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Pedro Castillo declared winner of Peru's presidential election

02:21 It's official.Peru's next president ​will bePedro Castillo, ​a leftist political outsider who's never before held office. Election officials certified his victory late Monday, mor

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South Korean leaders apologize for navy ship COVID-19 outbreak

South Korea's Prime Minister Kim Boo-kyum speaks to reporters as he arrives at the government complex in Seoul. /AFP South Korea's prime minister and defense minister apologized as hundreds of

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Dow loses 2.1% as Delta variant fears spook U.S. stocks

A surge in Delta variant infections sparked a broad sell-off on Wall Street on Monday as investors feared renewed COVID-19 shutdowns and protracted economic recovery.Al

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Earth's 'pulse' to be measured to help understand volcanos and earthquakes

University College London experts hope the project will help them understand more about volcanic eruptions and earthquakes.

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Search for Florida condo collapse victims nears end

The rubble of the demolished section of the Champlain Towers South building is seen through flowers on a makeshift memorial to the scores of victims of the building's partial collapse, July 12, 2

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Australian PM says expert panel responsible for slow vaccine rollout as Sydney extends lockdown

Australia's Prime Minister Scott Morrison blamed the expert panel on immunizations for the country's slow coronavirus vaccine rollout on Wednesday when the state of New

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Indian PM cautions against 3rd wave of COVID-19 as religious pilgrimage allowed

Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi Tuesday cautioned against callousness regarding the COVID-19 pandemic, a day after an annual mass religious pilgrimage is officially

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FDA adds warning to J&J COVID-19 vaccine after GBS cases

Johnson & Johnson's COVID-19 vaccine boxes. /CFP The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) on Monday added a new warning to Johnson Johnson's COVID-19 vaccine, saying that data suggests ther

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Florida condo collapse toll rises to 94

The death toll from last month's apartment building collapse in Florida has risen to 94, local authorities said Monday, though identifying the victims is becoming more complicated nearly three weeks

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England lockdown rules will end on July 19, says health minister

People wearing protective face masks at King's Cross Station in London. From July 19, masks will no longer be compulsory. /Reuters/Henry Nicholls Almost all coronavirus restrictions in England

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Yellen: Compete on economic strengths, not low tax rates

U.S. Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen said Sunday that deterring the use of tax havens will let countries compete on economic fundamentals — instead of by offering ever-

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Magnificent 2,000-year-old 'city hall' unearthed in Jerusalem

A view inside a 2,000-year-old luxurious banquet hall erected near the Temple Mount during the Second Temple Period uncovered in the Western Wall tunnels, July 8, 2021. /CFP Discovered

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As Taliban 'Seizes' Key Crossing With Iran, Moscow Says Group Controls 2/3 of Afghan-Tajik Border

A Taliban* spokesman said that the terrorist group had captured Afghanistan's biggest trade crossing with Iran."The port of Islam Qala is now under our full control and

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New film recreates Wuhan's battle against pandemic

As the latest cinematic retelling of China's battle against the COVID-19 outbreak in Wuhan, the city hit hardest by the pandemic earlier last year, Andrew Lau's directorial effort Chinese Doct

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Investors find European unicorns reluctant to join SPAC boom

The U.S. SPAC market kept rolling along this week with news that Satellogic will go public on the Nasdaq stock exchange thanks to a merger with a blank check company. The Earth-imagery-focused company

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Scientists got 60 trout addicted to methamphetamine

The research examined the impact of residues of the drug in freshwater streams, finding it could be causing ecological damage.

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Twitter stripped of immunity for user content in crackdown by Indian government

Prime Minister Narendra Modi's administration has cracked down on the social media platform in what critics say is an attempt to censor opposition.