Sunday, August 1, 2021

Families are at war over a wedding tradition India banned decades ago

Vismaya Nair had been married for just over one year when she was found dead in the bathroom of her husband's family's home in India's southwestern Kerala state.

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'The animals are on fire,' say devastated farmers as wildfires sweep Turkey

In the small village of Kacarlar, on Turkey's southern coast, farmers are facing apocalyptic scenes as wildfires continue to sweep the country.

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China nuclear reactor shut down for maintenance because of fuel rod damage

A reactor at Taishan Nuclear Power Plant in southern China's Guangdong province has been shut down because of fuel rod damages, the company that runs the plant said in a statement on Friday.

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Belarusian sprinter says she is being forcibly removed from the Olympics and sent home

A Belarusian sprinter competing at the Tokyo Olympics released a video on Sunday calling for the International Olympic Committee (IOC) to help her avoid being returned to her native country against her will.

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Japanese swimmer hopes gold medal rush can help heal divided nation

When Olympic swimmer Yui Ohashi won gold in the women's 200m individual medley on Wednesday, she pulled off both a personal and historic achievement.

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16-year-old Ajax youth player dies in car accident

16-year-old Ajax youth player Noah Gesser died in a car accident on Friday evening, the Dutch football club announced.

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UK Covid cases are plummeting and no one knows why

There's one menacing global traveler currently racing through countries faster than Phileas Fogg and its name is the Delta variant.

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