Families play in the fountain at Washington Square Park in Manhattan, New York, U.S. on July 20, 2019. REUTERS

Massive heat wave bakes central, eastern US

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NEW YORK – A gargantuan heat wave hunkered down over the central and eastern United States on Saturday, sending residents to cooling centers and inflicting on...
A volunteer holds electoral materials in support of the Servant of the People party led by Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy during an event ahead of the parliamentary election in Kiev, Ukraine July 18, 2019. REUTERS

Ukraine holds snap parliament election

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KIEV – Ukrainians started to vote in a snap parliamentary election on Sunday that could consolidate the power of new President Volodymyr Zelenskiy and hand the...
More than 1,000 firefighters battled three blazes sweeping across central Portugal early on Sunday, July 21, 2019 prompting authorities to partially evacuate a village and leaving one person with severe injuries. NSTP Archive

Wildfires hit central Portugal

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LISBON – More than 1,000 firefighters battled three blazes sweeping across central Portugal early on Sunday, prompting authorities to partially evacuate a village and leaving one person...
Medical officers distribute medicines to flood victims in Gagalmari, in the northeastern Indian state of Assam, Friday, July 19, 2019. In the Indian state of Assam, officials said floodwaters have killed more than a dozen people and brought misery to some 4.5 million. AP

Monsoon flooding death toll rises to 152 in South Asia

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GAUHATI, India – Officials say the death toll has risen to 152 in monsoon flooding in South Asia as millions of people and animals continue to...
In this undated photo issued Friday July 19, 2019, by Stena Bulk, showing the British oil tanker Stena Impero at unknown location, which is believed to have been captured by Iran. AP

Iran says British tanker seized over collision

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TEHRAN – Iran’s seizure of a British-flagged oil tanker was allegedly due to a collision with an Iranian fishing boat, the country’s state-run IRNA news agency...
Nicole Diaz wears special effects make-up with hurricane Maria’s death toll number written on her forehead, while protesting against Governor Ricardo Rossello, in San Juan, Puerto Rico, Friday, July 19, 2019.

Besieged Puerto Rican guv mum amid protests

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SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico – In the Spanish colonial fortress that serves as his official residence, Puerto Rico Gov. Ricardo Rosselló is under siege. Motorcyclists, celebrities, horse...
Firefighters work as smoke billows from a three-story building of Kyoto Animation in a fire in Kyoto, western Japan, Thursday, July 18, 2019. Kyoto prefectural police said the fire broke out Thursday morning after a man burst into it and spread unidentified liquid and put fire. Kyodo News via AP

Kyoto animation studio fire death toll rises to 33

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TOKYO – A Japanese fire official says the death toll from the Kyoto Animation studio fire is now 33 and nobody else is believed to be...
A police officer stands guard near Japanese and South Korean national flags at a hotel, where the South Korean embassy in Japan is holding a reception to mark the 50th anniversary of the normalization of ties between Seoul and Tokyo, in Tokyo, June 22, 2015. REUTERS

SoKor rejects Japan’s call for arbitration

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SEOUL  – South Korea on Friday rejected Japan’s call for third-party arbitration over a court ruling last year ordering Japanese companies to pay compensation for using South...
President Donald Trump calls to the media as he waits to greet Dutch Prime Minister Mark Rutte as he arrives at the White House in Washington, Thursday, July 18, 2019. AP

US warship destroys Iranian drone

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WASHINGTON — A U.S. warship on Thursday destroyed an Iranian drone in the Strait of Hormuz after it threatened the ship, President Donald Trump...
Rembertus Cornelis Beerepoot (left) and Fanny Alida Beerepoot (far right) argue that income tax is “against God’s will.” ABC NEWS

Family fined after arguing taxes ‘against God’s will’

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AUSTRALIA – A Christian family who refused to pay income tax because it went “against God’s will” was ordered to pay more than A$2m (£1.1m $1.4m). Rembertus...
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