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The number of people who have died after a powerful earthquake hit southwestern Japan has risen to 28, authorities said on Thursday.
From BBC ● Jul. 30, 2026
In Kyiv, more than 56,000 people took shelter in the city’s subway stations, according to city authorities.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 30, 2026
Blake’s motive, authorities said, was to win custody of his daughter from a woman whose lifestyle he found abhorrent.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 30, 2026
But local authorities said they were allowing people to return home in nine villages and planned to reopen a highway heading southwards out of Bordeaux in the afternoon.
From Barron's ● Jul. 30, 2026
“After the last two glorious weeks of open and successful defiance,” he later said, “I wasn’t in a mood to jump when the authorities told me to.”
From "Most Dangerous: Daniel Ellsberg and the Secret History of the Vietnam War" by Steve Sheinkin
