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Iran Holds Presidential Election Runoff
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Tehran: Iran holds a presidential election runoff Friday between Masoud Pezeshkian and Saeed Jalili following a record-low turnout in the first round.
The vote comes amid heightened regional tensions over the Gaza war, a…
Mexico Girds for Hit from Hurricane Beryl
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Mexico: Tourist resorts in Mexico's Yucatan Peninsula girded Thursday for a hit from Hurricane Beryl, which is still packing ferocious winds after slamming Jamaica and the Cayman Islands.
Beryl dropped to a Category 2 storm,…
90 Migrant Feared Dead After Boat Capsizes Near Mauritania
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Nouakchott: Nearly 90 migrants bound for Europe perished when their boat capsized earlier this week off the coast of Mauritania, according to the state news agency and a local official on Thursday.
Dozens more remain missing.…
Labour Tipped for Historic Win as UK Voters Go to the Polls
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London: Britons headed to the polls Thursday in a general election widely expected to emphatically return the opposition Labour Party to power and end nearly a decade-and-a-half of Conservative rule.
The country's first…
Fighting Lassa Fever: Lessons from Ebola in Sierra Leone
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Sierra Leone: In eastern Sierra Leone, ecologist James Koninga and his team are engaged in a critical mission to track and control Lassa fever, a viral haemorrhagic illness transmitted by infected rats.
Koninga, who has…
VP Harris Does High-Wire Act as Biden Wobbles
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Washington: US Vice President Kamala Harris is engaged in a delicate balancing act, playing cheerleader for President Joe Biden while standing by as a leading contender to replace him if he ends his reelection bid.
Biden's…
French PM Urges United Front to Stop Far-Right Takeover
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Paris:France's prime minister on Wednesday urged voters to form a united front to block the far right in legislative elections, warning that the anti-immigration party of Marine Le Pen was within reach of winning an absolute…
Hurricane Beryl Hammers Jamaica on Path to Caymans, Mexico
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Kingston: Powerful Hurricane Beryl churned along Jamaica's southern coast on Wednesday, battering the island with dangerous winds and sea surge after leaving a trail of destruction and at least seven people dead in the Caribbean.…
Fires in Brazil’s Pantanal Push Wetlands Community to Limit
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Brazil: A riverside community in Brazil's Pantanal wetlands narrowly escaped raging wildfires last month, but some say the record-setting blazes -- still burning nearby -- are compounding threats to their way of life.
"The…
White House Says Zero Chance Biden Will Withdraw
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Washington: Joe Biden is "absolutely not" pulling out of the White House race, his spokeswoman said Wednesday, as pressure mounted on the president following his disastrous debate performance against Donald Trump.
Panic has…