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Ukraine’s Devastated Energy Grid Battles a New Foe: A Sizzling Heat Wave

For months, Ukraine’s electricity grid has faced repeated Russian missile and drone attacks that have knocked out power plants and gutted substations. Now, it is contending with another, more unexpected threat: a sizzling heat wave.

Why the Pentagon Is Warning That ISIS Attacks Could Double This Year

ISIS took responsibility for 153 attacks in Iraq and Syria in the first half of this year, according to a report by U.S. Central Command, despite U.S.-led operations targeting the terrorist group’s operatives in both countries.

In a Bangkok Hotel Room, Six Bodies and Traces of Cyanide

The Thai police said that they found traces of cyanide in a Bangkok hotel room where six people were found dead and that one of the six was believed to have administered the poison.

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