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Australia's Rachael Gunn, known as B-Girl Raygun, competes during the Round Robin Battle at the breaking competition at La Concorde Urban Park at the 2024 Summer Olympics on Aug. 9, in Paris. Her performance drew laughs and criticism and now Gunn is responding.

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Raygun responds to Olympics breakdancing performance hate

The Australian breakdancer who goes by Raygun apologized for the backlash her Paris Olympic Games performance brought to the breakdancing community. Her performance went viral for her unorthodox moves during competition.

September 04, 2024
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  • Jaclyn Diaz
Second gentleman Doug Emhoff is pictured at an event on Capitol Hill in February. On Tuesday, he spoke to the Adas Israel Congregation about the hostages who were recently found killed in the Gaza Strip.

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  • Politics

Second gentleman Doug Emhoff says he is 'gutted' at a vigil for Israeli hostages

Emhoff, who frequently uses his platform to talk about his Jewish faith and antisemitism, addressed Adas Israel Congregation this week in the wake of the death of Hersh Goldberg-Polin and others.

September 04, 2024
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By:
  • Ximena Bustillo
A resident in a nearby building watches smoke rise from the Grenfell Tower building on fire in London on June 14, 2017.

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  • World

Decades of failures turned Grenfell Tower into a 'death trap,' report says

The report on the deadly London high-rise fire blames government, regulators and the industry for the deaths of 72 people.

September 04, 2024
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  • The Associated Press
People walk past a billboard showing a portrait of Hamas leader Yahya Sinwar (top) next to Palestine Square in the Tehran on Aug. 12, 2024.

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  • Law

U.S. charges Hamas leaders with terrorism over October attack in Israel

The Justice Department is charging six Hamas leaders with terrorism, including the architect of the group’s deadly Oct. 7 attack against Israel.

September 04, 2024
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  • Ryan Lucas
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Ex-aide to N.Y. govs accused of working for China. And Russia’s deadly missile attack

A key aide to several New York Democratic governors has pleaded not guilty after being accused of working on behalf of China. And, a government reshuffle in Ukraine after deadly Russian missile strike.

September 04, 2024
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  • Brittney Melton
FILE - Ukrainian Foreign Minister Dmytro Kuleba speaks during joint press conference with German Foreign Minister Annalena Baerbock in Kyiv, Ukraine, May 21, 2024.

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  • Europe

Ukraine's foreign minister submits resignation as Russian strikes kill 7 in Lviv

Foreign Minister Dmytro Kuleba's resignation offer comes days after Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy warned about an imminent Cabinet reshuffle.

September 04, 2024
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  • The Associated Press
An Israeli soldier walks on a tank near the border of the Gaza Strip in southern Israel on Aug. 21.

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  • Middle East

5 things to know about the U.K.’s suspension of some arms exports to Israel

The U.K. exports explosive devices, guns and fighter jet components to Israel. But it's suspending some arms shipments, fearing Israel could used them in violation of international law.

September 03, 2024
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  • Lauren Frayer and
  • Fatima Al-Kassab
Hvaldimir pictured in Hammerfest, Norway, in 2019. He lived there for much of that year before traveling along Norway's coast and even surfacing in Sweden.

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  • Animals

Beloved 'Russian spy whale' Hvaldimir is found dead under mysterious circumstances

A beloved beluga whale with a mysterious past was found dead in the waters of Norway over the weekend. Admirers are paying tribute as authorities investigate.

September 03, 2024
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  • Rachel Treisman
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy speaks during a joint press conference with Netherlands' Prime Minister Dick Schoof in Zaporizhzhia, Ukraine, Monday.

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  • Europe

A Russian missile strike has killed over 40 people in Ukrainian city of Poltava

Two Russian ballistic missiles struck a military training facility and nearby hospital in a central-eastern region of Ukraine, killing at least 41 people and wounding 180 others, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said Tuesday.

September 03, 2024
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  • The Associated Press
Ariel Heller, 4, helps to glue a broken clay jar during a special tour with his family after he accidentally broke another jar at the Reuben and Edith Hecht Museum in Haifa, Israel, on Friday. The boy who accidentally broke a rare 3,500-year-old jar in an Israeli museum has been forgiven and invited back, as curators hope to turn the disaster into a teachable moment.

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  • Arts & Life

Israeli boy who broke an ancient jar learns how the museum is piecing it back together

After a 4-year-old boy broke a 3,500-year-old vase, a museum in Israel viewed it as an educational opportunity and invited him and his family back to learn about how they would restore the item.

September 03, 2024
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  • The Associated Press
A photo illustration of the TikTok logo next to U.S. and China flags. Researchers have uncovered more accounts tied to a Chinese influence operation known as "Spamoflauge" which includes an account on TikTok with one video that managed to get 1.5 million views before being taken down.

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  • Elections

China is pushing divisive political messages online using fake U.S. voters

The campaign known as “Spamouflage” includes accounts claiming to be American voters and U.S. soldiers posting about hot-button topics including abortion, Israel and Ukraine.

September 03, 2024
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  • Shannon Bond
This image made from video shows state security forces outside Makala prison in Kinshasa, Democratic Republic of the Congo, following an attempted jailbreak in Congo’s main prison on Sept. 2, 2024.

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  • Africa

Congo says at least 129 people died during an attempted jailbreak

A provisional assessment showed that 24 inmates were shot dead by “warning” gunshots as they tried to escape from the overcrowded Makala Central Prison in Kinshasa early Monday, the government said.

September 03, 2024
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  • The Associated Press
Pope Francis, seated in his wheelchair is welcomed as Indonesian Minister of Religious Affairs Yaqut Cholil Qoumas, center left, walks during an official welcoming ceremony at Soekarno-Hatta International Airport in Tangerang on the outskirts of Jakarta, Indonesia, Tuesday, Sept. 3, 2024.

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  • Religion

Pope opens Asia odyssey in Indonesia to rally Catholics, hail religious tolerance

The pope's arrival in Indonesia launches an 11-day voyage zigzagging across time zones that will also take him to Papua New Guinea, East Timor and Singapore.

September 03, 2024
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  • The Associated Press
A Taliban fighter is pictured against the backdrop of Taliban flags installed at Kabul's international airport on September 11, 2021.

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  • News

Deadly suicide blast kills at least six in Kabul

The Afghan capital has been periodically hit by an ISIS affiliate, but no one immediately claimed responsibility for Monday's attack, which killed at least six and injured 13.

September 02, 2024
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  • D. Parvaz
Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei attends a meeting with the President Masoud Pezeshkian's administration, in Tehran, Iran, Aug. 27.

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  • Middle East

An Iranian writer is sentenced to 12 years after tweeting a dot at the supreme leader

Hossein Shanbehzadeh has been sentenced after replying with a period in response to a post on the social platform X by Iran’s supreme leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei.

September 02, 2024
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  • Jackie Northam
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