A state of emergency has been declared in New York City as strong storms bring flash flooding. Many of the city’s subway systems, streets and highways have flooded.
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Did Xi Send Hidden Message to Oppressed Pamiri People?
Chinese President Xi Jinping awarded Paika Kalidibek, a 72-year-old veteran border guard, the national honorary title of “People’s Guardian” on the 75th anniversary of the People’s Republic of China. Baika, an ethnic Tajik from the Pamir Plateau in Xinjiang, spent 37 years guarding China’s remote border with Tajikistan’s Gorno-Badakhshan Autonomous Region and Afghanistan’s Wakhan Corridor.
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Moroccan earthquake death toll rises
Rescuers are racing the clock to find survivors in the rubble more than 48 hours after Morocco’s deadliest earthquake in more than six decades. Some 2,497 people were killed in a disaster that devastated villages in the High Atlas Mountains.
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The head of Russia’s Wagner mercenary group agreed to leave the country
The head of Russia’s Wagner mercenary group has called off a rebellion and agreed to leave the country. Yevgeny Prigozhin had threatened to march on Moscow to force out Russia’s defence minister, a move that provoked fury from President Vladimir Putin who promised to punish those who had betrayed Russia. Barely 36 hours into this confrontation, though, Prigozhin agreed to a deal that would see him move to Belarus.
