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Ghana’s Proposed Bill Would Make Same-Sex Affection Punishable By Years Of Prison

In Ghana, same-sex relationships have been illegal for decades. A proposed bill threatens to tighten restrictions even further, making displays of same-sex affection punishable by years in prison.

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Olympics-Level Skateboarding Isn’t All 13-Year-Old Sky Brown Can Do

Skateboarding’s youngest Olympian is 13-year-old Brit Sky Brown. Not only is she a skater, she’s been on “Dancing with the Stars,” recorded a song and music video, and wrote a book about girl power.

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Coronavirus Outbreaks Across China Are Causing Lockdowns And Travel Controls

The fast-spreading delta variant has led to small coronavirus outbreaks across China. It also means lockdowns and mass testing and that travel controls are back.

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The CDC extending the federal eviction moratorium is expected to help about 90% of renters – CNBC

The CDC extending the federal eviction moratorium is expected to help about 90% of renters  CNBC CDC announces limited, targeted eviction moratorium until early October  CNN Waters urges CDC to ignore Supreme Court ruling, extend eviction ban  Fox News Opinion | There’s plenty

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4 takeaways from Ohio’s special congressional primaries – CNN

4 takeaways from Ohio’s special congressional primaries  CNN What to know about today’s primary election for Ohio’s 11th Congressional District, Olympics update  WKYC Channel 3 Shontel Brown will win Ohio Democratic special primary, CNN projects  CNN Opinion | Yet another Trump-endorsed candidate may

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Iran-backed armed attackers suspected of seizing tanker off UAE coast

Armed personnel backed by Iran are suspected of seizing an oil tanker off the coast of the United Arab Emirates in what a Royal Navy threat centre called a “potential hijacking”.

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‘Everything is destroyed’: Wildfires ravage Greek island of Rhodes

We follow Jason Zafeirakopoulos as he drives into the Rhodes countryside, past a blackened landscape on either side.

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Meet Erriyon Knighton, the 17-Year-Old Sprinter Who Could Win an Olympic Medal Before Graduating From High School

At 17 years old, American sprinter Erriyon Knighton is not the youngest competing athlete at this year’s 2020 Summer Olympics in Tokyo. But the Florida native is the youngest man to compete for the U.S. track team in a Summer

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Biden says New York governor should quit after investigation finds he sexually harassed women

Joe Biden has said New York governor Andrew Cuomo should quit after an investigation found he sexually harassed 11 current and former state government employees.

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‘Problematic’ Greenland polar bear may be shot

A polar bear in Greenland may be shot dead next time it endangers people after several close encounters, including one where it bit the hand of a documentary team member, authorities said. The attack on the documentary team near an

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