US faces triple extreme summer weather threats
WASHINGTON, July 18 (Reuters): Wildfire smoke blanketed the eastern US from the Great Lakes to Washington, D.C. on Friday, floodwaters tore through Texas's Hill Country for a third day, and new fires erupted in the Pacific Northwest overnight, with 68 large blazes now burning in 15 states.Millions of Americans faced...
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Israeli strikes kill eight Palestinians attending Gaza funeral
GAZA, July 18 (Reuters): An Israeli airstrike killed at least eight Palestinians and wounded 20 attending a funeral in Nuseirat in the central Gaza Strip on Friday for a person killed by another Israeli strike on the area earlier in the day, Gaza health officials said.Those deaths, along with at...
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UN to list more sites as 'in danger' from conflict or climate change
PARIS, July 18 (AFP): The United Nations looks set to list a Biblical site, Lebanese castles, an antelope migration path and the world's deepest lake as world treasures under threat, including from war or climate change.The 196 members states of the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organisation (UNESCO) are...
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Eight killed, 60 wounded in Ukrainian drone attack on Russian regions
MOSCOW, July 18 (AFP): A Ukrainian drone attack on two logistics centres in Russia killed eight people and injured 24, officials said on Saturday, when the Moscow region reported a new wave of drone strikes.Ukraine has been attacking a range of targets in Russia, which Kyiv says is fair retribution...
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