Landslides and flooding cut off 300 communities in Mexico with dozens dead and missing – AP News

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  1. Landslides and flooding cut off 300 communities in Mexico with dozens dead and missing  AP News
  2. Deadly landslides and flooding cut off 300 communities in Mexico  CNN
  3. Dozens Are Dead and Dozens More Missing as Catastrophic Rains Devastate Mexico  The New York Times
  4. Rescuers search for missing in Mexico's flooded towns  BBC
  5. Photos of the flooding and landsides in Mexico  AP News
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Cameroon opposition’s Tchiroma claims election victory, urges Biya to concede – Reuters

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  1. Cameroon opposition's Tchiroma claims election victory, urges Biya to concede  Reuters
  2. Cameroon opposition leader declares victory in presidential election  The Guardian
  3. Cameroon’s Issa Tchiroma Bakary claims presidential election victory  Al Jazeera
  4. Cameroon awaits election results as Paul Biya seeks eighth term  BBC
  5. Africa's oldest leader isn't ready to retire — and he's not the only one defying age  NPR
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LA to declare state of emergency over Ice raids to assist affected families

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Move will allow county board of supervisors to provide rent relief for tenants amid immigration crack down on city

Los Angeles county officials voted Tuesday to declare a state of emergency that gives them power to provide assistance for residents they say have suffered financially from ongoing federal immigration raids.

The move allows the LA county board of supervisors to provide rent relief for tenants who have fallen behind as a result of the crackdown on immigrants. A local state of emergency can also funnel state money for legal aid and other services.

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Israel names 4 deceased hostages as Hamas hands over 4 more bodies – The Washington Post

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  1. Israel names 4 deceased hostages as Hamas hands over 4 more bodies  The Washington Post
  2. My friend Bipin threw back Hamas grenade - and saved my life  BBC
  3. LIVE: Israel restricts aid into Gaza; Hamas releases bodies of 4 captives  Al Jazeera
  4. Israel says it has received the remains of 4 more deceased hostages as cuts to aid for Gaza loom  AP News
  5. A fragile Gaza ceasefire is tested after Israel and Hamas swap detainees and hostages  NPR
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Japan’s imported baby boom spotlights a political and demographic timebomb

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Rise in births to non-Japanese comes as politicians keep dodging the choice between economic decline and a more diverse population

This week brought encouraging news for Japan’s long battle to defuse its demographic timebomb: in 2024, the number of babies born to one sector of the population rose to a record of more than 22,000 – that’s about 3,000 more than the previous year and a 50% increase on a decade ago.

But none of the women who answered calls – invariably issued by conservative male politicians – to have more children were Japanese.

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Chicago ‘Splatatouille’ was probably a squirrel, say researchers

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Scientists from University of Tennessee, Knoxville, look at 37 species to identify cause of ‘rat hole’ in pavement

With a front paw outstretched and its tail at an angle, the creature that fell on to wet concrete in Chicago left quite the memento mori.

Now, researchers say they have unmasked the identity of the victim, revealing the famous “rat hole” was most probably made by a squirrel.

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