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Environmentalists, not climate, blamed for fires

Environmental groups push back on the Interior secretary's claim that they are to blame

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Trial to proceed for women accused of assassinating Kim Jong Un's brother

Two women on trial for the brazen assassination of the North Korean leader's half brother were told Thursday to make their defense after the judge found evidence of a "well-planned conspiracy," extending their murder trial until next year.

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Aretha Franklin dies at her home in Detroit aged 76

Aretha Franklin has died at her home in Detroit aged 76.

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Animals suffer in Europe's summer of extreme heat

"The problem with a heat wave that goes on and on is that a lot of the plants the insects depend on dry up."

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Husband of missing Colorado woman arrested

Chris Watts is in custody and awaiting charges, police said.

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Man held in London car attack is U.K. national originally from Sudan

"The priority of the investigation team continues to be to understand the motivation behind this incident," police said. No one was killed.

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Bombing kills 48 college hopefuls in Afghanistan

The attacker targeted the private school in a minority neighborhood where a group of young men and women were studying for entrance exams.

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Buddhist leader accused of coercing nuns into sex quits job

Xuecheng's case is one of the most prominent since the #MeToo movement took hold in China.

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Italians point fingers, seek answers after bridge collapse kills 39

The CNR civil engineering society said structures dating from when the bridge was built had surpassed their lifespan.

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Turkey escalates feud by boosting tariffs on U.S. booze, cars

NATO ally Turkey has accused Washington of waging an "economic war" as part of a plot to harm the country.

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Over 300 'predator priests' in Pennsylvania accused of abuse in grand jury report

More than 1,000 child victims were identifiable from the church's own records, according to the report.

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Bus crash in Ecuador kills 24 people, injures 19

At least 24 people were killed and another 19 injured when a bus careened into another vehicle at high speed and overturned on a highway near Ecuador's capital Tuesday, officials reported.

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Malta agrees to let rescue ship dock before sending migrants elsewhere

Aquarius can dock in Malta but its passengers won't stay there.

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'Apocalyptic scene' as highway bridge collapses in Italian city

An official warned "what seems like an immense tragedy" was unfolding.

Italy

Italy PM declares state of emergency over deadly bridge collapse

Italy has declared a 12-month state of emergency in the Liguria region in response to the motorway bridge collapse in Genoa.

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When is a German not a German? Identity re-emerges as a thorny issue

"I am a German when we win, but I am an immigrant when we lose," said Mesut Özil, who recently quit the national soccer team, citing racism.

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Car crashes into barrier outside Britain's Parliament; pedestrians hurt

The incident happened at the same location as the March 2017 terror attack that killed five people.

United Kingdom

Man held after incident at UK parliament arrested for attempted murder

A man has been arrested on suspicion of terrorism offences after a car crashed outside the Houses of Parliament.

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Religious ritual killed boy at N.M. compound, prosecutors say

Two other children were being trained to attack schools, law enforcement and banks, prosecutors allege.

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Golden State Killer suspect charged with 13th murder

A professor tried to stop a man from abducting his daughter and may have become the Golden State Killer's first murder victim.