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The International Wastewater Treatment Plant is located along the US-Mexico border fence.

US and Mexico agree to long-term wastewater treatment plan in the San Diego-Tijuana region

By Avery Schmitz, José Álvarez, CNN Mexico City (CNN) — The governments of Mexico and the United States signed a memorandum of understanding on Thursday to fund and expedite several wastewater treatment projects in the Tijuana River basin. Untreated wastewater continually affects residents living along the river, which flows across the border from Tijuana and

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Palestinians gather to receive aid supplies in Beit Lahia

‘The weak treating the weak’: Doctors in Gaza are fainting while trying to save their starving patients

By Ivana Kottasová, Kareem Khadder, Mohammad Al Sawalhi, Eyad Kourdi, Abeer Salman and Ibrahim Dahman, CNN Dr. Mohammad Saqer is hungry. So ravenous that he sometimes struggles to keep upright while treating his desperately ill patients at the Nasser Hospital in southern Gaza. On Thursday, he fainted while working at the ward. And then, moments

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Wreckage of the Antonov An-24 is seen in Amur Oblast

Dozens feared killed after plane crashes in Russia’s Far East, state media reports

By Ivana Kottasová, Anna Chernova, Kostya Gak, y (CNN) — Almost 50 people including children are feared dead after a Soviet-era passenger plane crashed in Russia’s far-eastern Amur region, state media reported on Thursday, citing local officials. The plane, an Antonov An-24, was flying on a regional route from Khabarovsk to Blagoveshchensk and Tynda when

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Chinese leader Xi Jinping gives his opening remarks at a meeting with top European Union officials at the Great Hall of the People in Beijing on July 24

China’s Xi urges Europe to make ‘the right strategic choice’ amid global trade turbulence at key summit

By Nectar Gan, CNN Hong Kong (CNN) — Chinese leader Xi Jinping urged the European Union to make “the right strategic choice” and enhance cooperation with China, while EU leaders called for a rebalancing of trade ties, as the two sides tackle deep-seated grievances at a tense summit in Beijing. European Council President Antonio Costa

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A Cambodian BM-21 multiple rocket launcher returns in Preah Vihear province from the Cambodia-Thai border as troops from both sides clash on July 24.

Violence is flaring again on the Thai-Cambodian border. Why is it so contentious?

By Helen Regan, Jessie Yeung, Kocha Olarn, CNN Bangkok, Thailand (CNN) — Deadly violence has flared up once again on the contentious border between Thailand and Cambodia, reigniting a long-running but little-known dispute. Thailand deployed fighter jets against Cambodian military targets on Thursday, as forces from both countries clashed along the border. The escalation came

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Taiwan is paralyzed by political gridlock. A mass recall of ‘pro-China’ lawmakers could break that

By Wayne Chang, CNN Taipei, Taiwan (CNN) — Giant yellow trucks decked with bears sipping boba tea and broadcasting lawmaker speeches, emotional rallies featuring rock bands and rival political camps jostling for support outside metro stations – Taiwan is in the midst of what feels like a full-swing election. But this passionate political theatre is

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Venezuelan national Rafael Martínez talks about his time in a Salvadoran prison after being released.

‘It was a nightmare’: Venezuelans deported from US describe conditions in Salvadoran prison

By Osmary Hernandez, Michael Rios, CNN (CNN) — For months, they say, they were beaten by prison guards, shot with pellets, deprived of adequate medical care and denied any due process inside El Salvador’s Center for Terrorism Confinement. “(The guards) tortured us physically and psychologically,” said José Mora, one of 252 Venezuelan migrants recently held

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Injured Palestinians are transported to hospitals after Israeli forces open fire on civilians waiting for humanitarian aid in the Zikim area

Palestinians are starving or being killed by Israeli troops while seeking aid almost daily. How did we get here?

By Nadeen Ebrahim, Abeer Salman, Kareem Khadder and Ibrahim Dahman, CNN (CNN) — Twenty-one months into Israel’s war in Gaza, the enclave is gripped by escalating scenes of death and hunger, with some killed while trying to reach aid, others dying of starvation, and growing condemnation of Israel’s conduct even among many of its closest

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Ukrainians attend a rally against the new law in central Lviv

Ukraine sees first major anti-government protests since start of war, as Zelensky moves to weaken anti-corruption agencies

By Ivana Kottasová, CNN (CNN) — Ukraine has seen the first major anti-government protests since the start of Russia’s full-scale invasion over three years ago, as a move by President Volodymyr Zelensky to curb anti-corruption agencies sparked fury across the nation. Defiant crowds gathered in the capital Kyiv on Tuesday, as well as Lviv in

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