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Indonesian boat capsizes, leaving more than a dozen dead and others missing

Monday, July 24, 2023

The vessel was traveling from Lanto village in Southeast Sulawesi province to nearby Lagili village when it capsized. The wooden boat was carrying 40 people but was designed for just 20.

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Bell tolls for Wisconsin man who wins the Ernest Hemingway look-alike contest

Monday, July 24, 2023

Gerrit Marshall, a retired television broadcast engineer from Madison, prevailed Saturday night at Sloppy Joe's Bar, a frequent hangout of Ernest Hemingway when he lived in Key West during the 1930s.

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Brian Harman wins the British Open in his first major championship

Sunday, July 23, 2023

Brian Harman turned back every challenge in the British Open, from big names to bad weather, and took his place among major champions with a victory that was never seriously in doubt.

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Danish rider Jonas Vingegaard wins the Tour de France for the 2nd straight year

Sunday, July 23, 2023

With a huge lead built up over main rival Tadej Pogačar, Vingegaard knew the victory was effectively his again before the largely ceremonial final stage.

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Indian rescuers find 27 dead and dozens are missing after rains cause landslide

Sunday, July 23, 2023

Seventy-eight people are still unaccounted for since the landslide hit Irshalwadi village on Wednesday night in Raigadh district, nearly 80 kilometers (50 miles) from Mumbai.

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Hun Sen's party claims a win in Cambodian election after opposition was suppressed

Sunday, July 23, 2023

Longtime Prime Minister Hun Sen's party was assured a landslide victory thanks to the effective suppression any real opposition.

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Spain appears headed for political gridlock after inconclusive elections

Sunday, July 23, 2023

Sunday's national elections left parties on both the right and left without a clear path toward forging a new government.

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Heavy flooding in Afghanistan has killed at least 12 people and left dozens missing

Sunday, July 23, 2023

Government spokesman Zabihullah Mujahid said Sunday that around 40 people are missing after the flash flooding late Saturday night in the Jalrez district of Maidan Wardak province, west of Kabul.

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A Russian strike on Ukraine's Odesa has killed one and badly damaged a cathedral

Sunday, July 23, 2023

Russia struck the Ukrainian Black Sea city of Odesa again on Sunday, keeping up a barrage of attacks that has damaged critical port infrastructure in southern Ukraine in the past week.

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19,000 people have been evacuated as a wildfire rages on the Greek island of Rhodes

Sunday, July 23, 2023

Scores of wildfires are burning across Greece. A wildfire burning on the Greek island of Rhodes has forced authorities to order an evacuation of sites including seaside resorts full of tourists.

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Israel's Netanyahu is hospitalized to receive a pacemaker

Saturday, July 22, 2023

In a short statement, Netanyahu's office said Israel's leader would be placed under sedation. A top deputy, Justice Minister Yariv Levin, was to stand in for him.

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Hundreds of thousands march in Israel against Netanyahu's judicial overhaul

Saturday, July 22, 2023

Tens of thousands of protesters marched into Jerusalem and hundreds of thousands took to the streets in Tel Aviv and other cities.

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Protesters try to storm Baghdad's Green Zone over Quran and flag burning in Denmark

Saturday, July 22, 2023

Hundreds of protesters attempted to storm Baghdad's fortified Green Zone Saturday following reports an ultranationalist group burned a copy of the Quran in front of the Iraqi Embassy in Copenhagen.

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The Mega Millions jackpot has grown to $820 million

Saturday, July 22, 2023

The lack of a jackpot winner in the Friday drawing sent the top prize soaring to an estimated $820 million. The potential jackpot is the fifth largest in the history of the game, Mega Millions said.

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As North Korea fires missiles, it stays silent on U.S. soldier who fled to the country

Saturday, July 22, 2023

While adding to its barrage of missile launches in recent months, North Korea remained publicly silent for a fifth day on the fate of an American soldier who ran into the country earlier in the week.

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Alabama lawmakers refuse to create a 2nd majority-Black congressional district

Friday, July 21, 2023

Alabama lawmakers refused to create a second majority-Black congressional district, a move that could defy an order from the U.S. Supreme Court to give minority voters a greater voice in elections.

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British PM Rishi Sunak suffers 2 big defeats in U.K. special elections

Friday, July 21, 2023

The results of the British special elections, if replicated at a likely general election next year, would certainly see Labour emerge as the biggest single party.

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Alabama executes man for a 2001 beating death of a woman, resuming lethal injections

Friday, July 21, 2023

It was the first execution carried out in Alabama this year after the state halted executions last fall. Alabama Gov. Kay Ivey announced a pause on executions in November to review procedures.

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The winning Powerball ticket worth $1 billion has been sold in California

Thursday, July 20, 2023

A winning ticket has been sold in Los Angeles for the Powerball jackpot worth an estimated $1.08 billion, the sixth largest in U.S. history and the 3rd largest in the history of the game.

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Dingo pack leader killed after attacking a jogger on a popular Australian island

Thursday, July 20, 2023

Wildlife authorities have killed the leader of a pack of dingoes that mauled a jogger on a popular Australian tourist island in a ferocious attack that a rescuer said could have been fatal.

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