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July was Earth’s third-warmest on record, EU scientists say

By Paolo Santalucia, Suman Naishadham, Associated Press

The scientists say extremes — including heat and deadly floods — persisted in July despite a slightly lower global average temperature.

Helicopter crash kills Ghana’s ministers of defense and environment, plus 6 others

By Ope Adetayo, Associated Press

A military helicopter crashed in Ghana on Wednesday, killing all eight people on board, including the West African country's defense and environment ministers and two other top officials, the government said.

Brazilian Supreme Court justice eases Bolsonaro’s house arrest to allow unrestricted family visits

By Mauricio Savarese, Associated Press

The conservative former leader is on trial for allegedly masterminding a coup plot to remain in office despite his election loss to current leftist President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva. Bolsonaro denies wrongdoing.

Russia asks Central African Republic to replace Wagner with Moscow’s Africa Corps

By Jean Fernand Koena, Mark Banchereau, Associated Press

Officials in the Central African Republic have said that Russia has called on the country to replace the private Wagner mercenary group with Moscow's state-run Africa Corps and requested payment for further security services.

Italy approves $15.5 billion for world’s longest suspension bridge from mainland to Sicily

By Colleen Barry, Associated Press

The Strait of Messina Bridge will be “the biggest infrastructure project in the West,” Transport Minister Matteo Salvini told a news conference in Rome, after an interministerial committee with oversight of strategic public investments approved the project.

Egypt’s foreign minister says the West’s response to Gaza suffering is shameful

By Associated Press

Egypt's foreign minister has criticized the international response to the humanitarian crisis in Gaza and called it shameful.

With only one nuclear arms pact left between the U.S. and Russia, a new arms race is possible

By Emma Burrows, Associated Press

While the end of nuclear weapons agreements between the U.S. and Russia does not necessarily make nuclear war more likely, experts say it doesn't make the world safer.

At 80th anniversary of Hiroshima bombing, survivors fear lessons may be forgotten as nuclear threat rises

By Mari Yamaguchi, Associated Press

“There will be nobody left to pass on this sad and painful experience in 10 years or 20 years,” said Minoru Suzuto, a 94-year-old survivor.

France’s biggest wildfire of the summer has eclipsed the size of Paris and is still spreading

By Sylvie Corbet, Associated Press

Thirteen people, including 11 firefighters, are injured. The mayor of one village says at least half of it has burned and describes a “hellish” landscape.

Dozens killed seeking aid in Gaza as Israel considers further military action

By Wafaa Shurafa, Fatma Khaled, Natalie Melzer, Associated Press

The Israeli military said it had fired warning shots when crowds approached its forces. The latest deaths came as Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu was expected to announced further military action — and possibly plans for Israel to fully reoccupy Gaza.