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Stargazers have been handled to the height of the annual summer time Perseid meteor bathe over the weekend.Bright meteors lit up the night time sky all over the world, attributable to particles from comet Swift-Tuttle slamming into Earth's ambiance at 130,000mph.Parts of the UK have been let down by the climate, although, as cloudy circumstances spoiled the view.Sky News has assembled a few of the greatest images for many who missed out, exhibiting how the fireballs streaked via the sky from Austria to Argentina. Image: Kuklica, North Macedonia, identified for its a whole bunch of naturally fashioned stones resembling people Image: ...

PHOENIX — Postal employee Eugene Gates Jr. was delivering mail within the suffocating Dallas warmth this summer time when he collapsed in a house owner’s yard and was taken to a hospital, the place he died. ...

BUENOS AIRES, Argentina — Argentines had been voting Sunday in a main election that may act as a bellwether forward of October basic elections and provides a touch at how keen residents are for a change in a rustic that's struggling one of many world’s worst inflation charges. ...

HONG KONG — Jimmy Lai, a former newspaper writer and one in all Hong Kong’s most distinguished pro-democracy activists, spends round 23 hours a day in solitary confinement in a maximum-security facility whereas he awaits a trial that might ship him to jail for all times. ...

WARSAW, Poland — Poland’s ruling celebration desires to ask voters in a referendum whether or not they help accepting “thousands of illegal immigrants from the Middle East and Africa” as a part of a European Union relocation plan, the prime minister stated Sunday, as his conservative celebration seeks to carry onto energy in an October parliamentary election. ...

NIAMEY, Niger — One week after a deadline handed for mutinous troopers in Niger to reinstate the nation’s ousted president or face army intervention, the junta has not acquiesced. No army motion has been taken and the coup leaders seem to have gained the higher hand over the regional group that issued the menace, analysts say. ...

An deserted walrus pup that was receiving round the clock "cuddling" from welfare employees has died.The unnamed Pacific walrus was discovered alone miles from the ocean on Alaska's North Slope and brought to Alaska SeaLife Centre. He was battling quite a lot of well being points, resembling nutrient malabsorption.In a press release, Alaska SeaLife Center stated: "While often rewarding, wildlife rescue is inherently unpredictable and comes with it the possibility of great loss."For people who dedicate their lives to animal care, that is the toughest a part of the job." Image: Pic: AP The day earlier than his dying, he confronted different problems, resembling hypoglycaemia and gastrointestinal issues."Though ...

PHNOM PENH, Cambodia — China‘s foreign minister visited Cambodia over the weekend to reaffirm his country’s dedication to the southeast Asian nation after its incumbent prime minister handed off the job to his son following a one-sided election final month, officers mentioned. ...

A 13-year-old boy has survived a 30m (100ft) fall throughout a household journey to the Grand Canyon.Authorities mentioned it took emergency crews two hours to rescue Wyatt Kauffman after he slipped on the Bright Angel Point path on Tuesday. The boy was airlifted to a Las Vegas hospital for therapy of 9 damaged vertebrae, a ruptured spleen, a collapsed lung, concussion, a damaged hand and a dislocated finger."I was up on the ledge and was moving out of the way so other people could take a picture," Wyatt instructed Phoenix TV station KPNX."I squatted down and was holding on to a rock. I solely had one hand on it. "It wasn't that good of a grip. It was kind of pushing me back. I lost my grip and started to fall back," he added.Rescue crews abseiled down the cliff to fetch the ...

KUALA LUMPUR, Malaysia — After a checkered victory in Saturday’s state elections that noticed robust good points by the Malay-Islamist opposition, analysts say Malaysian Prime Minister Anwar Ibrahim faces a frightening process in uniting an more and more polarized nation and strengthening his nascent unity authorities. ...