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Plague infects New Mexico man after run of cases in western states

Plague infects New Mexico man after run of cases in western states

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New street drug ‘flysky’ causes alarm in Western Pa.

New street drug ‘flysky’ causes alarm in Western Pa.

Pittsburgh-area doctors are sounding the alarm on medetomidine, a veterinary tranquilizer that’s increasingly permeating street drugs like “flysky” in Western Pennsylvania. And it’s not abating anytime soon. The drug continues to become more prevalent, and doctors say there are minimal clear treatment options for the severe withdrawal process. Unlike heroin or fentanyl, medetomidine doesn’t respond to naloxone products such as …

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Multiple Passengers Are Killed After Bus Crashes in Western New York – The New York Times

Multiple Passengers Are Killed After Bus Crashes in Western New York  The New York Times Multiple fatalities, including children, after tour bus with about 50 people crashes in New York State, officials say  CNN Multiple dead and passengers trapped after Niagara Falls bus crash – updates  BBC Multiple dead after tour bus rollover on I-90 in Pembroke  WIVB News 4 ‘Tragic’ tour bus crash …

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Major Russian Attack on Western Ukraine Hits an American Factory During US-Led Push for Peace

Major Russian Attack on Western Ukraine Hits an American Factory During US-Led Push for Peace

KYIV, Ukraine — Russia launched a rare drone and missile attack on western Ukraine overnight, officials said Thursday, striking targets including an American-owned electronics plant and injecting further uncertainty into the U.S.-led efforts to end the three-year-old war. The aerial assault on a part of Ukraine that has largely avoided such focused attacks was one of Russia’s biggest this year …

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Exclusive: Putin's demand to Ukraine: give up Donbas, no NATO and no Western troops, sources say – Reuters

Exclusive: Putin’s demand to Ukraine: give up Donbas, no NATO and no Western troops, sources say  Reuters In Eastern Ukraine, Fear and Disbelief Over Proposal to Cede Land to Russia  The Wall Street Journal Why Donetsk ‘fortress belt’ matters so much for Ukraine’s defences against Russia  BBC Putin’s Proposal for Land Deal, Made to Trump, Shifts Pressure to Zelensky  The New York Times Maps …

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Mystery object lights up night skies across western Japan

Social media has been abuzz with users in Japan reporting sightings of a mysterious object that briefly lit up skies across the country’s west on Tuesday night as it fell. A Kyodo News livestream of a volcano on Sakurajima in Kagoshima Prefecture captured the moment at about 11:08 p.m. An official at the Japan weather agency’s Kagoshima meteorological office said …

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Fireball ‘bright as the moon’ lights up sky over western Japan | Meteors

Fireball ‘bright as the moon’ lights up sky over western Japan | Meteors

A huge fireball dashed across the skies of western Japan, shocking residents and dazzling stargazers, though experts said it was a natural phenomenon and not an alien invasion. Videos and photos emerged online of the extremely bright ball of light visible for hundreds of miles shortly after 11.00pm local time (1400 BST) on Tuesday. “A white light I had never …

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Russia wants … Russia to have veto over Western security guarantees for Ukraine – POLITICO

Russia wants … Russia to have veto over Western security guarantees for Ukraine – POLITICO

“Moscow won’t agree with collective security guarantees negotiated without Russia … Russia will accept if the security guarantees to Ukraine are provided on equal basis with the participation of countries like China, the United States, the United Kingdom and France,” Lavrov said in a press conference, after meeting the Jordanian foreign minister. Beijing and Moscow having any say in how …

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