Russian drone strike sees firefighters battle huge blaze at Ukrainian energy facility
An overnight Russian drone strike caused a huge fire at an energy facility in Odesa, Ukraine on Wednesday (20 August), Volodymyr Zelensky said.
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Hunger-driven A&E admissions spiral amid cost-of-living crisis
Tally of people needing emergency medical help triples as household costs soar
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Why wasp numbers are booming in the UK – and why it’s actually a good thing
Wasp numbers are on the rise after the UK’s warmest spring
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Hurricane Erin gusts shut down East Coast beaches and swimmers from Carolinas to NYC to Cape Cod
Hurricane Erin has shut down some East Coast beaches in New York, New Jersey and Delaware.
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Trump blares ‘Whiter Shade of Pale’ and shows off umbrellas flown from Mar-a-Lago in bonkers tour of White House Rose Garden
Other songs that made the president’s playlist included Pavarotti’s ‘Nessun dorma’ and Elvis Presley’s ‘You Are So Beautiful’
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Galleries warn they will be ‘crippled’ by new policy which allows people to visit for free
A new law allows consumers a two-week cooling off period to cancel subscriptions
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Service dog reunited with blind owner two months after being stolen from Chicago backyard
‘Let your eyes be mine and look out for Bam Bam for me, please,’ his concerned owner previously said
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Police investigate death of French online star who died during livestream after ‘10 days of torture’
Raphael Graven, known as Jean Pormanove, had built a following by publishing livestreams in which he was bullied and forced to perform extreme challenges
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Pope Leo to live in Vatican ‘flatshare’ when he moves into papal apartments
It is thought to be the first time in modern history a pope will share the palace’s third-floor living quarters
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ICE deports 6-year-old girl and her mom to Ecuador as New York officials blast Trump: ‘Where is your humanity?’
NY officials call recent arrests of public school students and families a ‘shameful stain’
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