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'I have nothing left': Flooding adds to Afghanistan's woes
Over the past week, flash floods across eastern, central and southern Afghanistan have killed at least 43 people and injured 106 more
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A repeat of Covid? Data show racial disparities in monkeypox response
White New Yorkers represent about 45% of people at heightened risk of monkeypox infection and received 46% of vaccine doses. Black New Yorkers, who make up 31% of the at-risk population, received only 12% of doses administered so far
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Another Trump mystery: Why did he resist returning govt documents?
For four years, Donald Trump treated the administration as an extension of his private real estate company. "My generals," he repeatedly said of the active-duty and retired military leaders; "my money," was the cash he raised through his campaign or for the Republican National Committee. And White House documents?
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Greenland treads softly on tourism as icebergs melt
As tourists flock to Greenland to take in its breathtaking icebergs and natural beauty, authorities are mulling ways to control crowds to protect the fragile environment, already threatened by global warming
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Apple warns of flaw that lets hackers into iPhones, Macs
However, Apple did not disclose whether it had information regarding the extent to which the issue has been exploited
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On TikTok, election misinformation thrives
In Germany, TikTok accounts impersonated prominent political figures during the last national election. In Colombia, misleading TikTok posts falsely attributed a quotation from one candidate to a cartoon villain. Now, similar problems are arising in the US too
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Anshu Jain, who took Deutsche Bank to Wall Street, dies at 59
Anshu Jain, who helped transform Deutsche Bank from a conservative middle-market lender in Germany into a Wall Street giant and who eventually became its first non-European CEO, died Saturday in London, where he lived
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'Street scientists' in US communities are mapping heat islands
In the United States — where hurricanes, tornadoes and floods are a fact of life — the meteorological phenomenon that kills the most is none other than heat
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Studies to see if mutations behind monkeypox spread: WHO
Studies are under way to see whether genetic changes in the monkeypox virus are driving the rapid spread of the disease, the World Health Organization told AFP on Wednesday
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Echoes of 'kabbadi, kabbadi' in Hong Kong build bridges across cultures
Eight years ago, two Chinese anthropologists set up a Hong Kong team to encourage integration in a city which, despite its status as an international hub, can be less than inclusive, especially when it comes to non-white and non-Chinese residents. Now the sport has spread across schools
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Prosecutors struggle to catch up to a tidal wave of pandemic fraud
In the midst of the pandemic, the U.S. government gave unemployment benefits to the incarcerated, the imaginary and the dead. It sent money to "farms" that turned out to be front yards. It paid people who were on the government's "Do Not Pay List." It gave loans to 342 people who said their name was 'N/A'