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As we enter August, there is one definitive accessory making summer headlines: an enviable set of sculpted abs.

Video circulating on social media showed people fleeing the pub while thick black smoke billowed from the door and then the entrance through which people were escaping was suddenly engulfed in flames.

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US House Speaker Nancy Pelosi vowed Friday that the United States would not allow Taiwan to be isolated, as Beijing stepped up military drills and warplane incursions after her visit to the island.

Video footage showed people fleeing the club screaming, some with their clothes alight.

Soaring natural gas prices are likely to drive consumer price inflation to 13.3% in October, the bank said. That will push Britain into recession later this year, bank forecasts show.

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South Korea launched its first moon mission on Thursday as its homegrown lunar orbiter took off from Florida's Cape Canaveral Space Force Station aboard a SpaceX rocket.

Two men and two women are in hospital after the violent storm in Lafayette Park in Washington DC.

At least 13 people have been killed and 35 injured after a fire broke out in the early hours of Friday at a nightclub in Thailand, police said.

The right-wing leader says in a speech to Republicans that "a Christian politician cannot be racist".

Kari Lake, who has spent her campaign spreading election lies, was endorsed by Trump. Her rival, Karrin Taylor Robson, was backed by Arizona Gov. Doug Ducey and former Vice President Mike Pence.

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The Arizona senator said late Thursday that she will move forward with the Inflation Reduction Act after Democrats reached an agreement to remove the carried interest tax provision.

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The US says it has a "serious proposal" for Moscow that would secure the release of the basketball star.

One year on from the Taliban takeover of Afghanistan, we talk to some of the people who escaped to the UK.

Ten miners have been trapped in a flooded coal mine in northern Mexico for over 24 hours, as rescuers battle to reach them.

The case went cold after the man disappeared following a botched robbery and murder in 1992.

The 2017 killing of the official in charge of voting technology still torments the electoral commission.

Colombian gangs target vulnerable indigenous communities as 2016 ceasefire deal fails to bring peace.

The charges announced by Attorney General Merrit Garland on Thursday include civil rights violations, conspiracy, use of excessive force offenses and obstruction.

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In the spring of 1989, Debra Vines found her 18-month-old son, Jason, staring ahead blankly in his crib, as if he was in another world. Alarmed, she and her husband rushed him to the hospital.

Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer has repeatedly said Democrats are on track to pass the Inflation Reduction Act in the coming days, but a few roadblocks still stand in the way.

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