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Hundreds of thousands are sheltering in tents, breathing air thick with pollutants unleashed from tombs of rubble, fearful that a new disaster could strike at any moment.

The case, arising from an attack in Istanbul, was a companion to a case argued a day before that tested a shield for technology platforms.

Attributed in Syria to Israel, the strike appeared to be the latest episode of a long-running conflict between Israel and Iranian proxies.

South Africa is set to start joint naval drills with Russia and China, despite criticism from American, European and even some South African officials that it looks like an endorsement of Russia’s Ukraine war.

The Cornish village of Lostwithiel is looking for a new general practitioner amid a national shortage of primary care doctors. They hope a music video will do the trick.

“A tragedy for Syrians is a boon for Assad because nobody else wants to manage this mess,” one analyst said of President Bashar al-Assad, who became a global pariah for his regime’s abuses during a civil war.

A new law will allow people 16 and older to change their registered gender without undergoing psychological and medical evaluations to show gender dysphoria.

Climate change didn’t make the dry spell more likely, researchers found, though extreme heat probably made it hurt more.

In Turkey, officials said that rescue efforts were focused on several hundred buildings where there was a chance of finding any survivors.

Ms. Sturgeon, a longtime champion of Scottish independence, has been first minister since 2014.