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Rescuers search for missing girls as Texas flood death toll hits 50

Rescuers search for missing girls as Texas flood death toll hits 50

Rescuers searched Saturday for 27 girls missing from a riverside summer camp in Texas, after torrential rains caused devastating floods that killed 50 people in the US state.

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Israel army bulldozers plough through homes at West Bank camps

Israel army bulldozers plough through homes at West Bank camps

In the West Bank city of Tulkarem, the landscape has been transformed after Israeli army bulldozers ploughed through its two refugee camps in what the military called a hunt for Palestinian militants.

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'Simple Buddhist monk' Dalai Lama marks landmark 90th birthday

'Simple Buddhist monk' Dalai Lama marks landmark 90th birthday

Calling himself a "simple Buddhist monk" who usually didn't celebrate birthdays, the Dalai Lama marked his 90th on Sunday by praying for peace after China insisted it would have final say on who succeeded the Tibetan spiritual leader.

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Messi returns to MLS with spectacular double in Inter victory

Messi returns to MLS with spectacular double in Inter victory

Lionel Messi scored two brilliant goals to lift Inter Miami to a 4-1 victory over Montreal in Miami's return to Major League Soccer action on Saturday in the wake of their elimination from the Club World Cup.

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Hiroshima teens relay atom bomb horror with art

Hiroshima teens relay atom bomb horror with art

Trudging through the ruins of Hiroshima after the US atom bombing four days before in 1945, five-year-old Masaki Hironaka clutched his mother's hand and silently vowed to protect her.

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Vietnam's laid-off communist officials face uncertain future

Vietnam's laid-off communist officials face uncertain future

Sipping green tea in his garden of roses, ex-communist party official Nguyen Van Cuong says he is "jobless but happy" after Vietnam cut 80,000 state roles this week.

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China's abandoned buildings draw urban explorers despite risks

China's abandoned buildings draw urban explorers despite risks

Xu Pengcheng looks over his shoulder and, after confirming the coast is clear, helps his crew of urban adventurers climb through the broken window of an abandoned building.

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'Into a void': Young US college graduates face employment crisis

'Into a void': Young US college graduates face employment crisis

Over two years, Rebecca Atkins filed more than 250 job applications, and felt like every one was going into a gaping chasm -- one opened by the highest unemployment rate for recent college graduates in the United States in more than a decade.

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Alcaraz faces reformed Rublev as Sabalenka eyes Wimbledon glory

Alcaraz faces reformed Rublev as Sabalenka eyes Wimbledon glory

Carlos Alcaraz's charge towards a third consecutive Wimbledon crown faces a tricky test against volatile Russian Andrey Rublev on Sunday.

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In already precarious industry, US musicians struggle for health care

In already precarious industry, US musicians struggle for health care

In 2019, American musician Jon Dee Graham suffered a heart attack that left him "dead" for several minutes -- a scare that inspired his album, "Only Dead For a Little While."

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