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Dr Anthony Fauci is sworn in before the Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee at the Capitol, Wednesday, in Washington.
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Fauci invokes fifth amendment during Senate COVID-19 hearing

WASHINGTON (AP): Dr Anthony Fauci yesterday repeatedly invoked the Fifth Amendment and declined to answer dozens of questions from senators in a Republican-led committee hearing about his handling of the COVID-19 pandemic.

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This aerial image shows rescue operation at the Nippon Paper Industries Co.’s Yatsushiro factory, following an earthquake in Yatsushiro, Kumamoto Prefecture, Wednesday, July 29, 2026.
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Rescuers search for survivors after a 7.1 quake kills 18

KUMAMOTO (AP): Soldiers and emergency workers combed through a badly damaged shopping mall and collapsed houses looking for trapped survivors yesterday after a powerful earthquake that killed at least…
A vehicle passes by collapsed houses after an earthquake in Yatsushiro, Kumamoto prefecture in southwestern Japan on Wednesday. – AP photo
July 29, 2026

Rescuers search for survivors after a 7.1 quake kills 18 in southwestern Japan

KUMAMOTO, Japan (AP) — Soldiers and emergency workers combed through a badly damaged shopping mall and collapsed houses looking for trapped survivors Wednesday after a powerful earthquake that killed…
A fire burns in a forest near Claouey, during wildfires in southwestern France on Wednesday. – AP photo
July 29, 2026

France battles wildfire four times size of Paris as tinderbox heat threatens new surge

LEGE-CAP FERRET, France (AP) – Firefighters in southwest France battled an uncontained wildfire four times the size of Paris on Wednesday as temperatures were forecast to hit 40C (104F), threatening…
People sit on the seawall as the sun sets in Georgetown, Guyana, November 19, 2024.
July 29, 2026

Murder charges filed against captain, crew in fatal ferry disaster

GEORGETOWN (AP): Police in Guyana have filed murder charges against the captain and two crew members of a state ferry that capsized, killing more than 70 people, with 30 passengers still missing.…
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July 29, 2026

Criminal gangs increasingly lure people to work in online scam centres, UN migration agency warns

GENEVA (AP); The UN's migration agency is warning that criminal networks have been trafficking hundreds of thousands of people — many of them educated English speakers — to work in online scam…
Trinidad and Tobago’s Prime Minister Kamla Persad-Bissessar
July 28, 2026

Trinidad’s prime minister says probe of alleged plot to assassinate her now includes foreign investigators

PORT OF SPAIN, Trinidad, CMC – Trinidad and Tobago’s Prime Minister Kamla Persad-Bissessar says the investigation into the alleged plot to assassinate her and senior members of her government has…
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July 28, 2026

Azerbaijan court convicts nine journalists and activists in a case seen as attack on media freedom

AP – A court in Azerbaijan has convicted nine journalists and founders of a top independent news outlet on charges of financial crimes and sentenced them to prison in what international media rights…
July 28, 2026

Haitians to vote on December 13 in first election in 10 years

PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti, CMC – The Provisional Electoral Council (CEP) says Haitians will vote in the first round of presidential and legislative elections on December 13 this year. The elections will…
Auctioneer Jonathan Klunk gestures to a display of personal items owned by KFC founder Harland Sanders, Wednesday, July 22, 2026, in Shelbyville, Ky. (AP Photo/Dylan Lovan)
July 28, 2026

KFC founder Colonel Sanders’ personal items, former home and restaurant up for auction

SHELBYVILLE, Ky. (AP) — KFC founder Colonel Sanders' pressure cooker, black bow tie and dozens of other personal items are up for public auction Tuesday night, along with his former home and a…