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Florida warned of ‘potentially catastrophic’ Hurricane Milton impact
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World’s longest-serving death row inmate acquitted in Japan
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Anura Kumara Dissanayake sworn in as Sri Lanka’s president
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Brexit deal impact ‘worsening’, economists say
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Myanmar hit by deadly floods after Typhoon Yagi
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