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NASA releases first images taken by Landsat climate change monitoring mission
NASA has released the first images of Earth taken by the Landsat 9 mission which is designed to capture high-resolution snapshots of the planet to help track climate change.The pictures, taken from an altitude...
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Indian city sees 89 cases of Zika virus amid worsening outbreak
The Indian city of Kanpur is seeing an outbreak of Zika virus cases, with at least 89 infections confirmed. There are 17 children among those who have tested positive.
The infection has been linked to...
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Shark that killed Briton was ‘big one’ say witnesses – as wife pays tribute
The wife of a British man killed by a shark was a "wonderful" husband and father who "died doing what he enjoyed the most", his wife has said.Paul Millachip was swimming at Port Beach...
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Knifeman shot and injured after attack on officers outside French police station
A French police officer escaped serious injury when he was attacked with a knife in Cannes.The attacker opened the door of a police car parked in front of a police station and stabbed the...
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Australian mining community defiant on future of coal amid COP26 call to phase it out
The last piece of coal burned in the world should come from Australia, according to members of the country's coal communities. In New South Wales's Hunter Valley, an estimated 13,000-strong workforce dig and mine...
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President Joe Biden congratulates Big Bird for COVID vaccine while Texas senator accuses muppet of ‘propaganda’
American President Joe Biden has weighed in after Sesame Street's Big Bird was accused of spreading "propaganda" by a Texas senator after the cartoon muppet announced it had been vaccinated against COVID-19.It follows the...
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Family of Kenyan mother ‘murdered by British soldier’ take legal action against MoD
The family of a 21-year-old Kenyan woman said to have been murdered by a British soldier are taking legal action against the Ministry of Defence.Relatives of Agnes Wanjiru, a single mother to a young...
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Boy, 10, stabbed by ‘stranger’ at TK Maxx store in Munich
A 10-year-old boy has been stabbed with a kitchen knife at a branch of department store TK Maxx in Germany.The schoolboy was wounded in the neck and on the shoulder by a 57-year-old man...