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Flash flooding across Spain killed more than 95 people after torrential rain left towns and villages submerged and turned streets into rivers.
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Shohei Ohtani, the Dodgers’ superstar, drove massive interest for the World Series in Japan, where more than 15 million people watched each of the first two games.
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U.S. Turns to China to Stop North Korean Troops From Fighting for Russia
American agencies have assessed that China dislikes the growing partnership between Russia and North Korea. The State Department has raised the troop issue with Chinese diplomats.
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The flooding left more than 150 dead, and an unknown number of people missing.
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The bill has drawn criticism from legal scholars who say it would bulldoze any judicial oversight of constitutional matters.
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All but three of the country’s Supreme Court justices announced they would quit rather than partake in the controversial elections mandated by a judicial overhaul.
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U.S. Military Says It Killed Up to 35 Islamic State Militants in Syria
Airstrikes on Monday targeted people who the military said were senior leaders of the group, which has sharply stepped up its attacks in Iraq and Syria.
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At least 158 people were killed after the downpour, which some residents said was the worst they had ever witnessed.
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Israel Demolished Hundreds of Buildings in Southern Lebanon, Videos and Satellite Images Show
At least 1,085 buildings have been destroyed or badly damaged since Israel’s invasion targeting the Hezbollah militia, including many in controlled demolitions, a New York Times analysis shows.
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More than 1,000 soldiers from an emergency response team were deployed, and officials said that many more residents were waiting for help, after more than a month’s worth of rain fell in less than 24 hours in some areas across southern and eastern Spain.
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The Pennsylvania plant, site of the worst U.S. nuclear energy accident, is at the forefront of efforts to expand nuclear capacity to meet rising electricity demand.
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How Many Continents Are There? You May Not Like the Answers.
Recent earth science developments suggest that how we count our planet’s largest land masses is less clear than we learned in school.
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Clean Energy Is Booming in the U.S. The Election Could Change That.
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Flash Floods in Spain Leave at Least 95 Dead
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At a Glitzy Saudi Investment Forum, Almost No Mention of War
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