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U.S. seizes oil tanker off Venezuela, Trump says
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Baby dies of exposure after storm Byron floods Gaza tents, medics say

Torrential rain swept across the Gaza Strip on Thursday, flooding hundreds of tents sheltering families displaced by two years of war and leading to the death of a baby girl due to exposure, local health officials said.
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Venezuelan opposition leader Machado greets supporters in Norway after Nobel ceremony

Venezuelan opposition leader María Corina Machado appeared in public for the first time in 11 months early Thursday morning, when she waved to supporters at a hotel in Norway's capital hours after her daughter accepted the Nobel Peace Prize on her behalf.
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‘Potentially destructive’ bark beetle found at Detroit airport — a 1st in U.S.: border officials

The roughly three-millimetre insect was found in bark from Ivory Coast and was brought in by a passenger heading to Texas.
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Climate change supercharged cyclone damage in parts of Asia, study finds

Deadly cyclones with torrential rains are supercharged by warming temperatures, says a new report by the World Weather Attribution group. At least 1,600 people were killed after Cyclones Senyar and Ditwah tore through Malaysia, Thailand and Sri Lanka in late November.