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Today — 8 July 2024News

France's Emmanuel Macron keeps prime minister, cites 'stability' after chaotic election

The French President refused the prime minister's resignation, asking him to remain temporarily after chaotic election results left the government in limbo.

© Emmanuel Dunand

Participants gesture towards a giant banner which reads as "France is the fabric of migration" during an election night rally at Place de la Republique in Paris on July 7, 2024.

Sister of North Korean leader Kim calls South Korea’s live-fire drills ‘suicidal hysteria’

The sister of North Korean leader Kim Jong Un called South Korea’s recent front-line live-fire drills “suicidal hysteria” as she threatened unspecified military steps if further provoked.

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A South Korean live-fire drill at an undisclosed island near the western inter-Korean border last month.
Yesterday — 7 July 2024News

Persistent heat wave in the U.S. expected to shatter new records as it bakes West and swelters in East

LOS ANGELES — A long-running heat wave that has already shattered previous records across the U.S. persisted on Sunday, baking parts of the West with dangerous temperatures that caused the death of a motorcyclist in Death Valley and held the East in its hot and humid grip.

© David McNew

A woman holds iced drinks against her forehead as the temperature reaches 119 degrees in Palm Springs, Calif., on Friday.

© Spencer Platt

People visit the beach at Coney Island on a sweltering afternoon on the first weekend of summer in New York City on June 22.

© Jenny Kane

A person cools off during the Waterfront Blues Festival in Portland, Ore., on Friday.
Before yesterdayNews

Cambodia welcomes the Met’s repatriation of centuries-old statues looted during past turmoil

The return to Cambodia of 14 sculptures that had been looted from the country is like welcoming home the souls of ancestors, Cambodia’s culture minister said.

© Tang Chhin Sothy

Buddhist monks in Phnom Penh, Cambodia, chanted blessings and threw flowers during a welcoming ceremony for the trafficked artifacts.

Iran holds runoff presidential vote pitting hard-line former negotiator against reformist lawmaker

Iranians began voting Friday in a runoff election to replace the late President Ebrahim Raisi, killed in a helicopter crash last month.

© Raheb Homavandi

An Iranian man displays his ink-stained finger after casting his ballot in Tehran on Friday.

© Atta Kenare

Pezeshkian at a campaign rally in Tehran on Wednesday.
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