Wreck found in Atlantic is historic ship, officials say
BOSTON — The wreck of a storied military ship that served in two World Wars, performed patrols in waters off Alaska for decades, and at one point was captained by …
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Blaze damages historic bridge spanning Tiber River in Rome
A blaze that possibly was sparked by a gas canister explosion has destroyed part of an historic bridge spanning the Tiber River in Rome ByThe Associated Press October 3, 2021, …
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World’s oldest tropical rainforest handed back to Aboriginal owners in historic deal
Four national parks in Australia will be handed back to their Aboriginal owners, the Eastern Kuku Yalanji people, in a historic deal announced by the Queensland government on Wednesday. It …
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Majority-Catholic San Marino decriminalizes abortion, over 77% vote to abolish 1865 law in historic referendum — RT World News
San Marino, a predominately Catholic microstate surrounded by Italian territory, has voted to legalize abortion, thus rendering obsolete a more than century-old law that punished women with imprisonment for getting …
Read MoreGerman election: Social Democrats edge ahead in chancellor race as CDU plunges to historic low | World news
Preliminary results showed Finance Minister Olaf Scholz’s SPD with around 24.9 to 25.6% of the vote, followed closely by Angela Merkel’s Christian Democrats and their candidate Armin Laschet on 24.4 …
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On the front lines of the U.S. homicide epidemic: Milwaukee faces historic violence
MILWAUKEE — Jeremiah Hughes was mowing a lawn on a Wednesday afternoon when two men barged through an alley gate. They were armed. Shots rang out. Hughes died in the yard …
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Tencent profits jump nearly 30% as China continues historic tech crackdown
The Chinese gaming and social media giant said Wednesday that revenue jumped 20% to 138.3 billion yuan ($21.3 billion) for the three months ended June, compared to the same period …
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Smoke from Siberia wildfires reaches north pole in historic first : worldnews
This is the best tl;dr I could make, original reduced by 65%. (I’m a bot) Devastating wildfires have ripped across Siberia with increasing regularity over the past few years, which …
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UN chief welcomes ‘historic’ IMF liquidity boost for governments in need — Global Issues
Secretary-General António Guterres issued a statement on the policy change towards Special Drawing Rights or SDRs, a type of foreign reserve asset that are IMF defined and maintained, as additional funding that could help to pay down debts. He also underscored that economies not in need of access to cash should “consider channeling these resources …
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New Zealand apologizes for historic raids on Pacific people
WELLINGTON, NEW ZEALAND — New Zealand’s Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern sat motionless Sunday as members of the Pacific Island community pulled a large white mat over her head, completely covering …
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