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Russia opens murder probe after daughter of political commentator killed in car blast
Aug 22, 2022 02:54Russian authorities have launched a murder probe after the daughter of an influential policy commentator was killed in a car bomb on the outskirts of Moscow on Saturday evening.
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Moscow says banning Russians from entering EU recalls ‘Nazi policies’
Aug 20, 2022 11:26Russia’s Defense Minister Sergei Shoigu has denounced some member states of the European Union (EU) for barring all Russian citizens from entering the bloc, saying the move recalls “Nazi policies.”
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Europe doomed by US to hunger, cold: Russian official
Aug 19, 2022 10:47Europeans have been doomed to suffer hunger and cold to meet the United States hegemonic demands, warns Russian State Duma Speaker Vyacheslav Volodin.
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US to deploy 260 more troops to Europe to back Ukraine war
Aug 14, 2022 03:02The US Army has declared that it will deploy 260 more troops to Europe in support of its allies in the NATO military alliance as the war in Ukraine enters its seventh month.
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France forced to call in firefighters from other countries as 'monster' blaze spreads
Aug 13, 2022 17:56Hundreds of firefighters from across Europe have headed to the Gironde region of southwestern France to battle a huge wildfire that has been burning for more than a month.
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Russia rejects Swiss offer as Europe wades deeper into Ukraine war
Aug 11, 2022 13:21Moscow has rejected Switzerland’s offer to represent Ukraine diplomatically in Russia as it no longer considers Switzerland a neutral state.
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Wildfires rage in France, thousands evacuated from homes
Aug 11, 2022 03:58Wildfires tore through the Gironde region of southwestern France on Wednesday, destroying homes and forcing the evacuation of 10,000 residents, some of whom had clambered onto rooftops as the flames got closer.
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Climate endgame: Risk of human extinction ‘dangerously underexplored’
Aug 07, 2022 10:04Dr Luke Kemp, a climate scientist at the University of Cambridge’s Centre for the Study of Existential Risk said “There are plenty of reasons to believe climate change could become catastrophic, even at modest levels of warming,” adding, “Climate change has played a role in every mass extinction event. It has helped fell empires and shaped history.
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Extreme heatwaves: Surprising lessons from the record warmth
Aug 07, 2022 09:44Unprecedented temperatures are coming faster and more furiously than researchers expected, raising questions about what to anticipate in the future.
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Europe heads for drought as France faces historic drought, Rhine drying
Aug 06, 2022 10:27A continent-wide heat wave has swept Europe with rising temperatures above 40C for the first time on record resulting in a historic drought situation in France, England and putting Rhine River on the brink of drying up.