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Solar Eclipse Brings Wonder Throughout North America |
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INDIANAPOLIS—On April 8, crowds across North America watched in awe when the moon briefly blocked the sun's rays, spreading a shadow across a 115-mile-wide area of planet Earth.Read More |
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At least 94 people died in Mozambique after an unlicensed ferry boat capsized, according to officials. |
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MAPUTO—A ferry boat sank off the northern coast of Mozambique, killing at least 94 people, including children, and leaving 26 others missing, according to an official from the country's Maritime Transport Institute (INTRASMAR).Read More |
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Attacks on the Zaporizhzhia Nuclear Plant Significantly Increase Accident Risk, IAEA Chief Says |
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KYIV, Ukraine—The director of the United Nations' atomic watchdog agency criticized on Sunday a drone strike on one of six nuclear reactors at Ukraine's Russian-controlled Zaporizhzhia Nuclear Power Plant, saying such strikes "significantly increase the risk of a major nuclear accident."Read More |
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Israel withdrew almost all troops from southern Gaza. |
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Israel evacuated additional troops from southern Gaza on Sunday, leaving only a single division in the territory as the country faces mounting pressure from the US and around the world to improve humanitarian circumstances in the region.Read More |
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Iceland's volcano continues to spew lava fountains. |
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COPENHAGEN—A volcano in Iceland erupted for the fourth time since December on Saturday, continuing pouring smoke and brilliant orange lava into the air early Monday, but infrastructure and a neighboring fishing village were safe for the time being, according to officials.Read More |
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Putin warns the West that the Russia-NATO conflict is just one step away from WWIII. |
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MOSCOW—Russian President Vladimir Putin warned the West on Monday that a direct clash between Russia and the US-led NATO military alliance would bring the world one step closer to World War III, but added that no one wanted such a scenario.Read More |
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North Korea launches ballistic missile as South hosts democracy conference. |
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North Korea launched a ballistic missile into the sea on Monday for the first time in two months, just as the U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken was in Seoul to attend President Yoon Suk Yeol's summit on fostering democracy.Read More |
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Yemen's Houthis fired a missile in the Gulf of Aden, but no damage was reported, the US said. |
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CAIRO—The United States Central Command (CENTCOM) said that Houthi radicals fired one anti-ship ballistic missile from Yemen into the Gulf of Aden, but no vessels were damaged.Read More |
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Ukrainian drones damage Russian oil refineries on the second day of attacks. |
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MOSCOW—Ukraine launched a second day of drone strikes on Russian oil refineries on Wednesday, setting a fire at Rosneft's largest refinery in what President Vladimir Putin described as an effort to disrupt his country's presidential election this week.Read More |
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A commercial rocket attempting to launch a satellite into orbit in Japan explodes moments after liftoff. |
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TOKYO—A commercial rocket attempting to launch a satellite into orbit was purposefully detonated shortly after liftoff Wednesday morning in central Japan, resulting in an ongoing investigation.Read More |
