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Four astronauts leave space station for trip back to Earth

Four astronauts leave space station for trip back to Earth

After nearly five months onboard the International Space Station, an international crew of four astronauts began their descent back down to Earth in a SpaceX capsule Friday.

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UN plastic pollution treaty talks floundering

UN plastic pollution treaty talks floundering

Talks on forging a groundbreaking treaty to combat the scourge of plastic pollution were floundering Saturday, with progress slow and countries wildly at odds on what the proposed agreement should cover.

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Death toll from northwest China floods rises to 13

Death toll from northwest China floods rises to 13

The death toll from flash floods and mudslides in northwest China has risen to 13, state media said on Saturday, after the bodies of three people were found.

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Greeks count cost of wildfire 'tragedy' near Athens

Greeks count cost of wildfire 'tragedy' near Athens

In the municipality of Palaia Fokaia, an hour's drive south of Athens, a typical bucolic Greek landscape of olive groves and hamlets was transformed by a raging Friday wildfire into a dystopia of blackened land and incinerated homes.

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Historic Spanish mosque-cathedral reopens after blaze

Historic Spanish mosque-cathedral reopens after blaze

A fire at a historic mosque-turned-cathedral in Cordoba in southern Spain caused only "very localised damage," the city's mayor said Saturday as the site reopened to the public.

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Massive French wildfire contained but 'not under control'

Massive French wildfire contained but 'not under control'

French firefighters said Saturday that the country's biggest wildfire in at least half a century was contained but would not be brought under control before Sunday evening.

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Sesko completes Manchester United's new-look forward line-up

Sesko completes Manchester United's new-look forward line-up

Manchester United signed Slovenian international Benjamin Sesko on Saturday, making him the third forward the 20-time English champions have acquired in the close season.

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Manchester United sign forward Benjamin Sesko: club

Manchester United sign forward Benjamin Sesko: club

Manchester United signed Slovenian international Benjamin Sesko on Saturday, the third forward the 20-time English champions have acquired in the close season.

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Kyiv won't give up land, says Zelensky as US-Russia summit confirmed

Kyiv won't give up land, says Zelensky as US-Russia summit confirmed

Ukraine won't give up land to Russia, President Volodymyr Zelensky warned early on Saturday, hours after Washington and Moscow agreed to hold a summit in a bid to end the war.

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Kyiv won't give up land, says Zelensky as US-Russia confirm summit

Kyiv won't give up land, says Zelensky as US-Russia confirm summit

Ukraine won't give up land to Russia, President Volodymyr Zelensky warned early on Saturday, hours after Washington and Moscow agreed to hold a summit in a bid to end the war.

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