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  1. Police in France use tear gas, water cannons against student protesters

    Police with riot gear and shields near a group of people dressed in dark clothes, some using umbrellas amid mist and water in an urban area.

    Police have fired tear gas and water cannons at protesters blockading French high schools as students, teachers and parents take to the streets on the biggest day of action in a wave of demonstrations against understaffed and dilapidated classrooms.

  2. Cornell taps ex-Justice Department official Sally Yates to review school's handling of sexual assault cases

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    A former high-ranking Department of Justice official will look at how Cornell handles sexual misconduct complaints, university trustees announced Tuesday as they tried to address an outpouring of anger over allegations of a 2024 gang rape at a fraternity house.

  3. Russian officials say no cases of plague in city where lab technician died

    A photograph taken inside a medical laboratory shows two people, in white plastic hazmat suit with masks and goggles over their faces, with their hands reaching inside a glass case, white gloves, holding vials next to other research equipment.

    The World Health Organization says Russian authorities told it that no cases ‌of plague had been detected among anyone who had come into contact with a Siberian plague institute laboratory worker who died last week.

  4. Kenya confirms 1st Ebola case imported from Congo

    People walk outside the Nairobi Hospital on Tuesday where Kenya

    A Kenyan citizen who had been living in Congo before returning to Nairobi over the weekend became Kenya's first confirmed case of Ebola and the country's first death from the disease in the fast-moving outbreak, authorities said Tuesday.

  5. Crew of ship missing after drone attacks on 2 commercial vessels in Black Sea near Bulgaria

    A dark-complected man with a bandaged hand covered in a towel is shown surrounded by several other individuals.

    Bulgarian Prime Minister Rumen Radev said two commercial vessels were struck by drones on Tuesday in the first attack on shipping in the NATO member's exclusive economic zone in the Black Sea.