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Inside the wild world of Osaka’s dangerous, adrenaline-fueled float festivals
To a din of cheering crowds, rhythmic chanting and taiko drums, hundreds of people haul massive wooden floats through the streets of Osaka…
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'Easy, convenient, cheap': how single-use plastic rules the world
Each year the world produces around 400 million tonnes of plastic waste, much of it discarded after just a few minutes of use. Negotiators…
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Watch: Slackliners balance between flying hot air balloons at 2,500 meters setting new world record
RIEDERING, Germany (KMID/KPEJ)- Two German friends set a new world record after balancing on a slackline that stretched between two flying…
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World leaders seek binding plastic pact
“We are choking on plastic,” declared UN Secretary-General António Guterres, addressing a panel of international negotiators in Cali,…
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UN World Food Programme says it cannot replace UNRWA in Gaza
The World Food Programme (WFP) cannot serve as a replacement for the United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees in the…
Politics
The Nobel Peace Prize is being announced against a backdrop of conflicts around the world
The Nobel Peace Prize is being awarded Friday against a backdrop of devastating conflicts raging in the world, notably in the Middle East,…
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Italy’s nuclear revival is imperative, World Nuclear Association says
Last year, Italy – the only G8 country without its own operational nuclear power plant – took the first steps towards reversing its ban on…
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This German church is the tallest in the world. Until Spain's La Sagrada Familia is done, anyway
ULM, Germany (AP) — The Ulmer Münster in southern Germany is the world's tallest church. For now, anyway. The Gothic-style Lutheran…
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How Japan’s Shinkansen bullet trains changed the world of rail travel forever
Sixty years ago, early in the morning of October 1, 1964, a sleek blue and white train slid effortlessly across the urban sprawl of Tokyo,…
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French lake still riddled with bombs 80 years after World War II
The apparently pristine Gerardmer lake in the Vosges mountains of eastern France conceals a bleak legacy of 20th-century conflict --…
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China’s Fading Hunger for Grain Spells Trouble for World Farmers
(Bloomberg) -- Warehouses across China are bulging with grain as a deepening economic crisis takes hold, leaving the world’s farmers to…
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A Baby Hippo Is Taking The World By Storm — But Not Everyone Is Being Nice To Her
Move over, Fiona! Just kidding ― there’s plenty of room on the internet for more than one charismatic hippo. And that’s a good thing,…
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The world repudiated fascism in World War II, but extremism returns to my country Germany
Sometimes, you can see clearer from afar. I find this especially to be true when it comes to observing the role your native country has on…
Politics
World governments urge citizens to leave Lebanon as fears of Israel-Hezbollah war grow
The News The US, the UK, Australia, Sweden, France, Italy, Canada, South Korea, Saudi Arabia, and Jordan have issued warnings to citizens…
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Philadelphia World War I memorial vandalized with pro-Hamas message: police
PHILADELPHIA - Philadelphia Police are investigating after they say a war monument was vandalized in the city's Burholme neighborhood…
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World breaks hottest day record twice in a week
The record for the world's hottest day has tumbled twice in one week, according to the European climate change service. On Monday the…
Politics
France's president called a surprise election. The result could diminish his power in world affairs
PARIS (AP) — French President Emmanuel Macron could awake — if he has slept at all — with clipped wings on Monday morning. The high-stakes…
Politics
World Food Programme: UN clearing piled-up aid at pier off Gaza
The United Nations is transferring thousands of tons of humanitarian supplies from a US-constructed pier off the coast of the Gaza Strip…
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Farmers scrambling after drought destroys pantry-staple crops used around the world: 'Will face total crop failure'
Half of China is plagued by floods and mudslides, the Guardian reported; the other half is gasping for any water at all. And for farmers…
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Camp Nefesh hosts refugee children during World Refugee Day
Refugee children from Honduras, Afghanistan, Ukraine, Russia, Venezuela and Fiji were welcomed at this year’s Camp Nefesh. The free summer…
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World War II bomb found near Frankfurt Airport successfully defused
A phosphorus bomb from World War II that was discovered on a construction site at Frankfurt Airport was successfully defused, a police…