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  • 28 July 2022: Inaugural African Protected Areas Congress closes
  • 24 July 2022: Ranil Wickremesinghe sworn in as Sri Lankan President
  • 18 July 2022: North Macedonia parliament votes for deal with Bulgaria, clearing way for EU membership talks
  • 17 July 2022: Shell chief executive warns Europe may have to ration energy
  • 15 July 2022: First deep space images from James Webb Space Telescope released
  • 13 July 2022: High potential for wildfires across Texas for several days
  • 11 July 2022: Virginia reports suspected monkeypox case
  • 26 June 2022: Tour de France: Cédric Vasseur wins stage 10
  • 25 June 2022: Conservationists capture most massive Burmese python in Florida history
  • 19 June 2022: Amtrak to run services to Burlington, Vermont starting July 29

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  • Grand jury indicts man in assassination plot against U.S. Supreme Court Associate Justice Brett Kavanaugh
  • Trial for accused rapist of Brittany Higgins set to begin on June 27
  • Proud Boys indicted for conspiracy over January 6 U.S. Capitol riots
  • BBC apologises after ‘Manchester United are rubbish’ appears on news ticker
  • Teenager fatally stabbed at Sydney Royal Easter Show in Australia
  • Indian singer Lata Mangeshkar dies at age 92
  • High potential for wildfires across Texas for several days
  • South African floods kill at least 300 people
  • Fire destroys central market in Somaliland’s capital
  • Ranil Wickremesinghe sworn in as Sri Lankan President
  • Shell chief executive warns Europe may have to ration energy
  • Elon Musk emails tell Tesla employees return to office, or “assume you have resigned”
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  • Attack at Texas elementary school kills at least 19, including 18 children
  • Scientists announce decoy-proof Ebola antibodies
  • Ten-year Tennessee study shows preschool associated with poorer student performance
  • Inaugural African Protected Areas Congress closes
  • Scientists announce decoy-proof Ebola antibodies
  • Entomological Society of America renames invasive moth
  • Virginia reports suspected monkeypox case
  • Bans off Our Bodies protests occur across United States after leaked Supreme Court draft
  • UK defers junk food deals, advertisement restrictions
  • UAE President Sheikh Khalifa dies at 73
  • Former US Secretary of State Albright dies aged 84
  • Australian cricketer Shane Warne dies aged 52
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  • Inaugural African Protected Areas Congress closes
  • Ranil Wickremesinghe sworn in as Sri Lankan President
  • North Macedonia parliament votes for deal with Bulgaria, clearing way for EU membership talks
  • First deep space images from James Webb Space Telescope released
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  • Scientists discover seagrass off Australia is world’s largest plant
  • Tour de France: Cédric Vasseur wins stage 10
  • BBC apologises after ‘Manchester United are rubbish’ appears on news ticker
  • Brothers Sunshine Coast pick up first win in senior rugby at Australia’s University of the Sunshine Coast
  • Canada, Denmark agree to resolve Arctic border dispute
  • BBC apologises after ‘Manchester United are rubbish’ appears on news ticker
  • 200 in New Delhi, India drink cow urine to fight off COVID-19
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  • Inaugural African Protected Areas Congress closes
  • South African floods kill at least 300 people
  • Fire destroys central market in Somaliland’s capital
  • Ranil Wickremesinghe sworn in as Sri Lankan President
  • UAE President Sheikh Khalifa dies at 73
  • Indian steel giant stops business with Russia
  • Western Australia Nationals MP Vince Catania to resign from state parliament
  • Trial for accused rapist of Brittany Higgins set to begin on June 27
  • V/Line regional trains in Victoria, Australia disrupted after communications fault
  • Investigation of Deutsche Bank headquarters spills into second day
  • Fifteen states sue United States President Donald Trump for cancelling program for undocumented immigrant minors
  • Gunmen murder Honduran indigenous leader Berta Cáceres
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  • North Macedonia parliament votes for deal with Bulgaria, clearing way for EU membership talks
  • Shell chief executive warns Europe may have to ration energy
  • Tour de France: Cédric Vasseur wins stage 10
  • UAE President Sheikh Khalifa dies at 73
  • Clash between Palestinians and Israeli forces leaves at least 155 injured
  • Gunman kills three, wounds several others in Tel Aviv, Israel
  • High potential for wildfires across Texas for several days
  • Virginia reports suspected monkeypox case
  • Conservationists capture most massive Burmese python in Florida history
  • First deep space images from James Webb Space Telescope released
  • Peru’s top court restores pardon for ex-President Fujimori
  • Deadly floods in Brazil after heavy rainfall


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