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August 9, 2025 7:47 PM
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In Japan, thousands bowed their heads in prayer in Nagasaki today to mark the 80th anniversary of the city's atomic bombing, as the mayor warned that current global conflicts could push the world again into nuclear war. The western Japanese city was leveled on August 9, 1945, when the United ...
August 9, 2025 7:27 PM
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US President Donald Trump and Russian President Vladimir Putin will meet in Alaska next Friday to discuss the future of the war in Ukraine. In a social media post, Trump announced the 15 August meeting and it was later confirmed by a Kremlin spokesperson, who said the location was quite logical ...
August 9, 2025 7:29 PM
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Mexico has said, US military would not be entering its territory following reports that President Donald Trump had directed the Pentagon to target Latin American drug cartels. Mexican President Claudia Sheinbaum said, the United States is not going to come to Mexico with the military. She said, Mexi...
August 9, 2025 4:53 PM
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The World Health Organisation (WHO) certified Kenya as having eliminated human African trypanosomiasis, also known as sleeping sickness, as a public health challenge, making it the 10th country to reach this critical milestone. In a statement issued in Nairobi, WHO Director-General Tedros Adhano...
August 9, 2025 2:01 PM
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Highlighting the importance of early warning and heat-health action plans, the World Meteorological Organisation (WMO) has warned that extreme heat is impacting millions of people around the world. As per WMO data, many regions across the world are increasingly experiencing frequent global h...
August 9, 2025 1:57 PM
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Thousands of people are under evacuation orders as a fast-moving wildfire continues to rage in Southern California amid a major heatwave. The Canyon Fire which erupted on Thursday grew rapidly to about 19.4 square kilometers, according to the California Department of Forestry and Fire Protection. &n...
August 9, 2025 1:32 PM
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The Final Randoli Perahera of the Kandy Esala Perahera was held with devotion at the Temple of the Sacred Tooth Relic, drawing thousands of devotees to the hill town in Central Sri Lanka. President Anura Kumara Dissanayake, along with ministers and dignitaries, attended the grand procession, which m...
August 9, 2025 12:59 PM
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At least 10 people have been killed and 33 others are missing after flash floods struck Yuzhong County in Gansu province of China, following heavy rains from August 7. State media reported that the floods, worsened by power and telecom outages, stranded over 4,000 people in Xinglong mountain village...
August 9, 2025 12:53 PM
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Four astronauts from NASA’s Crew-10 mission departed the International Space Station yesterday aboard a SpaceX Dragon capsule, starting an 18-hour journey back to Earth. Americans Anne McClain and Nichole Ayers, Japan’s Takuya Onishi, and Russia’s Kirill Peskov are expected to splash down in ...
August 9, 2025 12:48 PM
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Brazilian President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva has signed a environmental bill into law but vetoed 63 of its 398 provisions, preserving key environmental protections. Meanwhile, critics said that the legislation threatened to weaken Brazil’s licensing system and derail deforestation targets. E...
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