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Ksnt.com 

Deputies find man and woman dead in shooting incident south of Topeka

SHAWNEE COUNTY (KSNT) - Law enforcement is identifying the victims of a recent shooting incident that left two people dead in a neighborhood south of Topeka earlier in the week. On Wednesday, July 31 the Shawnee County Sheriff's Office released new information regarding Monday's deadly shooting situation. The victims of the shooting are being identified [...]

Telecompaper.com 

Azercell launches 'Number Ordering' service

(Telecompaper) Azerbaijan operator Azercell has launched a "Number Ordering" service. Customers will be able to order a desired Azercell number through the new...

France24.com (en) 

Kremlin critic Kara-Murza disappears from Russian jails, fuelling prisoner swap rumours

Prominent Russian opposition figure and dual British national Vladimir Kara-Murza has “disappeared” from Russian prisons along with jailed US national Paul Whelan, according to lawyers and rights activists. Reports of the two prisoners being moved from Russian jails to unknown locations have fuelled rumours of a likely prisoner swap between Russia and Western countries.

The Punch 

Hunger protest: UNILAG postpones ongoing second semester exam

Due to the planned nationwide protest, the University of Lagos has postponed the ongoing examination, slated for Thursday and Friday until further notice. In a circular released by the school on Wednesday and signed by the Head Communication Unit, Adejoke Alaga-Ibraheem, the school noted that the management decided to postpone the exams to take preventive

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New York Post 

Biden talking with sister of possible Kamala Harris running mate after lunch with VP

WASHINGTON — President Biden will meet Wednesday afternoon with the sister of one of Vice President Kamala Harris’ possible running mates — shortly after Biden lunches with the veep at the White House. Biden, 81, will meet with Penny Pritzker, whose brother is two-term Illinois Gov. JB Pritzker, ostensibly to talk about her work as...

The Punch 

Nigeria faces $200m annual funding gap for immunisation

Nigeria faces an annual funding gap of $200m for immunisation, Director General of the Budget Office, Dr. Tanimu Yakubu, revealed on Wednesday. Speaking at the Multi-Stakeholders Technical Workshop for the Optimisation of Immunisation Financing in Nigeria, organised by the Vaccine Network for Disease Control in partnership with GAVI and the Global Health Advocacy Initiative, Yakubu

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Phys.org 

Can geoengineering protect Earth's icesheets?

It's time to take a thorough, more serious look at using geoengineering to protect the planet's icesheets, according to a group of scientists who have released a new report examining the issue. Glacial geoengineering is an emerging field of study that holds some hope for Earth's diminishing glaciers and ice sheets.