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This year was the 30th edition of a three-day event held in Finland that brings together 50 competitors from 13 countries, read the organizer's website. Contestants are judged on the performance of songs lasting 60 seconds, with the performers pretending to play an imaginary guitar. The winner is chosen by a jury of performing arts professionals. Picture credit: Eeva Riihela/Lehtikuva Subscribe: h
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Live view from Nuwakot in Nepal as authorities warned of possible fresh flooding following the devastating floods which killed at least 760 people and left more than 3,000 missing in Nepal and Tibet. Read more: https://bit.ly/4qJRXZ7 #nepal #flood #live
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Live view from Nuwakot in Nepal as authorities warned of possible fresh flooding. They urged residents in flood-affected districts to remain on high alert after water levels rose in the Bhotekoshi River. Read more: https://bit.ly/4qJRXZ7 #nepal #flood #live
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Israeli strikes and fire in central Gaza killed three Palestinians and wounded others on Saturday, according to local health officials. In Gaza City, two Palestinians were killed and another was wounded in an Israeli strike on a motorbike, according to officials at Shifa Hospital. The Israeli military said it struck a “military operative,” without elaborating. (AP video produced by Wafaa Shurafa)
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The disaster authority and the Flood Forecasting Division issued early-morning alerts to residents of Rasuwa, Nuwakot and Dhading districts in Nepal, advising them to stay vigilant amid reports of renewed flooding in the Bhotekoshi. The warning came after Chinese authorities shared information indicating increased water flow upstream. (AP Video by Rajesh Kumar Singh and Shonal Ganguly) Subscribe:
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Watch live coverage of the launch of NASA’s Nancy Grace Roman Space Telescope, which NASA says will help settle questions about dark energy, exoplanets and other areas of astrophysics. The telescope is named after Nancy Grace Roman, who was the first woman to hold an executive position at NASA and helped develop the Hubble Space Telescope. A SpaceX Falcon Heavy rocket carrying the telescope is sch
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A South Carolina police officer died and a second was injured in a “gunfight” Saturday in a park, following a call about a domestic dispute. The deceased officer, 29-year-old Christopher DeLong, had been with the police department for two years. Photo: WLTX Subscribe: http://smarturl.it/AssociatedPress Read more: https://apnews.com This video may be available for archive licensing via https://new
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Watch live from Nuwakot in Nepal, near a helipad where people are arriving after being evacuated following catastrophic flash floods along the Nepal-China border. The combined toll in Nepal and Tibet has risen to 750 dead and over 3,000 people missing. Read more: https://bit.ly/4qJRXZ7 #nepal #flood #live
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Ontario Premier Doug Ford answered President Donald Trump’s “Lake America” decree Saturday with a billboard-sized message on the Canadian shoreline — “Lake Ontario. Now and Always” — as Canadian leaders met the move with ridicule rather than outrage. Subscribe: http://smarturl.it/AssociatedPress Read more: https://apnews.com This video may be available for archive licensing via https://newsroom.a
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Mitski says she's looking forward to future years of Olivia Rodrigo's Daisy Chain Fields music festival, benefiting nonprofits focused on women and girls. (Aug. 29) Subscribe: http://smarturl.it/AssociatedPress Read more: https://apnews.com This video may be available for archive licensing via https://newsroom.ap.org/home
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Pope Leo XIV led a water procession across Castelgandolfo lake on Saturday, followed by thousands of pilgrims on boats and along the shore. During Mass, he urged the faithful to embrace love. "Jesus remains unequivocal: only the way of love is the way of life." (AP Video shot by: Paolo Santalucia) Subscribe: http://smarturl.it/AssociatedPress Read more: https://apnews.com This video may be availa
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Voters in Iceland went to the polls Saturday to decide whether the country should resume long-stalled negotiations to join the European Union, against the backdrop of U.S. President Donald Trump’s threats to control nearby Greenland. The yes-or-no referendum question is simple enough for the roughly 265,000 eligible voters: Should Iceland resume accession negotiations with the European Union? (AP
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As rescue efforts in communities buried by catastrophic flash floods along the Nepal-China border entered their fourth day Saturday, authorities were still finding survivors and transporting them to safety. At relief centers, while some arrived, families of others waited anxiously for news of their loved ones as the death toll and the number of people unaccounted for continued to rise. (AP video s
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NASA held a flypast Saturday on the eve of the launch of its newest space telescope with administrator Jared Isaacman flying past the launchpad in a jet at Kennedy Space Center in Florida. Subscribe: http://smarturl.it/AssociatedPress Read more: https://apnews.com This video may be available for archive licensing via https://newsroom.ap.org/home
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U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement arrested nearly 50,000 people in July, the highest single monthly arrest total during the second Trump administration, according to new figures.
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As rescue efforts in communities buried by catastrophic flash floods along the border between Nepal and China entered their fourth day Saturday, authorities continued finding survivors and transporting them to safety. At relief centers, as some arrived, families waited anxiously for news of their loved ones as the death toll and the number of people unaccounted for continued to rise. #nepal #flood
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At least 37 people have been killed following a Russian strike close to the Ukrainian capital of Kyiv, officials said Saturday, one of the deadliest attacks to hit Ukraine this year. Subscribe: http://smarturl.it/AssociatedPress Read more: https://apnews.com This video may be available for archive licensing via https://newsroom.ap.org/home
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Hundreds of Bosnian Serbs from Sarajevo region held vigils on Friday marking the death of convicted war criminal, general Ratko Mladic. The ruthless warlord was one of the most notorious figures of the conflict that left more than 100,000 people dead and over 1 million homeless. More than three decades after the wars, former Balkan foes remain divided over his role. (AP Video shot by: Vojislav Stj
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King Harald’s coffin arrived at the Royal Palace from the National Hospital, where he died on Friday morning. Harald, who went into exile in the United States as a child during the Nazi occupation of Norway and refused a string of potential brides from European nobility so he could marry his longtime sweetheart, died Friday at the National Hospital in Oslo, the palace said. He died at 6:35 a.m loc
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For three months now, the scene at the foot of the Colosseum hasn't changed: long lines at the water fountains, tourists armed with umbrellas and portable fans, everyone looking for shade. Rome is once again in the grip of extreme heat. (AP Video shot by Lorenzo Gironacci; Produced by Paolo Santalucia) Subscribe: http://smarturl.it/AssociatedPress Read more: https://apnews.com This video may be a
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A court in Ecuador sentenced former President LenÃn Moreno to five years in prison on Friday after finding him guilty of accepting bribes from the Chinese company Sinohydro for the construction of one of the Andean country’s most important hydroelectric power plants. (AP video by Cesar Olmos) Subscribe: http://smarturl.it/AssociatedPress Read more: https://apnews.com This video may be available f
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As rescue efforts in communities buried by catastrophic flash floods along the border between Nepal and China continued Friday, at relief centers, families waited anxiously for news of their loved ones as the death toll and the number of people unaccounted for continued to rise. After Nepali authorities updated their figures Saturday, the combined toll in Nepal and Tibet rose to 633 dead and nearl
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Here's the latest for Saturday, Aug. 29: Nepal-China flood survivors reach safe areas as families await news of nearly 3,000 missing; Far-right British commentator Milo Yiannopoulos arrested by US immigration enforcement; Trump's Greenland threats cast a shadow on Iceland's vote on whether to trigger EU membership talks; Tens of thousands mourn King Harald V in Oslo as Norway enters a new royal er
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Small-scale traders in Nairobi shut their businesses and took to the streets Friday to protest higher taxes and a new customs valuation benchmark they say is increasing the cost of doing business and threatening their livelihoods. Subscribe: http://smarturl.it/AssociatedPress Read more: https://apnews.com This video may be available for archive licensing via https://newsroom.ap.org/home
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Two U.S. cities have found a relatively novel way to reduce high-speed crashes by rewarding law-abiding drivers rather than just punishing the lead-footed ones. (AP video: Susan Montoya Bryan) Subscribe: http://smarturl.it/AssociatedPress Read more: https://apnews.com This video may be available for archive licensing via https://newsroom.ap.org/home
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Poor weather temporarily hampered aerial rescue operations in Nepal on Saturday as the search for thousands of missing people in areas devastated by catastrophic flash floods along the border with China
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