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Zaporizhzhia nuclear plant disconnected from last external power line

The head of the U.N. nuclear watchdog said Saturday that the Russian-controlled Zaporizhzhia nuclear plant in Ukraine was disconnected to its last external power line but was still able to run electricity through a reserve line amid sustained shelling in

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California Wildfire Destroys 100 Homes As Thousands Forced to Evacuate

WEED, Calif. — A wind-swept wildfire in rural Northern California tore through a neighborhood and destroyed about 100 homes and other buildings, fire officials said Saturday after at least two people were injured and thousands were forced from their homes.

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UK student union head suspended during probe into antisemitism claims

Source tells UK’s Jewish News move is not disciplinary, but ‘appropriate’ to investigation; in 2012, Shaima Dallali tweeted Islamic battle cry historically used when attacking Jews

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Former Soviet Union leader Mikhail Gorbachev buried in Moscow

Russians who came for a last look at former Soviet leader Mikhail Gorbachev on Saturday mourned both the man and his policies that gave them hope. President Vladimir Putin claimed to be too busy to attend.

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Truss tipped to beat Sunak in UK PM race as Conservative party votes tallied

Surveys indicate foreign secretary expected to defeat former chancellor rival; official results to be announced Monday, day before Johnson hands resignation to queen

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Pilot Faces Charges After Threatening to Crash into a Mississippi Walmart

JACKSON, Miss. — Authorities say a man who stole a plane and flew it over Mississippi after threatening to crash it into a Walmart store faces charges of grand larceny and terroristic threats. Tupelo Police Chief John Quaka said at

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Northern California wildfire destroys 100 homes and buildings amid deep drought

A wind-swept wildfire in rural Northern California tore through a neighborhood and destroyed about 100 homes and other buildings, fire officials said Saturday after at least two people were injured and thousands were forced from their homes.

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Plane circling Mississippi lands in field. Source says pilot is in custody after alleged Walmart threat – CNN

Plane circling Mississippi lands in field. Source says pilot is in custody after alleged Walmart threat  CNN Tupelo, Mississippi pilot who threatened to ram plane into Walmart is down, in custody  Fox News BREAKING: Pilot circles sky above Tupelo, Miss. threatening to

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Iran steps up defenses against foreign attacks, senior defense official says

Equipment to ‘identify and monitor threats’ deployed to 51 towns and cities; top commander denies Israeli jets penetrated Iranian airspace in recent months

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