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Brazil tackles COP30 hotel costs, under pressure

Brazil assured worried governments it has organized enough rooms to accommodate the tens of thousands of people.

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Violence erupts at Bangladesh youth rally, media report four killed

Violence erupted on Wednesday at a rally of Bangladesh’s youth-led National Citizen Party in the southern town of Gopalganj, with four people killed and more injured according to local media.

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Merz visits UK as Europe closes ranks in face of threats

Friedrich Merz embarks on his first trip to London as German chancellor to meet with British Prime Minister Keir Starmer and sign a wide-ranging friendship treaty, as part of a broader push to reset the EU’s relationship with Britain.

July 17, 2025 11:03 am
 

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Earthquake of magnitude 7.1 strikes Alaska Peninsula

A magnitude 7.1 earthquake struck Alaska Peninsula, on Wednesday, the German Research Centre for Geosciences (GFZ) said.

July 17, 2025 10:54 am
 

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20 killed in Gaza

Twenty Palestinians were killed at a food distribution center run by an Israeli-backed American organization in the Gaza Strip on Wednesday, mostly from being trampled, the group said. They were the first deaths reported at one of the group’s sites, though hundreds have been killed by Israeli forces on the roads leading to them, according to witnesses and health officials.

July 17, 2025 9:07 am
 

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Israel launches heavy airstrikes in Damascus, vowing to protect Druze

Israel launched powerful airstrikes in Damascus on Wednesday, blowing up part of the defence ministry and hitting near the presidential palace as it vowed to destroy government forces attacking Druze in southern Syria and demanded they withdraw.

July 17, 2025 6:33 am
 

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Ukraine celebrates Trump's weapons reversal

President Donald Trump has finally found a way to like arming Ukraine: ask European allies to donate their weapons, and sell them American replacements.

July 16, 2025 5:23 pm
 

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Fewer school-age children vaping in Australia since ban

School-age children in Australia are vaping less, research suggests, a year after a government ban on disposable vapes came into effect.

July 16, 2025 4:33 pm
 

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US has sent third-country deportees to Southern Africa's Eswatini

The U.S. Homeland Security Department said on Tuesday a deportation flight carrying immigrants from different countries had landed in Eswatini, in a move that follows the U.S. Supreme Court lifting limits on deporting migrants to third countries.

July 16, 2025 3:46 pm
 

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As theories swirl about Air India crash, key details remain unknown

While the preliminary report into what caused the loss of Air India Flight 171 last month has provided some answers, it has also prompted a wave of speculation about its cause.

July 16, 2025 2:00 pm
 

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Man who murdered British backpacker Peter Falconio dies

Bradley Murdoch, the Australian man convicted of murdering British backpacker Peter Falconio in 2001, has died from terminal throat cancer.

July 16, 2025 12:32 pm
 

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Thousands of Afghans were moved to UK in secret scheme after data breach

Thousands of Afghans have moved to the UK under a secret scheme which was set up after a British official inadvertently leaked their data, it can be revealed.

July 16, 2025 10:33 am

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