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Tesla big battery fire in Victoria burns into day three
The Guardian 02 Aug 2021
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Pressure is increasing on Israel to explain its relationship with Pegasus spyware
Yahoo Daily News 02 Aug 2021
Nicosia [Cyprus], August 2 (ANI). Diplomatic pressure is increasing on the state of Israel to give convincing explanations on the nature of its relationship with the NSO Pegasus spyware system, following the revelations of an international investigative report by a team of 80 journalists working for 17 media organizations in ten countries ... Ziv adds ... .
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Heat wave causes massive melt of Greenland ice sheet
The Manila Times 01 Aug 2021
COPENHAGEN, DENMARK. Greenland's ice sheet has experienced a "massive melting event" during a heat wave that has seen temperatures more than 10 degrees above seasonal norms, according to Danish researchers ... And Nerlerit Inaat Airport in the northeast of the territory recorded 23.4 degrees on Thursday, the highest recorded there since records began ... .
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Finding answers to the world's drinking water crisis
BBC News 02 Aug 2021
Without a doubt, water is the most abundant resource on Earth. After all, it covers over 70% of the planet - yet despite this we are facing a looming crisis as a species. Climate change, global conflict and overpopulation are just some of the factors that are devastating the water supply in many areas around the world ... 'Basic human right' ... .
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US launches emergency airlift to rescue Afghan allies at risk of Taliban’s revenge
The Observer 01 Aug 2021
America has launched emergency airlifts for Afghans who worked with its armed forces and diplomats, evacuating hundreds who are still waiting for their visas to the United States on military flights ... Some have been in limbo for years. There is increasing concern about the fate of Afghan allies in the UK too ... Reuse this content. .
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Outgoing Iran president says government not always truthful
San Francisco Chronicle 01 Aug 2021
DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — Iran's outgoing president on Sunday acknowledged his nation at times “did not tell part of the truth” to its people during his eight-year tenure, as he prepares to leave office with his signature nuclear deal with world powers in tatters and tensions high with the West ... .
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Sheikh Jarrah: Palestinians await Jerusalem evictions ruling
BBC News 02 Aug 2021
An Israeli court is to decide the fate of Palestinians facing eviction in East Jerusalem in a case which has become the focus of international attention. The long-awaited hearing concerns four of more than 70 families appealing against an order to leave their homes in Sheikh Jarrah neighbourhood ... The fighting ended in a ceasefire ... Related Topics. .
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Tibet and China clash over next reincarnation of the Dalai Lama
The Guardian 31 Jul 2021
The spiritual leader has mused that he may return as a woman ... “Do you think it’s time now?” he asked ... ....
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Afghanistan’s ‘endless war’ will continue after US pullout, former CIA director says
The National 01 Aug 2021
The Biden administration’s decision to withdraw US troops from Afghanistan is ignominious, as it lets down the Afghans in their daily fight against their former oppressors, retired US military commander and former CIA director David Petraeus said ... He also headed the US Central Command. He wrote the foreword of the book, Past as Prologue.
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Hamas re-elects Ismail Haniyeh as supreme leader
Wtop 01 Aug 2021
GAZA CITY, Gaza Strip (AP) — The Islamic militant group Hamas on Sunday said it has re-elected its supreme leader ... He was unopposed. Haniyeh is a former aid to Hamas’ founder, Ahmed Yassin, who was assassinated in an Israeli airstrike in 2004 ... Source .
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Burkina Faso Sees More Child Soldiers as Jihadi Attacks Rise
Beijing News 01 Aug 2021
DORI, BURKINA FASO - Awoken by gunshots in the middle of the night, Fatima Amadou was shocked by what she saw among the attackers. children. Guns slung over their small frames, the children chanted "Allahu akbar," as they surrounded her home in Solhan town in Burkina Faso's Sahel region ... Others were promised gifts like motorbikes ... ....
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‘I will not return to Belarus’ – Olympic sprinter refuses to board flight home, set to request asylum in Europe
Irish Independent 02 Aug 2021
A Belarusian sprinter refused to get on a flight from Tokyo last night after being taken to the airport against her wishes by her team following her complaints about national coaching staff at the Olympic Games. Krystsina Tsimanouskaya (24) was still at Tokyo’s Haneda airport in the early hours of today ... “I will not return to Belarus.”.
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Trump's kingmaker status faces test in Ohio special election
Yahoo Daily News 02 Aug 2021
GROVE CITY, Ohio (AP) — As soon as it became clear last week that a Texas congressional candidate backed by Donald Trump would be defeated in a special election, the former president's allies quickly shifted their attention to Ohio to ward off another embarrassing loss ... Steve Stivers, who retired from Congress earlier this year ... state Sens ... Jeff LaRe.
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Lewis Hamilton suspects he has long Covid after Hungarian Grand Prix
BBC News 01 Aug 2021
Lewis Hamilton says he has been battling with his health this year after contracting Covid-19 last December. .
