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Jun 08, 2024

Apollo 8 astronaut William Anders of ‘Earthrise’ fame dies

The Heritage Flight Museum near Burlington, Washington, which he co-founded, confirmed that Anders was killed in an aircraft accident.

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Jun 08, 2024

Heavy rains in eastern Australia sparks flash flood

Sydney’s Hawkesbury-Nepean valley is a floodplain prone to dangerous flooding, as it is fed by five tributaries and has chokepoints limiting flows to the sea, so water backs up during heavy rain.

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Jun 08, 2024

Climate change skews sea turtle conservation in Malaysia

“Anywhere over 30 degrees Celsius of average incubation temperature is gonna push you into a 100 per cent female-biased production, and anywhere closer to 28 degrees Celsius, you’re going to have the opposite effect :.

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Jun 08, 2024

Shooting at Panama university leaves one dead, another injured

“A vehicle stopped and two people got out, firing shots at a group of people who were on campus,” said Veraguas police chief Hector Delgado.

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Web Desk
Jun 08, 2024

UN chief to call out Israel, Hamas for violations against children

The move comes nine years after the UN special envoy for children and armed conflict recommended Israel and Hamas be added to the list for violations during a 2014 war in Gaza, when 540 children were among more than 2,100 Palestinians killed.

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Jun 08, 2024

Russia-installed governor says Ukrainian forces kill 19 in small town

Ukrainian troops recaptured swathes of Kherson region late in 2022, but other areas are still held by Russian forces.

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Jun 08, 2024

Houthis detain Yemeni staff for UN, US organisations

“We’re pursuing all available channels to secure the safe and unconditional release of all of them as rapidly as possible,” said Dujarric, adding that the UN also wanted access to the staff.

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Jun 07, 2024

28 Palestinians killed as Israeli forces batter central, south Gaza

Israel’s invasion and bombardment of Gaza has killed 77 in the past 24 hours, Gaza’s health ministry said on Friday

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Jun 07, 2024

Israel’s Netanyahu to defend war on Gaza in front of US Congress on July 24

Democratic lawmakers more critical of Netanyahu’s strategy are expected to be no-shows for the address. Senator Bernie Sanders, the independent from Vermont, said: “Netanyahu is a war criminal. I certainly will not attend.”