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  • 16 October 2022: United Nations denounces Russian annexation of Ukrainian territories
  • 30 September 2022: Shooting injures three at Kennywood amusement park in Pennsylvania, US
  • 29 September 2022: Numismatic exhibition “Coins of the world” opens in Simferopol, Crimea
  • 27 September 2022: Ukrainian forces continue to push back the Russians
  • 27 September 2022: Polyurethane plastic substitute can biodegrade in seawater, say scientists
  • 26 September 2022: United Kingdom buries Queen Elizabeth II after state funeral
  • 26 September 2022: US trade deficit hits new record
  • 24 September 2022: Hurricane Fiona batters parts of Caribbean
  • 18 September 2022: Powerful earthquake strikes Papua New Guinea
  • 12 September 2022: Albania blames Iran for cyberattacks

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  • Shooting injures three at Kennywood amusement park in Pennsylvania, US
  • Numismatic exhibition “Coins of the world” opens in Simferopol, Crimea
  • Top Thrill Dragster roller coaster in Ohio, US permanently closed following serious accident
  • Hurricane Fiona batters parts of Caribbean
  • Powerful earthquake strikes Papua New Guinea
  • Top Thrill Dragster roller coaster in Ohio, US permanently closed following serious accident
  • Shooting injures three at Kennywood amusement park in Pennsylvania, US
  • US trade deficit hits new record
  • Top Thrill Dragster roller coaster in Ohio, US permanently closed following serious accident
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  • Attack at Texas elementary school kills at least 19, including 18 children
  • Scientists announce decoy-proof Ebola antibodies
  • Ten-year Tennessee study shows preschool associated with poorer student performance
  • Polyurethane plastic substitute can biodegrade in seawater, say scientists
  • Inaugural African Protected Areas Congress closes
  • Scientists announce decoy-proof Ebola antibodies
  • Shooting injures three at Kennywood amusement park in Pennsylvania, US
  • Top Thrill Dragster roller coaster in Ohio, US permanently closed following serious accident
  • Texas identifies first death involving monkeypox
  • United Kingdom buries Queen Elizabeth II after state funeral
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  • United Nations denounces Russian annexation of Ukrainian territories
  • Ukrainian forces continue to push back the Russians
  • Albania blames Iran for cyberattacks
  • Polyurethane plastic substitute can biodegrade in seawater, say scientists
  • Albania blames Iran for cyberattacks
  • First deep space images from James Webb Space Telescope released
  • Tour de France: Cédric Vasseur wins stage 10
  • BBC apologises after ‘Manchester United are rubbish’ appears on news ticker
  • Brothers Sunshine Coast pick up first win in senior rugby at Australia’s University of the Sunshine Coast
  • 200 in New Delhi, India drink cow urine to fight off COVID-19
  • Millions don’t turn up to ‘storm’ US airbase for extraterrestrial evidence
  • Arrests made in theft of gold toilet in England
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  • Former leader of the Soviet Union Mikhail Gorbachev dies at age 91
  • Fifty dead in floods, landslides across Northern, Eastern India
  • Powerful earthquake strikes Papua New Guinea
  • Judith Durham, lead singer of The Seekers, dies at 79
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  • United Nations denounces Russian annexation of Ukrainian territories
  • Numismatic exhibition “Coins of the world” opens in Simferopol, Crimea
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  • Albania blames Iran for cyberattacks
  • UAE President Sheikh Khalifa dies at 73
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  • Shooting injures three at Kennywood amusement park in Pennsylvania, US
  • US trade deficit hits new record
  • Top Thrill Dragster roller coaster in Ohio, US permanently closed following serious accident
  • First deep space images from James Webb Space Telescope released
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