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Kherson residents seek water and phone service on river's edge

Kherson residents seek water and phone service on river's edge

Residents come down some steps and balance dangerously off the edge of a concrete pier to scoop up yellowish river water in Kherson, just days after Russian forces retreated.

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Walmart lifts outlook on strong earnings but hit by opioid settlement

Walmart lifts outlook on strong earnings but hit by opioid settlement

US retailer Walmart saw its earnings top expectations in the third quarter as consumers looked for bargains amid surging inflation, but its numbers were bogged down after a settlement announced Tuesday relating to opioid cases.

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Nadal's Finals hopes on a knife edge after Auger-Aliassime defeat

Nadal's Finals hopes on a knife edge after Auger-Aliassime defeat

Rafael Nadal's hopes of a first ever ATP Finals title and becoming year end world number one hang by a thread after he lost 6-3, 6-4 to Canada's Felix Auger-Aliassime in Turin on Tuesday.

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Red Cross says first aid convoy arrives in Tigray capital

Red Cross says first aid convoy arrives in Tigray capital

The International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) said a medical aid convoy had arrived in the capital of Ethiopia's war-ravaged Tigray region Tuesday, its first since a peace deal between the federal government and Tigrayan rebels almost two weeks ago.

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Missile strikes pound Ukraine cities

Missile strikes pound Ukraine cities

Missile strikes hit cities across Ukraine on Tuesday and prompted mass power outages, a few days after a humiliating Russian retreat in the nation's south and in the middle of the G20 summit.

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Campaigners rally COP27 to fight climate disinformation

Campaigners rally COP27 to fight climate disinformation

Campaigners on Tuesday urged the COP27 summit to fight disinformation that undermines efforts to limit deadly global warming, as a survey showed millions of people believe climate change falsehoods.

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Stocks push higher on reassuring US inflation data

Stocks push higher on reassuring US inflation data

Stocks mostly pushed higher on Tuesday, boosted by encouraging data and earnings suggesting inflation may be slowing, and resilience in the US economy.

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Former Spurs and England winger Lennon retires from football

Former Spurs and England winger Lennon retires from football

Former Tottenham Hotspur and England winger Aaron Lennon announced his retirement from football on Tuesday, saying the "time is right to hang my boots up".

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Protesters pour black liquid on Klimt masterpiece in Vienna

Protesters pour black liquid on Klimt masterpiece in Vienna

Climate activists poured black liquid over a glass screen protecting Gustav Klimt's masterpiece "Death and Life" in Vienna on Tuesday, in the latest protest at inaction over global heating.

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Jailed Egypt activist ends hunger strike: letter

Jailed Egypt activist ends hunger strike: letter

Jailed British-Egyptian activist Alaa Abdel Fattah has ended a months long hunger strike, his family said Tuesday, after fears for his health grew and amid criticism of Cairo during the ongoing COP27 climate summit.

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