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ReutersThe mayor of Nagasaki has appealed for an end to the wars raging in the world on the 80th anniversary of the US atom bomb attack which destroyed the Japanese city.
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‘Talks with Hamas fell apart the day Macron decided to recognize Palestinian s
U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio criticized French President Emmanuel Macron in the shadow of his declaration to recognize a Palestinian state. Rubio said that “Talks with Hamas fell apart the day Macron decided to recognize a Palestinian…
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Uganda still battling waste disaster one year on – DW – 08/09/2025
Zamhall Nansamba stands in front of her house in Kiteezi, a suburb of Uganda’s capital Kampala, her one-year-old son in her arms. Flies buzz around her, the smell of garbage filling the air. Her flip-flops keep her feet just above the muddy dirt…
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Adidas accused of cultural appropriation by Mexico over new footwear design | Business and Economy News
Mexican officials say sportswear giant took design idea from Indigenous community in country’s southern Oaxaca state.
Mexico’s government is seeking compensation from Adidas, accusing the sportswear giant of cultural appropriation for…
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Russian Offensive Campaign Assessment, August 8, 2025
Angelica Evans, Jessica Sobieski, Jennie Olmsted, Daria Novikov, Justin Young, Nate Trotter, Kateryna Stepanenko, and Frederick W. Kagan
August 8, 2025, 10:45 pm ET
Click here to see ISW’s interactive map of the Russian invasion of…
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Nagasaki warns of nuclear war on 80th A bomb anniversary – DW – 08/09/2025
Nagasaki held a moment of silence at 11:02 a.m. (02:02 UTC/GMT) on Saturday to mark the moment the plutonium bomb named “Fat Man” was dropped by a US bomber over the southern Japanese city 80 years ago.
In a message of peace to the world, twin…
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NASA astronauts return to Earth from ISS after five months – DW – 08/09/2025
Four astronauts from NASA’s Crew-10 mission departed the International Space Station (ISS) on Friday aboard a SpaceX Dragon capsule, beginning an almost 18-hour journey back to Earth.
US astronauts Anne McClain and Nichole Ayers, Japan’s Takuya…
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Plastic’s Impact on Health Costs $1.5 Trillion Every Year, Report Warns : ScienceAlert
Plastic pollution is a “grave, growing and under-recognised danger” to health that is costing the world at least $1.5 trillion a year, experts warned in a report on Monday.
The new review of the existing evidence, which was carried out by…
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PM’s national security adviser opposed Gaza City takeover plan — report
National Security Adviser Tzachi Hanegbi voiced opposition to Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s proposal to take over Gaza City on Thursday night, telling the security cabinet that he was “not prepared to give up on saving the…
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