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Thousands evacuated as Russia pounds Ukraine border town
Thousands of people been evacuated from border areas in Ukraine's Kharkiv region, as Russia kept up constant strikes on a key town as part of a cross-border offensive, officials said Sunday.He estimated that around 1,500 people had been evacuated or fled Vovchansk since Friday and said there had been 32 drone strikes on the town over the past 24 hours.
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Concern about Russia dominates as Lithuanians vote
Lithuania voted Sunday in a presidential election dominated by security concerns with the main candidates all agreed the NATO and EU member should boost defence spending to counter the perceived threat from neighbouring Russia."I am not voting for faces, I am voting for those who really can help boost our security and quality of living," she said.
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Brazil authorities warn of more floods, landslides as new rains hit south
New rains in waterlogged southern Brazil are expected to be heaviest between Sunday and Monday, authorities have warned, bringing fresh misery to victims of flooding that has killed 136 people so far.State authorities warned late Saturday of the risk of further rising waters and landslides.
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Boeing's problems rattle US aviation regulator as well
The US Federal Aviation Administration, sharply criticized after the crashes of two Boeing planes in 2018 and 2019, is again being dragged into a maelstrom surrounding the major American aerospace manufacturer. - Self-reporting - "I think the FAA is doing the best that they can and that they have greatly improved their surveillance of Boeing" since the 2018 and 2019 crashes off Indonesia and in Ethiopia, which killed 346 people, said Jeff Guzzetti, an aviation consultant and former head of the a
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Indonesia school bus crash kills 11, dozens injured
At least eleven people were killed and dozens more were injured when a bus carrying high school students on a graduation trip crashed on Indonesia's biggest island, police said Sunday.The students had just celebrated their graduation and were on a school trip when the bus suddenly lost control and tilted to the left, crashing into a car and three motorbikes, West Java province police spokesman Jules Abraham Abast told AFP Sunday.
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Israeli fans slam Eurovision snub as 'political'
Music fans who gathered in Tel Aviv on Saturday to watch the Eurovision contest decried juries' snubs of Israel as "obviously political".When the public vote came in, the fans in Tel Aviv went wild again.
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Apple's Maryland store workers vote to authorize strike
The date for work stoppage has yet to be decided, according to the union, which represents Apple's retail store workers in Maryland. "We will engage with the union representing our team in Towson respectfully and in good faith," an Apple spokeswoman said. In June 2022, Apple workers at Maryland voted to join the International Association of Machinists and Aerospace Workers union, becoming the first retail employees of the tech giant to unionize in the United States.
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