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India Has an Elephant Poaching Problem. Alia Bhatt’s New Series Takes a Closer Look
In 2015, a 62-year-old man named Kunjumon Devasey from a remote village in Kerala arrived at his local forest division office to turn himself in. His crime: for nearly two years, the former forest watcher was an accomplice to a ring of poachers who had killed over 20 elephants in the southern Indian state. Devasey’s…
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Yulia Navalnaya’s Account on X Briefly Suspended Due to ‘Error’
Yulia Navalnaya’s account on Elon Musk’s X social-media service was briefly suspended, a day after it was used to help her challenge Russian President Vladimir Putin over the death of her husband. The widow of opposition leader Alexei Navalny accused Putin of killing him in a video posted on her X account on Monday. That…
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Weather off the coast of Acapulco hinders efforts to find missing Baltimore man
Weather conditions are keeping the Mexican Navy from approaching the capsized sailboat of a missing U.S. citizen. Weather conditions are keeping the Mexican Navy from approaching the capsized sailboat of a U.S. citizen who was reported missing on July 21, officials told ABC News Tuesday. Donald Lawson, from Baltimore, Maryland, was piloting the sailboat, U.S.…
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EU agriculture ministers meet to discuss vital Ukraine grain exports after Russia halted deal
European Union agriculture ministers are meeting to discuss ways of moving grain vital to global food security out of Ukraine after Russia halted a deal that allowed the exports BRUSSELS — European Union agriculture ministers met Tuesday to discuss ways of moving grain vital to global food security out of Ukraine after Russia halted a…
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Indonesian police crack down on traffickers who sent 122 people to sell their kidneys in Cambodia
Indonesian police are investigating the illegal trade in human organs involving police and immigration officers who were accused of helping traffickers send 122 Indonesians to a hospital in Cambodia to sell their kidneys JAKARTA, Indonesia — Indonesian police are investigating the illegal trade of human organs involving police and immigration officers who were accused of…
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China removes its outspoken foreign minister, fueling rumors of rivalries within the Communist Party
China has removed the country's outspoken foreign minister, Qin Gang, from office and replaced him with his predecessor, Wang Yi BEIJING — China removed outspoken Foreign Minister Qin Gang from office on Tuesday and replaced him with his predecessor, Wang Yi, in a move that has already fueled rumors over the personal lives and political…
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North Korea stonewalls US on status of detained soldier
Private Travis King’s state — and what North Korea might want for him — remains a mystery a week after his detention. In the week since U.S. Army Private 2nd Class Travis King crossed into North Korea, American officials have been unable to extract even the most basic information about his condition from tight-lipped officials…
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Myanmar's military plans to move Suu Kyi to house arrest, according to unofficial reports
Reports from Myanmar say its military-controlled government plans to transfer the country’s ousted leader Aung San Suu Kyi from a prison in the capital of Naypyitaw to home confinement as part of an act of of clemency to be granted prisoners next week BANGKOK — Myanmar’s Military-controlled government plans to transfer the country’s ousted leader…
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Typhoon blows off roofs, floods villages and displaces thousands in northern Philippines
Typhoon Doksuri has slammed an island and lashed northern Philippine provinces with ferocious wind and rain, displacing nearly 16,000 villagers as it blows tin roofs off rural houses, floods low-lying villages and knocks out power MANILA, Philippines — Typhoon Doksuri slammed an island and lashed northern Philippine provinces with ferocious wind and rain Wednesday, displacing…
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Doctors in England escalate pay dispute as they announce another 4-day walkout in August
Tens of thousands of doctors in Britain’s state-funded health service will go on strike for a further four days in August as their pay dispute with the government shows few if any signs of resolution LONDON — Tens of thousands of doctors in Britain’s state-funded health service will go on strike for a further four…