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Rescuers search for missing in China storms after 100,000 evacuated

Rescuers search for missing in China storms after 100,000 evacuated

Rescuers scoured flooded parts of China for survivors after devastating storms killed 17 people, caused dozens of rivers to overflow and a reservoir dam to burst, with officials warning rain will persist on Wednesday.

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Ex-Australia cricketer MacGill loses appeal against cocaine conviction

Ex-Australia cricketer MacGill loses appeal against cocaine conviction

Former Australia Test cricketer Stuart MacGill lost an appeal Wednesday against his conviction and sentence over a cocaine deal.

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Cambodia wants to bring tigers back, but should it?

Cambodia wants to bring tigers back, but should it?

Pan Sok still remembers his relative screaming as a tiger dragged him away one night, deep inside the Cambodian rainforest where they were tapping trees for resin.

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Chinese repairwomen smash stereotypes with power tools

Chinese repairwomen smash stereotypes with power tools

The sound of pliers clicking filled a workshop in eastern China's Hangzhou as a group of women practised stripping wires, their female instructor moving around the classroom to offer advice.

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Iraq's holy cities to host funeral processions for Khamenei

Iraq's holy cities to host funeral processions for Khamenei

Funeral processions carrying the coffin of Iran's slain supreme leader Ali Khamenei will pass on Wednesday through Iraq's holy cities of Najaf and Karbala, home to Shia Islam's most sacred shrines.

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Ecuador's Death Canal: watery grave for victims of gang violence

Ecuador's Death Canal: watery grave for victims of gang violence

When a person goes missing, their relatives usually contact the police, hospitals or even the morgue.

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In Venezuela's quake ruins, a baby is born

In Venezuela's quake ruins, a baby is born

Eliana Garcia, 38 weeks pregnant, ran with her family to a baseball field on the afternoon of June 24 when the earth shook violently in La Guaira, on the Venezuelan coast where twin earthquakes hit hard.

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'Unique event': Solar eclipse fever fills empty Spain

'Unique event': Solar eclipse fever fills empty Spain

As a child, Enrique Bordallo would gaze in awe at the starry night sky in rural Spain. Next month's solar eclipse has now made his passion a popular obsession.

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What to know about the total solar eclipse due in August

What to know about the total solar eclipse due in August

Day will briefly turn into night across a swathe of northern Spain on August 12, when the Moon will completely cover the Sun during a rare total solar eclipse.

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Venezuela says Caracas airport to reopen to commercial flights 'soon as possible'

Venezuela says Caracas airport to reopen to commercial flights 'soon as possible'

Venezuela's interim President Delcy Rodriguez said on Tuesday the international airport damaged in last month's twin earthquakes would reopen as soon as possible using an alternative runway.

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