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- Deadly drone attack on tanker was in retaliation for Israeli strike, says Iranian state TV
- Russia Demands YouTube Block Jailed Kremlin Critic Navalny's Channel
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Google News
- French police clash with anti-virus pass protesters in Paris
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- Russians Tied To The SolarWinds Cyberattack Hacked Federal Prosecutors, DOJ Says
- Kevin Durant powers Team USA's rout of Czech Republic on record night
- US vaccination rates rise as White House frustrated with media ‘alarmism’
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- He Hired 2 Men to Kidnap His Wife. They Ended Up Drowning
- Police association slams stalled reform negotiations: 'Quit playing politics with people’s lives'
- Man charged in Tampa sexual battery case
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U.S. Senate in rare Saturday session on $1 trln infrastructure bill +++ Olympics-Jamaica sweep 100m podium, Djokovic leaves with nothing +++ Brazil's Bolsonaro says oil company Petrobras will pay for free LPG +++ Russia reports pressure drop in space station service module +++ Mastermind behind deadly 2019 Kashmir attack killed in shootout +++ Firemen fighting wildfires in Sicilian town of Catania +++ Turkish wildfire leaves charred home and ashes, as blazes continue +++ COVID-19 surge hits Asia; Tokyo, Thailand, Malaysia post record infections +++ U.S. military says it is assisting tanker that was attacked off Oman +++ Mastermind behind deadly 2019 Kashmir attack killed in shootout -Indian police +++ U.S military says it is assisting tanker that was attacked off Oman +++ Malaysia suspends parliament session citing risk of COVID infection NY Times
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- Body of Reuters Photographer Was Mutilated in Taliban Custody, Officials Say
- Vaccinated People May Spread the Virus, Though Rarely, C.D.C. Reports
- U.S. Authorities Seek Documents From Troubled Covid Vaccine Manufacturer
- Three Olympic Refugee Team Members Will Call Canada Home
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AP News
- Bacon may disappear in California as pig rules take effect
- Turkey evacuates panicked tourists by boat from wildfires
- Mask guidance divides parents heading into new school year
- Tenants prepare for unknown as eviction moratorium ends
- Ban on 'Soul Cap' spotlights lack of diversity in swimming
- Justice Department says Russians hacked federal prosecutors
- West African health officials race to vaccinate amid spikes
- Bring in the kids: Estonian city targets youths for jabs
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CNN
- Massive comet discovery dwarfs all others
- 16-year-old Ajax youth player dies in car accident
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- Tensions in the House boil over after Capitol riot hearing and mask rule
- How the pandemic is killing a record number of local hospitals
- See why Fergie and Megan Thee Stallion were brought up in Congress
- DeSantis and other GOP 2024 prospects target public health officials with political attacks
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Huffington Post
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- U.S. Olympic Shot Putter’s Supervillain Face Mask Is No Joke
- 23 Of The Most Memorable Moments From The Tokyo Olympics So Far
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- Ex-Trump Official Warns Unvaccinated Exactly What To Expect From Delta Variant
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Axios
- Chart: Less than 0.1% of vaccinated Americans have been infected with COVID-19
- New poll shows women of color highly motivated to vote
- Olympics grapple with policies on transgender athletes
- Trans athletes see the Tokyo Games as a watershed moment
- American Katie Ledecky wins Olympic gold in women's 800m freestyle
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- Caeleb Dressel wins Olympic gold in men's 100m butterfly, breaking world record
- DOJ sues Texas over restrictions on undocumented migrant travel
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Vice
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- The Creator of ‘FBoy Island’ Explains How to Make a Self-Aware Dating Show
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Mother Jones
- Here’s Some Depressing Math: 3 Americans Create Enough Carbon Emissions to Kill 1 Person
- Your Odds of Going Back to the Office Are Dropping by the Day
- Trump to DOJ: “Just Say That the Election Was Corrupt” and “Leave the Rest to Me”
- The Eviction Moratorium Is Expiring. Yet the Vast Majority of Rental Aid Still Hasn’t Been Spent
- Upon Further Review, the US Men’s Basketball Loss to France “Could Be Good News”!
- Internal CDC Document Says Delta Variant May Be as Contagious as Chickenpox
- Take a Minute to Consider How Hungry Wild Pigs Are Making Climate Change Much Worse
- GOP Could Retake the House in 2022 Just by Gerrymandering Four Southern States
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The Guardian
- New York sculpture Vessel faces calls for closure after fourth jump death
- SolarWinds: Russian hackers broke into email accounts at US attorney offices
- Boris and Carrie Johnson expecting their second child
- Losing helps you grow’: US men recover to make basketball quarter-finals
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- US vaccination rates rise as White House frustrated with media ‘alarmism’
- Pablo Carreño Busta sends Novak Djokovic home from Tokyo without a medal
- US anti-doping chief dismisses Russian Olympic ban as a ‘farce’
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BBC
- Carrie Johnson and Boris Johnson expecting second child
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- Lewis Hamilton booed after taking pole position for Hungarian Grand Prix
- Tokyo Olympics: Jamaica's Elaine Thompson-Herah breaks Olympic record and defends 100m title
- Child, five, dies after being found in Ogmore River, Bridgend
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- Britain urges vaccinations during pregnancy amid delta variant worries
- As the Taliban closes in, Afghan forces scramble to defend prisons holding thousands of militants
- Disney and Walmart mandate employees to be vaccinated as covid-19 cases spike nationwide
- The voices of U.S. troops’: Portraits of Afghan interpreters
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- Albert Bandura, eminent psychologist known for Bobo doll experiment, dies at 95
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Politico
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The Daily Beast
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CBS
- The history behind Olympians appearing on Wheaties cereal boxes
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- Over 100,000 children could face extreme starvation in Ethiopia's Tigray region
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- Composer Kris Bowers opens up about how the Colburn School influenced his music career
- Florida governor signs order letting parents decide if kids wear masks in schools
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CNBC
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- Russians Tied To The SolarWinds Cyberattack Hacked Federal Prosecutors, DOJ Says
- Russia's 'Foreign Agent' Law Targets Journalists, Activists, Even Ordinary Citizens
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- There's Vaccine Drama In Arkansas, Where Rates Are Low And Everyone Has An Opinion
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LA Times
- Holocaust Museum LA reopens with new virtual installation featuring Auschwitz survivor
- Long a path to success for Korean immigrants, dry cleaners struggle in the pandemic
- For parents of unvaccinated kids, growing Delta variant threat brings alarm and questions
- Column: Separate restaurants for vaccinated and not? It may come to that
- Sheriff expresses 'grave concerns' over fatal shooting by deputies captured on video
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- L.A. mayor's residence vandalized following protest
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Salon
- Elon Musk once demanded Tim Cook install him as CEO of Apple, new book claims
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- Republican star Lauren Boebert spins fables about her childhood
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Euronews
- Turkey: Forest workers killed in wildfires
- Tokyo store sells kimonos for pets
- Firefighters battle flames as fires force evacuations in Catania
- French police brace for clashes as anti-vaccine pass protests enter third week
- Today at the Olympics: Djokovic is going home and Turkey wins rare archery gold
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- UN agencies warn millions are at risk of famine without massive aid influx
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Newsweek
- Bill Maher Bemoans 'Cancel Culture' Surrounding 'Woke' Olympics
- Dallas Firefighter Accused of Saying He Had COVID to Get Time Off From Work
- Burger King Worker Allegedly Pulled Gun on Customers at Drive-Thru, Faces Charges
- Asa Hutchison Met With Jeers During COVID Event as Cases Surge in Arkansas: 'Liar'
- Oregon AG Calls for Release of Names Who Died From Heat Wave, Says It Will 'Help Inform Public'
- Texas Dem Lawmaker Compares Walkout to Sam Houston Battle for Independence
- U.S. May Experience Another Year of COVID Waves Before Things Turn Around: Expert
- Tokyo Sets New Daily COVID Record After Cases More Than Doubled in First Week of Olympics
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The Intercept
- His Conviction Was Overturned Amid Evidence of Innocence. The Supreme Court Could Throw It All Out
- Worst of Brazil”: Covid-19 Vaccine Corruption Implicates Top Bolsonaro Allies
- Guatemalan Communities Turn Out for Indigenous-Led Nationwide Shutdown
- Drone Whistleblower Daniel Hale Is a Truth-Teller in a Time of Systemic Deceit and Lethal Secrecy
- Biden Has Said Pot Prisoners Should Be Free. Now He’s Poised to Send Some Back to Prison
- NYPD Reforms Are Failing, Say Plaintiffs Who Won Landmark Stop-and-Frisk Case
- CIA Drove Spike in Media Leak Investigation Requests Under Trump
- House’s Resolve to Curb Surveillance State Faces Biggest Test Since Trump Presidency
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Fox News
- Australia beats Germany 89-76 to sweep basketball pool
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The Blaze
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- DOJ sues the Lone Star State and Gov. Abbott, challenging executive order on migrant transportation
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Vox
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- Will the next coronavirus variant be worse? No one knows
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Slate
- Justice Department: IRS Must Hand Over Trump’s Tax Returns to Congress
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Business Insider
- 14-months after the birth of their first child, the wife of British Prime Minister Boris Johnson is pregnant again
- Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis signs bill that would strip schools of funding for imposing a mask mandate for students
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Time
- Ban on ‘Soul Cap’ Spotlights Lack of Diversity in Swimming
- Elaine Thompson-Herah Breaks 100-m Olympic Record, Further Cementing Jamaica’s Sprint Legend
- Russians Behind SolarWinds Cyberattack Hacked Federal Prosecutors: Justice Department
- Kevin Durant Becomes Top Scorer in U.S. Men’s Olympic History
- Katie Ledecky’s Incredible Olympic Legacy
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- Katie Ledecky Adds Another Gold to Her Medal Haul in Tokyo
- Caeleb Dressel Wins 100-m Butterfly and Sets New World Record
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PBS Newshour
- U.S. sues Texas to block state troopers from stopping migrants
- Why Black women are saying no
- What to know about the CDC's delta variant study and how it affects vaccinated Americans
- Biden signs bill to fund Capitol security, Afghan visas
- News Wrap: Trump tax returns must go to Congress, DOJ tells Treasury
- First Afghan interpreters, their families arrive in the U.S. on special visas
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Google Business
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Forbes
- Investors Overcome New Challenges In U.S. EB-5 Program
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FiveThirtyEight
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FastCompany
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Smithsonian
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Scientific American
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TMZ
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Variety
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Rolling Stone
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Armed conflicts and attacks
- 2021 Taliban offensive
- Afghan government forces and the Taliban clash in Herat, provincial capital of Herat Province, where the armed group has seized scores of districts. The Taliban also captures adjoining border crossings with Iran and Turkmenistan as the United Nations accuses them of killing a UN serviceman yesterday during an attack on a UN compound. (France24)
- COVID-19 pandemic
- COVID-19 pandemic in Asia
- COVID-19 pandemic in Pakistan
- Sindh province imposes a partial lockdown in Pakistan's largest city Karachi in order to curb the spread of the highly contagious Delta variant. The lockdown is in effect until August 8. (Hindustan Times)
- COVID-19 pandemic in Malaysia
- Malaysia reports a record 17,786 new cases of COVID-19 in the past 24 hours, thereby bringing the nationwide total of confirmed cases to 1,113,272. (The Star)
- COVID-19 pandemic in Thailand
- Thailand reports a record 18,912 new cases and 178 deaths from COVID-19 in the past 24 hours, thereby bringing the nationwide total of confirmed cases to 597,287 and the nationwide death toll to 4,857. (The Straits Times)
- COVID-19 pandemic in Pakistan
- COVID-19 pandemic in Argentina
- Health minister Carla Vizzotti reports that Argentina has applied almost 32 million doses of the COVID-19 vaccine and announced a mass wave of the second dose. Argentina has so far reported 4.9 million cases and over 105,000 deaths from COVID-19. (CNDigital)
- COVID-19 pandemic in Australia
- Brisbane and surrounding towns enter lockdown after a surge in new COVID-19 cases linked to the ongoing cluster in New South Wales. (The Guardian)
- COVID-19 pandemic in Asia
- 2021 Myanmar protests
- As the months anniversary of the military coup against civilian leader Aung San Suu Kyi approaches, protests occur in Mandalay with university students waving flags and saying that there is "no possibility of dialogue" with the junta. The junta says that former civilian leaders are spreading "biased information". (Reuters)
- Madagascar's President Andry Rajoelina calls on the military to take "responsibility for threats to national sovereignty and threats to national security" after a plot to assassinate him was foiled last week. Rajoelina called on the new graduates to uphold democracy. (Madagascar Tribune)
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