PA ONS News•today, 04:48•Amended today, 06:36 US Senate Democrats have agreed on a multi-billion dollar investment package. The package includes large-scale investments in areas such as green energy, childcare, housing and jobs. It is unclear exactly how many billions are involved in the package. It is a slimmed down version of President Joe Biden’s ambitious Build Back Better plan, which …
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AFP ONS News•today, 17:10 In Lebanon on the day of the second memorial of the victims of the devastating explosion at the port of Beirut, some of the port’s silos collapsed. Due to the summer temperatures, the rotten grain in the silos had caught fire more than two weeks ago and could no longer be extinguished. Part of the building …
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Russian troops are making little progress in eastern Ukraine and are struggling to cross the city of the same name in the Donetsk region. The Ukrainian armed forces, aided by Western weapons, resist fiercely around the villages of the region. Heavy fighting has been going on for some time in the suburbs of the city of Donetsk. According to reports …
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Reuters ONS News•today, 02:00 The Spanish Coast Guard rescued a sailor in the Atlantic Ocean trapped under his capsized boat for 16 hours. The man had been in a bubble under his boat the entire time. One of the divers involved told Spanish media that his survival “borders on the impossible”. The sailor, a 62-year-old Frenchman, had left Lisbon on …
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Cornell University ONS News•today, 10:10 p.m. In the US state of Utah, archaeologists stumbled upon ancient human footprints. The footprints were found in the desert and may be 12,000 years old. The tracks were found in late July at an army training ground in a dry lake in the upstate. Cornell University – with which the discoverers are affiliated – …
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Nancy Pelosi left Taiwan again. The Speaker of the United States House of Representatives concluded a short unannounced visit to the island. She was there to show her support for the Taiwanese. The situation in brief Taiwan is a self-governing island. So with its own board of directors. Most countries do not recognize Taiwan’s independence. It’s because of China, which …
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A tragic family drama unfolded last weekend in the US state of Texas. Three sisters aged 5, 8 and 9 were found dead in a pond on Saturday. The day before, the alert had been given after their nanny had lost sight of the girls. Police were made aware of the worrying disappearances of Temari Oliver (5), Amiyah Hughes (8) …
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A tragic family drama unfolded last weekend in the US state of Texas. Three sisters aged 5, 8 and 9 were found dead in a pond on Saturday. The day before, the alert had been given after their nanny had lost sight of the girls. Police were made aware of the worrying disappearances of Temari Oliver (5), Amiyah Hughes (8) …
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1 What happened last weekend? A Thalys train traveling from Brussels-Midi station to Paris-Nord came to a standstill in Tournai, Belgium, after a collision with an animal. For safety reasons, the train had to be completely stopped and the electricity cut off. This meant, among other things, that the approximately 350 passengers no longer had air conditioning. 2 Why are …
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AFP ONS News•today, 20:58 The large forest fire that has been raging in northern California since Friday has claimed its first victims. Two bodies were found today in a burnt-out car in a driveway in Siskiyou County, several dozen miles from the Oregon border. Who they are has not been disclosed. In nearly three days, the McKinney Fire has become …
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