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Heavy flooding in Afghanistan has killed at least 12 people and left dozens missing
Sunday, July 23, 2023
Government spokesman Zabihullah Mujahid said Sunday that around 40 people are missing after the flash flooding late Saturday night in the Jalrez district of Maidan Wardak province, west of Kabul.
A Russian strike on Ukraine's Odesa has killed one and badly damaged a cathedral
Sunday, July 23, 2023
Russia struck the Ukrainian Black Sea city of Odesa again on Sunday, keeping up a barrage of attacks that has damaged critical port infrastructure in southern Ukraine in the past week.
19,000 people have been evacuated as a wildfire rages on the Greek island of Rhodes
Sunday, July 23, 2023
Scores of wildfires are burning across Greece. A wildfire burning on the Greek island of Rhodes has forced authorities to order an evacuation of sites including seaside resorts full of tourists.
Israel's Netanyahu is hospitalized to receive a pacemaker
Saturday, July 22, 2023
In a short statement, Netanyahu's office said Israel's leader would be placed under sedation. A top deputy, Justice Minister Yariv Levin, was to stand in for him.
Hundreds of thousands march in Israel against Netanyahu's judicial overhaul
Saturday, July 22, 2023
Tens of thousands of protesters marched into Jerusalem and hundreds of thousands took to the streets in Tel Aviv and other cities.
Protesters try to storm Baghdad's Green Zone over Quran and flag burning in Denmark
Saturday, July 22, 2023
Hundreds of protesters attempted to storm Baghdad's fortified Green Zone Saturday following reports an ultranationalist group burned a copy of the Quran in front of the Iraqi Embassy in Copenhagen.
The Mega Millions jackpot has grown to $820 million
Saturday, July 22, 2023
The lack of a jackpot winner in the Friday drawing sent the top prize soaring to an estimated $820 million. The potential jackpot is the fifth largest in the history of the game, Mega Millions said.
As North Korea fires missiles, it stays silent on U.S. soldier who fled to the country
Saturday, July 22, 2023
While adding to its barrage of missile launches in recent months, North Korea remained publicly silent for a fifth day on the fate of an American soldier who ran into the country earlier in the week.
Alabama lawmakers refuse to create a 2nd majority-Black congressional district
Friday, July 21, 2023
Alabama lawmakers refused to create a second majority-Black congressional district, a move that could defy an order from the U.S. Supreme Court to give minority voters a greater voice in elections.
British PM Rishi Sunak suffers 2 big defeats in U.K. special elections
Friday, July 21, 2023
The results of the British special elections, if replicated at a likely general election next year, would certainly see Labour emerge as the biggest single party.
Alabama executes man for a 2001 beating death of a woman, resuming lethal injections
Friday, July 21, 2023
It was the first execution carried out in Alabama this year after the state halted executions last fall. Alabama Gov. Kay Ivey announced a pause on executions in November to review procedures.
The winning Powerball ticket worth $1 billion has been sold in California
Thursday, July 20, 2023
A winning ticket has been sold in Los Angeles for the Powerball jackpot worth an estimated $1.08 billion, the sixth largest in U.S. history and the 3rd largest in the history of the game.
Dingo pack leader killed after attacking a jogger on a popular Australian island
Thursday, July 20, 2023
Wildlife authorities have killed the leader of a pack of dingoes that mauled a jogger on a popular Australian tourist island in a ferocious attack that a rescuer said could have been fatal.
New Zealand gunman kills 2 people on the eve of the Women's World Cup
Wednesday, July 19, 2023
Police said there were also multiple injuries during the incident, which took place near the hotel where Team Norway has been staying.
Adrift for 3 months, a man and his dog lived on raw fish until rescued by fishermen
Tuesday, July 18, 2023
An Australian sailor who was rescued by a Mexican tuna boat after being adrift at sea with his dog for three months said he is grateful to be alive after setting foot on dry land.
No winner in Monday's Powerball drawing has the next jackpot approaching $1 billion
Tuesday, July 18, 2023
The jackpot for Wednesday's drawing would be the third highest in U.S. history and will grow until someone wins. The game's odds of 1-in-292.2 million are designed to build big prizes.
Prolific Brazilian composer and pianist João Donato dies at 88
Monday, July 17, 2023
He helped lay the groundwork for bossa nova but defied confinement to any single genre.
Tour de France teams ask fans to behave better after a mass pileup in latest stage
Monday, July 17, 2023
The latest accident occurred after 32 miles on Sunday when a spectator on the side of the road inadvertently touched American rider Sepp Kuss and sent him to the ground.
Carlos Alcaraz beats Novak Djokovic to win Wimbledon, his second major trophy
Sunday, July 16, 2023
It's the first championship at Wimbledon second Grand Slam trophy overall for Carlos Alcaraz. The No. 1-ranked Alcaraz prevented Djokovic from what would have been a record-tying eighth title.
Iran's morality police return in a new campaign to impose Islamic dress on women
Sunday, July 16, 2023
The morality police had largely pulled back following the death of 22-year-old Mahsa Amini last September, as authorities struggled to contain mass protests calling for the overthrow of the theocracy.