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Belgium Sees First Death as a Result of Record Heat Wave
Belgium suffered a first death as a direct result of the record-breaking heat wave when a woman was found dead near her caravan close to the beach.
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Johnson’s Ancestral Turkish Village Abuzz With Excitement
A village in central Turkey where Boris Johnson traces his Turkish ancestry to is abuzz with excitement and pride over the news that a man they see as one of their own has become the new prime minister of Britain.
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British Airways Resumes Flights to Cairo After Week’s Halt
British Airways is resuming flights to Cairo after security concerns prompted a weeklong halt to services.
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Canada’s Maggie MacNeil Storms Onto World Swim Stage
The year Maggie MacNeil was born, people thought the world might end.
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3 Americans in Lead at Senior British Open After 1st Round
A trio of Americans lead the Senior British Open alongside an Englishman after the first round.
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Villar Homers in 16th, OF Saves Orioles’ 10-8 Win Over Halos
Even after a postgame beer shower from his ecstatic Baltimore Orioles teammates, Stevie Wilkerson was shocked to learn he had just become the first position player in major league history to earn a save.
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Trial of Cambodian Reporters Who Used to Work for US Begins
The espionage trial of two Cambodian journalists who formerly worked for a U.S. government-funded radio station began Friday, almost two years after their arrests.
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UN: 84 Rescued Migrants Taken to Bombed Detention Center
The U.N. refugee agency says Libyan authorities have transferred dozens of migrants to a detention center near Tripoli that was hit by an airstrike earlier this month. The migrants are the survivors from two Europe-bound boats that capsized in the Mediterranean Sea a day earlier, which left up to 150 people missing and feared drowned.
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Body of Croatian Soldier Killed in Afghanistan Arrives Home
The body of a Croatian soldier who was killed in an apparent suicide attack in Afghanistan has been flown back home.
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Saudi King Hosts 200 From Christchurch Shootings for Hajj
Aya Al-Umari said she feels like her brother will be accompanying her and will constantly be in her prayers when she travels to Mecca next month to take part in the annual Hajj pilgrimage.