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Four children among 27 dead in India amusement park fire
Four young children were among 27 people killed when a fire in India ripped through a crowded amusement park, police said, as rescuers on Sunday scoured the site the morning after the blaze.More than 300 people were enjoying the summer holiday weekend in the two-storey structure at the TRP amusement and theme park when the blaze broke out on Saturday evening, Rajkot fire officer Ilesh Kher told reporters on the night of the fire.
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EarthCARE satellite to probe how clouds affect climate
Will clouds help cool or warm our world in the years ahead?The scientific community is eagerly awaiting this information so it can update climate models that estimate how quickly our world will warm, the ESA said.
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Toll from Russian strike on Kharkiv hardware store rises to 11: governor
The death toll from a Russian strike on a hardware superstore in the eastern Ukrainian city of Kharkiv rose to 11 Sunday, the regional governor said, with President Volodymyr Zelensky condemning the attack as "vile". "Unfortunately, the death toll at 'Epitsentr' has increased to 11 people," Kharkiv regional governor Oleg Synegubov said on Telegram, referring to the store hit on Saturday.
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‘Keep Getting Your 3%’: Trump Mocks Libertarians In Bid To Win Their Votes
Amid boos, the GOP presidential hopeful urged the skeptical group of conservatives to give him “lots and lots of libertarian votes.”
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Tribal violence hinders access to deadly PNG landslide
Nearby tribal violence has complicated recovery efforts at a catastrophic landslide in Papua New Guinea, aid workers said Sunday, as the search continued for hundreds of villagers feared dead under the rubble.While Aktoprak said the violence was "not related to the landslide", Papua New Guinea's military was providing a "security escort" to ensure the safe passage of aid convoys.
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Colombia will not shut key migrant crossing to Panama: foreign minister
Colombia will not close its border with Panama along the Darien Gap -- the dense, dangerous jungle that has become a major route for migration toward the United States -- Foreign Minister Luis Gilberto Murillo told AFP Saturday."It is a conversation that should continue, but Colombia obviously would not agree with closing borders," Murillo said in an interview in Bogota.
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Macron visits Germany to soothe ties, warn of far-right peril
Emmanuel Macron on Sunday embarks on the first state visit to Germany by a French president in a quarter century, seeking to ease recent tensions and also warn of the dangers of the far right ahead of EU elections.The speech in Dresden, a city where the German far right Alternative for Germany (AfD) garners considerable support, will likely see Macron warn of the danger the far right poses to Europe.
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