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  Last update: 22:10 GMT 26.07.2021

  22:10 GMT 26.07.2021

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  Last Victim in Florida Building Collapse Found, Death Toll Reaches 98, Mayor Says

  WASHINGTON (Sputnik) - The body of the last victim in the recent Florida condo collapse has been recovered from the rubble, bringing the total death count in the tragic incident to 98, Miami-Dade County Mayor Daniella Levine Cava said during a news conference.

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  Last update: 00:47 GMT 27.07.2021

  00:47 GMT 27.07.2021

  US

  Former US Senator Barbara Boxer Assaulted, Robbed of Cellphone in Oakland, California

  Former US Sen. Barbara Boxer (D-CA), was first elected to the US House of Representatives in 1983 and represented California's 6th congressional district until 1992, when she secured a seat in the Senate, where she remained until 2017. Boxer, who did not seek reelection in 2016, had her seat filled by then-California Attorney General Kamala Harris.

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  Last update: 23:22 GMT 26.07.2021

  23:22 GMT 26.07.2021

  US

  NY Gov. Cuomo Raises Credibility Concerns Against AG James' Investigators in Sexual Misconduct Probe

  The New York Attorney General's Office and the Assembly Judiciary Committee have launched respective investigations into a number of allegations leveled against New York Governor Andrew Cuomo (D), including sexual misconduct. The New York governor initially urged New Yorkers to "trust the process," but it appears Cuomo's trust has run out.

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  Last update: 01:01 GMT 27.07.2021

  01:01 GMT 27.07.2021

  Tech

  Chinese Tech Regulator Clamps Down on Anticompetitive Practices, Breaks Tencent’s Music Deals

  Chinese market regulators began cracking down last year on monopoly practices by the country’s tech giants, including the practice known as “picking sides,” in which vendors are forced to choose between a family of platforms or those of their rivals, but cannot mix and match between companies.

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  Last update: 00:03 GMT 27.07.2021

  00:03 GMT 27.07.2021

  Africa

  Burundi Stands Up to Foreign Mining Firms, Bans Rare Earth Exports Without Better Profit-Sharing

  A former German-Belgian colony, Burundi has remained poor long after independence thanks to decades of civil war along ethnic lines drawn and amplified to ease colonial rule and unequal extraction arrangements signed with multinational corporations.

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  Last update: 22:08 GMT 26.07.2021

  22:08 GMT 26.07.2021

  Sport

  ‘Sometimes It’s Hard’: Gold Medalist Simone Biles Admits Heavy ‘Pressure’ at Tokyo Olympics

  Although the US gymnastics team is heavily favored to dominate in the 2020 Summer Olympics, weekend qualifiers saw the group come behind the Russian Olympic Committee by just one point.

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  Last update: 12:10 GMT 26.07.2021

  12:10 GMT 26.07.2021

  UK

  'Dad' Guilty of Murdering Teenager Who Said He Sexually Abused Her - But Could She Still Be Alive?

  Bernadette Walker went missing from her grandparents’ home in the English city of Peterborough in July 2020. She has not been seen since but defence lawyers at her murder trial insisted it was too early to say she was dead.

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  Last update: 09:16 GMT 26.07.2021

  09:16 GMT 26.07.2021

  UK

  Graphic Video Shows Woman in Charlie Hebdo T-Shirt Being Stabbed in London

  Social media users identified the targeted woman as Hatun Tash, a vocal Christian preacher who often talks about the philosophy behind Islam at Speaker’s Corner in Hyde Park, London. Her identity was not confirmed by the Metropolitan Police, who are now looking for the offender.