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Hurricane Beryl makes landfall in Mexico, with its sights set on Texas next

Hurricane Beryl makes landfall in Mexico, with its sights set on Texas next

Hurricane Beryl made landfall near Tulum as a Category 2 storm early Friday, following a destructive streak through the Caribbean. It's forecast to gain strength as it moves over the Gulf of Mexico.
by Rachel Treisman

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With suggestive poses and pets, ’wacky’ election campaigning tests Tokyo’s patience

With suggestive poses and pets, ’wacky’ election campaigning tests Tokyo’s patience

This year’s wackiness — notably from non-candidates renting campaign billboard space — is proving exceptional, and residents have flooded election offices with angry calls and messages.
by The Associated Press

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Britain swings to the center-left in historic U.K. election landslide

Britain swings to the center-left in historic U.K. election landslide

After 14 years of Conservative rule, Britons elected a new prime minister and parliament dominated by the Labour Party, which hadn't won a national election since Tony Blair, nearly 20 years.
by Lauren Frayer and Fatima Al-Kassab

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Who is Keir Starmer? A look at the man likely to become the next U.K. prime minister

Who is Keir Starmer? A look at the man likely to become the next U.K. prime minister

The U.K. is electing a new prime minister. Leading in the polls is a human rights lawyer and a knight who’s rumored to have inspired a character in the “Bridget Jones” movies.
by Lauren Frayer

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Why climate change makes a hurricane like Beryl more dangerous

Why climate change makes a hurricane like Beryl more dangerous

Record-shattering ocean temperatures have helped Beryl gain strength as it moves through the Caribbean. It is the most powerful Atlantic hurricane ever recorded this early in the year.
by Michael Copley and Rebecca Hersher

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What to know about the U.K. election, with Labour forecast to knock out Conservatives

What to know about the U.K. election, with Labour forecast to knock out Conservatives

Polls forecast a wipeout for the governing Conservatives. The Labour Party’s leader, a centrist human rights lawyer, is widely predicted to become the next prime minister.
by Fatima Al-Kassab

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Hurricane Beryl roars toward Jamaica after battering southeast Caribbean islands

Hurricane Beryl roars toward Jamaica after battering southeast Caribbean islands

Hurricane Beryl is nearing Jamaica as a Category 4 storm, and forecast to make landfall on Wednesday. Officials there have declared a "major disaster area" and implemented an island-wide curfew.
by Rachel Treisman

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Russian trans man who fled to Minnesota reunited, remarried to his husband

Russian trans man who fled to Minnesota reunited, remarried to his husband

Erik and Ivan Beda were forced by the Russian government to divorce when Erik transitioned in 2023. It led to their separation at the border when they fled to the U.S. Two-and-a-half months later they reunited and remarried thanks to Minnesotans who have rallied behind them.
by Aleesa Kuznetsov

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