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Philippine victims feared a tsunami, and ran toward the mudslide that killed them

At least 20 bodies have been recovered in Kusiong village in the southern province of Maguindanao. Officials fear 80 to 100 more may have been buried by the deluge or washed away by flash floods. (Image credit: AP)

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Powerball Grand Prize Climbs to $1B Without a Jackpot Winner

(DES MOINES, IOWA) — The Powerball jackpot keeps getting larger because players keep losing. It happened again Saturday night as no one matched all six numbers and won the estimated $825 million grand prize. That means the next drawing Monday

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South Korea in shock, grief after 153 die in ‘hell-like’ Halloween crowd surge

Week of mourning declared across country after accident that occurred as 100,000 gathered in Seoul for annual outdoor festival

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Polls open in Brazil for polarizing Bolsonaro-Lula presidential runoff contest

Over 120 million set to vote and determine if nation sticks with far-right politics or returns a leftist to the top job; questions whether Bolsonaro will accept defeat

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Brazil’s Polarizing Bolsonaro-Lula Election Goes to Voters

(RIO DE JANEIRO) — Brazilians began voting Sunday morning in a polarizing presidential runoff election that pits an incumbent vowing to safeguard conservative Christian values against a former president promising to return the country to a more prosperous past. The

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When monkeypox reaches rural communities, it collides with strained public health systems

Experts say the response to the monkeypox virus in rural America may be affected by the patchy resources and bitter politics that are a legacy of the pandemic, challenges that some worry could allow sporadic infections to gain a foothold.

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South Korea Grieves as 153 Die in Halloween Crowd Surge

(SEOUL, SOUTH KOREA) — Concerned relatives raced to hospitals in search of their loved ones Sunday as South Korea mourned the deaths of more than 150 people, mostly in their 20s and 30s, who got trapped and crushed after a

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Can Donald Trump resist the siren song of Twitter? – CNN

Can Donald Trump resist the siren song of Twitter?  CNN Will Donald Trump go back on to Twitter?  BBC There May Be No Twitter Comeback for Trump  The Atlantic Is Donald Trump coming back to Twitter now that Elon Musk bought the company?  USA

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Powerball jackpot grows to estimated $1 billion after no tickets matched all the winning numbers in Saturday’s drawing – CNN

Powerball jackpot grows to estimated $1 billion after no tickets matched all the winning numbers in Saturday’s drawing  CNN Powerball jackpot reaches whopping $1B, 2nd largest in history  Eyewitness News ABC7NY Powerball jackpot hits $1 billion for Monday’s drawing  Fox Business Central Alabama

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Foreign leaders offer condolences over deadly South Korea crush

SEOUL (Reuters) -Foreign leaders expressed condolences over the deadly crowd surge in Seoul’s Itaewon district, with at least 20 foreign nationals from as many as a dozen countries among those killed in the crush in a popular nightspot. South Korea’s

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