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Russia claims Kursk counteroffensive pushing back Ukraine forces | Vladimir Putin News

Moscow’s troops have retaken some 10 settlements, claims major general; no comment from Ukraine. A senior military commander says Russian forces have launched a major counteroffensive in Kursk, claiming gains in some territory seized by Ukrainian forces last month. Major General Apti Alaudinov, speaking to Russia’s TASS news agency on Wednesday, said the campaign has […]

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Antiwar protesters clash with police at Australian arms fair | Israel-Palestine conflict News

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Gaza war protesters and police have clashed outside an arms fair in Australia. About 1,200 people attended the protest on Wednesday, picketing the Land Forces 2024 exposition being held in Australia’s second largest city of Melbourne, authorities said. Police used sponge grenades, flash-bang devices and irritant sprays against a rowdy crowd, and arrested dozens. Pro-Palestine

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Trump cites Hungary’s Viktor Orbán as proof of world standing in debate with Harris : NPR

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Then President Donald Trump shakes hands with Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orban during a meeting in the Oval Office in May 2019. Mark Wilson/Getty Images hide caption toggle caption Mark Wilson/Getty Images This story first appeared in NPR’s live blog of the presidential debate between Kamala Harris and Donald Trump. See how the night unfolded. Former President

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How do Palestinians in Gaza resist Israel’s attacks on education? | Israel-Palestine conflict

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Schools and universities have been destroyed in Israel’s assault as teachers and thousands of students have been killed. Israel has targeted education in its war on Gaza. It is destroying schools and universities and has killed thousands of students and teachers. Yet learning and teaching still go on, in tents and makeshift classrooms. How and

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Death toll from boat that capsized off Senegal rises to 26

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Navy says search continues as many passengers from the vessel, which sank off the town of Mbour, remain missing. Senegal’s navy says it has found 17 more bodies from a boat carrying refugees and migrants that sank off the West African country, raising the death toll to 26. In a post on X, the navy

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International manhunt underway for man accused of committing ‘most cowardly’ crime

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An international manhunt is underway for a suspect who allegedly doused an infant with scalding hot coffee at a park in Australia late last month. Queensland police say the coward assaulted the infant at Hanlon Park in Stones Corner around noon on Aug. 27. That’s when a man walked up to a family with whom he had no

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Researchers warn methane emissions ‘rising faster than ever’

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The largest increases in emissions of the greenhouse gas come from China and Southeast Asia. Concentrations of methane are rising at an unprecedented pace, jeopardising global climate goals, according to researchers. The potent greenhouse gas, the second-largest contributor to climate change after carbon dioxide, has increased by 20 percent over the past two decades despite

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International manhunt for man accused of pouring hot liquid on baby in Australia

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Authorities in Australia say they have issued an arrest warrant for a man who they say poured hot liquid on a 9-month-old infant last month, sparking a national and international manhunt. The incident occurred around midday Aug. 27 at Hanlon Park in Queensland, in the northeastern region of the country, the Queensland Police Service said

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Who will protect civilians in war-torn Sudan? | Conflict News

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United Nations experts say serious human rights violations have been commited by both sides in the war. Sudan is facing one of the world’s worst humanitarian crises. Fighting between the army and its rival, the Rapid Support Forces paramilitary group, has killed tens of thousands of people and forced millions from their homes across much

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Whale alleged to be Russian ‘spy’ died after stick became lodged in its mouth, say police | Norway

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A beluga whale that rose to fame in Norway after its unusual harness prompted suspicions that the creature was trained by Russia as a spy died after a stick became stuck in its mouth, police have said. The lifeless body of the whale, named Hvaldimir – a combination of the Norwegian word for whale and

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