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Aug 16
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(0:10): Tensions Soar in South China Sea: Philippines Boosts Defense Amid China-U.S. Naval Clashes

(2:24): GE Appliances Invests $3B to Expand U.S. Manufacturing, Create 1,000 Jobs, Shift Production from China, Mexico

(4:47): Tragic Capsizing Near Lampedusa Leaves 26 Migrants Dead, Dozens Rescued

(6:25): Russian Hackers Seize Norwegian Dam Control in Alarming Cyberattack

(8:24): Fossil Discovery in Ethiopia Reveals Complex Coexistence of Early Homo and New Australopithecus Species

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