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China tightens grip on social media

CNN - Top Stories - Thu, 2025-06-12 06:41
Users of Sina Weibo, China's popular Twitter-like micro-blogging service, now have to abide by new rules aimed at preventing online rumors and other controversial posts.
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Call for infrastructure funding

BBC - News - Thu, 2025-06-12 06:41
The government should do more to encourage private pension funds to invest in public sector infrastructure projects, the CBI says.
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Beckett radio play to be staged

BBC - News - Thu, 2025-06-12 06:41
Samuel Beckett's 1957 radio play All That Fall is to be performed professionally on stage in London for the first time.
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Fallen Marine's letter marks Memorial Day in Kabul

AP - World News - Thu, 2025-06-12 06:41
KABUL, Afghanistan (AP) -- U.S. Marine Sgt. William Stacey was killed earlier this year by a homemade bomb in southern Afghanistan, a tragedy for which he prepared by writing a letter to his family explaining why he was fighting that was to be read in the event of his death....

Fallen Marine's letter marks Memorial Day in Kabul

AP - World News - Thu, 2025-06-12 06:41
KABUL, Afghanistan (AP) -- U.S. Marine Sgt. William Stacey was killed earlier this year by a homemade bomb in southern Afghanistan, a tragedy for which he prepared by writing a letter to his family explaining why he was fighting that was to be read in the event of his death....

The world of sofa-surfing and hostel rooms

BBC - News - Thu, 2025-06-12 06:41
Homelessness doesn't just mean sleeping rough. Life is also a struggle for those who have to live on friends' sofas.
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Tropical Storm Beryl could snarl holiday traffic

AP - U.S. News - Thu, 2025-06-12 06:41
Tropical Storm Beryl threatened to snarl traffic on Memorial Day as it brought drenching rain, winds and the possibility of flooding to the southeastern U.S. coast....
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Tropical Storm Beryl could snarl holiday traffic

AP - U.S. News - Thu, 2025-06-12 06:41
Tropical Storm Beryl threatened to snarl traffic on Memorial Day as it brought drenching rain, winds and the possibility of flooding to the southeastern U.S. coast....
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Tropical Storm Beryl could snarl holiday traffic

AP - U.S. News - Thu, 2025-06-12 06:41
Tropical Storm Beryl threatened to snarl traffic on Memorial Day as it brought drenching rain, winds and the possibility of flooding to the southeastern U.S. coast....
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Japan farmers plant, pray for radiation-free rice

AP - World News - Thu, 2025-06-12 06:41
FUKUSHIMA, Japan (AP) -- Last year's crop sits in storage, deemed unsafe to eat, but Toraaki Ogata is back at his rice paddies, driving his tractor trailing neat rows of seedlings. He's living up to his family's proud, six-generation history of rice farming, and praying that this time his harvest will not have too much radiation to sell....

Japan farmers plant, pray for radiation-free rice

AP - World News - Thu, 2025-06-12 06:41
FUKUSHIMA, Japan (AP) -- Last year's crop sits in storage, deemed unsafe to eat, but Toraaki Ogata is back at his rice paddies, driving his tractor trailing neat rows of seedlings. He's living up to his family's proud, six-generation history of rice farming, and praying that this time his harvest will not have too much radiation to sell....

Lighter winds help in fight against N. Mexico fire

AP - U.S. News - Thu, 2025-06-12 06:41
GLENWOOD, N.M. (AP) -- Lighter winds aided crews battling a massive wildfire in southwestern New Mexico's Gila National Forest, but they still were unable to stop the blaze that has raged across more than 190 square miles of mountainous forest lands since last week....
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Lighter winds help in fight against N. Mexico fire

AP - U.S. News - Thu, 2025-06-12 06:41
GLENWOOD, N.M. (AP) -- Lighter winds aided crews battling a massive wildfire in southwestern New Mexico's Gila National Forest, but they still were unable to stop the blaze that has raged across more than 190 square miles of mountainous forest lands since last week....
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Lighter winds help in fight against N. Mexico fire

AP - U.S. News - Thu, 2025-06-12 06:41
GLENWOOD, N.M. (AP) -- Lighter winds aided crews battling a massive wildfire in southwestern New Mexico's Gila National Forest, but they still were unable to stop the blaze that has raged across more than 190 square miles of mountainous forest lands since last week....
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3 rescued from plane crash site in remote Idaho

AP - U.S. News - Thu, 2025-06-12 06:41
BOISE, Idaho (AP) -- Hours after their plane crashed on a steep and snowy mountainside in Idaho, a California fireman, his wife and their adult daughter were airlifted to safety by National Guard rescuers....
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3 rescued from plane crash site in remote Idaho

AP - U.S. News - Thu, 2025-06-12 06:41
BOISE, Idaho (AP) -- Hours after their plane crashed on a steep and snowy mountainside in Idaho, a California fireman, his wife and their adult daughter were airlifted to safety by National Guard rescuers....
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3 rescued from plane crash site in remote Idaho

AP - U.S. News - Thu, 2025-06-12 06:41
BOISE, Idaho (AP) -- Hours after their plane crashed on a steep and snowy mountainside in Idaho, a California fireman, his wife and their adult daughter were airlifted to safety by National Guard rescuers....
Categories: Associated Press, News, US

3 rescued from plane crash site in remote Idaho

AP - U.S. News - Thu, 2025-06-12 06:41
BOISE, Idaho (AP) -- Hours after their plane crashed on a steep and snowy mountainside in Idaho, a California fireman, his wife and their adult daughter were airlifted to safety by National Guard rescuers....
Categories: Associated Press, News, US

Four injured in hit-and-run crash

BBC - News - Thu, 2025-06-12 06:41
Four people, aged between 62 and 70, suffer serious injuries in a hit-and-run incident in Greater Manchester.
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Spain crisis: Bond yield hits bailout danger zone

AP - World News - Thu, 2025-06-12 06:41
MADRID (AP) -- Spain's ability to manage its debt without an international bailout was thrown into doubt Monday after investors pushed its borrowing rates up to the level at which Greece, Portugal and Ireland had sought help....
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