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A damaged bridge following heavy rains which caused severe flooding in Gongyi in China's central Henan province on July 21.

‘Once in a thousand years’ rains devastated central China, but there is little talk of climate change

By Nectar Gan and Jessie Yeung, CNN As record heat waves hit western North America and deadly floods swept Germany, the growing risks associated with climate change have grabbed headlines, and prompted widespread discussions in the West. Scientists have been warning for years that the climate crisis would amplify extreme weather, making it deadlier and

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How skateboarding went mainstream in Japan

As skateboarding makes its Olympic debut in Tokyo, Japan’s home team is gunning for gold. CNN’s Blake Essig speaks with the Osaka Daggers, a cutting-edge street skateboarding crew, to trace the country’s skateboarding origins and explores how it’s gaining in popularity as it prepares to make a splash at the Summer Games.

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Thieves in California are stealing scarce water amid extreme drought, ‘devastating’ some communities

By Brisa Colon, CNN As an extreme drought grips California, making water increasingly scarce, thieves are making off with billions of gallons of the precious resource, tapping into fire hydrants, rivers, and even small family homes and farms. State and local officials say water theft is a long running-issue, but the intensifying drought has driven

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