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      Katarina Holtzapple

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      Messi joins stars Neymar and Mbappe for his first training session with PSG
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      Messi joins stars Neymar and Mbappe for his first training session with PSG

      The Argentinian football star joined Paris Saint-Germain after his former club Barcelona could not afford to keep him.

      FootballAugust 13, 2021
      A woman refreshes at a fan nebulizing water next to the Colosseum, in Rome, Thursday, Aug. 12, 2021. In Italy, 15 cities received warnings from the health ministry about high temperatures and humidity with peaks predicted for Friday. The cities included Rome, Florence and Palermo, but also Bolzano, which is usually a refreshing hot-weather escape in the Alps, (AP Photo / Andrew Medichini)
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      Sicilian town may have recorded hottest European temperature

      Sicily's weather bureau reported that the temperature rose to 48.8°C in the city of Siracusa.

      EuropeAugust 12, 2021
      Pentagon spokesman John Kirby speaks during a briefing at the Pentagon in Washington, Thursday, Aug. 12, 2021. With security rapidly deteriorating in Afghanistan, the United States is evacuating some personnel from the U. S. Embassy in Kabul, and U. S. troops with be assisting at the Kabul airport. (AP Photo / Andrew Harnik)
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      US to send troops to Afghanistan to 'support the orderly and safe reduction' of embassy personnel

      The Defence Department will temporarily deploy about 3,000 troops at the Hamad Karzai International Airport while the State Department withdraws much of its staff.

      USAugust 12, 2021
      Traders flock to buy dates from Saudi farmers during Unaizah Season for Dates, at Unaizah city in Al-Qassim province, Saudi Arabia August 10, 2021. Picture taken August 10, 2021. REUTERS / Ahmed Yosri
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      Saudi Arabia hosts annual Unaizah date festival

      More than 4,000 people attend the auction in the central Qassim region, known for its Sukkari dates.

      Saudi ArabiaAugust 12, 2021
      Turkish wildfires damage major pine honey-producing region
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      Turkish wildfires damage major pine honey-producing region

      Turkey's Aegean region produces 92 per cent of the world’s pine honey, but the recent wildfires have damaged thousands of hives and burnt many of the trees and insects the bees rely on.

      WorldAugust 12, 2021
      Fire broke out at the Just Right warehouse in Jebel Ali in Dubai on August 11,2021.
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      Jebel Ali fire sends pall of smoke over Sheikh Zayed Road

      Thick, dark plumes of smoke from Dubai plastics factory fire could still be seen after crews put out the blaze.

      UAEAugust 11, 2021
      Mohamed bin Zayed waves at children filming him at Khor Farkan's 'Cloud Lounge'
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      Mohamed bin Zayed waves at children filming him at Khor Farkan's 'Cloud Lounge'

      When two little girls began filming him through the window at the Al Suhub Rest Area, the Crown Prince of Abu Dhabi and Deputy Supreme Commander of the UAE Armed Forces gave them a wave back.

      UAEAugust 11, 2021
      New Yorkers react to Cuomo's resignation
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      New Yorkers react to Cuomo's resignation

      New Yorkers seemed to welcome Governor Andrew Cuomo's resignation announcement.

      USAugust 11, 2021
      KHOR FAKKAN, SHARJAH, UNITED ARAB EMIRATES - August 10, 2021: HH Sheikh Mohamed bin Zayed Al Nahyan, Crown Prince of Abu Dhabi and Deputy Supreme Commander of the UAE Armed Forces (L), visits Al Suhub Rest Area. ( Hamad Al Kaabi / Ministry of Presidential Affairs ) ---
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      Sheikh Mohamed bin Zayed tours the newly opened Cloud Lounge

      Sheikh Dr Sultan bin Muhammad Al Qasimi, Ruler of Sharjah, opened the venue last month, and at least 50,000 people visited the attraction over Eid Al Adha, state news agency Wam reported.

      UAEAugust 10, 2021
      US says 'Mercer Street' attack carried out by Iran-made drones launched from Yemen
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      US says 'Mercer Street' attack carried out by Iran-made drones launched from Yemen

      Iran has denied responsibility for the attack, which killed a Briton and a Romanian national.

      USAugust 10, 2021
      Serbian firefighters and volunteers use a water hose to extinguish the burning blaze of a forest fire near in the village of Avgaria on Evia (Euboea) island, on August 10, 2021. (Photo by ANGELOS TZORTZINIS / AFP)
      Play21:13:14
      Evia residents battle bushfires: 'We will stay here until the final moment to fight'

      Despite evacuation orders, some residents of Greece's Evia island are staying behind to defend their homes against bushfires.

      EuropeAugust 10, 2021
      Smoke billows from the Mt Etna volcano as seen from Milo, Sicily, Monday, Aug. 9, 2021. Europe's most active volcano remains active scattering ashes around a vastly populated area on its slopes. (AP Photo / Salvatore Allegra)
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      Mount Etna sends ash and lava into sky during overnight eruption

      Europe's largest active volcano erupted overnight between 1 and 6.30am.

      WorldAugust 09, 2021
      Rainfall brings respite to fire-ravaged Turkey
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      Rainfall brings respite to fire-ravaged Turkey

      Heavy rainfall in Turkey helped firefighting efforts against the hundreds of bushfires blazing in the country.

      WorldAugust 09, 2021
      From left front row: French Delegate Minister of Sports Roxana Maracineanu, President of French National Olympic Committee Brigitte Henriques, Paris mayor Anne Hidalgo and President of the Paris Organising Committee of the 2024 Olympic and Paralympic Games Tony Estanguet ready to hoist the Olympic flag marking the handover from Japan to the next Games in Paris 2024, the day after the closing ceremony of the Tokyo Olympic 2020/2021 games at the Hotel du Ville in Paris on August 9, 2021. - France which won a total of 33 medals in the Tokyo Olympics will be host to the Paris 2024 Olympics. (Photo by STEPHANE DE SAKUTIN / AFP) (Photo by STEPHANE DE SAKUTIN / AFP via Getty Images)
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      Olympic flag raised in Paris as city prepares for 2024 Games

      Paris Mayor Anne Hidalgo hoisted the Olympic flag in front of city hall as the 2024 host city has promised to make the next Summer Olympics a spectator-involved event.

      OlympicsAugust 09, 2021
      Syrian boys compete in 'Camp Olympics 2020'
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      Syrian boys compete in 'Camp Olympics 2020'

      As the Olympic Games in Tokyo ended, 120 boys from 12 camps for displaced Syrians got together for their version of the Games.

      WorldAugust 09, 2021
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