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[l] at 7/26/24 4:24pm
Canadian diva Celine Dion delivered a stirring rendition of Edith Piaf's anthem "Hymn to Love" at the Eiffel Tower on Friday, providing a show-stopping finale to the Opening Ceremony of the Paris 2024 Olympics.
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[l] at 7/26/24 12:54pm
Friday's opening ceremony of the Paris Olympics promised to be like none other, and fears of terrorism have sparked an equally unprecedented security response.
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[l] at 7/26/24 11:56am
The Treasury Department and Brazil's Ministry of Finance announced Friday a partnership to align best environmental and climate policies.
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[l] at 7/26/24 10:01am
Rain and cooler temperatures Friday are expected to help crews in the Canadian province of Alberta, where wildfires have destroyed up to half of the historic town of Jasper, forcing some first responders to pull back.
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[l] at 7/26/24 9:13am
Britain confirmed Friday it has dropped objections to arrest warrants for Israeli leaders Benjamin Netanyahu and Yoav Gallant sought by the International Criminal Court for alleged war crimes in Gaza.
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[l] at 7/26/24 7:47am
Philippine authorities were engaged in a race to contain an oil spill from a tanker sunk by typhoon Gaemi and prevent 370,000 gallons of industrial fuel oil remaining on board from escaping into the ocean.
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[l] at 7/26/24 7:23am
France's high speed rail network was severely impacted by a series of arson attacks targeting track infrastructure and signaling hours before the Paris Olympics were due to open, the state-owned SNCF said.
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[l] at 7/26/24 7:14am
The European Union Friday transferred $1.6 billion in frozen Russian assets held by central securities depositories to Ukraine for military and reconstruction support against Russia's invasion.
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[l] at 7/25/24 5:48pm
The United States warned Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro's government any political repression and violence ahead of Sunday's presidential election is "unacceptable."
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[l] at 7/25/24 1:19pm
The coast guards of Taiwan and the Philippines were scouring the South China Sea for a least 10 seamen who remain unaccounted for after their vessels were sunk or damaged by supertyphoon Gaemi.
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[l] at 7/25/24 9:33am
The United Nations humanitarian relief agency OCHA said Thursday the death toll from southern Ethiopian landslides rose to 257 as of Wednesday. Deaths are expected to reach up to 500 people.
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[l] at 7/25/24 7:26am
The Netherlands and Denmark will deliver 14 refitted German-made Leopard 2 tanks to Ukraine by the end of the summer to help meet Kyiv's demand for more firepower to combat Russian aggression.
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[l] at 7/25/24 7:15am
Vladimir Putin met with Syrian President Bashar al-Assad in Moscow, according to a Thursday morning Kremlin announcement. Putin told Assad he wanted the Syrian leader's opinion on the situation in the Middle East.
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[l] at 7/25/24 6:58am
Climate change activists glued themselves to the tarmac at Germany's busiest airport on Thursday morning, suspending some flights and air traffic around Frankfurt Airport.
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[l] at 7/25/24 5:37am
Britain's Financial Conduct Authority fined Coinbase's CB Payments Limited $4,516,736 for regularly ignoring a requirement that prevented the company from offering services to high-risk customers.
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[l] at 7/25/24 4:56am
South Korea is aiming to transform the country's largest veterans cemetery into an international memorial site and tourism destination, officials said Thursday.
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[l] at 7/25/24 1:31am
Israel has recovered the body of a woman who was taken hostage by Hamas during its bloody and surprise October assault and died while in captivity in the Palestinian enclave of Gaza.
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[l] at 7/25/24 12:31am
A British police officer has been removed from duty after a video circulated online showing a Greater Manchester law enforcement agent kick and stomp on the head of a prostrated man.
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[l] at 7/24/24 4:02pm
A video of an English horsewoman beating a horse while training it four years ago has spurred PETA senior vice president Kathy Guillermo to demand the Olympics end equestrian competitions.
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[l] at 7/24/24 10:14am
Nine Just Stop Oil activists were arrested Wednesday near London's Heathrow Airport on suspicion of conspiring to interfere with key national infrastructure.

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