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Several people have died trying to cross the English Channel from France, authorities say

Several people have died trying to cross the English Channel from France, authorities say

Several people died early Sunday during a failed attempt to cross the English Channel from northern France, French authorities said.
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Tech billionaire returns to Earth after first private spacewalk

Tech billionaire returns to Earth after first private spacewalk

CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. (AP) — A billionaire spacewalker returned to Earth with his crew on Sunday, ending a five-day trip that lifted them higher than anyone has traveled since NASA’s moonwalkers.
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Missile fired from Yemen lands in open area in central Israel and sets of air raid sirens

Missile fired from Yemen lands in open area in central Israel and sets of air raid sirens

JERUSALEM (AP) — The Israeli military says a long-range missile fired from Yemen has landed in an open area in central Israel.
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Venezuela says it arrested 6 foreigners allegedly involved in a plot to kill President Maduro

Venezuela says it arrested 6 foreigners allegedly involved in a plot to kill President Maduro

BOGOTA, Colombia (AP) — Three Americans, two Spaniards and a Czech citizen were arrested Saturday after Venezuelan officials accused them of coming to the South American country to assassinate President Nicolas Maduro .
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Tropical Storm Ileana makes landfall on Mexico's Sinaloa coast after pounding Los Cabos

Tropical Storm Ileana makes landfall on Mexico's Sinaloa coast after pounding Los Cabos

MEXICO CITY (AP) — Tropical Storm Ileana made landfall on the coast of the Mexican state of Sinaloa Saturday a day after it pounded the resort-studded Los Cabos .
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Fuel truck explosion kills at least 15 people in Haiti

Fuel truck explosion kills at least 15 people in Haiti

PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti (AP) — A tanker truck carrying gasoline in Haiti on Saturday flipped and exploded, killing at least 15 people and seriously injuring 40 others, officials said. Prime Minister Garry Conille provided the figures in an X post.
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Roadside explosions in Somali capital Mogadishu kill 5, official says

Roadside explosions in Somali capital Mogadishu kill 5, official says

MOGADISHU, Somalia (AP) — Roadside explosions in the Somali capital killed five people and wounded eight others Saturday, according to a city official.
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Fuel truck accident kills at least 17 people in southern Haiti

Fuel truck accident kills at least 17 people in southern Haiti

PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti (AP) — A tanker truck carrying gasoline in Haiti on Saturday flipped and exploded, killing at least 17 people and seriously injuring 30 others, Radio Caraibes reported. Haitian officials couldn't be reached for comment.
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Five people found dead in eastern Romania as rainstorms leave scores stranded

Five people found dead in eastern Romania as rainstorms leave scores stranded

BUCHAREST, Romania (AP) — Five people in eastern Romania have been found dead after torrential rainstorms left scores of people stranded in flooded areas, emergency authorities said Saturday Rescue services scrambled to save 95 people in the hard-hit
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Iran says it successfully launched a satellite in its program criticized by West over missile fears

Iran says it successfully launched a satellite in its program criticized by West over missile fears

TEHRAN, Iran (AP) — Iran launched a satellite into space Saturday with a rocket built by the country's paramilitary Revolutionary Guard, state-run media reported, the latest for a program the West fears helps Tehran advance its ballistic missile prog
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