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      <title>Israeli attacks in Gaza kill six, medics say</title>
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      <title>Former Emir of Qatar dies at 74</title>
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      <title>Two children die after ferry hits bridge in eastern Syria</title>
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      <title>US senator Lindsey Graham dies at 71</title>
      <description><![CDATA[US Senator Lindsey Graham, a key Republican who went from a vocal critic of Donald Trump to one of his most loyal allies on Capitol Hill after Trump became president, has died at age 71.]]></description>
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      <title>Trump says US, Iran agree to continue talks but ceasefire over</title>
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      <title>Russian strikes kill eight, wound dozens, Ukraine's Zelenskyy seeks faster weapons deliveries</title>
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      <title>Venezuela quakes have killed 4,333, injured 16,740, National Assembly president says</title>
      <description><![CDATA[The death toll from the two earthquakes that struck Venezuela on June 24 has risen to 4,333, National Assembly President Jorge Rodriguez told reporters on Saturday, announcing that the distribution of housing to those affected will begin next week.]]></description>
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      <title>Floods in Bangladesh kill 44, leave over a million stranded</title>
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      <title>Typhoon Bavi makes landfall in eastern China's Taizhou, over 2 million evacuated</title>
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      <title>Twelve killed, 23 missing in one of Spain's deadliest wildfires</title>
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      <title>Trump says interim accord with Iran to end war is 'over'</title>
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      <title>NATO leaders meet in Ankara as US ceasefire with Iran teeters</title>
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      <title>At least 21 killed in landslide in China's Gansu as rescue efforts end</title>
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      <pubDate>Wed, 08 Jul 2026 07:59:09 +0400</pubDate>
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      <title>Cargo plane missing off Karachi coast after navigation problem</title>
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      <pubDate>Wed, 08 Jul 2026 06:19:15 +0400</pubDate>
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      <title>Trump says US will lift sanctions on Turkey, heaps praise on Erdogan</title>
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      <pubDate>Tue, 07 Jul 2026 22:02:45 +0400</pubDate>
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      <title>Suspect in Monaco bombing found dead in Ukraine</title>
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      <title>Blasts rock Damascus during Macron visit</title>
      <description><![CDATA[Bombs exploded in Damascus on Tuesday morning as French President Emmanuel Macron met his Syrian President counterpart Ahmed al-Sharaa at the Syrian Presidential Palace.]]></description>
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      <title>Britain's Farage quits parliament in protest, but will stand for re-election</title>
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      <title>French court shortens Le Pen's ban from office but orders electronic tag</title>
      <description><![CDATA[A French appeal court on Tuesday upheld Marine Le Pen's conviction for misusing EU funds but shortened her ban on running for public office, in theory preserving a path for the far-right leader to run in the 2027 presidential election.]]></description>
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      <title>Israeli strikes kill two people in Gaza, medics say</title>
      <description><![CDATA[Israeli strikes killed at least two Palestinians in the Mawasi area of Khan Younis in southern Gaza on Tuesday, the territory's health officials said.]]></description>
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      <title>At least 5 dead in major landslide in India's Wayanad</title>
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      <title>Trump says there will either be a deal with Iran or US will 'finish the job'</title>
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      <title>Storms kill at least eight in central China as Typhoon Bavi looms offshore</title>
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      <title>Landslide in China's Gansu province kills at least five, 12 others missing</title>
      <description><![CDATA[At least five people died after a landslide struck a mountainous area in China's western province of Gansu on Tuesday, with 12 others still buried amid ongoing rescue efforts, state media reported, as China grapples with a series of extreme weather events.]]></description>
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      <title>Hamas dissolves Gaza government, Israel dismisses move as 'stunt'</title>
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      <title>Death toll from Venezuela quakes rises to 3,535 as thousands remain displaced</title>
      <description><![CDATA[The death toll from Venezuela's twin earthquakes has risen to 3,535, authorities said on Monday, while nearly 18,000 people remain homeless more than a week after the disaster struck the capital and nearby coastal areas.]]></description>
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      <title>Russian strikes kill 26, exposing Ukraine air-defence shortages</title>
      <description><![CDATA[Russia hammered Ukraine with missiles and drones early on Monday, killing at least 26 people and exposing Kyiv's critical shortage of US-made interceptors, officials said, just days after the deadliest attack on the Ukrainian capital this year.]]></description>
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      <title>Clashes escalate at Sri Lanka prison to leave 25 dead, many more injured</title>
      <description><![CDATA[Twenty-five people were killed and about 100 injured as security officials struggled to contain two days of clashes between rival groups of inmates at a prison in Sri Lanka, authorities said on Monday, marking the deadliest such violence in years.]]></description>
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      <title>Six killed in India's Mumbai as rains wreak havoc, disrupt travel</title>
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      <pubDate>Mon, 06 Jul 2026 08:24:45 +0400</pubDate>
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      <pubDate>Mon, 06 Jul 2026 20:34:37 +0400</pubDate>
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      <title>Folarin Balogun to play for US after FIFA suspends red-card ban</title>
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      <pubDate>Mon, 06 Jul 2026 06:43:26 +0400</pubDate>
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      <title>Arab League condemns Israeli demolition of entire neighborhood in Lebanon</title>
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      <title>Eight killed in landslides at Rohingya refugee camps in Bangladesh</title>
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      <title>Venezuela quake death toll nears 3,000 as rescue effort winds down</title>
      <description><![CDATA[The death toll from last week's devastating twin earthquakes in Venezuela has climbed to 2,954, as hopes of finding more survivors continue to fade.]]></description>
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      <pubDate>Sun, 05 Jul 2026 16:41:43 +0400</pubDate>
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      <title>Eight injured in New York shooting</title>
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      <pubDate>Sun, 05 Jul 2026 16:53:52 +0400</pubDate>
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      <title>Trump appears on National Mall for July 4 speech after storm-related delay</title>
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      <pubDate>Sun, 05 Jul 2026 08:32:58 +0400</pubDate>
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      <pubDate>Sun, 05 Jul 2026 12:19:25 +0400</pubDate>
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      <pubDate>Sat, 04 Jul 2026 17:21:41 +0400</pubDate>
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      <title>Thousands protest in Germany as far-right AfD sets sights on power</title>
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      <pubDate>Sun, 05 Jul 2026 00:39:06 +0400</pubDate>
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      <title>Trump extols America, rails at communism in US 250th celebration</title>
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      <pubDate>Sat, 04 Jul 2026 10:33:59 +0400</pubDate>
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      <title>Zelenskyy denies Russian capture of key eastern city Kostiantynivka</title>
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      <pubDate>Sat, 04 Jul 2026 14:10:44 +0400</pubDate>
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      <title>Keiko Fujimori declared winner of Peru presidential race</title>
      <description><![CDATA[After weeks of protests, fraud accusations and review of contested ballots in a razor-thin race, conservative Keiko Fujimori was officially declared the winner of Peru's presidential race by the country's electoral office on Friday.]]></description>
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      <pubDate>Fri, 03 Jul 2026 23:44:03 +0400</pubDate>
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      <title>Ukrainian rescuers clear rubble as Kyiv mourns 30 killed in Russian attack</title>
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      <pubDate>Fri, 03 Jul 2026 05:37:23 +0400</pubDate>
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      <title>Monaco blast suspect is a Ukrainian woman who fled to Germany</title>
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      <pubDate>Fri, 03 Jul 2026 11:04:47 +0400</pubDate>
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      <title>Clinical trials begin for two potential Ebola treatments</title>
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      <pubDate>Fri, 03 Jul 2026 08:32:57 +0400</pubDate>
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      <title>India issues notice to Telegram, Signal on concerns over usernames, source says</title>
      <description><![CDATA[India has issued notices to messaging platforms Telegram and Signal asking them to explain safeguards around features that allow users to post messages without revealing their phone numbers, a government source said.]]></description>
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      <pubDate>Fri, 03 Jul 2026 10:56:16 +0400</pubDate>
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      <title>Blast at Damascus cafe kills nine, wounds 20</title>
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      <title>Rebels in Indonesia's Papua kill American pilot, burn plane</title>
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      <pubDate>Thu, 02 Jul 2026 17:05:03 +0400</pubDate>
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      <title>Russian air strikes kill 10, injure more than 50 in Ukraine's Kyiv</title>
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      <pubDate>Thu, 02 Jul 2026 06:47:46 +0400</pubDate>
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      <title>Firefighters battle wildfire in southern France</title>
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      <title>US, Iran talks conclude in Doha, focused on Strait of Hormuz</title>
      <description><![CDATA[Iran and the US concluded a round of indirect talks on Wednesday with no sign they had made headway toward a lasting peace, focusing instead on issues that they said had been resolved when an interim agreement was announced two weeks ago.]]></description>
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      <title>Trump honours Theodore Roosevelt in North Dakota, debuts new Air Force One</title>
      <description><![CDATA[President Donald Trump dedicated a museum honouring Theodore Roosevelt on Wednesday, invoking the Republican president's legacy and linking it to his own vision for America ahead of the country's 250th anniversary.]]></description>
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      <title>Kenyan court charges 8 schoolgirls with fellow students' murder</title>
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      <title>Supreme Court rejects Trump bid to restrict birthright citizenship</title>
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      <pubDate>Tue, 30 Jun 2026 19:49:29 +0400</pubDate>
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      <pubDate>Tue, 30 Jun 2026 10:52:40 +0400</pubDate>
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      <title>Iran and US agree to halt attacks, uncertainty over Doha talks</title>
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      <pubDate>Mon, 29 Jun 2026 06:27:38 +0400</pubDate>
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      <title>Manhunt launched after Monaco blast targets Ukrainian-born oligarch</title>
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      <title>Putin rejects Ukraine proposal to limit long-range strikes</title>
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      <title>Strong earthquake hits Hindu Kush, shaking Afghanistan and Pakistan</title>
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      <pubDate>Thu, 25 Jun 2026 07:27:05 +0400</pubDate>
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      <pubDate>Wed, 24 Jun 2026 11:32:58 +0400</pubDate>
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      <pubDate>Wed, 24 Jun 2026 07:22:02 +0400</pubDate>
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      <title>New Lebanon-Israel talks begin in shadow of US-Iran deal</title>
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      <pubDate>Tue, 23 Jun 2026 18:59:54 +0400</pubDate>
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      <title>US waives Iran sanctions, Trump warns Tehran it must abide by agreement</title>
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      <pubDate>Tue, 23 Jun 2026 09:27:59 +0400</pubDate>
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      <title>Forty drown in France as people seek relief from heatwave</title>
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      <pubDate>Tue, 23 Jun 2026 13:33:51 +0400</pubDate>
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      <title>Israeli gunfire kills two people in south Lebanon, civil defence says</title>
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      <title>Russian strikes injure six in Ukraine as fuel crisis deepens into Siberia</title>
      <description><![CDATA[Six people were wounded in Russian air strikes on Ukraine overnight on Tuesday, local authorities said, while Russia's ongoing fuel crisis deepened into parts of Siberia.]]></description>
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      <title>Congo says confirmed Ebola cases rise to 1,048, including 267 deaths</title>
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      <title>13 killed in explosion at Qatar's Ras Laffan LNG site</title>
      <description><![CDATA[Thirteen people were killed and dozens injured after an explosion at Qatar's Ras Laffan liquefied natural gas (LNG) complex on Sunday evening.]]></description>
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      <title>UK's Starmer resigns, paving way for orderly transfer of power</title>
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      <title>Israel says military will maintain security zone in southern Lebanon</title>
      <description><![CDATA[Israel's prime minister, defence minister and military chief have stated the military would continue to act to "neutralise" threats against Israeli soldiers and citizens.]]></description>
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      <title>Fire at coaching centre in India's Lucknow kills at least 15</title>
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      <title>UK considers forcing social media firms to prioritise trusted news</title>
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      <title>Temperatures to exceed 40C in European heatwave as three die in France</title>
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