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Asia's deadly heat wave was made 45 times more likely for this reason
Extreme heat is known as a "silent killer," and in some areas across Asia, its intensity would have been impossible without one critical factor, a new study found.
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Manhunt for escaped inmate after officers killed in prison van attack
Assailants killed 2 prison convoy officers, springing the inmate they were escorting. France's prime minister vowed the suspects "will pay."
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Video shows armed men ambush a prison transport van in France carrying a suspected drug lord
Video shows an attack on a prison transport van in France where armed men are seen ambushing a convoy carrying a suspected drug lord. Two officers were killed. Now, there's a manhunt underway.
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Blinken promises Ukraine help is "on the way" amid " brutal Russian onslaught"
In Kyiv, Secretary of State Antony Blinken announced $2 billion in new financing for Ukraine to aid weapons delivery and fuel Ukraine's defense industrial base.
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Palestinians mark 76th "Nakba" as a new catastrophe unfolds around them
More than 700,000 Palestinians were displaced when modern Israel was formed. 76 years later, the war in Gaza has displaced twice as many.
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Slovakia's Prime Minister Robert Fico reportedly injured in shooting
Slovak media said populist Prime Minister Robert Fico was shot in the town of Handlova and taken to a local hospital for treatment.
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King Charles III's bright red official portrait raises eyebrows
Britain's monarch King Charles III has unveiled the first official portrait done of him since his coronation, to mixed reviews.
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U.S. to send $1 billion in military aid to Israel, sources say
Sources tell CBS News that President Biden has signaled to Congress the approval of $1 billion in military aid to Israel. It comes amid renewed fighting to prevent a Hamas resurgence and despite U.S. opposition to a possible large-scale invasion of Rafah.
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11 killed in cartel-plagued part of Mexico as mass shootings continue
The bloodshed in Chiapas marks at least the fourth mass killing in Mexico in about a week.
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Bus crash kills at least 8, injures dozens more in Florida; New Jersey quintuplets graduate from same college
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5th American detained at Turks and Caicos airport after ammo in luggage
Royal Turks and Caicos Islands Police have arrested five Americans for bringing ammunition into the Caribbean territory.
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Sun emits its largest X-class flare of the solar cycle
The large explosion of energy and light from the sun comes just days after Earth was slammed with the biggest geomagnetic storm in more than 20 years.
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Summer 2023 was the hottest in 2,000 years, study finds
"When you look at the long sweep of history, you can see just how dramatic recent global warming is," one of the researchers said.
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Video shows smugglers testing remote-controlled "narco sub"
Investigators made the unusual discovery during probes into suspects who were cultivating marijuana under the cover of managing car wash stations.
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Killer whales attack and sink another yacht in Strait of Gibraltar
An unknown number of orcas managed to sink another sailing yacht near coastal Morocco in the Strait of Gibraltar.
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Huge billboard toppled by storm kills more than a dozen people in India
A metal billboard bigger than an Olympic swimming pool crumpled onto a gas station in Mumbai, killing at least 14 people and wounding dozens more.
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Woman who fought crocodile to save sister honored by King Charles
Georgia Laurie will receive the King's Gallantry Medal from King Charles III after saving her sister from a crocodile attack.
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Israeli activists attack Gaza aid convoy as U.N. worker killed in Rafah
Right-wing Israeli activists in the Wests Bank attack a convoy carrying food to Gaza as a U.N. worker is killed in Rafah.
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Another deadly airstrike hits Rafah as Israeli forces advance
More than 500,000 people have been displaced, the United Nations says, ahead of a possible large-scale Israeli ground invasion of Rafah. Israeli tanks are on the move, and there was another deadly airstrike last night.
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2 officers killed, inmate escapes in attack on prison van in France
French officials say "all means are being used to find" an escaped convict and the heavily armed assailants who attacked the vehicle that had been carrying him to prison.
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Biden administration announces new tariffs on $18 billion worth of Chinese products
In a move supported by both parties, the Biden administration is imposing heavy taxes on some products from China. President Biden is announcing new tariffs on $18 billion worth of Chinese-made products like electrical vehicles, semiconductors, batteries, steel and aluminum.
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Blinken visits Ukraine to offer reassurance as Russia seizes new ground
America's top diplomat visits Kyiv, says U.S. weapons will make a "real difference" as Ukraine faces a fierce new Russian offensive
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Why does Canada have so many wildfires?
Crews in Western Canada are currently facing 130 active wildfires, including 14 considered out of control. Here's why it's so bad.
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Boxer dies after being knocked out in pro debut in London
Sherif Lawal was knocked down by a blow to the head in the fourth round of a scheduled six-round middleweight fight.
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Israel's Netanyahu says militants make up about half of Gaza deaths
Israel's leader acknowledges that more than half of those killed in Gaza are likely civilians, as the U.N. shifts to a lower estimate of women and children victims.
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Michael Cohen testifies about Stormy Daniels payment at Donald Trump's criminal trial; How conductor Xian Zhang is breaking barriers
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Fighting continues in Gaza amid worsening struggle to find food and shelter
Israel is again fighting Hamas in northern Gaza months after saying the militants had been largely removed from that area. The fighting continued in southern Gaza as well, worsening the struggle to find food and shelter for hundreds of thousands of displaced Palestinians. Ramy Inocencio reports.
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