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Greek court orders smuggling suspects held pending trial over migrant ship disaster

Wednesday, June 21, 2023

The Egyptian suspects face charges that include participation in a criminal organization, manslaughter and causing a shipwreck.

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Summer solstice brings druids, pagans and thousands of curious people to Stonehenge

Wednesday, June 21, 2023

A seemingly curious alliance of druids, pagans, hippies, local residents and tourists gathered around Stonehenge and greeted sunrise on Wednesday, which is the longest day in the Northern Hemisphere.

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Dozens of women die in a grisly riot in Honduran prison the president blames on gangs

Tuesday, June 20, 2023

Twenty-six of the 41 known victims were burned to death and the remainder shot or stabbed at the prison in Tamara, about 30 miles northwest of the Honduran capital of Tegucigalpa, police said.

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A Palestinian attacker kills at least 4 people at a West Bank gas station

Tuesday, June 20, 2023

A surge in violence this year has killed 128 Palestinians and 24 people on the Israeli side so far, according to a tally by The Associated Press.

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Power outages continue across the southern U.S. as a heat wave grips Texas

Tuesday, June 20, 2023

More than 300,000 customers in the southern U.S. remained without power Monday as the bulk of outages were in Oklahoma, where heavy weekend storms carried winds as strong as 80 mph around Tulsa.

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Antony Blinken meets China's Xi in a bid to ease soaring U.S.-China tensions

Monday, June 19, 2023

In footage released by China's state broadcaster, Xi is heard to say "The two sides have agreed to follow through on the common understandings President Biden and I have reached in Bali."

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Deadly West Bank firefight leaves at least 3 Palestinians dead, dozens more injured

Monday, June 19, 2023

The violence marked a rare use of Israeli airpower in the territory. During the clashes, Palestinian militants detonated a roadside bomb next to an Israeli military vehicle.

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Multiple mass shootings across the U.S. leave at least 6 dead on holiday weekend

Monday, June 19, 2023

The shootings stretching from coast to coast follow a surge in homicides and other violence over the past several years that experts say accelerated during the coronavirus pandemic.

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Swiss voters support climate bill as scientists warn about melting glaciers

Monday, June 19, 2023

The referendum to introduce new climate measures was sparked by a campaign by scientists and environmentalists to save Switzerland's iconic glaciers, which are melting away at an alarming rate.

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Ukraine war is hurting Africa, South African President Ramaphosa tells Putin

Sunday, June 18, 2023

Russian President Vladimir Putin on Saturday met with a group of leaders of African countries who traveled to Russia on a self-styled "peace mission" the day after they went to Ukraine.

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A heat wave is hitting the South, from a tornado in West Texas to Florida beaches

Sunday, June 18, 2023

Communities from Houston to New Orleans opened cooling centers to bring relief as steamy hot temperatures settled across a broad swath of the U.S. South on Saturday.

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Biden says rich must 'pay their share' at first reelection campaign rally

Sunday, June 18, 2023

President Joe Biden delivered an unapologetically economic populist message during the first rally of his reelection campaign, saying his policies had created jobs and lifted the middle class.

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Antony Blinken has started meetings in Beijing, aiming to cool US-China tensions

Sunday, June 18, 2023

U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken arrived in Beijing early Sunday on a high-stakes diplomatic mission to try to cool exploding U.S.-China tensions that have set many around the world on edge.

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16 were injured when a Baltimore bus crashed into 2 cars and an apartment building

Saturday, June 17, 2023

A preliminary investigation showed the bus crashed with a Lexus and a Nissan before coming to rest in a building. Witnesses said the Lexus was speeding and ran a stop light when it struck the bus.

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Donald Triplett, the 1st person diagnosed with autism, dies at 89

Saturday, June 17, 2023

The Mississippi man known as "Case 1" was the first person to be diagnosed with autism. Triplett was the subject of a book and documentary titled In a Different Key and many medical journal articles.

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At least 41 have been killed in a suspected rebel attack on a Ugandan school

Saturday, June 17, 2023

Police said rebels from the Allied Democratic Forces, who have been launching attacks for years from their bases in eastern Congo, carried out the raid on the school in the border town of Mpondwe.

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Germany hands over 2 Indigenous masks to Colombia as it reappraises its colonial past

Saturday, June 17, 2023

The wooden "sun masks," which date back to the mid-15th century, were handed over at the presidential palace during a visit to Berlin by Colombian President Gustavo Petro

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A federal judge has blocked much of Indiana's ban on gender-affirming care for minors

Friday, June 16, 2023

The judge issued an order Friday stopping an Indiana ban on puberty blockers and hormones for transgender minors from taking effect as scheduled July 1.

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'Still alive,' Pope Francis jokes as he leaves a Rome hospital 9 days after surgery

Friday, June 16, 2023

"The pope is well. He's better than before,'' said Dr. Sergio Alfieri, the surgeon who performed the 86-year-old pontiff's operation on June 7.

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An American is arrested over the death of a U.S. tourist at a German castle

Friday, June 16, 2023

Police are appealing for photos and videos taken by witnesses of the attack near Neuschwanstein castle in which a man allegedly pushed two women down a slope, killing one. A suspect was arrested.

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