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27 killed, dozens injured after fire at Bangkok music bar

BANGKOK, July 13 (AP): A huge fire tore through a music bar in Bangkok overnight, killing at least 27 people and leaving 25 hospitalized in critical condition in the Thai capital's most deadly blaze in 17 years.Photos from the Rong Beer Na Ladprao bar in a northern part of the...

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'Almost like gold': water debate rages on Italy's Aeolian Islands

VULCANO PORTO (Italy), July 13 (AFP): Without natural drinking water, residents of Italy's Aeolian Islands are mulling whether to build more desalination plants that will also cater to the large number of tourists, or continue bringing in water by ship.An existing desalination plant with large white silos on Vulcano, one...

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Jurassic Park star Sam Neill dies at 78

WELLINGTON, July 13 (Reuters): Sam Neill, the New Zealand actor best known for playing paleontologist Dr Alan Grant in dinosaur blockbuster "Jurassic Park" and whose career included more than 50 movies, has died at the age of 78.A post shared on social media by his family said Neill's death in...

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Ukrainian, Russian strikes kill several in both countries

MOSCOW, July 13 (AFP): Ukrainian drone strikes killed four people, mostly outside Moscow, on Monday while Russian strikes on Ukraine killed at least six-including on a cargo ship-officials from both countries said.The strikes came as Ukraine's Volodymyr Zelensky is due to meet with allies in Paris for talks on pushing...

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Spaniard’s rare skin disorder ups danger of summer heat

MADRID, July 13 (AFP): Every summer, Alberto Gomez lives with a fear most people never consider.The 36-year-old Spanish physics and chemistry teacher has a rare genetic skin disorder that leaves him unable to sweat properly-and therefore unable to cool himself naturally during extreme heat."If you're having a hard time, imagine...

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NEWS IN BRIEF_2026-07-14

Heat wave smashes records across central USWASHINGTON, July 13: A record-breaking heat wave baked the central United States on Sunday, smashing temperature records from the northern plains to the Rocky Mountains region. In Salt Lake City, the state capital of Utah, and Billings, the largest city in Montana, temperatures reached...

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