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Mount Everest's highest camp is littered with tons of garbage. Cleanup will likely take years
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The highest camp on the world’s tallest mountain is littered with garbage that is going to take years to clean up, according to a Sherpa who led a team that worked to clear trash and dig up dead bodies frozen for years near Mount Everest’s peak.
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Hamas clears path for possible cease-fire after dropping key demand of Israel, officials say
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Hamas has given its initial approval of a U.S.-backed proposal for a phased cease-fire deal in Gaza, dropping a key demand that Israel commit up front to a complete end to the war, a Hamas official and an Egyptian official said Saturday.
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Could bringing back 19th-century wool swimsuits help reduce microplastics?
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With concern mounting over microplastics and the search for sustainable options, the woollen swimsuits of the past could make a comeback.
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Republicans ramp up attacks on Harris as talk of replacing Biden on 2024 ticket intensifies
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After President Joe Biden's dismal debate performance sparked Democratic calls for him to step aside, what was once dismissed as a far-right conspiracy — Vice President Kamala Harris replacing Biden — could now have a chance of coming to pass. And Republicans, including Donald Trump, are rolling...
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Where Putin stands on using nuclear weapons to win Russia's war in Ukraine
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As the war in Ukraine turned slowly in Moscow's favor this summer, Putin declared he doesn’t need nuclear weapons to achieve his goals. But he also says it's wrong for the West to assume that Russia will never use them.
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Big donors signal desire for Biden to leave the race as he doubles down on staying in
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President Biden is facing more calls for him to exit the 2024 race after last week’s disappointing debate performance. Although Biden said in a television interview Friday that he does not plan on dropping out, major Democratic donors and members of Congress privately signaled the same call to...
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Beryl expected to regain hurricane strength as it crosses Gulf of Mexico en route to Texas
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Texas officials Saturday were urging coastal residents to brace for a potential hit by Beryl as the storm is expected to regain hurricane strength in the warm waters of the Gulf of Mexico.
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News Wrap: Thousands in northern Ukraine lose power after Russian drone attack
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In our news wrap Saturday, Iran has a new president-elect after a runoff vote, Russian drone attacks hit a vital energy facility in northern Ukraine, Hamas dropped a key demand in cease-fire negotiations with Israel, Trump is distancing himself from Project 2025, and coronavirus cases in the...
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Former NASA astronaut Cady Coleman on the joys and challenges of life in space
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Fewer than 300 human beings have visited the International Space Station, and an even smaller number have spent more than 150 days living there. John Yang speaks with Cady Coleman, one of those select few astronauts, about her new book, ‘Sharing Space: An Astronaut's Guide to Mission, Wonder,...
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More records expected to shatter as heat continues to blanket 130 million across the U.S.
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Roughly 130 million people were under threat Saturday and into next week from a long-running heat wave that already has broken records with dangerously high temperatures — and is expected to shatter more from East Coast to West Coast, forecasters said.
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Here are the first tasks new U.K. leader Keir Starmer must tackle as prime minister
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New British Prime Minister Keir Starmer doesn’t get to take a breather. After a draining six-week election campaign, the center-left politician must get straight to work assembling his government, tackling a mountain of domestic problems and putting his stamp on the U.K.’s relations with the...
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Reformist Pezeshkian elected president of Iran in runoff vote, defeating hard-liner Jalili
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Pezeshkian's win still sees Iran at a delicate moment, with tensions high in the Mideast over the Israel-Hamas war, Iran's advancing nuclear program, and a looming election in the United States that could put any chance of a detente between Tehran and Washington at risk.
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