India readies for mammoth Hindu festival of 400 million pilgrims
NEW DELHI — The world's largest gathering of humanity begins in India on Monday with the opening of the Kumbh Mela, a six-week Hindu festival organisers expect to attract up to 400 million pilgrims.

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Last 2 years crossed 1.5C global warming limit: EU monitor
PARIS — The last two years exceeded on average a critical warming limit for the first time as global temperatures soar "beyond what modern humans have ever experienced", an agency of the European Union (EU) reported on Friday.

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Hong Kong's Cathay Pacific apologises after second suspected food poisoning
Hong Kong's flag carrier Cathay Pacific Airways has apologised to affected passengers on two flights from Nepal and pledged to assist health authorities' investigation after food poisoning struck travellers on two consecutive days.

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Survivors patrol as looters prey on fire-wrecked Los Angeles
LOS ANGELES (UNITED STATES) - People forced to flee their homes by massive wildfires tearing through Los Angeles were taking turns to patrol their streets to ward off looters on Thursday.

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Trump says Putin wants to meet him, meeting being set up
WASHINGTON — United States President-elect Donald Trump said on Thursday a meeting was being set up between him and Russian President Vladimir Putin, but the Republican offered no timeline for talks between the two leaders.

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US 'Pizzagate' conspiracy theory gunman killed by police: media
WASHINGTON — A man notorious for shooting up a pizzeria in the United States capital where he wrongly believed Hillary Clinton and other Democrats were running a child sex ring has been killed in a traffic stop police shooting, local media reported Thursday.

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