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Ukraine celebrates Independence Day by mocking Russia

This week marks Ukraine’s Independence Day, which was celebrated over the weekend with a display through the streets of Kyiv of Russian tanks that had been captured or destroyed after the invasion. u201cUkraineu2019s parade of destroyed Russian tanks in central

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Daughter of ‘Putin’s Brain’ killed by ‘drone’ bombing: pro-Kremlin party leader claims

Governor of Sevastopol Mikhail Razvozhaev confirmed a car exploded and that the daughter of top adviser to President Vladimir Putin was inside. Denis Pushilin, who heads the pro-Kremlin Donetsk People’s Republic in eastern Ukraine confirmed the attack, though he blamed

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Body recovered at Playpen after boater sighting: report – WGN TV Chicago

Body recovered at Playpen after boater sighting: report  WGN TV Chicago Body found in Playpen near where boater went missing  CBS Chicago GR man drowns after falling from dock in Spring Lake  WOODTV.com Man’s body recovered near Oak Street Beach days after man

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Russian missile wounds 12 in Ukrainian town near nuclear plant

KYIV (Reuters) – A Russian missile hit a residential area of a southern Ukrainian town not far from a nuclear power station on Saturday, wounding 12 civilians and heightening fears of a nuclear accident during the war in Ukraine, Ukrainian

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Haaretz reporter Gideon Levy says he turned down offer to join Arab nationalist list

Columnist who accuses Israel of practicing apartheid against Palestinians says he considered Balad’s proposal, but ultimately decided that he has been and will remain a journalist

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Late-stage cervical cancer cases are on the rise

Researchers found an overall 1.3% increase per year in advanced stages of the disease, with the greatest increase taking place among white women in the South aged 40 to 44. (Image credit: Suzi Pratt/Getty Images for Hologic)

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Boston’s Jews are getting a ‘Jewish tavern’ to study religious text — and drink beer

Combining the Old Country secular Torah study house and the kretshme, or Yiddish pub, the Boston Lehrhaus seeks to woo all denominations with food, cocktails and meaningful classes

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Israel’s top diplomat in Turkey: ‘We’re not going into a perfect marriage’

Irit Lillian, who’s served as charge d’affaires throughout Israel-Turkey reconciliation says ties designed to quietly handle disagreements, including over Hamas offices in Istanbul

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Somali forces say they regained control of hotel after deadly jihadist siege

Security commander says all holed-up Al-Shabaab gunmen have been killed, but doesn’t update death toll after earlier reports revealed 20 were killed, 40 injured

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Scorching heat in China wilts crops as farmers struggle with shrinking water supplies

Hundreds of persimmon trees that should be loaded with yellow fruit lie wilted in Gan Bingdong’s greenhouse in southwestern China, adding to mounting farm losses in a scorching summer that is the country’s driest in six decades.

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