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**A ] at a ] in ], killed at least eight people and injured fourteen. The group ] claimed responsibility. ***A ] at a ] in ] kills at least eight people and injures fourteen others. ] group ] claims responsibility.
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**] fire ] at protesters trying to make their way into ], amid increasing anger at the ]'s handling of this week's explosions in ] and deteriorating ] in the country. More than 728 people were wounded in the clashes, sixty-three of whom were taken to hospitals, while a ] was killed.
**Protesters storm the ] building in ], Beirut. The building was badly damaged in the August 4 explosion.


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**] declares a state of environmental emergency after the ]ese-owned ship MV ''Wakashio'' ran aground offshore days ago and began spilling tons of fuel. **] declares a state of environmental emergency after the ]ese-owned ship MV ''Wakashio'' ran aground offshore days ago and began spilling tons of fuel.
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**A fire at a 13-story apartment complex in ], ], kills eleven people and injures ten others. ]s say all of those who died resided on the 11th and 12th floors of the building, with five of them jumping from the windows "in a panic".

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****] issues a mask mandate for busy areas to curb the rise of ] infections.
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****] reports 174 new COVID-19 cases in the last 24 hours. This is the highest number of reported cases since early May.
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***The total number of COVID-19 deaths in ] surpasses 100,000.
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***The United States surpasses five million cases of COVID-19.


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**The ] ] urges Polish authorities to "immediately release" an ] activist detained on Friday. The activist was arrested on charges of ] and ]. Yesterday, 48 pro-LGBT protesters were also arrested when they tried to stop ] from detaining the activist. **The ] ] urges Polish authorities to "immediately release" an ] activist detained on Friday. The activist was arrested on charges of ] and ]. Yesterday, 48 pro-LGBT protesters were also arrested when they tried to stop ] from detaining the activist.
**Thousands of protesters march in front of the ] in ], demanding the release of the activist.

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**On the eve of a ], ]ian security forces arrest ], the campaign manager of leading opposition candidate ], and three ] activists who traveled to Belarus to "observe Sunday's presidential election".


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** The ] announces that its 12 members will not play this fall season, including in ]. While many other ] ] leagues have already called off fall sports, the MAC becomes the first ] league to scrap the ]. <!--The MAC is NOT the first NCAA league to call off its fall sports season. It's the first *FBS* league to do so.-->
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