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Australia approves world's 'largest' solar hub

Australia approves world's 'largest' solar hub

Australia on Wednesday approved plans for a massive solar and battery farm that would export energy to Singapore, a project dubbed the "largest solar precinct in the world".

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Reborn Xhaka vows to keep record-breaking Leverkusen on top

Reborn Xhaka vows to keep record-breaking Leverkusen on top

Bayer Leverkusen talisman Granit Xhaka has called on his teammates to challenge for the Bundesliga title again ahead of the new campaign after last season's surprise triumph.

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Brazilians 'struggling to breathe' as Amazon burns

Brazilians 'struggling to breathe' as Amazon burns

Residents of Porto Velho in the Brazilian Amazon have barely seen sunlight in days as a thick cloud of smoke from forest fires envelops their city.

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War-ravaged Sudan battles cholera epidemic

War-ravaged Sudan battles cholera epidemic

Lying on a hospital bed, Aisha Mohammed said she is "suffering" from cholera symptoms, an increasingly common ailment in Sudan where a prolonged war has ravaged the healthcare system.

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Saving the vanishing forests of Iraq's Kurdistan

Saving the vanishing forests of Iraq's Kurdistan

In a plant nursery in northern Iraq's autonomous Kurdistan region, hundreds of pine, eucalyptus, olive and pomegranate saplings grow under awnings protecting them from the fierce summer sun.

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Cleanup hopes for neighbors of Mexico's 'toilet bowl' wastewater dam

Cleanup hopes for neighbors of Mexico's 'toilet bowl' wastewater dam

On the banks of a wastewater dam in central Mexico, under a dense cloud of mosquitoes, Yury Uribe is finally seeing hope after spending decades in "environmental hell."

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'Fall with it': the party anthem rallying Kenyan protesters

'Fall with it': the party anthem rallying Kenyan protesters

"We knew it was a banger," drawled rapper Allan "Manazz" Mojo, one-half of young Kenyan rap duo Wadagliz whose viral song has become the unlikely beat of anti-government demonstrations that have shaken the East African country.

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Lebanon says five killed in fresh Israel strikes

Lebanon says five killed in fresh Israel strikes

Lebanon's health ministry said early Wednesday that Israeli strikes in the country's east killed one person and wounded 20 others, hours after it said four people were killed in the south.

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Jennifer Lopez files to divorce Ben Affleck: US media

Jennifer Lopez files to divorce Ben Affleck: US media

Jennifer Lopez has filed for divorce from Ben Affleck, US media reported Tuesday, two years after the Hollywood power couple officially gave love a second chance by tying the knot.

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Privacy lawsuit over Chrome 'Sync' feature gets new life

Privacy lawsuit over Chrome 'Sync' feature gets new life

A federal appeals court on Tuesday breathed new life into a lawsuit by Chrome users who say Google gathered data even though they did not "Sync" to their accounts.

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