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    Mexico tourist train an environmental 'nightmare,' activists say

    In a cave in Mexico's Riviera Maya, where nature has sculpted a subterranean landscape of stunning beauty, thick steel columns supporting a controversial new tourist railway intrude into a delicate ecosystem.- Clean-up promised - Despite Lopez Obrador's assurances, concrete has leaked out of the steel columns and contaminated the cenote water, according to environmentalists.

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    Scholz says attacks on deputies 'threaten' democracy

    German Chancellor Olaf Scholz on Saturday condemned an attack on one of his party's European Parliament deputies as a "threat" to democracy after investigators said a political motive was suspected."If an attack with a political motive... is confirmed just a few weeks from the European elections, this serious act of violence would also be a serious act against democracy," Interior Minister Nancy Faeser said in a statement.

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    Death toll in southern Brazil flood rises to 58

    The death toll from floods and mudslides triggered by torrential storms in southern Brazil has climbed to 58 people, with the major city of Porto Alegre particularly hard-hit, the country's civil defense agency said Saturday.Overall, raging floodwaters have left 74 people injured and another 67 missing, the civil defense agency said.

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    Yellowstone Tourist Injured And Arrested After Allegedly Kicking Bison

    Authorities charged Clarence Yoder with being under the influence of alcohol following his arrest near a park entrance in Montana.

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    History maker Sadiq Khan: a mayor with global renown

    Sadiq Khan, who was Saturday re-elected for a record third term as London mayor, rose from humble roots to spar with world leaders and bring consequential change to the British capital. "It's the honour of my life to serve the city that I love and I'm beyond humbled right now," he told supporters Saturday, adding he wanted "to repay the trust you've placed in me" and deliver a "fairer, safer and greener" capital.

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    Former Boy Scout Volunteer Gets 22 Years In Prison For Hiding Cameras In Camp Bathrooms

    Scouts were cleaning restroom stalls with a leader when one of the cameras was discovered.

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    Spain and Argentina at loggerheads in diplomatic spat

    Spain and Argentina were at diplomatic daggers drawn on Saturday as the two countries traded barbs over drug taking and economic decline.Milei's anger this time appears to have been sparked by comments by Spain's transport minister linking the president to drug taking.

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