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‘We Are All Shocked’: Warming Waters Bring a Stinging Sea Slug to Spain’s Coasts

The blue dragons, which pack a ferocious sting, have led to several beach closures. Experts say it’s a worrying sign of the warming of the Mediterranean.

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A photograph of blue dragon was posted on the Facebook page of the Guardamar del Segura police department.
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Collapse of Bridge Under Construction in China Leaves 12 Dead

A section of the railway bridge, under construction in the country’s northwest, plunged into the Yellow River early on Friday.

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The aftermath of a bridge collapse on the Sichuan-Qinghai Railway in northwest China on Friday in a photo released by Chinese state media.
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Who’s Attending the Trump-Putin Meeting in Alaska

The delegations include top diplomatic, military and economic officials, a sign that the U.S. and Russia will discuss more than the war in Ukraine.

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Sergei Lavrov, Russia’s foreign minister, and Secretary of State Marco Rubio, right, will lead the entourages of President Vladimir V. Putin of Russia and President Trump during their bilateral meeting in Anchorage on Friday.
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Judge Orders Liquidation of Infowars to Pay Sandy Hook Families

The order comes after a series of legal setbacks for the families of Sandy Hook victims as they tried to collect money owed to them by the conspiracy theorist Alex Jones.

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Alex Jones entering a courthouse to testify in Waterbury, Conn., in 2022. For years, Mr. Jones claimed that the 2012 shooting at an elementary school in Connecticut was a hoax.
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Philippines Condemns China After South China Sea Collision Captured on Video

Footage shows a Chinese coast guard vessel chasing a Philippine boat and then ramming a Chinese warship. It was the latest confrontation in the contested waters.

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A Chinese Navy vessel, left, accidentally collided with a Chinese Coast Guard ship, right, while chasing a Philippine fisheries boat, foreground, near Scarborough Shoal in the disputed South China Sea on Monday.
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Rescuers Find Body of American Hiker Who Was Missing in Pyrenees

Cole Henderson, 27, was last heard from in early July. Rescue workers found his body on Aug. 8, the Spanish police said.

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The Ordesa y Monte Perdido National Park in Spain, where American hiker Cole Henderson went missing.
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