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  • 26 July 2018: Palestine elected as G-77’s presiding country, ambassador Riyad Mansour confirms
  • 25 July 2018: German footballer Mesut Özil announces retirement from international football over ‘racism’
  • 23 July 2018: US director James Gunn fired from Marvel Studios for decade-old offensive tweets
  • 22 July 2018: Israeli Knesset passes ‘Jewish nation-state’ bill
  • 21 July 2018: Cretaceous baby snake fossil found in Myanmar
  • 21 July 2018: Indian Supreme Court: unconstitutional to bar women of certain age group from entering Sabarimala temple
  • 20 July 2018: Hindi poet and songwriter Gopal Das Neeraj dies, aged 93
  • 19 July 2018: After signing peace declarations, Eritrea reopens embassy in Ethiopian capital Addis Ababa
  • 19 July 2018: US astronomers announce discovering ten tiny Jovian satellites
  • 16 July 2018: France beats Croatia 4-2 to win 2018 FIFA World Cup

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  • Israeli Knesset passes ‘Jewish nation-state’ bill
  • Indian Supreme Court: unconstitutional to bar women of certain age group from entering Sabarimala temple
  • After signing peace declarations, Eritrea reopens embassy in Ethiopian capital Addis Ababa
  • US director James Gunn fired from Marvel Studios for decade-old offensive tweets
  • Hindi poet and songwriter Gopal Das Neeraj dies, aged 93
  • Photo report: Anime North convention brings fans to Toronto
  • Hawaii’s K?lauea volcano releases ash plumes to 30,000 feet, prompting aviation alerts
  • Deadly fire below US President’s Trump Tower residence
  • Thirteen-year-old boy in Los Angeles, California thanks city personnel for rescue from sewage pipe
  • Microsoft announces plan to acquire GitHub for US$7.5 billion
  • Software giant Adobe Systems to acquire Magento Commerce for US$1.68 billion
  • Charles Lazarus, founder of US-based toy retail giant Toys ‘R’ Us, dies at 94
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  • Algeria blocks internet across nation to prevent cheating in diploma exams
  • Principal, teacher arrested for allegedly whipping two students late for school in Ayetoro, Nigeria
  • India: Jammu and Kashmir government orders private tuitions to shut down for 90 days
  • India: Maharashtra plastic ban comes into force
  • New study of endangered whale shark youth shows vital habitat similarities
  • Woolworths, Australia moves single-use plastic bags ban date to June 20
  • Hawaii’s K?lauea volcano releases ash plumes to 30,000 feet, prompting aviation alerts
  • Healthy cloned monkeys born in Shanghai
  • British surfers catch more than waves: Scientists find antibiotic-resistant bacteria
  • Hindi poet and songwriter Gopal Das Neeraj dies, aged 93
  • 28-year-old Swedish electronic dance music artist Avicii dies in Oman
  • K-pop band 100%’s lead singer Seo Minwoo dies
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  • Palestine elected as G-77’s presiding country, ambassador Riyad Mansour confirms
  • German footballer Mesut Özil announces retirement from international football over ‘racism’
  • Israeli Knesset passes ‘Jewish nation-state’ bill
  • Cretaceous baby snake fossil found in Myanmar
  • US astronomers announce discovering ten tiny Jovian satellites
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  • German footballer Mesut Özil announces retirement from international football over ‘racism’
  • France beats Croatia 4-2 to win 2018 FIFA World Cup
  • FIFA World Cup 2018: Belgium beats England 2-0 to claim third place finish
  • Airborne sedan smashes into dental office in Santa Ana, California, US
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  • India Supreme Court overrules High Court: rivers Yamuna, Ganga no longer living entities
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  • After signing peace declarations, Eritrea reopens embassy in Ethiopian capital Addis Ababa
  • Football: Manchester City signs Riyad Mahrez from Leicester
  • English football: Mohamed Salah signs contract extension with Liverpool
  • German footballer Mesut Özil announces retirement from international football over ‘racism’
  • Hindi poet and songwriter Gopal Das Neeraj dies, aged 93
  • Indian Supreme Court: unconstitutional to bar women of certain age group from entering Sabarimala temple
  • FIFA World Cup 2018 day eight, nine, ten, eleven: Belgium, England confirm knockout phase qualification; Poland, Costa Rica miss out Last 16
  • Woolworths, Australia moves single-use plastic bags ban date to June 20
  • Sydney experiences hottest March day in 35 years
  • Fifteen states sue United States President Donald Trump for cancelling program for undocumented immigrant minors
  • Gunmen murder Honduran indigenous leader Berta Cáceres
  • Guatemalan Supreme Court approves impeachment of President Molina
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  • German footballer Mesut Özil announces retirement from international football over ‘racism’
  • France beats Croatia 4-2 to win 2018 FIFA World Cup
  • FIFA World Cup 2018: Belgium beats England 2-0 to claim third place finish
  • Palestine elected as G-77’s presiding country, ambassador Riyad Mansour confirms
  • Israeli Knesset passes ‘Jewish nation-state’ bill
  • English football: Mohamed Salah signs contract extension with Liverpool
  • US director James Gunn fired from Marvel Studios for decade-old offensive tweets
  • US astronomers announce discovering ten tiny Jovian satellites
  • FIFA World Cup 2018 day 12, 13, 14, 15: Iran, Nigeria, Germany, Senegal out of the tournament
  • US astronomers announce discovering ten tiny Jovian satellites
  • FIFA World Cup 2018 quarterfinals: France, Belgium beat Uruguay, Brazil
  • FIFA World Cup 2018 Last 16: Sweden, England knock out Switzerland, Colombia


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