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ALERT 🚨 WHO and US health authorities say they are closely monitoring a new variant of Covid-19 – the variant has been detected in Israel, Denmark and the U.S.

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WATCH: Incredible scenes from West Kelowna, British Columbia as massive wildfire spreads

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ALERT - Hilary strengthened into a category 4 hurricane off Mexico’s Pacific coast

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NEW: Russia, China hold joint naval war games in the Pacific Ocean

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NEW - Brazil police to probe Bolsonaro bank accounts: media

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BREAKING - UK Health Secretary Steve Barclay on Friday announced an independent inquiry after neo-natal nurse Lucy Letby was convicted of murdering seven babies and trying to kill six others in her care

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NEW 🚨 Japan scrambles jets after Russian planes spotted off coasts

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NEW - Transgender chess players barred from women’s tournaments

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NEW 🚨 West African military chiefs held a second day of talks in Ghana on Friday, preparing for a possible armed intervention in Niger

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JUST IN - Donald Trump plans to skip the first Republican primary debate for an interview with Tucker Carlson - tweet

🚨 Hunter Biden tax charges dismissed by Delaware judge

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NEW 🚨 Goodbye LOL, hello IJBOL: The new Gen Z code for laughter

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JUST IN - Chinese military launched joint air and sea patrols around Taiwan in a move described by China as a “stern warning” to separatists against colluding with “foreign elements.”

NEW: Global disease experts are monitoring a new Covid variant that carries a large number of mutations — meaning it looks significantly different from the original version of Omicron and the previously dominant strain targeted by upcoming Covid booster shots - NBC News

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BREAKING: Russia said it had thwarted a Ukrainian drone attack on a military airfield in the Novgorod region, an area between Moscow and Saint Petersburg not previously targeted.

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NEW: Two fronts in British Columbia and the Northwest Territories are just the latest in a summer of devastating wildfires across Canada that have forced tens of thousands from their homes and left millions of acres scorched

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NEW 🚨 Cheems, the most viral dog on the internet, dead after losing his battle against cancer - #Balltze

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JUST IN - First death resulting from Hurricane Hilary has been reported in Mulegé, Mexico. A person lost their life after their vehicle swept away by floodwaters, mayor says

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NEW - The Russian space agency says its Luna-25 spacecraft has crashed into the moon