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Renewable energy hits global tipping point for even lower costs, UN says
UN chief Antonio Guterres says 'the fossil fuel age is flailing and failing' as renewable energy becomes cheaper.
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Ozzy Osbourne, Black Sabbath frontman and heavy metal icon, dies at 76
Osbourne was instrumental in pioneering heavy metal as his band Black Sabbath enjoyed huge success in the 70s.
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Workers scramble to find colleagues at collapsed DRC gold mine
Workers at a collapsed mine shaft in the Democratic Republic of Congo are trying to dig out their colleagues.
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Holy Land clerics ‘stand in solidarity’ with people of Gaza after visit
Greek Orthodox and Catholic leaders condemned Israel’s bombardment on Gaza after a rare visit to the territory July 18.
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Trump team seeks meeting with Ghislaine Maxwell amid Epstein pressure
The request is Trump's latest move to defuse uproar over recent report that yielded no new evidence in Epstein scandal.
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More than 1,400 killed in sectarian violence in coastal Syria, report finds
Gov't committee in Syria says it identified 298 suspects in mass killings in Syria's coastal regions.
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Gaza’s generation of amputees
Ismail Abu Omar speaks about Gaza’s rising amputee toll and the resilience of people living with permanent wounds.
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Bangladesh students demand accountability after deadly air force jet crash
Students' demands include compensation for families, as well as new training procedures for the country's air force.
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General Motors profit drops 35% as Trump tariffs hit car industry
GM’s quarterly profit tumble comes a day after Stellantis says it expects $2.7bn loss in first six months of the year.
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Trump administration says the US will leave the UN cultural agency UNESCO
The White House cited 'anti-Israel rhetoric' and 'woke, divisive' causes as the reason for the US's withdrawal.
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Israel is proceeding with annexation, and there is only one way to stop it
Global grassroots organising is the only way to challenge Israel and its plan to legalise the theft of Palestinian land.
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‘Flour, fire and fear as I try to parent in a starving Gaza’
Al Jazeera's Maram Humaid writes about trying to take care of her children while worrying her family will starve.
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The boy who bled to death as an Israeli soldier ‘celebrated his shot’
The youth of Sebastia have learned to hide in their homes whenever Israeli soldiers approach the town.
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Number of aid seekers killed by Israel in Gaza tops 1,000: UN
Starvation, malnutrition kill 101 Palestinians during Gaza war, including 80 children, according to hospitals.
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‘Starvation is a war crime’, UN expert blasts Israel
The famine we’re seeing in Gaza now is the most horrific stage of Israel’s starvation campaign, a UN expert says.
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How an Indian temple town is at the centre of hundreds of alleged murders
An ex-worker at Karnataka’s Dharmasthala temple says he was forced to bury hundreds of bodies, including children.
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Qatar confirms 2036 Olympic Games host city bid
Qatar signaled its interest as an Olympic Games host with established infrastructure from World Cup a key selling point.
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Rains, flash floods kill 21 in Pakistan; tourists rescued in hilly north
Incessant monsoon rains cause landslides and flash floods, taking the total rain-related deaths this year to 242.
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Video: What we know about plane crash at Bangladesh school
Bangladesh has declared a national day of mourning for dozens of children and adults who were killed in a plane crash.
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‘Starvation or bullets’: The dilemma facing Palestinians in Gaza
We look at the struggle of people in Gaza to avoid starvation when even aid carries the risk of death.
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