Large swathes of the planet are reeling under record heat. It started with Europe, where temperature records were broken in the UK and many other countries. Almost simultaneously, extreme heat alerts
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Myanmar's military authorities have executed four democracy activists accused of helping carry out "terror acts", state media reported marking the first executions conducted in decades in the Southea
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Japan confirmed its first case of monkeypox, detected in a man in his 30s who had travelled overseas, Tokyo governor Yuriko Koike announced."It's a man in his 30s with a history of overseas travel wh
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Russian President Vladimir Putin will not attend the state funeral of Japanese former Prime Minister Shinzo Abe, the Kremlin said ."No, Putin has no plans to visit Japan and attend the funeral," Kreml
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North Korea accused the United States of manufacturing biological weapons in Ukraine, echoing a Russian claim dismissed by the United Nations in March. Moscow ally Pyongyang in February said US poli
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Britain's two contenders to replace Boris Johnson as prime minister promised on Sunday to tackle illegal immigration as a priority, with both backing the government's policy of sending migrants to Rwa
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