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The site of the Palestinian village of Al-Jura, where the parents of Hamas top leader Ismail Haniyeh lived before they fled to the Gaza Strip during the 1948 Arab-Israeli war, seen on the outskirts of Ashkelon, southern Israel, Wednesday, July 31, 2024. Haniyeh was killed by a predawn airstrike in the Iranian capital Wednesday. (AP Photo/Tsafrir Abayov)

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Al-Jazeera says two of its journalists killed in Israeli strike in Gaza

By JACK JEFFERY JACK JEFFERY - Associated Press
Wed,07/31/24-1:33PM, 110 Reads
RAMALLAH, West Bank (AP) — Two Al-Jazeera reporters were killed in an Israeli strike in northern Gaza on Wednesday, the satellite news network said, the latest
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Teddy Riner and Marie-Jose Perec watch as the cauldron rises in a balloon in Paris, France, during the opening ceremony of the 2024 Summer Olympics, Friday, July 26, 2024. (AP Photo/Vadim Ghirda)

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Nothing could go wrong: The story behind the Paris Olympics cauldron balloon

By FERNANDA PESCE FERNANDA PESCE - Associated Press
Wed,07/31/24-2:00PM, 233 Reads
PARIS (AP) — The night the Olympic and Paralympic cauldron first flew over Paris, its designer Mathieu Lehanneur held his breath: Nothing could go wrong.
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President Joe Biden speaks during a meeting on combating fentanyl, in the Roosevelt Room of the White House, Nov. 21, 2023, in Washington. Biden is calling on Congress to do more to reduce the flow of fentanyl into the United States. The new push comes just as former President Donald Trump steps up attacks against Vice President Kamala Harris. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci, File)

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Biden prods Congress to act to curb fentanyl from Mexico as Trump paints Harris as weak on border

By AAMER MADHANI AAMER MADHANI - Associated Press
Wed,07/31/24-4:09AM, 105 Reads
WASHINGTON (AP) — President Joe Biden is prodding Congress to help him do more to combat the scourge of fentanyl before he leaves office.
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In this photo released by the Russian Defense Ministry Press Service on Feb. 2, 2024, Russian troops load an Iskander missile onto a mobile launcher during drills at an undisclosed location in Russia. Hawks in Russia have called for revising the country's nuclear doctrine to lower the threshold for using nuclear weapons, and President Vladimir Putin said the doctrine could be modified. (Russian Defense Ministry Press Service via AP, File)

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Russian military begins 3rd round of drills to train troops in tactical nuclear weapons

By THE ASSOCIATED PRESS THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
Wed,07/31/24-4:43AM, 56 Reads
MOSCOW (AP) — The Russian military on Wednesday began a third round of drills with tactical nuclear weapons, part of the Kremlin's messaging intended to force the West to limit its support for Ukraine.
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