A 5-story apartment building collapses in Cairo and kills at least 9 people | AP News

A 5-story apartment building collapses in Cairo and kills at least 9 people | AP News

CAIRO (AP) — A five-story apartment building collapsed Monday in the Egyptian capital of Cairo, leaving at least nine people dead, authorities said, as rescuers searched through the rubble.Building collapses are common in Egypt, where shoddy construction and a lack of maintenance are widespread in shantytowns, poor city neighborhoods and rural areas.The state-run MENA news

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Northeast starts to dry out after flash flooding claims at least 5 lives in Pennsylvania | AP News

Northeast starts to dry out after flash flooding claims at least 5 lives in Pennsylvania | AP News

WASHINGTON CROSSING, Pa. (AP) — An already saturated Northeast began drying out Monday after a second round of heavy rain in a week, including a flash flood in Pennsylvania that claimed at least five lives over the weekend. A 9-month-old boy and his 2-year-old sister remained missing in Upper Makefield Township in Bucks County, Pennsylvania

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Flying Russian flags, more Wagner troops roll into Belarus as part of deal that ended their mutiny | AP News

Flying Russian flags, more Wagner troops roll into Belarus as part of deal that ended their mutiny | AP News

More mercenaries from Russia’s Wagner military contractor rolled into Belarus Monday, a monitoring group said, continuing their relocation to the ex-Soviet nation following last month’s short-lived mutiny.Belaruski Hajun, a Belarusian activist group that monitors troops movements in Belarus, said that a convoy of about 20 vehicles carrying Russian flags and Wagner insignia entered the country

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Heat wave bakes southern Europe, sparking warnings to stay inside, drink water and limit exercise | AP News

Heat wave bakes southern Europe, sparking warnings to stay inside, drink water and limit exercise | AP News

ROME (AP) — Italian health officials intensified heat warnings as southern Europe began a brutally hot week on Monday with temperatures expected to top 40 C — or 104 F — on a continent already overburdened by tourists.The health ministry issued 10 recommendations to protect elderly people, the sick and pets from the heat, urging

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Israel’s governing coalition presses ahead with plan to overhaul courts ahead of expected protests | AP News

Israel’s governing coalition presses ahead with plan to overhaul courts ahead of expected protests | AP News

TEL AVIV, Israel (AP) — Israel’s governing coalition pushed ahead on Monday with its contentious plan to overhaul the country’s judiciary, despite growing opposition from within the country’s military and a wave of mass protests expected this week.A parliamentary committee was preparing a bill that would limit judicial oversight on some government decisions, legislation that

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Russia halts wartime deal allowing Ukraine to ship grain. It’s a blow to global food security | AP News

Russia halts wartime deal allowing Ukraine to ship grain. It’s a blow to global food security | AP News

LONDON (AP) — Russia halted an unprecedented wartime deal on Monday that allows grain to flow from Ukraine to countries in Africa, the Middle East and Asia where hunger is a growing threat and high food prices have pushed more people into poverty.Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov announced Russia would suspend the Black Sea Grain Initiative

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