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Several people killed in explosion at Moscow restaurant, Russian officials say

An improvised explosive device detonated at a restaurant Saturday in central Moscow killing two people, Russian state media said, citing local officials. The suspected bomber was also killed, officials said.  At least 21 people were also injured when the IED detonated at the restaurant on Kudrinskaya Square in Moscow, the National Anti-Terrorism Committee said, quoted…

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Wildfire danger in Europe shifts to Greece as evacuation orders remain in France

Europe’s wildfire emergency eased across much of western Europe on Saturday, but its most dangerous front shifted to Greece, where gale-force winds drove flames through a seaside resort, forced hundreds to flee by sea and hampered firefighting aircraft. For Greece, the danger carried grim resonance: a 2018 wildfire at the seaside community of Mati, near Athens,…

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Dr. Anthony Fauci on pandemics, partisan critics, and “the psyche of the country”

Growing up on 13th Avenue in Dyker Heights, Brooklyn, in the 1940s and ’50s, Anthony “Tony” Fauci was the precocious son of the corner pharmacist. “They called him Doc,” he said. “The pharmacist back then served as the neighborhood psychiatrist, marriage counselor. So, it was serving the community.” The Fauci Pharmacy is long-gone. But beneath…

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Bombing next to police station in Colombia injures 11, days before presidential inauguration

At least 11 people were injured Saturday when a truck packed with explosives detonated next to a Colombian police station near the border with Venezuela, six days before President-elect Abelardo de la Espriella’s inauguration. AFP reporters saw the vehicle in flames, damaged building facades and police, and soldiers and residents gathering around the scene of…

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Europe continues to celebrate Pride events after deadly attack on Berlin parade: “Take a stand”

Two European cities are hosting Pride events under increased security after an extremist attack in Berlin left one person dead and more than two dozen injured last week.  Hamburg’s Pride parade, one of Germany’s largest, is expected to have about 250,000 attendees, according to organizers. Hamburg is Germany’s second-largest city. Hamburg’s police chief said earlier…

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