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Firefighters battle a wildfire on August 2 in Mugla, Marmaris district. The European Union sent help to Turkey and volunteers joined firefighters in battling a week of violent blazes that have killed eight people.

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Wildfires Are Driving People Out Of Turkish Vacation Spots

Residents and tourists alike are being forced to evacuate Turkey's coastal towns, where flames have blazed for six days.

August 03, 2021
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  • Josie Fischels
Novak Djokovic of Serbia reacts during the bronze medal match that he lost to Spain's Pablo Carreño Busta at the Tokyo Olympics on Saturday.

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  • Sports

Novak Djokovic, The World's No. 1 Tennis Player, Fails To Medal At The Olympics

Serbia's Djokovic loses to Spain's Pablo Carreño Busta, ending his chances of winning a bronze in Tokyo. "I gave it all, whatever I had left in the tank, which was not so much," Djokovic says.

July 31, 2021
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  • Matthew S. Schwartz
Patrick Moster was fired from his job as sports director of the BDR, the German Cycling Federation after yelling slurs during a race Wednesday. Here, Moster stands next to the track next to cyclist Azzedine Lagab from Algeria — one of the riders a German cyclist was attempting to catch.

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German Cycling Director Is Being Sent Home From Olympics Over Racist Slur

Germany's Olympic federation is firing Patrick Moster as the director of its cycling program, saying his words during a race Wednesday violate Olympic values.

July 29, 2021
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  • Bill Chappell
German cyclist Nikias Arndt said he was "appalled" an official from his country's cycling federation shouted a racial slur during the men's time trial at the Tokyo Games.

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A German Cycling Official Apologizes After Shouting A Racial Slur During A Race

A German cyclist says he was "appalled" by the words from the sporting director of Germany's cycling federation.

July 28, 2021
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  • Bill Chappell
A farm worker grades and treats rooibos tea leaves before packaging in the Clanwilliam district of South Africa in 2017.

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Rooibos Tea Is Africa's First Food To Join The EU's List Of Protected Products

Rooibos joins France's Champagne, Greece's feta cheese and Colombian coffee on the list. The tea is said to have numerous health benefits.

July 28, 2021
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  • Rachel Treisman
People mourn their ancestors and the deceased at a cemetery in Quanzhou during the traditional Qingming Festival, or "Tomb-sweeping Day."

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  • World

Iranian Railway, Ancient Chinese City Among New UNESCO World Heritage Sites

What do a railway in Iran, a mountainous national park in Thailand and a spa town in the Czech Republic have in common? They're all part of a newly announced group of UNESCO World Heritage Sites.

July 26, 2021
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  • Neda Ulaby
Thousands of protesters gather near the Eiffel Tower to protest the COVID-19 pass which grants vaccinated individuals greater ease of access to venues.

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France Passes Law That Makes A Coronavirus Health Pass Required For Dining And Travel

The law requires a special pass to enter restaurants, trains, planes and other public venues. To get the pass, people must have proof they are vaccinated, tested negative or recovered from the virus.

July 26, 2021
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  • The Associated Press
From left: Giovanna Basso, Mofiyin Onanuga, Emma Fetzer and Joanne Lee are teen leaders for the U.N.-sponsored gender equality group Girl Up. They attended Girl Up's virtual conference last week, which featured Nobel Peace Prize winner Malala Yousafzai as a guest speaker.

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  • Global Health

Teen Girl Leaders In A Pandemic: Fight For What's Right, Then Groove To BTS

Four attendees of the Girl Up Leadership Summit share how they balance their passion for social justice issues with self-care: tuning out the news, going for a walk and binging Harry Potter.

July 24, 2021
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  • Jacky Habib
U.S. player Christen Press reacts as Sweden's players celebrate their third goal during a women's soccer match at the Olympics on Wednesday in Tokyo.

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Top-Ranked U.S. Women's Soccer Team Falls To Sweden In Olympic Stadium With No Fans

The U.S, ranked No. 1 and the reigning World Cup champions, played a familiar foe: Sweden. And unfortunately for the U.S., it was a familiar result. Sweden beat them 3-0.

July 21, 2021
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  • Merrit Kennedy,
  • Russell Lewis,
  • and 1 more
People dance at Egg London nightclub early Monday in the British capital.

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  • Europe

England Has Lifted Most Of Its COVID-19 Restrictions, Even As U.K. Cases Are Up 41%

Prime Minister Boris Johnson is in self-isolation following close contact with the UK health secretary, who announced he had tested positive for the coronavirus. Cases in the U.K. are rising fast.

July 19, 2021
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  • Laurel Wamsley
A man rows a boat down a residential street after flooding in Liège, Belgium, on Friday.

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  • Weather

In A Belgian City Ravaged By Flooding, The Signs Of Disaster Are Everywhere

In Liège, Belgium's third-largest city, water from the Meuse river overflowed into parts of the city center, prompting city officials to call for residents to evacuate the area or seek higher ground.

July 17, 2021
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  • Rebecca Rosman
U.K. Health Secretary Sajid Javid, pictured in 2015, tested positive for coronavirus on Saturday. The nation is poised to lift sweeping restrictions, despite a spike in cases led by the delta variant.

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  • Europe

Vaccinated U.K. Health Secretary Tests Positive For COVID-19

Sajid Javid tested positive two days before the United Kingdom is set to reopen following months of lockdowns. Cases, driven by the delta variant, are up sharply in the U.K.

July 17, 2021
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  • Amy Held
Flooding has led to the collapse of an entire field in Rhein-Erft-Kreis, a district in western Germany. Officials have said a warming climate is at least partially to blame for floods.

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  • Weather

Flood Deaths Are Rising In Germany, And Officials Blame Climate Change

The worst flooding in decades to affect Germany and parts of Belgium has killed more than 100 people as search and rescue efforts for hundreds of missing continue, officials said.

July 16, 2021
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  • Scott Neuman,
  • Esme Nicholson,
  • and 1 more
Kerry gets interviewed by NPR's Lucian Kim on Wednesday at Spaso House, the official Moscow residence of the U.S. ambassador to Russia.

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  • World

The U.S. Climate Envoy Went To Moscow And Talked About More Than Climate

John Kerry, the former secretary of state and now President Biden's special envoy for climate, is the highest-ranking U.S. official to visit Moscow since Biden took office.

July 15, 2021
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  • Lucian Kim
German Chancellor Angela Merkel with then-President Donald Trump and French President Emmanuel Macron at the start of the G-20 meeting in Hamburg, Germany, in July 2017.

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  • Politics

Merkel's Visit With Biden Will Cap Off Many Ups And Downs With U.S. Presidents

German Chancellor Angela Merkel has been a steady presence on the global stage since 2005. The four U.S. presidents she's worked with, however, have varied widely in their styles and priorities.

July 15, 2021
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  • Scott Detrow
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