has not necessarily gone back to how it wa
  
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• NSW government department ‘refusing’ to publish community feedback on shark nets

  23-08-2023 08:44 via theguardian.com
  
  Greens MP says it is ‘unacceptable’ that results not made public as Minns government faces calls to abandon netsFollow our Australia news live blog for latest updatesGet our morning and afternoon news emails, free app or daily news podcastThe New South Wales Department of Primary Industries has kept hidden the results of surveys it conducted to gauge community opinion on shark nets, as the government forges ahead with the controversial deterrence strategy.The department has not publi
  
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• UK bank holiday weather will be ‘mixed picture’, says Met Office

  23-08-2023 08:40 via theguardian.com
  
  Low 20s expected for southern regions of Britain and high teens for the north, with no heavy rain or high temperaturesForecasters are predicting a “mixed picture” for the bank holiday weekend weather as temperatures return to normal..The Met Office expects temperatures in the low 20s in southern regions, while northern areas may get temperatures in the high teens. Continue reading...
  
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• Zimbabwe goes to polls amid deepening economic crisis

  23-08-2023 08:17 via theguardian.com
  
  Promises to get inflation and unemployment on track after decades of Mugabe rule have failed to materialiseAn ever-worsening economic situation is hanging over Zimbabwean voters as they go to the polls in a repeat of the 2018 election pitting President Emmerson Mnangagwa against his charismatic and relatively youthful challenger, Nelson Chamisa.Mnangagwa narrowly defeated Chamisa five years ago after the coup that deposed Robert Mugabe, and pledged to to tackle the economy “head on”
  
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• Russia-Ukraine war live: three drones downed in Moscow region, says mayor; Russia attacks Danube grain facilities

  23-08-2023 08:08 via theguardian.com
  
  Window damaged in building in city centre but no casualties reported; Russian military shoots down two more drones over western part of the Moscow regionRussia-Ukraine war at a glanceHello everyone, this is Yohannes Lowe. I’ll be running the blog until 3pm (UK time). Please do feel free to get in touch on Twitter if you have any story tips.Reuters: the Netherlands will send Ukraine a thousand chargers for remote demining, Dutch defence minister Kajsa Ollongren said on a visit to Kyiv.The a
  
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• Australia news live: Queensland creates chief midwife position; Thomas Mayo declares yes campaign ‘will win’

  23-08-2023 08:07 via theguardian.com
  
  Follow today’s live news updatesAustralians urged to prepare for most significant bushfire season since black summerGet our morning and afternoon news emails, free app or daily news podcastChildren’s mental health not improved since Covid, research showsThe pandemic may be behind us but its impacts are still prevalent in the mental health of young people, new research shows.Now that pandemic restrictions have been lifted, life has not necessarily gone back to how it was pre-pandemic.
  
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• Woman ‘over the moon’ after sister donates womb in UK first

  23-08-2023 07:58 via theguardian.com
  
  Pioneering operation could allow dozens of infertile women a year to have babiesSurgeons have performed the first womb transplant on a woman in the UK, opening up the possibility for dozens of infertile women to have babies every year. The woman’s sister was the living donor of the womb.The 34-year-old was “incredibly happy” and “over the moon” with the success of the nine-hour operation, according to the medical team behind the pioneering procedure. She now plans t
  
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• Cost-of-living crisis: Albanese government launches taskforce to review competition in bid to ease pressures

  23-08-2023 07:58 via theguardian.com
  
  Panel’s appointment comes as Woolworths reports rise in net annual earnings to $1.6bn, a day after Coles posts $1.1bn profitInflation spiral: food prices could yet rise higher and may never come downFollow our Australia news live blog for latest updatesGet our morning and afternoon news emails, free app or daily news podcastThe Albanese government will appoint a taskforce to provide a rolling competition review in a bid to lower cost-of-living pressures by creating a more productive and dy
  
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• Wednesday briefing: Fukushima nuclear plant is set to flush tonnes of water into the sea – but is it safe?

  23-08-2023 07:45 via theguardian.com
  
  In today’s newsletter: Japan’s decision to release radioactive water from the tsunami-hit power plant has divided groups – is it entirely safe or staggeringly stupid?• Sign up here for our daily newsletter, First EditionGood morning.Today’s newsletter comes to you from Manchester, original home of the Guardian (est 1821), and me, Helen Pidd, your friendly north of England editor. I’ll be writing the daily briefing alongside Nimo for the next few weeks. Continue
  
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• Woolworths posts $1.62bn profit with dramatic lift in margins despite cost-of-living crisis

  23-08-2023 07:32 via theguardian.com
  
  Results, a day after Coles posted $1.1bn profit, show supermarket has used pandemic and inflation to increase profit from salesFollow our Australia news live blog for latest updatesGet our morning and afternoon news emails, free app or daily news podcastThe country’s biggest supermarket chain, Woolworths, has recorded a dramatic lift in margins for its Australian food business to well above pre-pandemic levels, underpinning a strong profit result amid a cost-of-living crisis.The company&rs
  
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