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UN chief urges Russia to revive grain deal with Ukraine, warning 'the most vulnerable' will suffer

UN chief urges Russia to revive grain deal with Ukraine, warning 'the most vulnerable' will suffer

ROME (AP) — The U.N.
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Crop farmers asked to help their ranching neighbours as Prairie drought continues

Crop farmers asked to help their ranching neighbours as Prairie drought continues

Saskatchewan farmers forced to write off drought-afflicted crops are being asked to consider ways to turn those crops into cattle feed instead.
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Texas is using disaster declarations to install buoys and razor wire on the US-Mexico border

Texas is using disaster declarations to install buoys and razor wire on the US-Mexico border

EAGLE PASS, Texas (AP) — Wrecking ball-sized buoys on the Rio Grande . Razor wire strung across private property without permission. Bulldozers changing the very terrain of America's southern border. For more than two years, Texas Republican Gov.
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Ottawa reveals conditions for allowing future fossil fuel subsidies

Ottawa reveals conditions for allowing future fossil fuel subsidies

MONTREAL — Ottawa is restricting the conditions under which it will allow subsidies to the fossil fuel industry, but is leaving untouched — for now — the industry's largest source of public financing.
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Vermont farmers are urged to document crop losses from flooding

Vermont farmers are urged to document crop losses from flooding

ESSEX JUNCTION, Vt.
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US Supreme Court asked to set aside ruling that blocks construction on Mountain Valley Pipeline

US Supreme Court asked to set aside ruling that blocks construction on Mountain Valley Pipeline

CHARLESTON, W.Va. (AP) — The fate of a controversial natural gas pipeline in West Virginia may rest with the U.S.
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An Arizona woman died after her power was cut over a $51 debt. That forced utilities to change

An Arizona woman died after her power was cut over a $51 debt. That forced utilities to change

PHOENIX (AP) — Stephanie Pullman died on a sweltering Arizona day after her electricity was cut off because of a $51 debt.
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CLIMATE GLIMPSE: Here's what you need to see and know today

CLIMATE GLIMPSE: Here's what you need to see and know today

As a heat wave grips parts of the world, Associated Press photographer Fatima Shbair captured Palestinians enjoying a day at the beach on the Mediterranean Sea in Gaza City. A boy is tossed in the air as a camel is walked on the beach.
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Fire still blazing on the Greek island of Rhodes as dozens more erupt across the country

Fire still blazing on the Greek island of Rhodes as dozens more erupt across the country

ATHENS, Greece (AP) — Firefighters struggled through the night to contain 82 wildfires across Greece, 64 of which started Sunday, the hottest day of the summer so far.
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Landslides block key roads in northern Pakistan, as the death toll from monthlong rains rises to 133

Landslides block key roads in northern Pakistan, as the death toll from monthlong rains rises to 133

ISLAMABAD (AP) — Landslides triggered by torrential rains have blocked several key roads in northern Pakistan, stranding tourists and disrupting traffic, officials said Monday, as the death toll from weather-related incidents in the past month rose t
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