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UK meteorologists, water firms issue warnings as extreme heatwave looms

The UK's meteorological agency on Tuesday issued an "amber" warning for extreme heat while the country's biggest water provider said restrictions loom, as Britain braces for another punishing heatwave later this week. . "Thanks to persistent high pressure over the UK, temperatures will be rising day-on-day through this week and an extreme heat warning has been issued," Met Office deputy chief meteorologist Dan Rudman said in a statement.  

Tue, Aug 9, 2022 2 mins read

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Firefighters, helicopters battle to contain Cuba fuel depot blaze

Helicopters and firefighters battled Tuesday to gain access to four tanks at a fuel depot that has been ablaze for days, hoping to deploy special foam to control the flames.. Each of the eight tanks can hold up to 50 million liters of fuel -- three have collapsed while a fourth has been engulfed by flames.

Tue, Aug 9, 2022 1 mins read

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War in Ukraine: latest developments

Here are the latest developments in the war in Ukraine: - Suspicions over satellite launch - An Iranian satellite launched by Russia blasts off from Kazakhstan and reaches orbit amid suspicions that Moscow might use it to boost its surveillance of military targets in Ukraine.. Last week, The Washington Post quoted anonymous Western intelligence officials as saying that Russia "plans to use the satellite for several months or longer" to assist its war efforts before allowing Iran to take control.

Tue, Aug 9, 2022 2 mins read

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Turkey sends drill ship on first Med mission in two years

Turkey on Tuesday sent its newest drill ship on the first eastern Mediterranean energy exploration mission in nearly two years.. A Greek and a Turkish warship that were shadowing one of the exploration missions became entangled in a small collision in the Mediterranean that August.

Tue, Aug 9, 2022 1 mins read

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US lifts policy requiring asylum-seekers to wait in Mexico

The US Department of Homeland Security announced Monday night it will end a Trump-era policy requiring asylum-seekers to wait in Mexico while their applications play out in court.. Under the policy, instituted in 2019 under former president Donald Trump, tens of thousands of asylum-seekers were sent across the border until required to appear in the United States for their immigration hearings. 

Tue, Aug 9, 2022 2 mins read

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Japanese fashion designer Issey Miyake dies at 84

Japanese fashion designer Issey Miyake, whose global career spanned more than half a century, has died aged 84, an employee at his office in Tokyo told AFP on Tuesday.. He established the Miyake Design Studio in Tokyo in 1970, and soon afterwards opened his first Paris boutique.

Tue, Aug 9, 2022 2 mins read

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Mine-riddled French island becomes unlikely walkers' paradise

Every year, thousands of day-trippers make the short boat journey from France's northern coast to the island of Cezembre, marvelling at the spectacular maritime views and flourishing wildlife.. However, the area safe for visitors makes up just three percent of the island, which experts say was the most bombed area of all of World War II in terms of the number of hits per square metre.

Tue, Aug 9, 2022 3 mins read

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Issey Miyake: seamless innovator of avant-garde style

Fashion innovator Issey Miyake shook up Parisian style with his highly wearable avant-garde designs, saying he was driven to create clothes that "bring beauty and joy" after witnessing the horrors of Hiroshima.. I have tried, albeit unsuccessfully, to put them behind me, preferring to think of things that can be created, not destroyed, and that bring beauty and joy," Miyake wrote.

Tue, Aug 9, 2022 3 mins read

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Papua New Guinea prime minister Marape re-elected

Papua New Guinea's Prime Minister James Marape was sworn in for a second term Tuesday, after an election hit by violence and alleged corruption that also ended a five-year absence of women in parliament.. "I now declare that the member for Tari-Pori, honourable James Marape, has been elected as prime minister-elect of the independent state of Papua New Guinea," newly re-elected speaker Job Pomat said.

Tue, Aug 9, 2022 1 mins read

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Japanese fashion designer Issey Miyake dies at 84

Japanese fashion designer Issey Miyake, whose global career spanned more than half a century, has died aged 84, an employee at his office in Tokyo told AFP on Tuesday.. He established the Miyake Design Studio in Tokyo in 1970, and soon afterwards opened his first Paris boutique.

Tue, Aug 9, 2022 1 mins read