National guard pilots return to duty after 4 July low-level beach flyover in South Carolina

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Helicopter pilots were suspended from duty after a low-level stunt over beachgoers during holiday aviation show

Eight South Carolina national guard helicopter pilots have been returned to flying duties following a suspension over a low-flying sweep over beachgoers as part of a Fourth of July event honoring service members.

“Effective immediately, the suspension of all involved South Carolina pilots has been lifted,” the Pentagon spokesperson, Sean Parnell, wrote on Friday morning on social media. “Carry on Patriots.”

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China takes a page from SpaceX and recaptures the first stage of a rocket to reuse it – AP News

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  1. China takes a page from SpaceX and recaptures the first stage of a rocket to reuse it  AP News
  2. Making history! China lands rocket during an orbital launch for 1st time ever (video)  Space
  3. China’s reusable rocket feat lights up the web: is SpaceX set to lose its crown?  South China Morning Post
  4. China Successfully Launches Reusable Rocket in a Win for Space Program  WSJ
  5. China is catching up to Elon Musk’s reusable rockets  TechCrunch
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Taiwan, Japan and south-eastern China brace for Typhoon Bavi as landslides kill 15 in Philippines – BBC

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  1. Taiwan, Japan and south-eastern China brace for Typhoon Bavi as landslides kill 15 in Philippines  BBC
  2. Two Las Vegas Red Cross volunteers deploy to Guam after Super Typhoon Bavi  KSNV
  3. Brunt of storm expected today  Taipei Times
  4. Reporting from the eye of Typhoon Bavi  Yahoo
  5. China, Taiwan brace for Typhoon Bavi, possibly the most powerful storm in years  Reuters
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Protests engulf Indian state after rape and murder of 11-year-old girl

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Innocent man lynched by mob in West Bengal as police killing of suspect further escalates tensions

Protests have engulfed the Indian state of West Bengal after the rape and murder of an 11-year-old girl, the subsequent lynching of an innocent man and the police killing of one of the accused.

Outrage erupted on Sunday after the body of a missing girl was recovered from a pond in a town just outside the state capital, Kolkata.

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The Nato summit exposed the real source of Trump’s power | Robert Reich – The Guardian

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  1. The Nato summit exposed the real source of Trump’s power | Robert Reich  The Guardian
  2. NEWSLETTER: Trump tackles FIFA, NATO and Iran  Reuters
  3. CNBC Daily Open: Trump turns up the heat on allies and adversaries  CNBC
  4. The Don of disorder: Allies duck as Trump changes script again, picking fights from Madrid to Tehran  The Times of India
  5. The Crazy Uncle Trump Effect  Drezner’s World
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Fast-spreading wildfire kills at least 12 in southern Spain

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Twenty-three people missing and four Britons thought to be among those who died trying to flee Almería blaze

At least 12 people have been killed and 23 are unaccounted for after one of Spain’s deadliest wildfires broke out in the south-eastern province of Almería as the country endures its second heatwave of the summer.

The regional government of Andalucía said the victims, four of whom are believed to be British, had died while trying to escape the flames near the village of Bédar in the municipality of Los Gallardos.

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Pacific gray whales facing ‘catastrophic’ die-off as climate crisis hits food supply

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Trump administration urged to relist a species in ‘very, very serious trouble’ under Endangered Species Act

Climate change is driving a gray whale “catastrophic mortality event” in the Pacific Ocean as melting sea ice depletes food sources and the animals starve, environmental groups warn.

Meanwhile, a range of other issues, like ship strikes, oil spills, microplastic pollution, algal blooms and Russian harvesting are also probably contributing to the die-off that has nearly halved the whales’ estimated population. It fell from 20,000 in 2019 to fewer than 13,000 this year, and the deaths appear to be accelerating.

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Xi urges China, North Korea to keep ‘strategic resolve’ amid global turmoil – Reuters

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  1. Xi urges China, North Korea to keep 'strategic resolve' amid global turmoil  Reuters
  2. ‘Sealed in blood’: Where does the China-North Korea alliance stand today?  Al Jazeera
  3. Xi says China’s commitment to North Korea friendship will not change, KCNA reports  Reuters
  4. Xi Says China’s Backing for Kim and North Korea Won’t Change  Bloomberg.com
  5. Xi: China, DPRK should keep advancing socialist cause, modernization  news.cgtn.com
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How Pauline Hanson courts UK’s far-right – and builds a global brand – with ‘pseudo events’ and publicity stunts

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The One Nation leader is set to be interviewed by Tommy Robinson as part of a media strategy that seems designed to seek scandal – and reach millions

Pauline Hanson’s highly publicised meetings with controversial far-right figures in the UK will drive international eyeballs to her content and continue building the global brand – and that’s by design, far-right experts say.

The One Nation leader is visiting on a “fact-finding mission” with her chief-of-staff, James Ashby, ticking off a number of the country’s most divisive personalities.

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