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Contributor: It's time to save the whales again
Diving in a kelp forest in Monterey Bay recently, I watched a tubby 200-pound harbor seal follow a fellow diver, nibbling on his flippers.…
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Border Police officers Sgt.-Maj. Kalifi, Sgt.-Maj. Yosef killed in car accident in northern Israel
Their car was hit by a vehicle on Highway 90 near the Sde Eliezer intersection in the Upper Galilee while riding motorcycles. Israeli…
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Technion opens new program for int'l students fleeing campus antisemitism
Though one of the pillars of the program is fostering new academic minds to join the Israeli population, it’s primarily a refuge for…
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Gazan woman flown to Italy dies of malnutrition
A Gazan woman who was evacuated to Italy for treatment while severely emaciated has died in hospital. The 20-year-old, who was identified…
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Cabin crew walk out as pay dispute halts Air Canada flights
Air Canada flight attendants, represented by the Canadian Union of Public Employees (CUPE), initiated a strike at 1 a.m. on August 16,…
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More than 220 people have died in Pakistan after flash floods, landslides
Flooding in northwest Pakistan has killed more than 220 people over the last 48 hours, officials said Saturday, as rescuers pulled 63 more…
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7 classic Italian journeys, from Vespa rides to vintage trams
This article was produced by National Geographic Traveller (UK). Italy hasn’t stopped moving since the Romans began building their…
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A fire at a Russian industrial plant kills 11 and injures 130
MOSCOW (AP) — A fire at an industrial plant in Russia’s Ryazan region on Friday killed 11 people and injured 130, Russian officials said…
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The Fiery Mania of Dijon’s “Baby”
Dijon Duenas has one of those voices that’s meant for televised singing competitions and gospel choirs, swooning ballads and achy slow…
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Always Inadequate
In the late nineteen-sixties I lived for a year, with my then husband, in the middle of an apple orchard in northern New Mexico, some…
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Bring sick and injured children to UK from Gaza immediately, MPs say
A cross-party group of MPs has written to the government urging them to bring sick and injured children from Gaza to the UK "without…
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Air Canada cabin staff go on strike, grounding hundreds of flights
Air Canada’s unionised flight attendants walked off the job early on Saturday (Aug 16) morning after contract talks with the country’s…
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Air Canada set to shut down over flight attendants strike
Air Canada’s flight attendants were poised to strike on Saturday (Aug 16) as the carrier cancelled hundreds of flights affecting more than…
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Activist arrested for blasphemy in Morocco for 'Allah is a lesbian' T-shirt photo
Ibtissame Lachgar, an LGBT rights campaigner and a co-founder of the Alternative Movement for Individual Freedoms, was arrested in Morocco…
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Why Villa Petriolo Is One of Tuscany’s Most Magical Sustainable Hotels
I’ve stayed in some unforgettable places across Italy, but few linger in memory quite like Villa Petriolo. Set among the rolling hills of…
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'Real-life nightmare for kids.' 'Roblox' faces multiple lawsuits over child safety
“Roblox” faced a wave of new lawsuits this week that allege the popular gaming platform hasn’t done enough to safeguard kids from…
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Mexico and Guatemala presidents meet face-to-face for the first time to talk key regional projects
GUATEMALA CITY (AP) — From mounting cartel violence, border security and a mega project to extend a controversial train line across their…
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Peru's president affirms sovereignty of Amazon River island as tensions with Colombia escalate
LIMA, Peru (AP) — Peruvian President Dina Boluarte on Friday traveled to an Amazon River island at the center of a territorial dispute…
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Watch What Federal Agents Are Really Getting Up to Around D.C.
When Donald Trump seized the Washington, D.C., police and announced the deployment of scores of federal agents and National Guardsmen to…
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Explosion in high-crime area in northern Peru injures 10 people and damages 25 homes
LIMA, Peru (AP) — An explosion on a street in a northern Peruvian region plagued by organized crime injured at least 10 people and damaged…
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Defense Department Uses AI-Generated Images to Brag About Recruitment
In May, Rocque’s office reported that the Department of Education “had withheld numerous documents requested by the OIG based on vague…
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D.C. Police Chief Rebukes Pam Bondi for “Dangerous Directive”
As Washington, D.C., sues the Trump administration for attempting to install DEA Administrator Terrance Cole as the Metropolitan Police…
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At least 16 major forest fires raging in Spain
Firefighters in Spain continued to battle major forest fires in at least 16 locations on Friday, as the country reels from one of its most…