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Rescuers race in search for survivors after last week's floods in Indonesia, Sri Lanka and Thailand

Rescue teams raced Wednesday to reach communities isolated by last week's catastrophic floods and landslides in Indonesia, Sri Lanka and Thailand as over 900 people remained missing and the scope of economic damage became clearer.

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Mexican President Sheinbaum's legal adviser is selected as the new attorney general

Mexico’s Senate has selected Ernestina Godoy, a longtime legal adviser to President Claudia Sheinbaum, as the new attorney general

House Democrats release new images of Epstein’s private Caribbean island

Images and videos taken in 2020, a year after he died in jail, show the late sex offender’s homeUS politics – live updatesHouse Democrats released photos and videos from Jeffrey Epstein’s private Caribbean island on Wednesday, offering a rare glimpse into a secretive place where Epstein is alleged to have trafficked young girls.The new images and videos show Epstein’s home, including bedrooms, a telephone, what appears to be an office or library, and a chalkboard on which the words “fin”, “intellectual”, “deception” and “power” are written. Several photos show a room with a dentist chair and masks hanging on the wall. The New York Times reported that Epstein’s last girlfriend was a dentist who shared an office with one of his shell companies. The videos appear to be a walk-through of the property. Continue reading...

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New Zealand man accused of stealing 'Octopussy'-themed Faberge egg locket by swallowing it

A man in New Zealand is facing theft charges, accused of swallowing a James Bond-themed Faberge egg pendant worth around $19,000.

Decades-old palm trees in Rio de Janeiro flower for the first — and only — time

Talipot palms in a Rio de Janeiro park are flowering for the first and only time in their lives