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A Look into Next Year…
For the rest of 2024 the Jet Stream pattern has changed and pushed the arctic cold air back up into Canada. The will allow for well above…
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Brazil court suspends law cutting tax breaks for firms with deforestation soy commitment
SAO PAULO/BRASILIA (Reuters) - A justice on Brazil's top court on Thursday suspended a law from the country's top soy-producing state that…
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The Nigerian watch-lover lost in time
Ticking is the predominant sound inside Bala Muhammad's tiny watch-repair shop, tucked away on a bustling street in the northern Nigerian…
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Israeli airstrike kills 50 in Beit Lahia, Hamas authority says
At least 50 people have been killed in an Israeli airstrike targeting a building in the northern Gaza Strip, the Hamas-controlled health…
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Survivors Mark 20 Years Since World's Deadliest Tsunami with Ceremonies at Places Devastated by the 2004 Tragedy
Thousands gathered in mourning on Thursday, Dec. 26, to mark two decades since the world’s largest tsunami. On Dec. 26, 2004, in one of…
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Israeli attorney general wants investigation into Sara Netanyahu
Israel's Attorney General has called for an investigation into the wife of Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu. The background to this is…
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Israeli attack kills at least nine in Gaza City, report says
An Israeli attack in northern Gaza Strip killed at least nine Palestinians and injured several others, according to Palestinian media. The…
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Former Indian prime minister Manmohan Singh dies aged 93
Former Indian prime minister Manmohan Singh, considered the architect of economic reforms that opened up the world's most populous country…
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Germany’s Hidden $40 Million Supercar Collection Unveiled
Read the full story on Modern Car Collector In the world of elite car collecting, few private collections rival the scale and spectacle of…
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Acid risk contained in deadly Brazil bridge collapse
Authorities in Brazil on Thursday said the risk of acid pollution from a bridge collapse in the country's north has been contained, as…
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Waves of air strikes hit sites in Yemen
Air strikes have been reported in two cities in Yemen. Witnesses and governing Houthi rebels said an airport and military base were…
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These Once-Popular Home Décor Choices Are Aging Your Space
Many of us grew up in homes with exposed wood everywhere… except on the floor, where you want it. Those hardwood floors got covered up…
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BYD Labor Scandal in Brazil: Contractor Rejects Claims of Worker Exploitation
After Jinjiang Group, a contractor for Chinese automaker BYD (BYDDY, Financial), strongly denied accusations that there had been…
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Five Gaza journalists killed in Israeli strike
A Palestinian TV channel says five of its journalists have been killed in an Israeli strike in the central Gaza Strip. They were in a Quds…
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More than 10,000 migrants died this year trying to reach Spain by sea, aid group says
MADRID (AP) — More than 10,000 migrants died while trying to reach Spain by sea this year, a report released by a Spanish migration rights…
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UNIFIL: Israel and Hezbollah must adhere to fragile truce in Lebanon
The United Nations observer mission in Lebanon urged both Israel and Hezbollah to comply with the ceasefire agreement, warning on its…
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Russia arrests 4 suspects accused of plotting to kill top military officers on Ukraine's orders
MOSCOW (AP) — Russia's top security agency said Thursday that it has arrested several suspects accused of involvement in an alleged…
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20 years after a devastating tsunami, a survivor celebrates what the disaster has given him
KHAO LAK, Thailand — Watana Sittirachot was raised at an orphanage in Thailand for children affected by the 2004 Asian tsunami. Now, 20…
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Chinese automaker BYD slams reports of poor conditions at a factory site in Brazil
BANGKOK (AP) — A spokesperson for Chinese automaker BYD has objected to reports about poor conditions at a construction site in Brazil…
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Boxing Day Tsunami: An elephant took me to safety
A woman who was able to survive the Boxing Day tsunami in Thailand 20 years ago unharmed, aged eight, because of an elephant said "it…
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This Somali migrant watched others around her die at sea. But she wants to try again for Europe
MOGADISHU, Somalia (AP) — Idil Abdullahi Goley’s journey seeking a better life in Europe started in Somalia with a $6,500 payment to local…
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Nepal hosts hot air balloon festival
With Nepal's snowy Himalayan peaks as a backdrop, the sky above Pokhara transformed into a vibrant canvas of colours for the country's…
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Video shows mosque demolition documentary screening in India, not Bangladesh
As Muslim-majority Bangladesh saw a spate of reprisal attacks against its minority Hindu community, a video was shared online with a false…
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Illegal trade booms in South Africa's 'super-strange looking' plants
A biodiversity hotspot in a remote part of South Africa has become the hub of an illegal trade in protected plant species, with organised…