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31 Jul, 2026
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Spain's PM blames trafficking gangs as 60,000 cross into Ceuta from Morocco, with 41 deaths
CEUTA, Spain (AP) – About 60,000 migrants have entered Spain's Ceuta from Morocco in the past 24 hours, Ceuta's president said on Friday. That is equivalent to 70 per cent of the city's…
31 Jul, 2026
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US to make visa bond requirements permanent, affecting mostly African countries
WASHINGTON (AP) — The State Department is making permanent a pilot programme under which citizens from 50 countries, mainly in Africa, are required to post bonds to apply for a United States visa, and…
30 Jul, 2026
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Fauci invokes fifth amendment during Senate COVID-19 hearing
WASHINGTON (AP): Dr Anthony Fauci yesterday repeatedly invoked the Fifth Amendment and declined to answer dozens of questions from senators in a Republican-led committee hearing about his handling of…
30 Jul, 2026
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Rescuers search for survivors after a 7.1 quake kills 18
KUMAMOTO (AP): Soldiers and emergency workers combed through a badly damaged shopping mall and collapsed houses looking for trapped survivors yesterday after a powerful earthquake that killed at least…
30 Jul, 2026
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WestJet flight attendants threaten to strike during long August weekend in Canada
VANCOUVER, British Columbia (AP) — Flight attendants at WestJet, Canada’s second-largest airline, threatened Thursday to go on strike over unpaid work, a move that could disrupt travel during the busy…
29 Jul, 2026
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Rescuers search for survivors after a 7.1 quake kills 18 in southwestern Japan
KUMAMOTO, Japan (AP) — Soldiers and emergency workers combed through a badly damaged shopping mall and collapsed houses looking for trapped survivors Wednesday after a powerful earthquake that killed…
29 Jul, 2026
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France battles wildfire four times size of Paris as tinderbox heat threatens new surge
LEGE-CAP FERRET, France (AP) – Firefighters in southwest France battled an uncontained wildfire four times the size of Paris on Wednesday as temperatures were forecast to hit 40C (104F), threatening…
29 Jul, 2026
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Murder charges filed against captain, crew in fatal ferry disaster
GEORGETOWN (AP): Police in Guyana have filed murder charges against the captain and two crew members of a state ferry that capsized, killing more than 70 people, with 30 passengers still missing.…
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29 Jul, 2026
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Criminal gangs increasingly lure people to work in online scam centres, UN migration agency warns
GENEVA (AP); The UN's migration agency is warning that criminal networks have been trafficking hundreds of thousands of people — many of them educated English speakers — to work in online scam…