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CNN  —  At least 34 bodies have been recovered and another 11 people have been rescued after a tourist boat capsized in Vietnam’s Halong Bay on Saturday, according to state media. Search and rescue efforts are underway for those who are still missing, according to VN Express, which reported that the vessel was carrying 53 people, including 48 tourists and five crew members. The nationalities of those on board have not yet been stated. VN Express reported that the ship, called the Wonder Sea, was caught in a storm around 1.30 p.m. local time (2.30 a.m. ET), which caused it…

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Jul 19, 2025, 06:50 AM ETNottingham Forest are preparing an audacious bid to sign Jadon Sancho from Manchester United, while Manchester City could beat Newcastle United to the signing of goalkeeper James Trafford. Join us for the latest transfer news, rumors, and gossip from around the globe.Transfers homepage | Done deals | Men’s grades | Women’s gradesTOP STORIES- Sources: United agree deal for Brentford’s Mbeumo- Sources: Liverpool in talks to sign striker Ekitike- Mourinho wants Portugal coaching return in ‘height of career’Jadon Sancho appears to have no future at Manchester United. Ash Donelon/Manchester United via Getty ImagesTRENDING RUMORS- Nottingham Forest are…

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Natalia Lebedinskaia | Moment | Getty ImagesAs a Biden-era relief measure for federal student loan borrowers comes to an end, some people could see their bills more than double.Earlier this month, the Trump administration announced that the so-called SAVE interest-free payment pause will expire on Aug. 1, and that enrollees’ education debts will begin to grow again if they don’t make payments large enough to cover the accruing interest.The Biden administration had moved people who enrolled in its SAVE plan into forbearance — a period during which federal student loan borrowers are excused from making payments — while the legal challenges against…

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Yemen is currently facing one of its worst humanitarian moments in recent history.  The cancellation of more than 80 percent of US foreign aid programmes, alongside cuts by other humanitarian donors, is having devastating ripple effects.  In Yemen, lifesaving programmes have been shut down, leaving cholera-prone communities without clean water and millions of people without access to basic healthcare. Under 10 percent of the $2.5bn needed this year for the Yemen humanitarian response has been funded.  Behind these statistics lies a hidden crisis: 6.2 million women and girls in Yemen are at risk of gender-based violence. But due to funding…

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HA LONG BAY, Vietnam (AP) — A boat carrying tourists capsized during a sudden thunderstorm in Vietnam on Saturday afternoon during a sightseeing excursion, killing 34 people, state media reported. Eight others remain missing.The Wonder Sea boat was carrying 48 passengers and five crew members — all of them Vietnamese — during the tour of Ha Long Bay, a popular destination for visitors, according to the reports.Rescue workers saved 11 people, and recovered the dead near the site of the capsizing, VNExpress newspaper said. Twenty-three people remain missing. Authorities had earlier reported that 12 people had been rescued, but later…

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KUWAIT: Colonel Bader Al-Kadam, Director of Kuwait Fire Force Marine Firefighting Department, has declared that the division has received, since January 1st, up to 813 calls for help due to boats’ malfunction, fires and drowning cases.In a statement to KUNA, Col. Al-Kadam said the marine rescue personnel have been responding to the distress calls with utmost seriousness before rapidly engaging, particularly in cases where human lives are at risk.The marine rescue teams are professionally trained to respond to various emergency situations such as drowning, fires on ships or missing cases, Col. Al-Kadam said, noting that the squad is ready round…

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CNN  —  Iran’s armed proxies are ramping up pressure on key points in the Middle East as Tehran attempts to rebuild its regional influence, eroded by almost two years of a destructive Israeli military campaign. Tehran’s Houthi allies in Yemen ended months of calm in the Red Sea last week with strikes on two commercial ships travelling in the critical waterway. Proxies in Iraq are suspected of disrupting oil production in the Kurdish region, and shipments of hundreds of rockets bound for Hezbollah in Lebanon have been intercepted by Syrian forces over the past months. The increasing activity by the…

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CNN  —  Syrian security forces are deploying in the restive province of Suwayda after days of communal fighting in which hundreds of people have been killed, the country’s interior ministry says. Clashes between Druze groups and Bedouin tribes have continued in Suwayda since last week, threatening the stability of the government in Damascus as it tries to exert control over Syria’s complex and volatile sectarian landscape. The violence prompted Israel to carry out strikes against Syrian government forces, which it said were to protect the Druze, who are a significant minority in both countries. Israel has also expressed alarm about…

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CNN  —  Irish golfer Shane Lowry said he feared being “slaughtered” on social media if he did not accept the two-stroke penalty he received at The Open Championship on Friday. The 38-year-old triumphed the last time the major was hosted at Royal Portrush in Northern Ireland but saw his hopes of repeating that 2019 success dented by an incident during the 12th hole of his second round. The R&A – the body which organizes the tournament – deemed Lowry’s ball to have moved after his club touched nearby foliage during a practice swing for his second shot from the rough…

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Programming Note: Watch CNN Original Series “Live Aid: When Rock ’n’ Roll Took On the World,” celebrating the definitive story of how two rockstars inspired the largest global music events in history. The second episode of the four-part series airs Sunday, July 20 at 9 p.m. ET/PT. CNN  —  With the help of helicopters and a supersonic turbo jet, Phil Collins pulled off a series of performances worthy of a “Mission Impossible” movie at Live Aid forty years ago. The singer and drummer participated in the benefit concerts organized by musicians Bob Geldof and Midge Ure to draw attention to…

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