World News: 24 July 2022

Comic-Con: Wakanda Forever trailer unveiled, and more Avengers films
So far, 2022 has already seen the release of Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness, starring Benedict Cumberbatch as the doctor-cum-master of the mystical arts, and Thor: Love and Thunder, as well as TV series like Moon Knight and Miss Marvel.

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Monkeypox: WHO declares highest alert over outbreak
The organization’s warning comes amid a worldwide surge in monkeypox cases, with WHO’s Director General Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus noting that more than 16,000 infections have to date been reported in 75 countries.

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China's Xinjiang warns of more floods, risk to cotton crop amid heatwaves
China has been baked by above-normal summer heat since June, with some meteorologists blaming climate change. The excessively hot weather has driven up demand for electricity to cool homes, offices and factories. In agricultural regions, drought has been a concern.

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Emergency declared as wildfire rages near Yosemite National Park
The Oak Fire started on Friday afternoon southwest of the park near the town of Midpines in Mariposa County and by Saturday had grown to nearly 48 square kilometres, according to the California Department of Forestry and Fire Protection, or Cal Fire.

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Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov seeks Arab world's support
It is the first stage for Mr Lavrov of a brief tour of Africa taking in Ethiopia, Uganda and Congo-Brazzaville.

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Britain's PM hopefuls promise to get tough on illegal migration
Former finance minister Rishi Sunak and foreign secretary Liz Truss are battling to become Britain's next prime minister after a revolt over Johnson's scandal-ridden administration forced the prime minister to say he would stand down.

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