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Italy: Former PM Silvio Berlusconi dies at age 86
Silvio Berlusconi, a former prime minister of Italy, died yesterday in the San Raffaele Hospital in Milan at the age of 86.
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Holyday of wandering mzungu, presentation of the book by Russian adventurer took place in the Crimean capital
Russian Wikinews attended Russian travel writer Viktor Pinchuk's April 8 presentation at the Crimean Republican Library for Youth in Simferopol, on hi
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Heatwaves surge worldwide as researchers' analysis indicates global temperatures reaching new highs
Last week, the world experienced three of the hottest days on record, University of Maine scientists' Climate Reanalyzer program indicated, ending wit
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Germany: Esslingen am Neckar hosts first Christopher Street Day
On June 17, the town of Esslingen am Neckar, Baden-Württemberg, Germany held its first Christopher Street Day (CSD) in celebration of LGBT pride. Wiki
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Georgia grand jury indicts former US President Trump, alleging 'conspiracy to unlawfully change outcome' of 2020 presidential election
Monday, a Fulton County, Georgia grand jury seated in Atlanta indicted nineteen people, including former United States President Donald Trump, on 41 c
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G7 finance chiefs, central bankers commit to implementing plan to diversify supply chains by year's end
Finance ministers and central bankers of the Group of Seven (G7), ending a three-day summit in Niigata, Japan, issued a communiqué on Saturday vowing
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France: Quimper, Finistère hosts second pride festival
Quimper, a city in Finistère, France, hosted the second iteration of its annual pride festival, "Pride of Quimper" ((fr))French language: Pride de Qu
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Former US President Donald Trump pleads not guilty over alleged attempts to 'subvert' 2020 presidential election results
Last Thursday, former US President Donald Trump entered a not guilty plea in the US District Court for the District of Columbia (D.C.) to four felony
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Former U.S. First Lady Rosalynn Carter dies at 96
On the afternoon of November 19 local time (1910 UTC), The Carter Center announced, former First Lady of the United States Rosalynn Carter, wife of fo
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First NASA TROPICS satellites launch to monitor tropical storms
On Sunday at about 13:00 NZST (0100 UTC), a Rocket Lab Electron rocket launched the first two of four NASA TROPICS (Time-Resolved Observations of Prec
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Federal grand jury indicts former US President Donald Trump in classified documents inquiry
A federal grand jury in Miami, Florida indicted former US President Donald Trump on 37 counts on Thursday, including willfully retaining national defe
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Expedition locates wreck of World War II-sunk ship Montevideo Maru
On Saturday (Friday UTC), Australian Deputy Prime Minister Richard Marles announced on Twitter a team led by the Australia-based Silentworld Foundatio
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European Space Agency's Euclid telescope launches from Florida, US
Yesterday, a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket, with the European Space Agency's (ESA) Euclid space telescope aboard, launched at 11:12 AM EDT (1512 UTC) from Ca
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European Council agrees to crypto asset regulations
The European Council, representing European Union (EU) member states, approved the Markets in Crypto Assets (MiCA) regulations on Tuesday, which Reute
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European Commission, five EU members agree to permit members to ban domestic sale of some Ukrainian agricultural products
On Friday, the European Commission (EC) reached a deal with European Union (EU) member states Bulgaria, Hungary, Poland, Romania, and Slovakia on impo
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Estonian parliament passes legalization of same-sex marriage
Tuesday, Estonia's parliament voted 55–34 to amend its Family Law Act to allow same-sex marriages from January 1. Estonia would be the first former So
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England: West Midlands region floods amid heavy rain, high winds
On Monday, storms caused flooding in the West Midlands region of England. The Met Office placed the region under an "amber" weather warning, with fore
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England: Parts of Birmingham area flood; music festival evacuates
Parts of the Birmingham, England area flooded on Saturday amid heavy downpours, following a Met Office yellow weather warning for its region. Moseley'
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Ecuadorian police break into the Mexican embassy in Quito
On Tuesday, the National Police of Ecuador stormed the Mexican embassy in the capital of Ecuador, Quito, in order to arrest former Ecuadorian Vice Pre
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EU agrees €43 billion Chips Act to boost semiconductor production
The European Council, on behalf of member states, agreed with the European Parliament Tuesday for an act to boost the European Union (EU)'s semiconduc
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China's Foreign Ministry sanctions US Representative Michael McCaul
China's Ministry of Foreign Affairs levied sanctions against Republican chair of the United States House Committee on Foreign Affairs Michael McCaul T
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China summons Japan's ambassador over G7's statements
China's Foreign Ministry summoned Japan's ambassador to it, Hideo Tarumi, on Sunday to protest claimed "hype around China-related issues", after the G
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China sanctions US, Asian entities after Taiwan President Tsai Ing-wen visits US
The Ministry of Foreign Affairs of China on Friday sanctioned two US organizations, four of their employees, two Taiwanese organizations, their direct
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Cargo ship collides with Francis Scott Key Bridge in Baltimore, Maryland
In a significant maritime incident early Tuesday morning, a large container ship, MV Dali, collided with the Francis Scott Key Bridge on Baltimore's b