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Australians to vote in a referendum on Indigenous Voice to Parliament on October 14

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Australian Prime Minister Anthony Albanese speaks during the Yes23 official campaign launch in Adelaide on August 30, 2023. Mr. Albanese announced that Australians will vote on October 14 in a referendum that would enshrine in the nation’s Constitution a mechanism for Indigenous people to advise Parliament on policies that effect their lives known as the…

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Drones targeted 6 regions in biggest attack on Russian soil in 18 months, Russian officials say

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Video grab shows an explosion lights up the sky as the Russian military repel a drone attack on an airport in the western city of Pskov on August 30, 2023. | Photo Credit: AFP Russian officials accused Ukraine of targeting six Russian regions with drones early Wednesday in what appears to be the biggest drone…

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Bound For Jail Over 1973 Murder, Chile General Kills Self

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When police went to his home to bring him to prison he took a firearm. Santiago, Chile: A retired Chilean general killed himself on Tuesday before he could be jailed for the 1973 murder of beloved folk singer Victor Jara in the aftermath of a military coup that installed dictator Augusto Pinochet, the attorney general’s…

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Late-Night TV Hosts Join On Podcast To Help Striking Hollywood Writers

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The roughly 11,500 members of the Writers Guild of America (WGA) went on strike in early May. LOS ANGELES: An all-star lineup of late-night television hosts are uniting to chat about Hollywood’s ongoing labor disputes on a new podcast, a group effort to raise funds for their striking staff writers. Stephen Colbert, Jimmy Fallon, Jimmy…

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Morning Digest | India lodges ‘strong protest’ with China over new map; Pragyan rover confirms sulphur at Moon’s south pole, and more

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Rollout of rover of ISRO’s Chandrayaan-3 from the lander to the lunar surface, as observed by Lander Imager Camera. File. | Photo Credit: PTI India protests China’s map claiming Indian territory, MEA says it ‘complicates’ border resolution India has lodged a “strong protest” with China over the publication of a new map that was released…

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Hurricane Idalia chases Florida residents from the Gulf Coast as forecasters warn of storm surge

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Florida residents living in vulnerable coastal areas were ordered to pack up and leave on August 29 as Hurricane Idalia gained steam in the warm waters of the Gulf of Mexico and threatened to unleash life-threatening storm surges and rainfall. Idalia also pummeled Cuba with heavy rains on Monday and Tuesday, leaving the tobacco-growing province…

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Russia Says It Destroyed 4 Ukrainian Boats Carrying Troops In Black Sea

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Russia claimed that it destroyed 4 Ukrainian boats carrying 50 troops in black sea. Moscow: Russia said on Wednesday its forces had destroyed four Ukrainian boats carrying up to 50 troops in the Black Sea. An aircraft “destroyed four high-speed military boats with landing groups of Ukrainian special operations forces with a total number of…

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Russia Won’t Probe Wagner Chief’s Death Under International Rules: Report

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Wagner Chief Yevgeny Prigozhin along with 10 people were killed in plane crash last week. Moscow: Russia informed Brazil’s aviation authority that it will not open an investigation into the plane crash that killed mercenary boss Yevgeny Prigozhin under international rules “at the moment”, the Brazilian agency told Reuters on Tuesday. Prigozhin, two top lieutenants…

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U.S. to send $250 million in weapons to Ukraine

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The weapons will be drawn from existing U.S. stockpiles and will include mine-clearing equipment, artillery and rocket rounds, ambulances and medical gear, among other items. File. | Photo Credit: AP The Biden administration announced on August 29 that it will send an additional $250 million in weapons and ammunition to Ukraine as part of its…

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Greece wildfire scorches area bigger than New York City

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Smoke rises as a wildfire burns at Dadia National Park in the region of Evros, Greece, August 29, 2023. | Photo Credit: REUTERS A wildfire burning in northeastern Greece for 11 days has destroyed an area larger than New York City, the European Union-backed Copernicus Climate Change Service said on Tuesday, as firefighters from five…

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